[外電] Iverson doesn't want to be a reserve …

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http://tinyurl.com/yl865lm OAKLAND, Calif. -- Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins, exhausted by the attention placed on one player, refused to answer questions about Allen Iverson's opposition to playing off the bench during a pre-game chat with the media. No problem. The one person that doesn't mind talking about Allen Iverson is Allen Iverson. For the second time in as many games played, the 34-year-old guard was accessible for a long period of time and candid with his postgame comments in the locker room. Here is the unfiltered version of a wide-ranging interview Iverson granted the media Wednesday night following the Grizzlies' 115-103 loss to the Golden State Warriors: Q. How comfortable were you after complaining about your role and playing time in your first game back? Iverson: I'm doing my job, man. When coach calls on me I go out there and try to help the team win basketball games. That's my whole thing. I just want to help us win basketball games. I'm always comfortable if I'm on the basketball court. Q. Are you surprised that what you said about not wanting to be a reserve made such big news? Iverson: Anytime I say something that anybody don't agree with then, yes, it's going to be a big deal. That's what y'all love, right? There ain't no good story if it's a positive story about Allen Iverson. You don't want to talk about me doing charities. You want to talk about me blowing up or something like that, right? It sells doesn't it? (Not necessarily) Iverson: In this country it does. Q. Do you regret saying those things after the first game? Iverson: I came here to help these guys win basketball games. It's a young team. I see a lot of talent. I just felt like I could help and I'm going to continue to do that. I make mistakes. When I'm upset I say things that I don't mean sometimes. But it's frustrating to not have that come-off-the-bench thing never come up my whole career and then once it came up last year it seems like it's on everybody's mind. Q. Do you understand what Hollins is trying to do by gradually bringing you along? Iverson: I understand what he's doing. But he's seen the things I've done. He knows I've never come off the bench in my whole career. He knows that's not something I'm accustomed to. He knows that's not something I would want to do. ...Everybody knows that's not something I want to do. And I know people are watching my every move and watching to see if I'm sitting over there pouting. My son is at home watching the same thing. I don't want to be the guy who is a distraction to this squad but everybody knows I'd be fake if I said, 'Yeah, I'm so happy with everything that's going on.' It would just be too fake so I wouldn't even play that game. Q. How do you reconcile the team trying to develop talent with accomplishing what you want to accomplish as a veteran? Iverson: Do we want to develop kids or do we want to win basketball games? Obviously, the development comes with playing and practice and being in an NBA environment. But what do we do to win basketball games? That's the most important thing. From everything that I've experienced in the NBA is guys want to win basketball games. If they would have told me that I was coming to a team ... where this a rebuilding process, it wouldn't have sat well with me. From Day 1, any team I am on, I want to win basketball games. That's why I play the game. I hate losing more than I like winning." Q. Did Griz brass tell you the franchise was rebuilding? Iverson: No. Nobody ever said anything about rebuilding. You know I wouldn't have come to a team, at 34 years old, that was in a rebuilding process. I'm trying to win a championship. I thought I would have won a championship by now. I didn't come here for no money. I didn't come here for another scoring title or an All-Star game. I've done all that stuff. I want to win. If we are not trying to win, I have a problem. I'm assuming we are trying to win." 這是一篇記者賽後訪問AI的外電，大致內容是AI說他真的很不喜歡當替補，以及他想替球隊贏球的決心。他也談到了球隊獲勝以及培養球員(目前讓Conley先發的作法)之間的關係。語氣其實滿無奈的，希望未來球隊的運作能更順利啦。本篇格式上有誤的話，還請版主指正 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 123.204.124.20 ※ 編輯: wjs022 來自: 123.204.124.20 (11/06 01:36)