[坎比] CHATTING WITH CAMBY

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這篇有點長，誠徵翻譯手 orz... Camby跟AI黃金96梯那段還蠻有趣的 Camby:我算是AI大學生涯的終結者，我們在八強碰頭，他拿下2x分我應該也拿下2x分但我的球隊贏了2x分 ^^ http://www.nba.com/nba_tv/lunch_andre_070308.html CHATTING WITH CAMBY Posted Mar 10 2007 12:14AM NBA TV anchor Andre Aldridge, a California boy who enjoys a good laugh just as much as a backdoor cut, caught up with Denver's man-in-the-middle, Marcus Camby, to talk about fishing, bowling and becoming a principal one day in this week's "Lunch With Andre." "Lunch With Andre" is a chance for the fans to catch a glimpse of NBA players outside of the 94x50 confines and hear what they have to say about their life away from basketball. Andre: I want you to give me three shot-blockers. First, who is the best shot-blocker in the league right now, other than yourself? Marcus: Other than myself I'd probably say Ben Wallace. He's a guy who is like 6-7, 6-8 actually and he covers a lot of ground and he can really jump. Andre: OK, let's go old school. Your best shot-blocker of all-time? Marcus: Patrick Ewing, (Laughing) and not just because he's a former teammate of mine. I've seen him block many a shot. Andre: OK, so if you had played with Bill Russell, Bill might be in, but you had to give Patrick the love. Marcus: Yeah, Patrick is my guy, my teammate. I love Patrick. Andre: Final shot-blocking question: I want you to give me an instance of when someone small blocked one of your teammates shots in a game and you knew you couldn't laugh at the time, but later on you were like, “Dang.” Maybe like when Spud Webb blocked Patrick before you got into the league… Marcus: Well, I haven't seen any on my team, but that Nate Robinson on Yao Ming was ooooooooooh, it was something. I keep seeing the highlights on that so that was definitely remarkable. Andre: I was sitting baseline for that. I was at that game and I thought that it might have been a little foul involved, but the fact that he got up, it was stunning. Marcus: Yeah, I'd like to see a poster or a picture of that one. Andre: All right, back in 1996 you were the No. 2 pick in the NBA Draft. So think back to that very day. Did you have visions of Marcus Camby playing for 10 years in the league back then? Marcus: No, not at all. I didn't really picture that happening. It's always a dream come true to be drafted and for me to last for as long as I have after that has been a blessing in itself. Normally, the average NBA player plays like 3-4-5 years and I surpassed and doubled that so I'm definitely thankful. Andre: You went second in that draft, and the guy who went first, Allen Iverson, is now your teammate. Isn't that a little strange since you both can still play? Marcus: (Laughing) It's ironic. We still talk about it to this day about how he was one and I was two. I always joke with him about how the year that we came out, his last college game was against me. I always joke about how I ended his college career when we played Georgetown in the Elite Eight. So, it's definitely ironic. Andre: Do you remember the numbers in that game for you and him? Marcus: For him? I think he had like 20-something, I think I had like 20- something, but we won by like 20, so… Andre: Right. Y'all put it down on them. I'll tell you what Marcus, the first round of that '96 draft is still holding it down: you, A.I., Ray Allen, Steve Nash, President Derek Fisher, Jermaine O'Neal, Stephon and of course Kobe. As a group, are you guys still aware of that connection when you meet as competitors? Marcus: All the time. Every time everybody from that draft sees each other we're always collecting jerseys and sneakers from each other. I feel like that was the best draft in a long time. A lot of people are now starting to talk about the draft that had, you know, Carmelo, LeBron, Chris Bosh and all those guys. That's a great draft, but ours has been doing it for 10-plus years now, so I think we're at the top. Andre: Very strong. I even left out Dampier and Reggie Geary, in the second round, and he's coaching in the D-League now. Just some very interesting names to come out in '96. Marcus: Yeah, definitely a deep draft. Andre: For you personally, I've always been impressed with the pride that you have for your hometown of Hartford, Connecticut. You know, I've never been shy in telling you that I didn't love living there the few years that I did, but that's not where I'm from. So, why have you always pumped up Hartford? Marcus: There are only very few of us that came out of that town and made it big … myself, Rick Mahorn and Mike Adams, you know, who I grew up with, we went to the same high school. A lot of people don't never give Connecticut its props. I know it's a small state, but a lot of people don't even know it borders New York. (Laughing) I'll be telling them I'm from Connecticut sometimes and they'll be like, “Who? Who's from there?” But, over the years I just to try to make sure that is what I represent. Andre: I think back to when I was in Southern Cal and I told somebody, “You know Eriq LaSalle is from Southern Hartford.” And he was like, “No he's not. He's from here.” No he's not, he's from Hartford, man. People think Ray Allen is from Connecticut too, but he's a South Carolina boy. Marcus: Yeah, I tell him, “Just because you went to UConn, doesn't mean you're from Hartford.” It's a big difference. (Laughing) Andre: (Laughing) I love that. Now Marcus, I know your mother raised you and she played the dual role of mother and father and I know she's your biggest hero right now, but, did you feel that way when you were younger? Marcus: I always felt that way. The way she raised me and my two sisters basically by herself, you know, I was a latchkey kid so I used to always have to come home from school and wait for my sisters to get home and then take care of them and make sure they did their work before my mom came home from work. She always stayed on us. She always stayed on us to do our work and I think that's one of the reasons why I became an education major. She was so valuable and so instrumental in the youth in our community that I wanted to pattern myself a little bit after her. Andre: And you've been so big in the community whether you want to talk Toronto, New York or Denver so all of that stems from her? Marcus: All of that stems from her. It's all about giving back and as athletes we've been blessed with so much with the fame and monetary stuff like that, that I think it's our job to give back to the community and it's something I like doing. The stuff that I do, I don't really want newspapers or the radio following me because it comes from the heart and I don't really want to be glorified for stuff like that because I just feel like that's part of our job description. Andre: Very strong. Hey, I also know you want to be or plan to be a principal once you get done playing. So, how do you bypass the teacher part? You just want to be the principal? Marcus: Yeah, I want to be in charge. (Laughing) I had a vice principal in high school who I'd like to pattern myself after, a principal by the name Frank DeLoreto who recently passed a couple years ago and I just seen how he was respected throughout his peers, throughout the student body and he was another reason why I went into the education field. As I was majoring in college I had a chance to tutor kids in fourth, fifth and sixth grade in different subjects and I started to get a feel for it and it's something I really enjoy doing so hopefully I can get it done and hopefully I can come back East and be a principal somewhere someday. Andre: Hey, what was the worst part about growing up in a home with very little money and physically growing as much as you were growing? Marcus: I mean, it definitely was tough. When I was in high school, I entered at 6-foot and by the time I left I was 6-11, so it was definitely tough. The income wasn't definitely there and I was definitely growing out of clothes. It was hard to find clothes for somebody my size in the inner-city. So, it was a big struggle but I had to manage. We all had to scrape up with what we really had, but you know, my story is just probably the same as every other NBA player who's come from the inner-city so it's not that much different. Andre: I understand that, but at least if you're my size, or Ray Allen's size, or a guard's size, you know, with family, friends and neighbors, you can work some deals out. But when you're your size, there wasn't much trading going on, was there? (Laughing) Marcus: No, there was no trading going on. (Laughing) There was no pass-downs coming down from my cousins or anything. (Laughing) Andre: Hey, I'm a big golf nut. If you look in the PGA Tour Media Guide, 90 percent of the professional golfers list fishing as one of their hobbies. Obviously that isn't the case in the NBA, however if you look at your bio, one of your hobbies is fishing. What's up with that? Marcus: Me and my wife, we live in Houston and we have a 10-acre lake. We stock the lake with bass, catfish and trout and it's just something I like doing to kill a lot of time. I just go in the backyard, cast a couple reels and just catch and release. It's definitely very relaxing with a house full of women with my wife and my daughter, so, it gives me a chance to get out and get some sun. Andre: Hey, you do the catch and release, my late father used to fish a lot on the weekends, mostly for catfish. He'd come back home with catfish as big as some of the little dogs in our neighborhood. You do the catch and release, but I want to tell you, them bad boys was good eatin'. Marcus: (Laughing) Now every now and then I may throw one on the grill. Andre: Now, if you could take two people from history out to your lake for an afternoon of fishing and talking, who would it be? And it can be somebody who's dead or living. Marcus: It'd probably be Dr. King and Dr. J. Andre: All right, all right, that would be a nice afternoon. You know, it's interesting, I've had the good fortune in meeting Julius and becoming a friend of his and I feel like Dr. King has been such a positive part of all of our lives. It's just great to hear that he means so much because I think people look at what you guys do as pro athletes and everybody gets blinded a little bit by the money or what they think you guys do and it's just refreshing to hear and know that. Marcus: Dr. King was definitely influential and everything we do now, it's because of him that we have that freedom right now. Dr. J, is also a good friend of mine – a fellow UMass alum. We speak frequently and I've got to develop a good relationship with him and he's a good person. Andre: You mention UMass, and it would not be fair if I did not mention your old coach, John Calipari, who we obviously both know very well. He has helped me on occasions when I've had things be tough or been in trouble, so, how big was Coach Cal for you? Marcus: He was definitely instrumental in my basketball career. He gave me the scholarship. He gave me the platform and the freedom to go out there and play on a national level and earn and garnish all the accolades that I received while playing at UMass. Even to this day, we go down there to play the Grizzlies, he's always sitting courtside. He always comes into the locker room to talk to me and when I go down there we always have dinner. So, that's a friendship and a relationship that I'm going to treasure for the rest of my life. Andre: Very nice. Hey, you know on TNT, Kenny Smith sends everyone fishing when they're eliminated from the playoffs and he played for Houston where you live, so, would you let him come on your lake with you? (Laughing) Marcus: (Laughing) I definitely would let Kenny come out there and come fishing with me. Andre: Now I also hear that you enjoy bowling. Is that true? Marcus: Yeah, we love to go bowling. It's something I enjoy doing. Actually, I have a bowling alley in my house so it's something I like to spend a lot of time doing and kill a lot of time. A lot of guys on our team also think they can bowl so we have a lot of battles. Andre: Think they can bowl … Marcus: Carmelo thinks he can bowl, A.I. thinks he can bowl and DerMarr Johnson is a pretty good bowler. So those guys can bowl a little bit, but I think I'm the top dog around here. Andre: Wow. What's the best game you ever bowled? Marcus: I bowled like a 228 one time. That was like my career high. Andre: Man… Andre: Now Marcus, you play with Carmelo Anthony, but deep down you want to be Earl Anthony. You want to be the greatest bowler of all time. Marcus: I want to do it all … bowl, fish, basketball … I want to do it all. Andre: OK, final thing for you. Let's do a word association. I give you a word and you give me the first thing that pops in your mind, OK? Marcus: All right. Andre: Hot. Marcus: Cold. Andre: Sweet. Marcus: Sour. Andre: Black. Marcus: Brown. Andre: Beyonce. Marcus: Umm, wow. That's all I'm going to say about that. (Laughing) Andre: (Laughing) That's a tough one on a married brother man. Love. Marcus: Mom. Andre: And ball hog. Marcus: Umm, wow. Andre: OK, all right. Everybody does a slow one on that one too. -- -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 60.245.93.35 ※ 編輯: mjsp99 來自: 60.245.93.35 (03/20 15:06)