如果不是被活塞队选中的话,我做的很多事都会不一样。确实我被一只争冠球队选中了,这对于榜样秀来说非常罕见,可是最终,我们都在寻找借口。我可以说我没有得到应有的机会。可是这仅仅是个借口;这要靠年轻球员本身去证明自己,努力打球和等待属于自己的机会。而我采取的方法却完全不一样,作为来自欧洲的榜眼秀我觉得自己就是上帝派来的。所以我陷入打架风波,在训练前喝得酩酊大醉,刁难所有人,然而最终我是在刁难自己。
I'd do a lot of things differently now. It's true that I ended up on a team that was trying to win a ring, which rarely happens to a #2 pick, but in the end, we're all looking for alibis. I could say i didn't get a proper chance. However, that's simply an alibi; it's up to a young player to prove himself, work hard and wait for his chance. My approach was completely different, as a #2 pick coming from Europe I thought I was sent by God. So I got into fights, got drunk before practices, spiting everyone, while in the end, I was spiting myself.
我与所有人都有矛盾,那是因为我只是为自己打球。我的目的不应该是去让批评家们闭嘴,而是让我的自尊心沉静下来。当今晚我想满足我的自尊心,我可以面对邓肯或加索尔打出一场出色的比赛。而明晚当我面对一个弱十倍的中锋并打一场无关紧要的比赛时,我也该贡献同样出色的表现来成为一个持久的球员,这是他们希望我做的。但我就是不能做到,我没有准备好也不愿意投入到比赛中…
I had issues with everyone, and that was caused by me playing just for myself. My goal wasn't to silence the critics, it was to silence my ego. Tonight I want to feed my ego, so I'll play a great game against Duncan or Gasol. Tomorrow, we have a totally irrelevant game against a center that's 10 times weaker so I'll put up another great game and become a consistent player because that's what they want from me. But I simply couldn't, I wasn't ready or willing to put in the work...
所以是的,我就是问题所在。开始时的不满可能让我开始讨厌和不享受比赛了。有些时候我拿到了20分,但我脑子想的是:“这场比赛什么时候会结束,快点让我们打包回家吧。我就是控制不住不去满足我的自尊心,我根本不关心下周会发生什么。我到美国后所有做法都是错的。我不能说那时自己太年轻,但是我自己选择来美国,而我显然没有为这个联盟要我做的做好准备。
So yeah, I was the problem. That initial dissatisfaction probably led to me starting to hate and not enjoy playing. There were some situations where I've already scored 20 points, but in my head I'm thinking: "When will this game finally end, come on, let's pack it up and go home." I just had to feed my ego, I couldn't care less what's going to happen the following week. My whole approach since coming to the US was just wrong. I could say I was too young back then, but I chose to go there myself and I obviously wasn't prepared for what the league would require from me.
谈到交易到奥兰多和孟菲斯
On trades to Orlando and Memphis
I'd do a lot of things differently now. It's true that I ended up on a team that was trying to win a ring, which rarely happens to a #2 pick, but in the end, we're all looking for alibis. I could say i didn't get a proper chance. However, that's simply an alibi; it's up to a young player to prove himself, work hard and wait for his chance. My approach was completely different, as a #2 pick coming from Europe I thought I was sent by God. So I got into fights, got drunk before practices, spiting everyone, while in the end, I was spiting myself.
我与所有人都有矛盾,那是因为我只是为自己打球。我的目的不应该是去让批评家们闭嘴,而是让我的自尊心沉静下来。当今晚我想满足我的自尊心,我可以面对邓肯或加索尔打出一场出色的比赛。而明晚当我面对一个弱十倍的中锋并打一场无关紧要的比赛时,我也该贡献同样出色的表现来成为一个持久的球员,这是他们希望我做的。但我就是不能做到,我没有准备好也不愿意投入到比赛中…
I had issues with everyone, and that was caused by me playing just for myself. My goal wasn't to silence the critics, it was to silence my ego. Tonight I want to feed my ego, so I'll play a great game against Duncan or Gasol. Tomorrow, we have a totally irrelevant game against a center that's 10 times weaker so I'll put up another great game and become a consistent player because that's what they want from me. But I simply couldn't, I wasn't ready or willing to put in the work...
所以是的,我就是问题所在。开始时的不满可能让我开始讨厌和不享受比赛了。有些时候我拿到了20分,但我脑子想的是:“这场比赛什么时候会结束,快点让我们打包回家吧。我就是控制不住不去满足我的自尊心,我根本不关心下周会发生什么。我到美国后所有做法都是错的。我不能说那时自己太年轻,但是我自己选择来美国,而我显然没有为这个联盟要我做的做好准备。
So yeah, I was the problem. That initial dissatisfaction probably led to me starting to hate and not enjoy playing. There were some situations where I've already scored 20 points, but in my head I'm thinking: "When will this game finally end, come on, let's pack it up and go home." I just had to feed my ego, I couldn't care less what's going to happen the following week. My whole approach since coming to the US was just wrong. I could say I was too young back then, but I chose to go there myself and I obviously wasn't prepared for what the league would require from me.
谈到交易到奥兰多和孟菲斯
On trades to Orlando and Memphis