Fw: [外電] 老朋友小歐
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作者: piercepaul (Be a Green Forever&ever) 看板: Celtics
標題: [外電] 老朋友小歐
時間: Sun Feb 24 02:40:56 2013
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PHOENIX — Questions about his NBA future leave Jermaine O’Neal in a painful
pause.
The Suns center and former Celtic, who claims to have found basketball peace
under new Phoenix coach Lindsey Hunter, has moved on from his sport of the
last 17 years in many respects.
O’Neal was worried he had suffered a heart attack earlier this season, but
the symptoms turned out to be an irregular heartbeat. Also, a beloved aunt
died from a stroke and aneurysm.
And his daughter, 13-year-old Asjia, is scheduled to have heart valve surgery
at Massachusetts General Hospital on March 5. O’Neal will leave the Suns to
be at his daughter’s side, with the rest of his Dallas-based family, for
three days starting on the day of surgery.
“I don’t know if God is trying to tell me something, because I’ve had to
fly back to my family quite a bit this year,” he said before last night’s
113-88 C’s win. “My girl just had a balloon put in her chest three days
ago. When you’re 17 years into the league, you have to look at that.”
Asjia is undeterred by the prospect of heart surgery. Like her father, she’s
an athlete.
“My daughter is 13 years old and she has a chance to be one of the best
volleyball players in the country — 6 feet tall, 158 pounds. College coaches
are already calling about her,” said O’Neal. “She has a leaky valve that’
s making her heart work too hard. She’s having complications.
“We’ll be (at Mass. General) from the 4th to the 8th of March. I’m
positive everything will go well,” he said. “My daughter is actually taking
it better than me and the mother. We haven’t told her that, but we talked
about it yesterday and she said, ‘Let’s get it over with.’
“She started playing volleyball this year and has really taken to that. The
biggest thing for her is that she couldn’t play volleyball (with her
condition). She’s not talking about surgery. Me and her mother are talking
about surgery, but she’s talking about volleyball.”
“She played soccer in Boston for a couple of years, and you could tell, she’
s not going to play soccer. She’s not interested in basketball because she’
s been around it for too long with me. As a father, you want the best for her
and I have to be there.”
Little wonder that any mention of O’Neal’s career forces him to hesitate.
He talks of how Suns teammates expressed a desire for him to remain in
Phoenix in the days leading up to Thursday’s trading deadline. O’Neal said
he simply wasn’t interested in several publicized opportunities to join
contenders, including some outreach by the Knicks.
“I’m no longer looking to go and try to win a championship. When you don’t
fit, it looks like you can’t play,” said O’Neal, who admits to savoring
his surroundings a little more. “Basketball justifies a lot for people, but
I don’t need that. I have a great family, and that’s my concentration.
“This year I’ve enjoyed going into every arena for some reason. I’ve
enjoyed the bus rides, the dinners, the locker room stuff, all of that. Maybe
it is the last one.”
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簡單說,就是這一年來小歐私底下遇到很多問題
除了自己發現有心律不整外,他敬愛的阿姨也因為中風及患有動脈瘤而過世。
然後他13歲大的女兒,也將在3月初於麻省的醫院動心瓣膜手術。屆時小歐會
向太陽隊請假三天去陪在他女兒身旁。
小歐表示:我不知道上天是不是在試著告訴我什麼,這一年來我很常回家。
而他也說自己已經不想再加入有奪冠機會的球隊,"如果我不適應,看起來
就像不會打球阿。""今年當我踏入每個球場都是帶著享受的感覺,我也很享
受搭巴士的時光,晚餐,還有休息室的事物。或許這會是最後一年了。"
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小歐畢竟也在這待過兩年,我個人是覺得他很盡力做好教練希望他做到的。
雖然沒有什麼突出的數據,但起碼他去年製造進攻犯規平均數是全隊第一。
可惜他太多傷病纏身,祝福他女兒手術順利,也希望他不管他在聯盟會待多
久,都能享受這些時光。
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It start with 6,then 17 ,then 33 ,then 34 ,then 9.
It's all about Pride and Responsibility.
And the Cigar.
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