Tayshaun Prince was ready to concede 2004 title to Lakers before season
by Dan Feldman
Tayshaun Prince on the Lakers signing Karl Malone and Gary Payton to join
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, via Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report:
04年，湖人找了K.Malone & G.Payton，和Shaq & Kobe组成“湖人F4”，风头一时无两。
When it happened, my first reaction was, “We’re pretty much handing them
the title right now.” Obviously, we didn’t know at that point how good we
could be. We didn’t have Rasheed [Wallace] yet and we didn’t make the
trades to make us a better team. So at that point, we definitely felt like
they were the front-runners.
近日接受采访时，Tayshaun Prince回忆道....
“当这件事真的发生后，我当下第一反应是‘可以洗洗睡了，冠军是他们的了。’
显然，当时我们还不清楚之后我们会变得多好，那时Rasheed Wallace还没来，
我们还没做出交易来补强。
当下只觉得他们才是真正的总冠军大热门。”
I thought the same thing before the season. Those Lakers were stacked.
在赛季开始前我仍这么认为，湖人就像一座堡垒横挡在我们之前。
That’s why Rasheed Wallace was so important to the Pistons’ 2004
championship team.
这就是为何Rasheed对我们当年夺冠来说如此重要。
Not only did he improve the team on both ends of the floor, he brought an
incredible swagger. The Pistons weren’t meek before the trade, but Sheed
took them to the next level.
不只攻防两端的贡献，他也替球队带来了不可思议的气势。
Rasheed到来后，将球队提升到了一个新的境界。
Many – myself included – still thought the Lakers were an unstoppable force
entering the NBA Finals. But the Pistons didn’t share that view, and that’s
why the rolled in five games.
很多人，包含我自己，认为当时总决赛的湖人是无人能敌的。
但活塞全队不同意这种观点，而这也造就了最后的战果。
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