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Kendrick Perkins: LeBron James vs. Paul Pierce Beef Began with Spitting
Incident
Kendrick Perkins說 LeBron James跟Paul Pierce之間的過節起因於吐口水事件
Even if it's a stretch to call Paul Pierce and LeBron James true rivals, it's
hard to dispute the two have a strong dislike for each other.
即使現在把Paul Pierce跟LeBron James兩個人稱作死對頭有點過頭，但是這兩個人互相不
喜歡對方是個不爭的事實。
From 2004 on, Pierce and James engaged in a sometimes-one-sided battle that
had two of the NBA's top players bickering back-and-forth. That dislike came
back up again this week when Pierce said James isn't a top-five player in NBA
history.
從2004年後，Pierce跟LBJ兩個就開始互相嗆來嗆去。兩個人之間的不爽因為這禮拜Pierce
這禮拜說LBJ在NBA史上排不到前五球員又再次被提及。
On Wednesday, Kendrick Perkins spoke with ESPN's Cassidy Hubbarth and Amin
Elhassan about the spark that led to the feud, noting Pierce was fed up with
all the "Chosen One" talk surrounding James' entry to the league. That led to
a fateful preseason night in 2004 when Pierce spit in James' direction on the
bench.
星期三的時候，Kendrick Perkins在ESPN的節目上說到那兩個人的過節的起因，他說
Pierce在LBJ剛進聯盟時，一堆圍繞著LBJ講到"天選之人"(Chosen One)的話題讓Pierce受
夠了。所以在2004年的熱身賽的那一天晚上，Pierce往LBJ坐的位置方向吐了口水。
(Note: Perkins says the incident took place in 2003, but the two teams did
not meet in the preseason that year.)
(註：Perkins說那事件發生在2003年，不過那年熱身賽兩隊並沒有碰頭。)
"Paul is talking noise to the bench, right?" Perkins said. "He's talking big
noise to the Cavs bench, and they're sitting over there, Bron and them,
they're all sitting over there. ... Paul actually spits over there at the
bench, right? The ultimate disrespect."
「Paul那時候對著板凳噴垃圾話，」Perkins說。「他對著騎士板凳區狂噴，騎士球員坐在
那邊，有LBJ跟其他人，所有人都坐在那邊...然後Paul就真的對著騎士板凳區吐了口水。
那真的是不尊重到極點。」
Pierce was fined $15,000 by the NBA for his actions, but that was hardly the
end of it. The Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were playing on Ohio State's
campus that night, and both locker rooms were located next to each other.
According to ESPN's Brian Windhorst in 2012, Pierce had to be carried away
from James in the hallway after the game to prevent a fight.
Pierce因為那舉動被聯盟罰了15000鎂，但是事情還沒完。那晚騎士跟賽提在俄亥俄州大比
賽，兩隊的休息室就在隔壁。根據ESPN記者Brian Windhorst在2012年的報導，在賽後
Pierce在走道上得要被拉走，遠離LBJ，不然就要打起來了。
Perkins had the good fortune of playing with Pierce in Boston for a number of
years as well as one season with James in Cleveland. He says the disrespect
between the two is still palpable.
Perkins有幸在賽提跟Pierce打過幾年球，也在騎士跟LBJ打過一個球季。他說這兩個人之
間的互相不尊重依舊存在。
"Ever since that moment," Perkins said. "LeBron James and Paul Pierce hate
each other. They don't speak to each other. Even now, today."
「從那之後，」Perkins說。「LBJ跟Paul Pierce兩個人就互相討厭，他們彼此是不會講話
的，直到現在。」
Which brings Perkins back to Pierce saying James isn't a top-five player in
league history. The former forward believes it's entirely personal. It always
has been. Maybe it always will be.
然後回到Pierce說LBJ不是聯盟史上前五球員的話題，Perkins認為這完全是針對性的，一
直都是這樣，或許將來也會是如此。
For the record, Perkins believes James does belong on that list—whether he
believes James is the greatest of all time, is a different argument.
要強調一下，Perkins認為LBJ應該要在那前五的名單上的