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[size=3][color=black][b]在被问到曾经的峥嵘岁月时，比利-耐特总是显得很谦逊，千万不要被他耍了：他曾两次屈居得分榜第二位，1976年在ABA联盟时排在J博士之后，而在次年又惜败给了皮特-马拉维奇，那是NBA与ABA合并的第一年。[/b]
在匹兹堡大学的3年篮球生涯中，耐特每场可以得到22.2分和12个篮板球。在1973-74年，大四的他凭借场均21.8分和13.4个篮板的成绩带领黑豹队取得了24胜4负的成绩，并且进入了8强，但最终以72比100输给了北卡州立大学。耐特在1974年的选秀大会中被湖人在第二轮选中，但他却转而和ABA的印第安遛马队签约。
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[size=3][color=black]ABA的遛马队就像NBA中有着辉煌成绩的凯尔特人队一样为人熟知，在4年中（1970，1972，1973）获得了三次总冠军，但在1974-95年时进入了重建阶段。两届ABA最有价值球员以及夺冠过程中的内线中坚：中锋Mel Daniels和组织后卫Freddie Lewis被交易到了孟菲斯。以关键时刻投篮稳定著称的Roger Brown在印第安遛马队的鼎盛时期一直受伤病的困扰，在耐特的新秀年之打了10场比赛。虽然没有在赛场上给予耐特很多支持，但耐特还是在篮球和生活中都尊Brown为他的导师。[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=black]随着遛马队的核心渐渐引退。 四年级前锋George McGinnis逐渐完成了超级巨星的转变。McGinnis在遛马队最后两次冠军过程中做出了巨大的贡献，但在1974-75年间，他把自己的比赛提到到了一个新的高度，在ABA联盟技术统计中，得分排名第一（29.8），抢断第二（2.6)，助攻第三（6.3)篮板排名第五（14.3)，并且和J博士共享了MVP殊荣！耐特在同年也打出了不错的成绩，在遛马队中得分排名第二（17.1)，篮板排名第三（7.9)。他也被选入了新秀全明星队。
而耐特在季后赛中的表现更加优异，场均得到24.1分和8.9个篮板，面貌全新的遛马也如愿打入了ABA总决赛，他们对阵的肯塔基陆军上校队是由名人堂成员Hubie Brown执教的，队中还有名人堂的Dan Issel ,Artis Gilmore（此君在那个赛季的ABA联盟中篮板和盖帽都排名第二）和Louie Dampier，一个ABA历史上投进三分球最多的球员。
于是Gilmore带领陆军上校队在第五场拿到了总冠军，而他也在系列赛中凭借场均25分和21篮板的成绩成为了总决赛MVP. 耐特一直不理解为什么Gilmore没有入选名人堂
[b][color=red]“他绝对有实力入选的“耐特说道”Artis在很长时间内保持了很高的比赛水准。我真的搞不懂他怎么会被遗忘。我不明白。他在赛场上有绝对的统治力。他能封盖，能抢篮板，还能得分。无论在ABA还是NBA，他都是统治级的球员。来到NBA后他还是可以控制比赛进程，并且去表演他在ABA就做过的一切。”
[/color][/b]在总决赛中，耐特场均22.8分和8个篮板，而McGinnis在得分（27.2），篮板(14)和助攻(6.4)方面都领先遛马队。[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=black]在1975-76赛季，McGinnis加盟了费城76人队，于是耐特成了遛马的当家球星，在技术统计上写了浓重的一笔：28.1分（只逊于J博士的29.3分），10.1个篮板和3.7次助攻。他也与J博士一起入选了ABA第一阵容。但人员不整，缺少角色球员的遛马还是在季后赛第一轮中以1比2的大比分输给了肯塔基队，尽管在此过程中耐特抢得了惊人的33.7分，10.7个篮板和4个助攻。
[b][color=red]“我没有十分特别的回忆”在谈到ABA的两年篮球生涯时，耐特说道“实在是有很多的回忆。。。但在新秀年就进入总决赛确实很不错”[/color][/b]
在那一年NBA和ABA成功合并。遛马，掘金，纽约网队和圣安东尼奥马刺成为了仅存的ABA球队。在NBA的第一年中，遛马取得了36胜46负的战绩，也因此失去了进入季后赛的资格。但我们实在是不能责怪耐特：他在1976-77赛季场均得到26.6分（只低于马拉维奇的31.1分），7.5个篮板和3.3个助攻。上场时间排名联盟第四（3117分钟，场均40分钟），也入选了全明星赛。
[b][color=red]耐特不愿意承认在ABA起步会给他的NBA职业生涯带来任何压力。
“你当然想让世人知道你的能力，但这和你效力的联盟一点关系都没有”耐特表示“你只是想打球，就是这些。只是努力打球。”[/color][/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=black]在1977年9月，遛马用耐特从布法罗勇敢者队交易到了1977年年度最佳新秀Adrian Dantley和替补前锋Mike Bantom。在勇敢者效力的时期，耐特场均22.9分，虽然这也是数得上的成绩，但因为膝伤，他只打了53场比赛，也因此没有达到排名规定的1400分或是70场比赛的最低评选标准。
在1977-78赛季后勇敢者队搬到了圣迭哥，又在波士顿和布法罗的球队易主后改名为快艇队。这两支球队之间也进行了多位球员交易，而耐特成了了一名凯尔特人---尽管只有半个赛季。在遛马重新召回他之前，他在40场比赛中取得了13.9分。
作为遛马队的一员，耐特以14.7分和30场比赛的成绩结束了1978-79赛季。[b]在此期间，遛马得到，也送走了很多有天赋的球员：Dantley, Alex English ,McGinnis,Mickey Johnson. 在1979-80赛季，耐特在人员更换如走马灯的赛季中还是得到了13.1的平均分，并且在对阵圣迭哥队的比赛中得到了遛马的个人赛季单场最高44分。[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=black]在1980-81赛季，遛马的阵容终于安定了下来，而耐特又凭借领先球队的17.5分，53.3%的命中率和83.2的罚球命中率重新确立了自己球队中主力的地位。在1980年11月11日，他在对阵马刺119比113的胜利中得到了职业生涯最高的52分，而这也是雷杰-米勒在12年后对阵夏落特时拿到到57分之前遛马队的球队最高个人得分。
印第安以44胜38负的成绩结束了那个赛季，在球队的NBA历程中第一次进入了季后赛。但他们很快就被J博士领军的76人队在首轮以2比0淘汰。耐特在这过程中场均得到18.5分。Jack McKinney在第一年作为遛马的教练的情况下赢得了年度教练的殊荣。
虽然在1981-82赛季有所下滑，但耐特在1982-83赛季又找到了状态（17.1分）。那时他已经不是球队的第一得分手。新秀Clark Kellogg（更多是以如今CBS大学篮球解说员闻名）取得了20.1分和10.6个篮板的成绩。虽然拥有Kellogg和耐特两名得分手，遛马还是连续第二年错失季后赛晋级机会，而在休季期间，他们把耐特交易到了尼克斯。在连一场比赛都没打的情况下，他又被交易到堪萨斯，并在那打了一年多职业比赛。Mike Woodson曾是他那时的队友，而他回来雇用他成为鹰队教练。耐特在马刺结束了自己的职业生涯，那时他的队友是曾经ABA的对手gilmore和“冰人”格文。[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=black]在他的职业生涯中，耐特从来没有想像过成为一名NBA的行政人员。
“我可从来没打算过干我如今从事的职业”他解释说“球员们就是靠打球生活的，而在你老到打不动的时候，你还是想参与其中。我一直在打比赛，而且是以不同的比赛强度，但在我结束职业生涯后，我还是不想离开篮球。这就是我还在这的原因。Donnie Walsh给我提供了第一份工作（步行者的决策人员）。我在他手下干了13年。我一直跟他咨询建议，谈论事宜。”
耐特之后成为了灰熊的总经理，并成功地选到了加索尔，后者也在2001-02年成为最佳新秀。耐特在加盟鹰队之前在灰熊待了几个赛季。而他如今是鹰队的副总裁兼总经理。[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=black]耐特总是很注重将来的发展，而且对自己的职业生涯绝口不提。
“我打球的时候，这里的大部分人还没出生呢”耐特说着，指了指Conseco更衣室里面的座位，那时距鹰队和步行者比赛还有一小时。
他很喜欢打球，但也认为一直“哀悼我再也打不了球了，我已经54岁了”很没意思。
一些退役的球员总是在说如果在如今联盟裁判标准下打球，他们会得到更多的分数。但耐特从来不愿意做这种假设。。。
[b][color=red]“不，我从来没那么想过。我从来不那么看问题。时代不同了。如今的联盟有自己的打法，那就顺其自然吧。球员也要尽量去适应。如果规则如何，球员都要尽力去适应。规律不会过于帮助，或者阻碍球员的。就是这样，你要按规则打球。”
[/color][/b]他还是怀念ABA的一切，耐特非常热中三分球。。。虽然他在职业生涯中并没投过几个。
“我认为（三分）是个不错的规则改革。它使比赛从始至终都充满令人兴奋的元素。我想在ABA和NBA这都是很好的规则。 因为人们终于接受它了。”
那么，至于那些教练做的三分球使得比赛脱离了内线致胜本质的话语呢？
“那只是他们的观点，而其他人还有其他的观点。但我认为这对比赛的发展有益。”耐特回复说。
在那些总经理搜肠刮肚寻找适合自己球队战术的球员时，耐特却很少注意那些特定的战术，而更注重球员的球技水准。
[b][color=red]“你只是想得到优秀球员---你能找到的最出色的球员。那就去寻找吧，无论在哪，或者是他们能打什么位置。这才是一支球队的生存之道。”[/color][/b][/color][/size]
原文
The quiet assassinby David Friedman / April 9, 2007
Billy Knight takes a low-key approach when asked about his playing days but don’t let that fool you: he twice finished second in a scoring title race, trailing only Julius Erving in 1976 in the ABA and beating everyone but Pete Maravich the next year, the first season after the NBA-ABA merger.
Knight played his college ball at Pittsburgh, where he averaged 22.2 ppg and 12.0 rpg during his three varsity career. In 1973-74, his senior year, Knight averaged 21.8 ppg and 13.4 rpg, leading the Panthers to a 24-4 record and a berth in the Elite Eight, where they lost 100-72 to North Carolina State. The Lakers drafted Knight in the second round of the 1974 draft, but he chose to sign with the ABA’s Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers were known as the Boston Celtics of the ABA, winners of three championships in a four-year span (1970, 1972, 1973) but by 1974-75 the team was in a bit of a rebuilding mode. Center Mel Daniels, a two-time ABA MVP and the inside presence on those championship teams, was traded to the Memphis Sounds along with point guard Freddie Lewis. Roger Brown, a clutch scorer during Indiana’s dynasty years, was hobbled by injuries and played in just 10 games during Knight’s rookie year. Despite Brown’s limited on-court impact that season, Knight credits Brown for being a great mentor to him, both in basketball and in life in general.
With the Pacers’ veteran championship core all but gone, fourth-year forward George McGinnis completed his emergence into superstar status. McGinnis was an important contributor to the Pacers’ last two championship teams but in 1974-75 he took his game to another level, ranking first in the ABA in scoring (29.8 ppg), second in steals (2.6 spg), third in assists (6.3 apg) and fifth in rebounding (14.3 rpg). He and Julius Erving shared MVP honors. Knight had an excellent rookie season, ranking second on the Pacers in scoring (17.1 ppg) and third in rebounding (7.9 rpg). He was selected to the All-Rookie Team.
Knight performed even better in the playoffs, averaging 24.1 ppg and 8.9 rpg as the new-look Pacers made it to the ABA Finals, where they faced the powerful Kentucky Colonels. Kentucky was coached by Hall of Famer Hubie Brown and had a talented roster that included Hall of Famer Dan Issel, Artis Gilmore (who ranked second in the ABA in rebounding and shot blocking that season) and Louie Dampier, the ABA’s all-time leader in three pointers made.
Gilmore led the Colonels to a five-game victory, averaging 25 ppg and 21 rpg to win the Finals MVP. Knight cannot explain why Gilmore has not been inducted in the Hall of Fame.
“He is certainly deserving,” says Knight. “Artis was an outstanding player for a long time. I can’t answer why his name has faded. I don’t know why. He was just a dominating force. He could block shots, he could rebound, he could score. He was a dominating player in the ABA and certainly in the NBA. Coming into the NBA he was (still) a dominating guy; he did all of those same things (in the NBA that he did in the ABA).”
Knight averaged 22.8 ppg and 8.0 rpg in defeat, while McGinnis led the Pacers in scoring (27.2 ppg), rebounding (14.0 rpg) and assists (6.4 apg) during the Finals.
McGinnis jumped to the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers for the 1975-76 season, so Knight took center stage in Indiana, producing career-high numbers across the board: 28.1 ppg (second in the league to Erving’s 29.3 ppg), 10.1 rpg and 3.7 apg. He earned selection to the All-ABA 1st Team alongside Erving. The undermanned Pacers lost to Kentucky 2-1 in the first round of the playoffs despite Knight’s 33.7 ppg, 10.7 rpg and 4.0 apg.
“I don’t have one memory that stands out more than others,” Knight says of his two years in the ABA. “I have a lot of good memories… Going to the Finals in my rookie year was certainly special.”
The NBA-ABA merger took place in that offseason. The Pacers, Denver Nuggets, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs were the only ABA teams that survived. The Pacers posted a 36-46 record during their first NBA campaign and did not qualify for the playoffs. Knight could hardly be blamed, though; he averaged 26.6 ppg (second in the NBA to Maravich’s 31.1 ppg), 7.5 rpg and 3.3 apg in 1976-77. He ranked fourth in the league in minutes played (3,117, 40.0 mpg) and made the All-Star team.
Knight denies that he felt any added pressure to prove himself in the NBA because he started his career in the ABA.
“You certainly want to show what you can do, but it had nothing to do with the different leagues and all of that,” Knight says. “You wanted to play, that’s all. You were just out there playing.”
In September 1977, the Pacers traded Knight to the Buffalo Braves for 1977 Rookie of the Year Adrian Dantley and reserve forward Mike Bantom. Knight averaged 22.9 ppg for the Braves, which would have ranked among the league leaders but he only played in 53 games due to a knee injury and failed to meet the minimum requirements of 1,400 points or 70 games played.
The Braves moved to San Diego after the 1977-78 season and became the Clippers after the owners of the Boston and Buffalo teams swapped franchises. The two teams traded several players as well and Knight became a Boston Celtic – for half a season. He averaged 13.9 ppg in 40 games before the Pacers reacquired him.
Knight finished the 1978-79 season with the Pacers, scoring 14.7 ppg in 39 games. The Pacers acquired and traded several talented forwards around that time: Dantley, Alex English, McGinnis, Mickey Johnson. In 1979-80, Knight averaged 13.1 ppg despite the musical chairs routine and he had the Pacers’ single-game scoring high that season with 44 points versus San Diego.
The Pacers finally achieved some roster stability in 1980-81 and Knight reestablished himself as the top player on the team, leading the squad in scoring (17.5 ppg), field goal percentage (.533) and free throw percentage (.832). On November 11, 1980, Knight scored 52 points in a 119-113 win at San Antonio, his NBA career-high and the most points by a Pacers player in the NBA until Reggie Miller’s 57 point outing against Charlotte 12 years later.
Indiana finished the season with a 44-38 record, qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in the team’s NBA history. They were quickly eliminated 2-0 by the Erving’s Philadelphia 76ers in a first-round mini-series. Knight averaged 18.5 ppg. Jack McKinney won the Coach of the Year award in his first year with the Pacers.
Knight’s minutes and scoring dipped in 1981-82 but he bounced back in 1982-83 with another solid season (17.1 ppg). He was no longer the team’s top scorer, though. Rookie Clark Kellogg, better known today as a CBS college basketball commentator, averaged 20.1 ppg and 10.6 rpg. The Pacers missed the playoffs for the second year in a row despite Kellogg and Knight’s productive seasons and in the offseason they traded Knight to the New York Knicks. Before he could play a game for them, though, he was moved again, this time to Kansas City, where he played for a little more than one year. One of his teammates there was Mike Woodson, who Knight later hired to be the Atlanta Hawks’ coach. Knight finished his career with a brief stint in San Antonio, where he played alongside his former ABA rivals Gilmore and George Gervin.
During his playing days, Knight never thought about eventually pursuing a career as an NBA executive.
“I didn’t plan on doing what I’m doing,” he explains. “Players play and when you get too old to play the way that you want to play you’d like to stay around the game. I played the game and had been involved in it at so many levels for so many years that after I finished playing I still wanted to be around the game. This is a way that I could stay around. Donnie Walsh gave me my first job (in the Pacers front office). I worked under him for 13 years. He is someone I look up to and talk to all the time.”
Knight moved on to become the general manager of the Vancouver (now Memphis) Grizzlies and he held that position when the team drafted Pau Gasol, who became the 2001-02 Rookie of the Year. Knight spent a couple seasons with the Grizzlies before joining the Hawks’ front office. He is currently the team’s executive vice president and general manager.
Knight focuses on the future and does not dwell on the details of his playing career.
“Half the people here weren’t born when I played,” Knight says, gesturing to the seats in Conseco Fieldhouse about an hour before his Hawks played the Indiana Pacers.
He enjoyed his playing days but declares that it makes no sense to “lament that I’m not playing. I’m 54 years old.”
Some retired players will swear up and down that if they had played with today’s restrictions on defensive contact against perimeter players they would have scored a lot more points than they did during their careers, but Knight refuses to play the “What if?” game.
“No. I never look at that. I never look at things that way,” Knight says. “That was a different era and a different time. This is the way it’s played now, so this is the way it is. Players adjust to it. No matter what the rules are, players will adjust to it. It’s not a big help or a big hindrance either way. Those are the rules and you play by the rules.”
True to his ABA roots, Knight is a fan of the three-point shot – even though he did not shoot many of them during his career.
“I think that it’s a good rule. It made a difference in the game by keeping it exciting all the way to the end,” Knight says. “I thought that it was a good rule to have (in the ABA) and, obviously, so did everybody else (in the NBA) because they eventually included it.”
What about coaches who complain that the three-pointer takes the emphasis away from the inside game?
“That’s their opinion and other people are entitled to different opinions but I think that it is good for the game,” Knight replies.
While some executives try to acquire personnel to fit a certain style of play, Knight thinks less in terms of a particular system and more about a player’s skill level.
“You just want to get good players – the best players you can find,” Knight says. “Get the best players you can find, wherever you can get them, whatever positions they play. I think that’s the best way to go about it.” 大早起就看这个还真难受
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