ESPN 홈피에 WEEKEND DIME에 샤크와의 인터뷰가 실렸더군요.
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웨이드가 빠지고 디펜딩 챔프가 플옵 진출도 장담못하는거 아닌가라는 주변의 우려에도 자신의 15년 커리어 가운데 힘든 시기를 많이 겪었다고 말하며 이젠 그러한 우려에 흔들리지않는다고 말했더군요.
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그리고 현재 4번 시드를 놓고 시카고와 막판 순위싸움을 하는 가운데 홈코트 어드벤티지가 있는건 분명 유리하지만 그것이 없어도 이겨왔다고 강한 자신감을 피력했습니다.
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마이애미의 현재 가장 큰 이슈는 웨이드인데요...웨이드와 함께한다면 어느 팀과 상대해도 이길수있다고 말했더군요...그러면서 웨이드의 상태에 관한 질문에 매일 재활에 열심히라며 플옵에 복귀하길 바란다고 말했더군요...어느 정도 예상된 답변이었습니다.
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최근 많은 매체에서 웨이드의 복귀가 가까워지고있다고 하는데 어느 정도 일맥상통하는 답변이 아니었나 생각됩니다.
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그렇다면 웨이드가 복귀해서 지난해와 마찬가지로 파이널에 진출한다면 다시 한 번 댈러스와 만나게 될 가능성이 높겠죠?
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올 시즌 중반 지난 시즌 파이널에서의 웨이드와 노비츠키에 관해서 말이 많았죠..정작 당사자들은 별다른 반응이 없었고 큐반이 입방정을 떨었던 모양새였지만요.
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그러면서 그 둘의 라이벌구도가 그려지면서 자연스레 마이애미와 댈러스의 라이벌 구도도 형성이 되었는데요.
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샤크는 그에 대해서 '우리가 왜?'라는 식의 반응을 보였는데요.
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"우리 팀과 댈러스는 라이벌이 아니다...마케팅엔 좋을 것같다.큐반이 티켓파는데는 좋을것같다.하지만 라이벌? 전혀..." 이렇게 말을 했더군요.
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샤크에게 또 한 번의 승리를 원하는 건 무리가 아니겠죠?
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아래는 인터뷰 내용의 전문입니다.(출처 : <a href="http://www.espn.com" target=nlink>http://www.espn.com</a>)
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Q: Last time I saw you, right after the All-Star Game, you said that this has been "an F'd-up year." You guys won 11 of the next 13 games after that, so how are things now?
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A: We're OK. Just trying to make it. Whatever position we end up in, we put ourselves in.
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Q: Was it ever realistic to think that the defending champs wouldn't make the playoffs after Dwyane Wade got hurt?
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A: I don't get into panic mode. I've been here 15 years [in this league]. I've been through all this s--- before. So nothing can make me panic.
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Q: What does it say about this conference that you guys were 19-25 at one point, lost D-Wade and look now like you're going to win your division?
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A: The East is not as strong as it was.
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Q: How important is it to win the division and lock up a top-four seed now that you're right there?
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A: It'd be nice to get home-court advantage [in a series or two], but I've won it before without home-court advantage.
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Q: I've been writing and saying all year long that I can't pick anyone in the East to beat you guys four times in a series as long as you and Dwyane are both in the lineup. Am I right?
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A: That's what I feel, too. But we've got to do everything right. If our guards are shooting the ball well, we beat anybody.
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Q: Are you impressed by what the Mavericks are doing?
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A: A little bit. They're winning a lot of games. But if you don't win the whole thing, it don't matter.
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Q: We've heard D-Wade and Dirk [Nowitzki] go back and forth since the Finals and neither one is known for that kind of stuff. What do you think of their growing rivalry?
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A: I don't.
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Q: Really? Isn't Mavs-Heat a good rivalry? It looks to all of us on the outside that these teams really don't like each other.
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A: This ain't no [bleeping] rivalry. I think it's good for marketing. I think it's good for Mark Cuban and ticket sales and all that. But [rivalry]? No, never.
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Q: Can you give us an update on Dwyane's shoulder?
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A: I don't really ask him [for updates], but he's in there [rehabbing] every day, twice a day. He's a tough kid. Hopefully he's there [in the playoffs].
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Q: What about you and your knee?
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A: It's sore, but they say it's going to be like this for the rest of my life.
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Q: So have you decided how much longer you're going to play?
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A: Until my contract's up. Then I'll see what's next for me.
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Q: For sure? You're definitely going to play three more years after this one?
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A: How many years do I have left [on the contract]? Two or three?
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(Editor's note: O'Neal has three more seasons left, each at $20 million, which would take him to age 38).
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