1996-09-08, By Buck Harvey
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马刺队一直说他们在弗农·麦克斯韦尔(Vernon Maxwell)身上找到了他们新的多克·里弗斯(Doc Rivers)。从任何角度来看，老多克·里弗斯(Doc Rivers)都可以因为诽谤起诉他们。当被告知此事时，里弗斯笑了。但随后他说马刺队是对的。
弗恩在球场上很像他。然后里弗斯说：麦克斯韦尔提供许多品质——有些是身体上的，有些是精神上的——这是马刺队长期以来所需要的。
准备好迎接这位信使。下个月，里弗斯将开始他的新职业生涯，这一次是TNT的解说员。任何与里弗斯交谈过的人都明白他天生适合这份工作。
不过，这个决定并不容易。他说，今年夏天一支有竞争力的球队打电话询问他是否会改变主意。他的反应甚至让他自己都感到惊讶。他毫不犹豫地告诉他的律师，他的篮球生涯永远结束了。
脊椎不是唯一的问题。上周，里弗斯雇佣搬运工将家具搬进他在沙瓦诺公园的新家。是的，里弗斯加入了乔治·格文(George Gervin)、拉里·肯农(Larry Kenon)、特里·卡明斯(Terry Cummings)以及许多其他将圣安东尼奥作为自己家园的前马刺球员行列。但里弗斯雇佣了帮手，因为，嗯，他有足够的钱。
除此之外呢？“有时身体感觉很好，”他说。“有时感觉不好。”
在NBA总决赛结束之前，他就知道该退休了。对于一个曾经写过名为“热爱比赛的人”(Those Who Love the Game)的书的人来说，这并不容易。他拥抱了比赛的每一个细微之处，每一个细节，而这是马刺队下赛季将会想念的东西。里弗斯总是如此了解团队的概念，以至于有时他在包机上所说或所做的事情都具有意义。
马克思呢？他可能会提供一些关于疱疹传播法律复杂性的更衣室见解（参见他最近的诉讼）。除此之外，弗恩是那种你想在战壕里与之并肩作战的人，只要战壕足够大。
里弗斯对麦克斯韦尔了解这一点。“缺点，”正如里弗斯简单地说，“是他可能会表现出自己的行为。”
但在所有马刺球员中，里弗斯可能是最同情丹尼斯·罗德曼(Dennis Rodman)的人。在罗德曼把自己孤立到无法挽回的地步之后，里弗斯最终站在了球队一边。尽管如此，里弗斯还是欣赏罗德曼的激情。
就像他欣赏麦克斯韦尔的一样。这是里弗斯看到相似之处的地方之一。
“强度是一件了不起的事情，”里弗斯说。“我、弗农、丹尼斯、迈克尔·乔丹(Michael Jordan)——我们四个人都是不同的人，有不同的背景和不同的天赋水平。但你可以说我们对比赛有着相同的看法。我不知道这是什么。也许，你热爱竞争吗？你热爱比赛吗？”
记住他的书名。里弗斯把这种热爱置于几乎所有事物之上。所以请理解，即使他仍然发现自己在谈论马刺队时会使用“我们”这个词，但他看到了真正的缺陷。
“弗农是个训练狂，”里弗斯说。“（查克）帕森(Chuck Person)和艾弗里（约翰逊）(Avery Johnson)，这基本上是仅有的两个人了。现在至少又多了一个教练知道想练习的家伙。”
当他谈论麦克斯韦尔的优势时，他看到了更多的东西。“他能做很多事情。他可以在防守上变得很凶。他会投一些不理智的球，但这可以控制。同时，他不害怕投关键球。说实在的，这也是马刺队需要的。”
准备好迎接一些坦率的电视节目。里弗斯喜欢马刺队，计划在这里生活——而且他不害怕公开说出自己的想法。
他继续说道。他说，麦克斯韦尔也带来了罗德曼具有的不可预测性，这会让对手感到不安。麦克斯韦尔在他的合同中可能有一些条款来降低赌注。而且他总是喜欢与麦克斯韦尔比赛，因为，再次强调，他很关心比赛。
从那里开始，里弗斯还有更多内容要分享。一个新的生活正在场边等待。他准备好了。
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Note from Doc: How to remedy a little sickness
The Spurs keep saying they’ve found their new Doc Rivers in Vernon Maxwell. By every right, the old Doc Rivers could sue for slander. When told that, Rivers laughed. But then he said the Spurs are right.
Vern is a lot like him on the court. Then there is this from Rivers: Maxwell provides a lot of qualities - some physical, some mental - the Spurs have long needed.
Get used to the messenger. Next month Rivers begins his new career, this one as an announcer for TNT. Everyone who has ever talked to Rivers knows he’s made for the job.
Still, the decision wasn’t easy. He says a contender called this summer wondering if he might change his mind. And his reaction surprised even himself. He told his attorney, without thinking it over, his hoops days were forever over.
His spine isn’t the lone problem. Rivers hired movers to lift furniture into his new Shavano Park home last week; yes, Rivers joins George Gervin, Larry Kenon, Terry Cummings and a lot of other ex-Spurs who have made San Antonio their home. But Rivers hired help because, well, he has the money.
Otherwise? “Sometimes the body feels all right,” he says. “Sometimes it doesn’t.”
Before the NBA Finals were over, he knew it was time to retire. And it wasn’t easy for a man who once wrote a book entitled “Those Who Love the Game.” He embraced every nuance, every detail, and that is something the Spurs are going to miss next season. Rivers was always so in tune with the concept of a team that, sometimes, what he said or did on the charter meant something.
Max? He might offer some locker-room insight about the legal complexities of herpes transmission (see his latest lawsuit). Otherwise, Vern is the kind of guy you want in a foxhole with you as long as the foxhole is extraordinarily large.
Rivers knows this about Maxwell. “The downside,” as Rivers put it simply, “is he can act the way he acts.”
But of all the Spurs, Rivers might have been the one who sympathized the most with Dennis Rodman. Rivers eventually sided with the team after Rodman isolated himself beyond repair. Still, Rivers admired Rodman’s passion.
Just as he does Maxwell’s. This is one place where Rivers sees similarities.
“Intensity is an amazing thing,” said Rivers. “Me, Vernon, Dennis, Michael Jordan - all four of us are different people with different backgrounds and different talent levels. But you could say we saw the game the same way. I don’t know what it is. Maybe, do you love the competition? Do you love the game?”
Remember his book title. Rivers puts this love above almost anything. So understand, even as he still catches himself using the word “we” when talking about the Spurs, he sees real flaws.
“Vernon is a gym rat,” said Rivers. “(Chuck) Person and Avery (Johnson), that’s about the only other ones. Now at least there’s another guy the coach knows wants to practice.”
When he talks about Maxwell’s upside, he sees more than that. “He can do so many things. He can get nasty on defense. He will take some ill-advised shots, but that can be controlled. At the same time, he’s not scared to take the big shot. That’s something else the Spurs need, quite honestly.”
Get ready for some candid TV. Rivers likes the Spurs, plans to live here - and he’s not afraid to already announce it as he sees it.
He went on. He says Maxwell also brings an unpredictable quality that Rodman had, something that unnerves opponents. That Maxwell probably has clauses in his contract that lessen the gamble. And that he always enjoyed playing against Maxwell because, again, he cared.
From there Rivers had more boxes to unpack. A new life awaits on the sidelines. And he’s ready.
By Buck Harvey, via San Antonio Express-News