[外電] "G"luol Deng將要防守巨星

看板ChicagoBulls (芝加哥公牛)作者eertllams (Tree666)時間14年前 (2011/05/14 22:12)推噓7(7推 0噓 1→)

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By K.C. Johnson, Tribune reporter http://tinyurl.com/6zwo9yc Deng relishes another crack at James Bulls small forward knows he can't stop Heat superstar, but he can make him sweat On the July 8 night that LeBron James announced he would join the Heat, Luol Deng was at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya with no TV. "I heard about it a few days later," Deng said Friday. "I really thought it would be a great team. Right away, I could tell they'd be competing for a title." But the hysteria surrounding James' decision didn't resonate in Kenya. "They didn't really care," Deng said. "Nobody asked me." Now, Deng won't be able to move much of anywhere over the next several days without fielding a question about James, whom he will be guarding in the Eastern Conference finals. Deng also matched up against James, then a Cavalier, in the first round of last season's playoffs. "He's still the same player," Deng said. "Actually, I really think he's better. He has guys around him who take off some load. Last year, he did a lot for that team. Last year, our team defense was different. Our defense is better now. "You just try to make everything he does tough. He's going to make tough shots throughout the game. My job is every time I'm on him, I can't let him get easy baskets. Every basket he gets he has to work for." Unlike many who have vilified James for his decision to leave Cleveland, Deng said he had no problem with it. And that's for reasons beyond the fact James would have taken Deng's position if he had come to the Bulls. "I'm an athlete," Deng said. "I've seen athletes make decisions and people don't like them. But everyone has a right to make the decision they want. … We're happy with the team we have." Deng said his back, right elbow and index finger on which he landed hard after a first-quarter Josh Smith foul were "fine." Translated, that means "it's the playoffs and soreness is part of the game." As the longest-tenured Bull in his seventh season, Deng is savoring his first trip to the conference finals. "My goals are so much bigger, but this is special," Deng said. "The ups and downs, the years we've been through not making the playoffs, everything that has been written about me and to come back and work hard and be healthy and play 82 games and get this far, it has been a special year." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 98.212.125.50