[外電] Kings rookie shoots to top of class

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/12/17/tyreke.evans/index.html No. 1 pick Blake Griffin was the star of the draft, and Brandon Jennings has been the surprise of the opening months. But Tyreke Evans may turn out to be the best of all the rookies, based on the enormity of his talents and size. 第一順位Blake Griffin 是選秀會上的明星，Brandon Jennings在開季沒多久就帶給我們一堆驚艷。但Tyreke Evans可能會是本屆的最佳球員，因為他有巨大的天分和體型。 "You hate to compare players like this," said Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan on Wednesday after escaping with a 95-88 win against Evans' Kings, "but I think he's got some Magic [Johnson] in him. He's a big guard that can see the floor, he's unselfish, he gets to the rim, he uses his body very well, he's good in transition, he can rebound and push the ball, and a small or big guard doesn't really faze him." 「你不會喜歡這樣比較球員，但我想我看到了一些魔術強森的身影。一個大型的後衛，攻守轉換做得不錯，可以捉下籃板然後推進、不自私、切入能力很棒。不過是比他高大還是矮小的後衛都很難對付他。」來自拓荒者教練Nate McMillan的讚美。 A long list there, and yet it doesn't fully cover Evans' promise. With averages of 20.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists, he has joined LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Joe Johnson as the only players to average 20-5-5 this season. More impressive still has been his leadership of a rebuilding franchise that lost top scorer Kevin Martin on Nov. 2 (sidelined at least eight weeks by a hairline fracture in his left wrist). Instead of settling at the bottom of the West as widely predicted, the Kings are off to an 11-13 start. On Wednesday, they beat the visiting Wizards 112-109 on a team-leading 26 points from Evans, who stole the ball from Gilbert Arenas to defend a one-point lead in the closing seconds. 一個名單可能可以告訴我們Evans 的前途。20.3分、5.1籃板、5.0助攻，他和LeBron James 、Dwyane Wade 、Joe Johnson 是聯盟僅有的四個20、5、5成員。更令人印象深刻的是他在球隊失去得分好手KM後所展現出來的領袖氣質。原本被預測繼續墊底的國王，現在是11勝13敗。星期三他們打敗了來訪的巫師，得了26分的Evans 最後一刻點掉了Arenas 的球，替球隊守住一分領先。 Evans wasn't viewed by everyone as a sure thing when he entered the draft after one year at Memphis. His hometown Grizzlies passed on him in order to pick center Hasheem Thabeet (now averaging 2.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 2.1 fouls), and his own college coach John Calipari didn't originally view him as a point guard. "I should have been fired," Calipari joked after waiting through a 6-3 start before shifting Evans from the off guard to the point; the Tigers didn't lose again until the NCAA Sweet 16. 其實在選秀會上Evans 的前途看來仍不明，他的家鄉球隊灰熊跳過他而在第二順位選了中鋒Hasheem Thabeet ，而他的大學教練John Calipari 也沒把他完全當成控衛來看。「我是該被火的。」Calipari開玩笑說，因為他在球隊六勝三敗後才把Evans 由得分移到控球，而老虎隊從那之後一直打到甜蜜十六強才輸球。 Though he grew up playing point guard, Evans admitted he was given the ball mainly so he could score. "I wasn't really a natural point," he said. "I was more like a point guard/two guard, I could bring the ball up. Now I know how to run a team better, create passes, things like that." 雖然他從小到大總打控球，Evans 承認會給他球大多是因為他能得分。「我不是天生的控球，我算是比較偏控球的雙能衛，我可以自已得分。現在我也知道怎麼跑戰術、傳球或著是指揮球隊那一類的事。」 Did he envision averaging more points and assists than the 17.1 and 3.9 he managed last year? "I didn't have any idea," he said. "I was excited I got drafted, and I knew I wasn't going to stop working hard. As the year went along, as I went into training camp, I was thinking I can be pretty good." 那他有沒有想過會得分和助攻都比去年還高？「沒有，我被選中時超高興的，但我知道我不能因此停止努力。今年從頭到尾，一直到我進了訓練營，我都一直在想我是個好球員。」 In many ways he has mirrored the fast start of Jennings in Milwaukee, though the latter received more notice after breaking out for 55 points in the opening month against the Warriors. Both have overcome the loss of their team's leading scorer (with Michael Redd sidelined in Milwaukee), both have helped redeem the incumbent point guard (Beno Udrih in Sacramento, Luke Ridnour in Milwaukee) by converting him into a secondary ball-handler and spot-up threat at the three-point line, and both have defined a fluid up-tempo style in which they can excel. 他現在和東方的Jennings成了新的話題，這位公鹿球員對上勇士時砍了55分。兩位都帶領失去主力得分的球隊打出了戰績，幫助了他們隊上的原控球挽回名聲，Beno和Luke現在都可以做第二號持球員和外線冷箭負責人，同時也打出了自已的風格。 But when they meet Saturday in Milwaukee, the difference between the two rookie point guards will become obvious. While 6-1 Jennings creates space with his quickness, 6-6 Evans has more than enough explosion to go with size and strength that dwarfs most point guards -- young or old. His 6-feet, 11 ¼ -inch wingspan is as long as Griffin's and an inch shorter than LeBron James': Having turned 20 in September, 220-pound Evans looks very much like the LeBron of point guards in his ability to dominate rivals, physically and athletically. "He can play 1, 2 or 3," said McMillan. "And when they have some of their guys back, we may even see him play some 4 because he has a big body." 當他們星期六在密爾瓦基見面時，兩個人的對比應該會很明顯。六呎一吋的Jennings 用速度打開空間，六呎六吋的Evans 則有足夠的體型和力量來對抗大多數的控球。他的翼展長達六呎十一又四分之一吋，這跟Griffin 是同個等級，只比LeBron少一吋而已。在九月滿二十歲的他，220 磅的體型讓他看來是LeBron級的控球，可以用體能輕鬆宰掉對手。 "He's a walking mismatch,'' said Kings coach Paul Westphal. "Very few times do you have a rookie [who can] affect the game plan of the other coach, but they set their defense to try to stop him. He's responded really well in figuring out what the next move is: If they double team here what do you do about that, if they put this guy on you, what do you do about that? There's just not one thing you can do to curb his effectiveness." 「他在場上就是mismatch。沒有幾個新秀可以影響對方教練的作戰計劃，但他們都要找出防守Evans 的方法。而他也能找正確的下一步。如果他們包夾，如果他們找誰來守，都沒有辦法去減少他的效能。」教頭說。 Evans appreciates the impact he makes. "I'm going to the basket and making contact with them every chance I get," he said. "I was playing [Timberwolves 6-foot rookie] Jonny Flynn the other night and he said to the refs, 'Man, I didn't know I had to guard LeBron James tonight.'" 「我會進攻籃框，並且和他們進行碰撞，我和Jonny Flynn 對戰的那晚，他向裁判說：『我不知道我今晚的對手竟然是LeBron James。』」 Evans has been working with assistant Pete Carril to improve his perimeter shooting. "His stroke is fairly sound, other than his tendency to take the ball too far back over his head," said Kings president Geoff Petrie. Evans is making 24.4 percent of his threes, and opponents don't look forward to his improvement out there. "As he stretches the defense and learns to hit that outside shot even more," said Blazers All-Star guard Brandon Roy, "he's going to really become a double threat. Because right now he's almost un-guardable getting to the basket." Evans 也和助教Pete Carril 一同改善他的跳投。（本段詳見5491 by felmizan） Petrie doesn't compare Evans to LeBron so much as to Adrian Peterson. "What he does have is just great acceleration with the ball," Petrie said. "When he sees a hole, he's almost like a running back in football: he sees it and he goes. He's one of those players who plays much faster when he has the ball than when he doesn't. I think it's because he's always had the ball, and he's very comfortable having it." 「當他手上有球時，速度會變很快。只要對方防守有漏洞，他就會變成足球裡的跑鋒，一路殺過去。他持球時的速度比起沒持球快很多。我想是因為他手上總是拿著球，而他也很適應這狀況。」Petrie說，他更喜歡把Evans 比喻為Adrian Peterson。（Peterson is a running back of Minnesota Vikings，在下不認識） Evans had heard the LeBron comparisons, but not a running back, though he's quickly warming to the idea. "When I push the ball coming full speed, what's a guy supposed to do? I'm running full speed at my size, and every hole I see I try to get there fast," he said. "You can't drive to the basket slow thinking you're going to make it." Evans 有聽過LeBron比喻法，跑鋒比喻法還沒見過，但他也很開心有人這樣說。「當我持球全速衝刺，對方該怎麼做？以我的體型全速奔跑，只要有破綻我就衝到那。你不可能慢慢上籃還會想著你能得手。」 Evans isn't athletic in the typical vertical-leap sense. He doesn't sky above opponents as much he blasts through them. He'll fake left and, before they can regain balance, he's bursting right with his long arm extended away and the ball kissing softly off the glass regardless of how awkwardly Evans might be falling. He is a tremendous finisher in traffic, capable of focusing on the shot regardless of contact. Evans 的體能並不是典型的飛人。他不會由對方頭上越過，而是直接炸開對方。他會在左方來個假動作，然後在對方失衡的時候，從右方疾速切入、伸長手臂和籃框來個溫柔的約會。他的結束動作超棒，在和對手碰撞後仍能輕鬆得手。 His innate mastery of tempo, as well as his refusal to show off athletically, reminds Roy of himself. "He plays to win," said Roy. "He isn't going to score in the 40s and 50s, but you can tell he scores those meaningful points, he makes those meaningful passes and he just plays within himself. I see similarities, especially with his poise and the way he takes his time and makes his plays out there on the court." 他天生的節奏感和不倚靠體能的打法，都讓Roy 想到他自已。「他是為了贏球而戰的人，他不會去得40或50分，但他會在重要時出手，得分或傳球。他在場上的打法讓我看見他和我的相似點。」Roy 說。 Defensively, Evans may already be one of the best at his position, in no small part because he grew up playing against older talent. In seventh grade, he was the starting point guard for the varsity at American Christian high school team in suburban Philadelphia. "I was always bigger than people my age," he said. "When I was [playing] in my age group, people would say, 'He isn't how old he says he is -- he's older.' But I didn't pay that any mind. I would just go out there and play ball. And when I played with older guys, I struggled for a couple of days, but then when I got the hang of playing with them I got better and better." 防守上，Evans 可能是同位置上最佳的人，因為他從小就和比他老的傢伙對抗。在七年級時，他就在費城郊區的高中打先發。「我比同齡的人都大隻，當我和年紀相近的伙伴打球時，他們總說『他的年齡一定有問題！』我只好去和其他人打球，開始我也受挫了幾天，但那時起我也變得越來越好。」 He grew used to being pushed around and learning to push back. As the seventh-grade point guard on the high school team, he recalls, "There was a guy on my team, a senior point guard way stronger than me. He would try to be physical with me and push me in the post. That's when I realized I had to get in the weight room. So I got a trainer, I got bigger." 不停被壓力推擠的他，也學會了推回去。他說：「我高中時有個學長比我更壯。他會用體和我對抗，並且在低位頂我。我也因此了解我要去重訓。所以我找了個訓練員，也變得更大隻。」 A personal trainer in seventh grade? 七年級就有私人訓練員？！ "I knew I needed to lift weights, and I didn't know what I was doing so I had to get a trainer,"' he said. "I wanted to be better than everybody I was playing against. I wanted to be the best." 「我知道我要增重，但我不知道方法，所以我請了一個訓練員。我希望我能比任何對手都好。我要當最好的球員！」 The investment is paying off. 這個投資現在看來真的很有價值。 -- http://www.tps5.com/ Tyreke Evans 中文網（對岸架設，看文章要註冊，本人無註冊）點進去之後看左上方的圖片，你就知道Flynn在說什麼了今年Stern應該很爽，東西對抗又一發，而且台灣標題就做好了 Nate McMillan發言於前面文章中有全文，故直接翻貼 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 125.224.129.100 如有冒犯，在此致歉<(__ __)> ※ 編輯: santabrelai 來自: 125.224.129.100 (12/18 23:17)