Fw: [外電] Teague努力地等待機會
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作者: AhUtopian (It's my Life) 看板: ChicagoBulls
標題: [外電] Teague努力地等待機會
時間: Fri Aug 16 01:24:27 2013
Marquis Teague puts in work while awaiting his opportunity
評：
這篇提到的是Teague在季末自己認知到的課題，以及對自己的評估(作者是訪問
Taegue)，Teague知道自己的速度是強項、但也需要外線來做輔佐，而他在公牛的第一
個學到的課題就是防守，他也提到Jimmy在季末幫助他很大，而Kirk、跳豆跟Rose，都
給了他很多建議，也都是他很重要的導師。
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The Bulls guard talked to Blog-a-Bull on Wednesday about adjusting to NBA
life and everything he's worked on this offseason.
How has Marquis Teague spent his summer vacation? The now-second year guard
starred for the SummerBulls' in Vegas, listened to more Chief Keef than what
is probably considered safe and occasionally stared at your Facebook profile
when you're least expecting it. Teague has also been putting in work in the
gym, both at the Berto Center and also his native Indianapolis, trying to
get stronger and improve his outside shot.
If development for NBA players generally takes place between the second and
fourth season, Teague realizes how pivotal this offseason is coming off a
rookie year where he barely saw the floor. That's nothing new under Tom
Thibodeau, just ask Jimmy Butler, and Teague seems to realize the value of
staying ready to maximize his opportunity once it comes. Butler took control
of his own future by being too good to bench once he got his shot after Luol
Deng's hamstring pull last January; Teague wants to put himself in the same
position this year.
The truth is Teague had an awfully quiet rookie season for a myriad of
reasons, but that doesn't mean he still can't be an asset for the Bulls in
the future. Life changed drastically for Teague a year ago, when he selected
No. 30 overall by the Bulls as a 19-year-old point guard. Teague was the
No. 5 recruit in the country as a high school player and started all 40
games for one of the best college teams in recent memory, but what he saw
in the NBA was still an entirely different experience on a number of levels.
The biggest adjustment Teague had to get used to was his extended time on
the bench.
"Just not playing as much, that's not something I ever really had to deal
with my whole career," Teague said Wednesday in a phone interview while
promoting the work he's been doing with the Boys & Girls Club in Chicago.
"That was something different. It helped me grow as a player. It helped me
learn the game more. I got a chance to sit down and watch Kirk and Nate and
those guys, see what they're doing on the floor and watch 'em be leaders.
It's just something I had to deal with and something I'll learn
from."
It's not like Teague was completely redshirted, though. He played 392
minutes in the regular season and 72 minutes in the playoffs, enough time
to get his feet wet in the pro game while also realizing what he had to
improve on.
For Teague, that meant a three-point stroke that was on full display in
Vegas. Teague has spent the offseason working on developing his range, which
has been a totally new experience for the guard.
"I've always been pretty quick, usually faster than the guys I played
against so I didn't have to take outside shots as much when I was always
getting to the rim," Teague said. "But on this level, everyone is just as
quick, just as fast if not faster and tall and long, so you gotta grind on
that outside shot."
How does one go about building a jumper? "Just repetition" according to
Teague, with most of the work taking place at the Bulls' Deerfield-based
practice facility.
"I've been in Chicago pretty much the whole time, back and forth. I stay in
Chicago until Thursday, and then I go back to Indianapolis and play pick-up
games and things. But you know I'm in touch with Thibs and Gar and those
guys pretty much every week, because I'm always here. I'm always at the
gym, they're always at the gym."
Another new experience for Teague was learning what it takes to play in an
NBA defense. The reason young players rarely excel defensively is because
it's just not taught or emphasized at the high school or AAU levels. Teague
acknowledged that learning the other side of the ball under Thibodeau was
initially jarring.
"Our defensive schemes were a lot different than what people are used to
learning growing up," Teague said. "You know Thibs has a lot of different
things he likes for us to do to make it difficult on the offense. I feel
like that's a big part of why we have the best defense in the NBA."
"It takes a second to get everything down. It took me a little while to
figure out all the sets we do and all the schemes we're running and traps we
gotta do, and there's a lot of names for things. If you mess up your job on
defense, you mess up the whole defense. You know, we work on a string. You
gotta be ready."
Staying ready is perhaps the biggest point of emphasis for Teague this
offseason, as basic as it sounds. There isn't an immediate opening at point
guard on the Bulls with Derrick Rose ready to retake his throne and Kirk
Hinrich still around to back him up, but Teague knows opportunity can
present itself at any time. Hinrich fought through eight different injuries
last season, and if it happens again this year, Teague will be expected to
pick up the slack. And come on: there's no way Kirk Hinrich is playing 82
games next year.
Teague says Butler has been a huge help along the way this offseason, as
someone who can relate to not playing much as a rookie.
"(Butler) was telling to make sure I stay in the gym with Thibs and these
guys like I've been doing. Just putting that work in. He's another guy who
tells me to leave it all up to opportunity. Anything can happen. When your
chance comes up, you just gotta make the most of it."
Teague did get a chance earlier this offseason to show the work he's put in
by playing on the Bulls' summer league team. He was expected to be the
Bulls' best player in Vegas, and he was. Teague finished fifth in the Vegas
league in assists by averaging 4.8 per game and was also eighth in scoring
by averaging 18.3 points per game. That's not insignificant. While summer
league performance doesn't indicate future success in the NBA, if Teague
were to struggle there his future potentially wouldn't have looked as
bright. Summer league was a test Teague aced, and one he had been waiting
for.
"It was real exciting, real fun to get out there and play," Teague said.
"Just show what I could do. I just wanted to get out there and be confident
and show I can be a leader. Perform at a high level. Show 'em everything
I've been working on this summer. I felt like I went out there did what I
needed to do."
"That was the point of the whole thing, just to show Thibs what I can do.
Let him know that I'm ready whenever my number is called. Let me know he
can trust me."
Like the rest of Chicago, Teague is also excited to watch Rose play
basketball again. Teague credits Hinrich and Nate Robinson as mentors last
year, and said Rose also provided guidance during his rookie year.
"(Kirk, Nate and Derrick) helped me a lot. Just talking to me, telling me
little things I might have been doing wrong. Telling me the right play to
make, or just telling me about the things they've seen on the floor. From
Derrick's standpoint, I learned a lot more from him just watching. Seeing
how hard he worked, seeing the time he put in. It just shows you how to be
a real pro."
Part of being a real pro is charitable work, and that's what Teague has
been doing the last few days with the Boys & Girls Club.
"This is one of the most important things to me, doing things like this. To
give back to the community. Giving these guys a chance just to experience
things like this. This is something I didn't have as much growing up, I
didn't do things like this. So I just want them to get a chance and make a
difference."
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