[外電] K.I, R.R draw comparison, raves
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/136861138.html
and Arizona forward Derrick Williams. But that wasn't the night's
most intriguing rookie comparison.
Instead, it came at point guard, when Irving started for the Cavaliers
as he has all season and Ricky Rubio came off the bench for the Wolves.
Before Cleveland's 98-87 victory, Wolves coach Rick Adelman
disputed the notion that he has brought Rubio along more slowly
than the Cavs have Irving just because Irving is starting and Rubio is not.
今天晚上是Irvung與Williams的對決?喔不，其實明眼人都看得出來實際上
是在看Rubio與Irving這兩位頂級控衛間的對決。
在這場比賽前，為什麼Irving已經在先發打透透了，Rubio卻還在替補搞伺機而動
的遊戲。
Rubio has played every minute in the fourth quarter
in the Wolves' first seven games.
"I don't know if I've brought him along slowly," Adelman said.
"He hasn't started but he's played every fourth quarter,
so that puts a little bit of pressure on a young guy when every game
you're playing is really close. I think it depends on your team.
Right now, we have nothing but young players and I think
[Cavs coach Byron Scott] is in the same situation with their team."
Adelman認為Rubio擁有第四節的絕對領域，再這節常常會你爭我奪得特別嚴重
，因此也可以給予Rubio一些些控場的壓力，不過到底要如何調度這完完全全取決於
各個球隊的陣容而定，灰狼隊裡什麼都沒有就是年輕球員冗塞，就算是騎士隊教頭
Byron Scott面對的狀況也不會有太大差別。
Starting or not, both rookie point guards are finding their way quickly
in this league.
"In the next few years, both of these guys are going to be considered some of
the best point guards in the league," Scott said. "Ricky is one of those guys
who has a flash to his game I think we haven't seen for awhile, especially
from a rookie at that position. And Kyrie is a guy we've seen
on a night-to-night basis who shows flashes of definitely All-Star potential.
It's just a matter of these guys getting that experience
and developing their games."
Scott則認為幾年之後這些控衛將是一股新勢力，其中Rubio在比賽裡已經漸漸在
展露頭腳了了，不過他認為在這個位置不能只是片刻的閃耀，看看Irving已經
成為騎士隊的基本成員了，天天天天天天天天都可以看到他的能力在運作當中，
他們現在最需要的就是在比賽中累積經驗並拓展自己。
'Tweener?
The Cavs had Williams work out twice for them before the draft,
but they ultimately decided to take Irving instead.
"I just didn't know what position to say he was or is," Scott said.
"Is he a power forward? Is he a small forward?
I still think he's going to be one of those guys who's going to be
in the league for a long time and averages 15, 17 points a game.
But at that particular time, with that No. 1 pick, what we really,
truly needed was a point guard and that's what we went after."
儘管騎士隊已經workout了Williams兩次了，不過最終還是選擇了Irving，
Scott也不太清楚他到底會成為SF或是PF，不過無論他在哪個位置打滾至少
他每場比賽得個15、17分不成問題，但那次選秀騎士隊真正缺乏的還是控衛。
Chuck loves Love
TNT analyst Charles Barkley on Thursday called Kevin Love the
"best power forward player in the world" and said there's something not right
in that world if Love isn't a starter in February's All-Star Game in Orlando.
Fans determine that.
"No, I do not," Love said when asked if he's got Chuck on the payroll.
"It's definitely a blessing to have him and whoever sing my praises.
It's very humbling."
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Together again
Scott spent the first two years of his NBA coaching career
as Adelman's assistant in Sacramento.
"I think he's the perfect match for this team," Scott said
of Adelman and the Wolves. "Rick has been great with young teams.
That team at Sacramento had a young bunch of guys. He just allows you
to play basketball."
Scott之前在國王隊的Adelman手下當過助理教練
Etc.
‧ Times are changing: Tuesday's home game against Chicago has been added
to NBA TV's "Fan Night" doubleheader as chosen by Internet voting.
Phoenix-Lakers is the second game. That's eight national TV appearances
this season, the most since 2004-05.
‧ Guard J.J. Barea on Friday missed his third consecutive game because
of that hamstring he injured at Milwaukee Dec. 27. "It feels really good,
but I'm going to be patient," said Barea, who came back after one game away
to play against Dallas on Sunday and now has missed the next three games.
"Maybe Sunday [at Washington] or Monday [at Toronto]."
‧ Here's another small sign of Rubio's growing popularity:
The team's public relations department has started
a standard media-availability session for him 70 minutes
before every road game to help manage out-of-town requests.
No other Wolves player has such a policy.
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