[外電] The Only Game In Towns

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來源：https://medium.com/the-cauldron/the-only-game-in-towns-684860926de2 (5/21的文章，不過因為有些數據跟影片不錯，所以我還是翻來給大家參考。) The Only Game In Towns 狀元唯一選擇：Towns When the Minnesota Timberwolves pick first overall in the 2015 NBA Draft, Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns’ name should be called. 當灰狼抽到2015年NBA狀元後，Towns就該是成為壯元的唯一選擇。 At this time a year ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves were shopping Kevin Love and beginning yet another rebuilding project of indeterminate length. Even before giving up one of the best players in the NBA, Minnesota already had the longest playoff drought in the league. They turned Love into Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 overall pick in 2014 and the Rookie of the Year, but they still had to suffer through a miserable season, as waves of injuries to their remaining veterans forced them to play skeleton units comprised of inexperienced players with little chance of winning games on a nightly basis. That’s how a team goes 16–66 and racks up the most ping-pong balls headed into the lottery. 時間回到一年前，灰狼那時候在兜售Love和展開另一段不知何時會結束的重建旅程，即使還沒交易掉這位NBA全明星，灰狼也已經是聯盟中最久沒進入季後賽的球隊了。他們後來用Love換來了2014年的選秀狀元：Wiggins，但他們還是經歷了一個悽慘的球季，太多主力的受傷，讓他們被迫要讓許多菜鳥扛整季，這也是為什麼他們最終只拿下聯盟最差的16勝66負的戰績。 They wouldn’t take any of it back now, though, after becoming the first team with the worst record in the NBA to win the lottery in over a decade. GM/coach Flip Saunders will have options at No. 1, but it’s hard to see a scenario where he doesn’t end up going with Karl-Anthony Towns. 但他們不需要再哀怨悲嘆了，因為他們是十多年來第一次抽到狀元的NBA爐主。球隊的GM：Saunders可以決定誰是狀元，但很難想像他最後不選Towns。 Towns and Jahlil Okafor spent most of the season in a tight race for the top spot on most draft boards, but Towns began to pull away in the final months, as he assumed a bigger role in Kentucky’s offense and helped lead the Wildcats to an undefeated regular season. While you can make a statistical case for either of the freshmen big men, Towns’ ability to protect the rim and spread the floor is the perfect fit with the young core the Timberwolves have in place. They will consider the top-ranked perimeter players—guys like D’Angelo Russell, Emmanuel Mudiay and Justice Winslow—but Towns to Minnesota makes too much sense not to happen.When projecting their games to the next level, the biggest advantage Towns has over Okafor is on defense. That’s the main concern of the Timberwolves, who had a defensive rating of 112.2 last season, dead last in the NBA. Towns was the anchor for one of the best defenses in recent NCAA history; with Willie Cauley-Stein spending a lot of time chasing smaller players around the perimeter, it was Towns’ job to defend the low post and shut down the paint. Okafor isn’t nearly as athletic and he’s more of an offensive-minded player at this point in his career, which you can see in their defensive numbers. Towns跟Okafor整季都在競爭狀元，但最後幾個月Towns拉開差距，因為他在UK承擔起了更大的進攻角色，也讓野貓隊創下39勝1負的成功賽季。你可以試著去作Towns及Okafor的賽季數據統計，而你會發現Towns守護籃下以及拉開空間的能力正是灰狼所需要的。他們或許會考量選擇前幾順位的外圍球員，像是Russell、Mudiay、Winslow，但是Towns讓這件事難以成真。如果要闡述Towns跟Okafor最大的不同，那顯然就是防守了。這是灰狼最欠缺的，上一季，灰狼每場被對手攻下112.2分，是NBA最差的球隊。 Towns顯然是個救星，他是這幾年NCAA最好的防守者之一，在比賽中，隊友WCS主要會去外圍補防對手的後場球員，而Towns則負責把關禁區，守好低位。相對而言，Okafor沒有這麼好的運動能力，而他生涯也是個以進攻為主的球員。看看防守數據吧： ┌────────┬───┬───┬────────┬────╮ │ Towns防守數據 │ 次數 │ FG% │對方每次進攻得分│百分等級│ ├────────┼───┼───┼────────┼────┤ │ 低位背框 │ 47 │ 16% │0.489 │94 │ │ 定點跳投 │ 34 │ 33.3%│0.912 │54 │ │ 單打 │ 24 │ 17.6%│0.333 │96 │ └────────┴───┴───┴────────┴────┘ ┌────────┬───┬───┬────────┬────╮ │ Okafor防守數據 │ 次數 │ FG% │對方每次進攻得分│百分等級│ ├────────┼───┼───┼────────┼────┤ │ 低位背框 │ 104 │ 44.4%│0.846 │40 │ │ 定點跳投 │ 54 │ 35.3%│0.963 │40 │ │ 單打 │ 33 │ 39.3%│0.879 │30 │ │ 檔切後的切入者 │ 31 │ 28.6%│0.677 │69 │ └────────┴───┴───┴────────┴────┘ Towns has all the tools to be a high-level defensive player. At 7 feet, 250 pounds with a 7-foot-3 wingspan, he has the size to hold his ground in the low post, the quickness to move his feet and defend on the perimeter, and the length and athleticism to play well above the rim and clear the defensive glass. You can see his activity in these GIFs—he’s flying around the court and generally making things extremely difficult on everyone he’s going up against. Despite giving up 25-plus pounds to Okafor, Towns is the more effective rebounder, one of the areas of the game where you see the difference in athleticism between the two. Towns具備所有成為頂尖防守球員的條件：七呎高，250磅重，臂展7呎3，他在低位有噸位可以扛住對方進攻球員，他的速度讓他可以到外圍補防，而他的身高跟運動能力讓他有好的空防，可以鞏固防守籃板。你可以從來源連結的GIF觀看他的活動力，他滿場跑來跑去，讓每個對位球員都感到害怕。雖然比Okafor輕了25磅以上，Towns卻比較會抓籃板，這是可以看出他兩體能差異的一環。 [GIF] (Towns抓籃板) [GIF2] (Towns蓋鍋) Where Okafor has the edge over Towns is on offense, especially in the post, as he is one of the most accomplished back-to-the-basket scorers to come into the NBA in a long time. His efficiency numbers were off the charts at Duke, although that was an almost ideal situation for him, being surrounded by four players who could shoot 3s and open up the floor. Towns’ offensive numbers weren’t quite as high, but he wasn’t playing in nearly as much space at Kentucky, or with perimeter players who could make plays like Winslow, Tyus Jones and Quinn Cook. He also was the more versatile scorer, getting points in more ways than Okafor, who was only effective in the paint. Okafor比Towns要優秀的地方就是進攻了，特別是低位，他的低位背框是NBA選秀長久以來數一數二的。但他是有些得益於Duke體系的，他的4個隊友都可以投三分，讓禁區清空。 Towns的進攻數據沒那麼高，但他在UK沒有那麼大的禁區空間可以打，隊友也沒有像Duke的Winslow、Jones、Cook這樣的Play Maker。此外，他相對Okafor而言進攻更多樣化，不僅限於禁區而已。看看進攻數據吧： ┌────────┬───┬───┬────────┬────╮ │ Towns進攻數據 │ 次數 │ FG% │每次進攻得分 │百分等級│ ├────────┼───┼───┼────────┼────┤ │ 低位背框 │ 154 │ 51.4%│0.922 │76 │ │ 補籃 │ 63 │ 61.2%│1.365 │91 │ │ 切入 │ 60 │ 72.5%│1.267 │79 │ └────────┴───┴───┴────────┴────┘ ┌────────┬───┬───┬────────┬────╮ │ Okafor進攻數據 │ 次數 │ FG% │每次進攻得分 │百分等級│ ├────────┼───┼───┼────────┼────┤ │ 低位背框 │ 328 │ 55.8%│0.933 │79 │ │ 補籃 │ 88 │ 64.7%│1.170 │68 │ │ 切入 │ 66 │ 90.4%│1.636 │99 │ │ 快攻 │ 49 │ 89.2%│1.469 │96 │ └────────┴───┴───┴────────┴────┘ What makes Towns such a fascinating prospect is that he’s the rare big man who can protect the rim while also being able to step out of the paint and open up driving lanes to the rim. Most rim protectors are like DeAndre Jordan or Tyson Chandler, guys you don’t have to guard more than 3 feet away from the basket. While Okafor has the ball-handling and passing ability to run offense out of the high post, he’s not a good jump shooter and the defense can collapse in the paint when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands. Towns是如此稀有的長人在於，他可以保護禁區，又可以守到禁區外再衝回禁區補防。大部分禁區防守者，像是DeAndre Jordan或是Tyson Chandler，通常不會守到離籃框三呎遠以外的地方。此外，雖然Okafor在高位有好的控球跟過人技術，但他跳投不好，所以若他在高位沒有持球，對方防守可以內縮。 You can also see the difference in their games in a graph of their free-throw percentage and block percentage numbers in comparison to the starting centers in the NBA. Towns is in the top right while Okafor is in the bottom left, even though blocks are much easier to get at the NCAA level. 你也可以看看來源連結中的圖表，將Towns及Okafor的FT%跟BLK%與幾位近年的NBA禁區球員做比較。 Towns是在右上方(罰球跟火鍋率都高)，Okafor、Noel在左下方(罰球跟火鍋率都低)， Whiteside在右下方(罰球差、火鍋率高)，Hibbert在左上方(罰球好、火鍋差)， Len、Gobert在中間(罰球、火鍋都普通)。 [圖表] The decision for the Timberwolves becomes even easier when you look at the rest of their roster. Okafor replicates some of what Nikola Pekovic already does at center, and there’s no way you could play those two floor-bound, non-shooting Goliaths together in the modern NBA. Towns can start his career playing as a power forward next to Pekovic, and he can slide down to center as he gets older, especially since Pek’s medical future is so cloudy. Playing Towns at center also allows Minnesota to utilize all their young players on the perimeter—guys who want to get out and run, not hold the ball, enter it into the low post and play station-to-station basketball. 當灰狼隊看一下他們的隊伍組成，選擇又更容易了。 Okafor扮演的角色跟Peko相近，你也不可能讓他們兩個不會外圍跳投的球員同時上場，相對而言，Towns可以跟Peko一起上，打大前鋒，當他變老了後可以轉去打中鋒，特別是Peko的傷勢，讓他的未來難以捉摸，禁區球員需要能夠有些彈性。讓Towns打中鋒也可以讓灰狼隊充分利用他們為數不少的年輕外圍球員。 I’ve been focusing on the big men because Minnesota already has one of the most exciting young perimeter trios in the league with Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine and Andrew Wiggins, so there’s no reason to bring in someone who will just take the ball out of their hands. Rubio signed a $55 million extension last summer and is the current face of the franchise. Wiggins is the future face of the franchise. LaVine had an up-and-down rookie season and is most known for winning the Dunk Contest, but he showed flashes of greatness as the year went on. All three guys should be improved by playing with a big man who can get out and run, have their back on defense, and spread the floor for them on offense. 我只專注在比較Towns跟Okafor，因為灰狼隊已經有了Rubio、LaVine、Wiggins要養，沒理由再選個後衛搶球投。Rubio去年夏天簽了55M的合約，且是球隊現在的看板；而Wiggins會是未來的看板；LaVine新秀賽季起起伏伏，最知名的是拿下灌籃大賽冠軍，但未來幾年他會發光發熱的。這三個新星有了Towns的加入後一定會更進步，因為Towns活動力極強，可以禁區內外跑來跑去，可以做為他們防守的後盾，也可以在進攻時站在高位幫他們清開空間。 Maybe the most exciting part about the future in Minnesota is how well all their young pieces fit together. They should be one of the most fun teams in the NBA next season, with Rubio leading the break, LaVine and Wiggins on the wings and Towns right behind them. They will still be a really young team that will make a lot of mistakes and struggle to execute in the half-court, but that won’t matter when they are running and gunning at every opportunity, taking advantage of their young legs and putting out a highlight reel every night. Towns has the athleticism to run with those guys and he can even lead the break himself. When you see a 7-footer who can dribble, move and finish like this in the open court, it’s hard not to get excited. 或許最讓人興奮的點在於，未來灰狼隊會起什麼化學效應？他們肯定會是下賽季最有趣的隊伍之一：想像一下Rubio帶頭打快攻，LaVine、Wiggins在側翼，而Towns緊跟在後的畫面。他們還年輕，會犯錯，打半場會有點掙扎，但他們會持續進步的。 Towns的活動力可以帶動這些傢伙，他甚至能自行打快攻。當你看到一個七呎長人可以如來源連結的GIF般：抄截、運球突破、全場快攻上籃得分，你怎麼能夠不期待？ [GIF] (Towns抄截後一條龍上籃得分) Even the young players in Minnesota who aren’t as well regarded fit in well with the core they are putting together. They gave up a future No. 1 pick for Adreian Payne, another shotblocker who can knock down perimeter jumpers and open up driving lanes for the basket. Playing with Towns as a small-ball center should also be the best chance for Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in 2013, to resurrect his career. There are questions about both players, particularly Bennett, but this is a guy who would still be a senior in college next season if he hadn’t declared for the draft as a freshman. There’s no reason to write off a guy with his pedigree when he’s still significantly younger than a lot of players in this draft. 甚至連那些目前在灰狼發揮不好的球員，都可能因為Towns翻身。例如，灰狼用未來一輪換來的Adreian Payne，不錯的跳投以及切入的防守者。前年狀元：Anthony Bennett，也可以在把Towns拉去中鋒打小球時上場。別忘了AB也才21，還有機會救。 They also have the option of pairing Towns with Gorgui Dieng, another defensive-minded big man with a mid-range jumper. That doesn’t even count Shabazz Muhammad, another perimeter player who can stretch the floor and run the break, and who started to come into his own in his second season in the league Dieng這位以防守為主、有一點中距離的球員也可以跟Towns搭配。還沒算到Shabazz勒，他可以打快攻，可以拉開空間，在上季開始嶄露頭角。 A quartet of Rubio, LaVine, Wiggins and Towns with either Bennett, Payne or Muhammad gives you a plus athlete at every position, three guards who can slash to the lane, and two big men who can step out and attack close-outs with the dribble and finish at the rim. If you close your eyes and project a few years down the road, they could have more than a passing resemblance to the wing-heavy Golden State Warriors. Rubio/LaVine/Wiggins/Towns的組合，搭配AB、Payne、Shabazz讓你在每個位置都有體能優勢，三個後衛撕破對手防線，兩個大個子可以在內外線攻擊。想像一下未來灰狼隊可能變身成為另一個勇士隊吧。 The biggest decision GM Flip Saunders (and ownership) may have to make is whether head coach Flip Saunders remains in that role. Saunders要下的最大決定或許是下季還要不要繼續當教練。 Over the last few seasons, former Minnesota VP of Basketball Operations Fred Hoiberg, now the head coach at Iowa State, has become one of the most buzzed-about young coaches in the game. What makes Hoiberg such an attractive coaching candidate is the modern offense he runs at Ames, spreading the floor with five shooters, keeping the ball moving and creating good looks out of the flow of the offense without needing a lot of set plays. 應該要找Hoiberg來當教練，他帶隊球的流動很好，5個上場球員都可以跳投進攻，可以5人拉開、清開空間打擋切，打法也好看。 (不過現在被公牛搶了，看看就好) Karl Towns is the perfect fit for this kind of offense. Regardless of whether or not Hoiberg ends up coming to replace Saunders, the Timberwolves will want a guy running that type of five-out, spread pick-and-roll going forward. Towns barely ever got to run the pick-and-roll at Kentucky. Playing in a two-man game with Rubio should get him plenty of easy looks around the basket. Towns很適合Hoiberg體系，就算Hoiberg沒來，灰狼也要找個可以教類似戰術的教練。 Towns在UK幾乎沒有打擋切(自己背框單打居多)，到了灰狼跟Rubio打擋切會讓他更輕鬆。 [GIF] (P&R) If Saunders does give up the head coaching position, it will be one of the most sought-after jobs in the NBA. The chance to coach guys with the talent of Towns or Wiggins doesn’t come around very often, much less both of them at the same time. Minnesota would have the No. 1 overall pick in the last three drafts, and they would be playing those guys with one of the best passers and floor generals in the league in Ricky Rubio. Towns also is a very good passer, and he will have better options to find from the post than he did at Kentucky. 如果Saunders放棄當教練，這會是NBA最受歡迎的工作之一。 (特別提到Towns的傳球也不錯，在灰狼他可以賺更多助攻。) [GIF] (Towns妙傳) [GIF2] (Towns妙傳2) If there’s a concern about Towns, it’s that he’s a young guy who isn’t always locked into the game mentally and who can be too eager to make things happen, which is why he spent a lot of time in foul trouble as a freshman. That’s the other thing about Towns to Minnesota—there’s no better person to teach a young big than Kevin Garnett. 如果有什麼要擔心Towns的，那就是他偶爾在場上會分心，而有時會太迫切要防住對方，導致他常有些犯規麻煩。不過不要擔心，灰狼隊有KG可以好好的訓練他。 You never want to compare a young player to a future Hall of Famer, but when a 7-footer is an elite athlete with a fundamentally sound game who can slide between the 4 and 5, it’s hard not to make the comparison. Towns is going to have Garnett in his ear every day, teaching him how to play on both sides of the ball, how to be a professional on and off the court, and showing him what it takes in terms of work ethic and intensity to be one of the best players in the NBA. 你不會胡亂的拿一個年輕球員跟未來名人堂做連結，但如果有一個七呎球員，有不錯的運動力，可以打好4號、5號，加上有KG每晚在他耳邊碎碎念，喔不，是耳提面命，他的前途確實不可限量。 The sky is the limit for how good Karl Towns can be, and Minnesota is the perfect situation for him. If the Timberwolves draft Towns at No. 1, they will be a team to watch for a long time to come. 天空才是Towns的極限，而明尼蘇達就是最適合Towns的地方。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 36.231.205.9 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Timberwolves/M.1434034737.A.DF8.html

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