Anthony Davis, bolstered by 31.6 avera - NBA

Anthony Davis, bolstered by 31.6 average, goes on D over teammates
鵜鶘的AD場均得分噴上31.6分, 受訪時維護隊友們 http://tinyurl.com/zatdzno

As Anthony Davis' scoring average has soared, now to the highest mark in the
NBA, so too has criticism over the lack of support he is getting from his New
Orleans Pelicans teammates to make a similar rise in the Western Conference
standings.

當AD場均得分目前上升到NBA首位時, 外界對於他鵜鶘隊友們沒提供足夠的支援, 導致球
隊戰績無法在西區排名有同樣的正向提升有著不少批評

Davis, speaking to ESPN's Marc Stein on the "TrueHoop: Conversations"
podcast, acknowledged that he hears talk about his current predicament but
doesn't necessarily agree.

"I hear it. I see it. I'm on social media, so I see it all the time," Davis
told Stein. "But I think, for me, it's just about the guys in that locker
room. I know they come out here every day in practice and every night in the
game and fight and leave everything on the floor. It's nothing that I try to
pay attention to as much. But you see it. You have to pay attention to it.

AD受訪時表示他有聽聞到這些關於他現在處境的話, 但並不贊同

"For me, that's not my M.O. to get into all the media and all that stuff. I
just worry about what's going on in that locker room and on the floor with
the guys I have in the locker room."

他說:"對我來說, 去關切媒體跟外界的那些傳言這並不是我的作風, 我只關心跟我的隊
友們在休息室以及場上的狀況"

Davis has reached new heights in his fifth season in New Orleans. As of
Monday, he leads the NBA in points (31.6) and blocks (2.8) while averaging
career highs in rebounds (11.0), steals (1.8) and minutes (37.2). The
23-year-old said his ability to block out the public conversation, much like
his game, has grown over the years.

AD在鵜鶘的第五季迎來個人數據生涯新高, 場均得分31.6跟火鍋2.8全聯盟最高, 場均籃
板11顆跟場均抄截1.8次以及上場時間37.2分鐘也是生涯新高. 23歲的他表示, 他對於不
理會外界對他評語的能力, 就像他在比賽時的表現一樣, 逐年成長

"Of course, my rookie year, it's really the first time people are really,
really talking about you," Anthony said. "Of course we had it at Kentucky and
a little bit at high school, but when you get to the NBA and of course you're
the No. 1 pick, all this media's going to be around you.

"And so when they start [saying], 'Oh, injury prone,' 'He's not a leader,'
'He can't carry [a team],' all this stuff, you start to see it. But after a
while, as you get older and more established in the league and more
experienced, you kind of find a way to tune it out. I think that's the point
I'm at right now."

他說:"當然了, 我的新秀年真的是第一次人們真的真的在談論我, 我大學跟高中時也有
這些, 但當你進入NBA還是選秀狀元時, 所有的媒體都湧上前圍繞著你了; 而當他們開始
說著 '他容易受傷', '他不是個leader材料', '他無法carry球隊'等等之類的, 你就會
開始注意到這些, 但隨著時間過去當你年紀越來越大, 也在聯盟中建立起一些成績並更
有經驗時, 你自然會找到方法關掉這些雜音, 我想這就是我現在的狀況"

The Pelicans, who rank 12th in the West at 6-12, started the season 0-8. They
won their first four games after the return of Jrue Holiday but recently lost
both ends of a two-game road streak, including a 91-81 defeat to the
last-place Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.

鵜鶘目前在西區以6-12排名第12位, 以8連敗開季, 他們在JH回歸後取得首勝, 但最近客
場二連敗, 包括91-81輸給了聯盟墊底的小牛

Although the Pelicans have fought their way back, Davis admitted the early
struggles seemed ominous.

雖然鵜鶘已經努力的回到了正軌, 但AD承認開季的連敗是種不祥的徵兆

"We were very worried," Davis told Stein. "We didn't envision ourselves being
in that situation. But we dug ourselves a hole. We're slowly climbing out of
it, and we just have to keep fighting. Nobody wants to start 0-8. Nobody
wants to start off on the wrong foot. But it happens.

他說:"我們對此很擔憂, 因為先前並沒預期到球隊會陷入那樣的處境, 是我們自己挖的大
坑, 而我們正慢慢的從坑中往上爬出, 並得持續這樣做, 沒有人會想要用8連敗開季, 沒
有人會想要以錯誤的方式開始, 但事情就是這樣發生了"

"Some teams have whoever on their team where they're able to do whatever they
want on the floor. For us, we have to be blue-collar guys who are coming in,
work, being scrappy, first to the floor, rebounding the ball, sharing the
ball. That's how we have to be. That's how we've been the past couple weeks,
and that's how we've been able to get wins."

"有些球隊有著一些可以讓他們在場上暢所欲為事情的球員, 對我們而言, 我們必須得像
藍領工作者那樣踏入球場, 競競業業的努力, 第一個到球場, 去爭搶籃板球, 去分享球
, 這就是我們現在必須得做的, 這也是我們前幾週努力做的事, 這同時更是我們是否能
贏球的關鍵"

Although Davis' individual production has never been better, the three-time
All-Star cited ball-handling and passing as the next evolution of his game.

縱使AD的個人數據來到前所未有的高度, 這位三次的全明星還是覺得他的比賽可以再加強
控球跟傳球

"I watch LeBron [James], Steph [Curry], all those guys make their teammates
better," he said. "They find them. Even Draymond [Green]. He plays the same
position and does the same thing, and he's able to find his teammates in a
way that I can't right now. That's definitely what I want to get better at."

他說:"我看過LeBron James跟Steph Curry的比賽, 他們都是能讓隊友們更好的球員, 他
們會找到空檔的隊友, 甚至跟我打同樣位置的Draymond Green也能做到著同樣的事, 嘴
猛綠有辦法用我現在做不到的方式找到他的隊友們, 這絕對是我想要加強的部分"






AD加油!!

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