Curry想要2019明星賽再組Team Stephen - NBA

Stephen Curry would love to captain Team Stephen again in 2019
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Curry would love to be an NBA All-Star Game
captain again next year, especially since the game will be in his hometown of
Charlotte.

Steph Curry想要明年再度成為明星賽隊長, 特別是2019的明星賽將在他家鄉夏洛特舉辦

LeBron James would be OK with someone else taking his place, depending on who
the top two vote-getters are, although his draft prowess led to Team LeBron
beating Team Stephen 148-145 Sunday night.

LeBron James則不太在意是否能再蟬聯隊長, 就看是哪兩位獲得最高票的人去當就好
儘管他選隊友的才能帶領了Team LeBron以148-145獲得了明星賽的勝利

And there’s a definite appetite for the NBA to televise the captains’ draft
rather than conduct it clandestinely like it was this year.

此外, NBA官方也很想要轉播隊長們選隊友的過程

“Televise it,” said DeMar DeRozan of Team Stephen. “Give the people what
they want to see. I think everybody wants to see it. At the end of the day,
every single person that gets picked, you are an All-Star, so it doesn’t
matter where you really go, so I think televise it.”

DeRozan表示:"就開放轉播選隊友過程吧! 讓人們看到他們想要看的
我想大家都是想要看的, 最終每個被挑選的人都是全明星
在哪個順位被挑中其實不重要, 所以, 轉播這個過程吧!"

Players raved about the new format of having captains draft the teams rather
than the traditional format of East vs. West.

由隊長們挑選隊友的新賽制, 被球員們激烈的討論著

And James finally revealed his draft order: Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, his
former Cleveland teammate Kyrie Irving and DeMarcus Cousins, who missed the
game due to a season-ending injury.

然後LeBron James最終還是揭露了他的挑選過程, 依序是...KD-> AD-> KI-> 表弟

“I know who I like watching and I had a draft board. I had a process,”
James said. “Some of it went according to plan. A couple of them fell
through, but I was satisfied and happy with the guys that I got.”

LBJ說:"我清楚我想看到什麼, 我心裡也早有挑選的盤算, 有個過程
有些隊友是如計劃中的挑到, 有一些則不是, 但我很滿意我挑到的隊友"

James’ original roster was dramatically altered by injuries to Cousins, John
Wall, Kristaps Porzingis and Kevin Love, who all missed the game.

LBJ原先想要的陣容包含了因傷而不克出賽的表弟 牆哥 KP跟Love

“Even with the four guys that got injured we were able to get four new guys
that came in and played well for us.”

即使這四位因傷缺賽, 我們還是另外得到了四名新隊友, 跟我們配合得也很好

James was named the game’s MVP after making the go-ahead, finger-roll layup
with 34.5 seconds left and scoring a game-high 29 points.

在明星賽終場前34.5秒上籃得分逆轉賽局, 整場拿下全場最高的29分後
LBJ獲得了今年明星賽MVP的榮銜

Where did he hide his draft board?

那什麼是他當時的挑選計劃呢?

“Ain’t none of your business. You’re going too far, man,” James said with
a laugh.

LBJ大笑回應:"老兄, 這不是你該問的, 你問得太深了呦~ 哈哈哈"

Curry didn’t divulge his draft order.

Curry則沒透露他的隊友挑選順序

“As the draft kind of unfolded, you start to game plan around positions,”
he said. “For me, I tried to get the best shooters. It was kind of cool to
see both teams come together as me and LeBron were picking. So that part,
that vibe of the format and having two guys select from your peers will be a
fun show as it unfolds year after year.”

Curry說:"開始選隊友後, 就得去想比賽計劃跟五個位置要放誰
對我來說就是試著去挑最好的射手, 我跟LeBron挑的隊友我覺得都不錯
所以啊對於新賽制的氛圍, 以及由兩名隊長挑選隊友這部分每年都這樣弄將會很有趣"

The All-Star draft led to interesting dynamics on court.

全明星賽的挑選制度, 在場上帶來了有趣的變化

Curry chose his Golden State teammates Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, but
the trio had to play against Durant. James also chose Oklahoma City duo
Westbrook and Paul George to play along with Kyrie Irving, who forced a trade
away from James in Cleveland just last summer.

Curry挑了他在勇士的隊友K湯跟嘴綠, 但他們三人卻必須去跟另一個勇士隊友KD對抗
而LBJ挑了雷霆的西河跟PG之外, 還挑了去年夏天喊了吹密而離開皇帝的Irving

Irving and James had no obvious friction, even laughing and joking on the
bench. Neither did Durant and Westbrook, who broke up in 2016 when Durant
left Oklahoma City for Golden State.

Irving跟LBJ沒有明顯的不合, 甚至還在板凳席上有說有笑的
KD在2016夏天離開雷霆轉投勇士, 但他跟西河在板凳區上的互動也沒不好的地方

Durant helped James smother Curry in the final seconds to prevent him from
getting off a potential tying shot.

KD在終場前協助了LBJ箝制住Curry不讓他出手可能拉平比分的三分球

And then there was Toronto’s Dwane Casey coaching Team LeBron against
Raptors star DeRozan.

接著就是暴龍的Casey擔任Team LeBron的教練, 去對抗暴龍的球星DeRozan

“I think that having the captains and selecting the guys and being able to
mix them up gave it a more authentic feel of kind of what us players want to
be part of in an All-Star Game,” Irving said.

Irving說:"我覺得讓隊長們去挑選隊友, 並攪亂原先的東西區分野這新制度啊
給了我們球員們在明星賽想要有的真實感"

“It’s great to play with guys in your conference, East-West. But when you
get a chance to have Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and you know they’re
teammates already, and then you mix them with myself and Kemba (Walker), and
LeBron, and you could see the mix and it just worked.”

能跟同區的球員一起打球很棒, 就東區vs西區這樣
但當你有能跟西河以及PG同隊打球的機會, 再加上我跟Kemba還有LeBron
你可以看看這組合, 然後發現真的可以運作得很好

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