[外電] 認識 Okafor & Towns

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The Lakers will look at dynamic Ohio State point guard D'Angelo Russell but
preliminary indications are they want to go big, The Times has learned. In
fact, General Manager Mitch Kupchak is fond of saying that a good big man is
often more valuable than a good little man.

湖人會研究D'Angelo Russell看看,但仍想要大個,Mitch也認為大個價值高.


The similarities between Okafor and Towns end after their height and age —
 they're each 6 feet 11 and the 19-year-olds declared for the June 25 NBA
draft after their freshman seasons.

Okafor和Towns的相似處在都是6呎11吋也都還是19歲.


Towns is Kentucky's happy-go-lucky kid who talks to an imaginary friend on
his shoulder during games — "Karlito" — and attended the same high school
as Andrew Bynum.

Towns是肯達基的天真男孩,在比賽中總是和一個他幻想在他肩上的朋友"Karlito"說話

,此外他也和Bynum唸過同一所高中.


Not that there's a comparison between the former Lakers lottery pick.

Towns和Bynum的比較.


"Karl is way better than Bynum," Metuchen (N.J.) St. Joseph High Athletic
Director Jerry Smith said in February. "I don't want to talk negative about
[Bynum] but there's no comparison whatsoever. This kid works, this kid is
really the total package. He's one in a million."

該高中員工認為Towns比Bynum好多了,Towns努力,他是個萬中選一的真貨


Perhaps most telling, a former St. Joseph student was killed in Afghanistan
while supporting combat operations during Towns' sophomore year, Smith said.
Towns didn't know him but heard the Marine's sister say at a memorial service
that he would have been 25 if he was still alive.

In St. Joseph's next game, Towns scored with ease through three quarters
against Perth Amboy High.

"And then in the fourth quarter, he had layup chances and he wouldn't shoot
the layup. He'd pass it back out," Smith said. "So we went up to Karl and he
said, 'I wanted to honor the guy who passed away because he was 25.' So he
stopped when he was at 25 [points]."

Towns曾在一場比賽最後放棄輕易得分的機會,最終拿下25分以紀念一位被殺害但Towns

並不那麼熟識的校友,該校友即將滿25歲.


Teammate Willie Cauley-Stein stole the national highlight attention with his
dramatic display of dunks, but Towns was more apt to score with an eight-foot
hook or set up teammates with a sharp pass from the post. Then again, he
scored one point in a Sweet 16 game against West Virginia.

儘管隊友Willie Cauley-Stein靠瘋狂灌籃奪走了媒光燈,Towns更擅長勾射和從禁區妙傳


Toward the end of Kentucky's season, his coach John Calipari said, "Within
two or three years, when he gets that weight in his butt, in his thighs that
he's going to have, now it becomes another one of those kids you look at and
you say, 'Oh my gosh. I didn't realize he was going to be like this.' "

Kentucky教練Calipari認為當Towns在2~3年內增加肌肉完後,將會讓所有人刮目相看.


Okafor experienced more team success, helping Duke win the national
championship, while Kentucky saw its 38-0 record end stunningly against
Wisconsin.

Okafor經歷過更多冠軍經驗,幫助Duke拿下冠軍,Kentucky則是風聲大雨點小.


Okafor also had better numbers than Towns, 17.3 points and 8.5 rebounds a
game, though it was more a product of Duke's perilously thin bench and
Calipari's liberal substitution pattern.

Okafor的數據也較Towns來的好,但可能原因是在於2人球隊的陣容及教練團調度的不同.


Okafor goes by the nickname "Jah" and comes with a sad story. His mother,
Dacresha, died in front of him when he was 9 because of a collapsed lung
likely brought on by bronchitis. He keeps her image as the screensaver on his
phone.

Okafor有個"Jah"的暱稱.他有個悲慘的經歷:母親在他9歲時因肺塌陷於他面前過世,

Okafor將母親的照片設成手機螢幕保護圖示以咨紀念.


He often credits the presence of his father, Chukwudi.

Okafor總是將榮耀歸功於他的父親.


"He made sure I didn't use it as an excuse to go down the wrong path," Okafor
said in March. "That's part of my motivation too, my mother. There hasn't
been a day where I haven't thought about her."

"他總是確認我不會將母親過世當作走偏的藉口,我將母親過世當作部分前進的動力,

我沒有一天不想她."


The first things people notice about Okafor are his hands. They're massive,
grabbing a basketball like an orange and holding it out in the post, Michael
Jordan-style.

Okafor有一雙大手,抓籃球就像抓橘子,因此可以像Jordan一樣單手抓球耍球


Many NBA executives consider Okafor the safer choice of two big men. His
footwork allows him to deliver from an army of spin moves, he can sink hook
shots with either hand and his mid-range jumper is solid. "He can score 16
points a game right now" in the NBA, a front-office official told The Times.

許多NBA專家認為Okafor是個較保險的選擇,他優秀的腳部動作配合各種低位動作,

雙手都能勾射,可信賴的中距離讓他現在就能在NBA球場上拿下16分!


Okafor will have to work on his free throws, though. He was only 51% from the
line at Duke and sometimes had to be encouraged by standing ovations at home
games.

Okafor要加強他的罰球,只有51%,有時還需要主場觀眾的起立鼓舞才罰的好...


The Lakers would happily try to fix it.

湖人很樂意協助他改善.


Or maybe they'll try to figure out the "Karlito" phenomenon, which started
when Kentucky coaches realized Towns kept turning his chin toward one of his
shoulders for one-on-one conversations with no one. Towns revealed he was
actually talking with the oft-critical Karlito, as Towns called him,
comparing him to Li'l Penny, the yammering figure from the old Nike
commercials with Penny Hardaway.

也或許湖人想了解Towns的"Karlito"朋友是啥東東..."Karlito"現象起始於Kentucky

教練發現Towns總是轉頭轉向一邊肩膀和個隱形人進行一對一的對話,之後Towns解釋

說他是在和"Karlito"講話,一個他認為長的像Penny Hardaway大頭公仔的朋友.



個人感想:what a spooky Town...

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→ Kreen: 最後一段毛毛的......
→ angelmax: 肩膀靈的概念
推 asd778a: ...毛毛的
推 Verlander35: LA壓力這麼大,他肩膀會不會愈來愈重啊...
推 yong1110: 隱形的戶愚呂兄
推 s0414: 難怪Towns駝背...
推 rl55586: XDD Penny...
→ AngelNo13: 最後一段在狼板有看到，我也覺得毛毛的xd
→ wzmildf: 能抓球!
推 thindust: 其實他是替身使者
推 remix999: town真可愛
推 CHI719: 如果來LA另一個肩膀會不會也多一個...發現朋友越來越多了.
→ CHI719: ..
※ 編輯: GANZ (1.165.10.86), 05/22/2015 15:57:51
推 Heimdallwind: 肩膀上的才是本體～
→ angelmax: http://imgur.com/XLyZZX8
推 fever200977: Xdddd
推 o0991758566: 天生體質嗎...
推 kobeslaker: 灌籃高手看太多，井上雄彥還會跳出來解說就對了?
推 FBIS: 讓我想到自來也XD
推 Sephiroth: 鬼影喔XD
推 Sephiroth: Towns低位很像Bynum
推 hihi29: 最後一段比垃圾話還屌
→ hihi29: 防守者以為他在說垃圾話 他回他在跟他肩上的朋友講話..
→ hihi29: 這造成防守者的壓力比垃圾話還大啊XD
推 jay19910413: Towns你也懂佐為???
推 zehow: 我倒覺得Bynum比Towns強多了，至少身體的先天條件就贏
推 LuisSuarez: John Nash???
→ aa123cc: 所以灰狼要選球靈王了嗎？ 選towns多送個佐為...
推 pringle348: Towns這樣讓我覺得怕怕的 會不會變下一個McGee
推 Ws804: 拜託...選okafor穩當...
推 blooddaemon: 沒想到Towns還有這種萌設定 xD
推 jacky9183: 【有時還需要主場觀眾的起立鼓舞才罰的好】
→ jacky9183: ↑這麼年輕就懂得帶動球迷？這個有趣XDDD
推 ahdrew51: 簽拿去換推特王Embiid有無搞頭
推 jeffrey3436: 我打球的時候想到okafor會不會變成富人版boozer~
推 DrizztMon: 兩個都很棒啊
推 boringdevil: 肩膀上有人是哪招啦
推 Eloye: 結果關鍵時刻，Towns肩膀會噴出一隻小人幫他灌籃
推 demon77885: 讓我想到咪嚕XD
推 nepenthes7: 這好獵奇 囧
推 aa123cc: 如果78人要拿noel或鉛筆+#3換#2就來吧！
推 TKCH: 選剩的那個，除非灰狼腦殘 XD
推 LBJKO: 承太郎:你也懂白金之星? Towns:略懂
推 Kobe2000: 我覺得高個子這年頭的都讓人很失望
→ cvbn7910: 表弟跟Davis你對他們失望嗎0.0
推 moonshen: 球靈王XDDDD
推 FSGuitar: Okafor的罰球讓我有點擔心-_-a
推 kaojet: 你們覺得毛毛的，可是我覺得好好笑
推 chihow: 這是替身嗎XD
推 o0991758566: 如果Okafor真的有Big Al水準 那選吧 來湖人低位只會
→ o0991758566: 更純熟 有低位進攻的武器 未來湖人也能有更多戰術
推 TearsPisces: 選Okafor吧！有老大愛的教育，皮會繃緊一點的。在LA
→ TearsPisces: 慢需要抗壓力的，Towns感覺不夠堅強，想想跨米布朗..
→ TearsPisces: .
推 Liszt1025: 垮米是在華盛頓的壓力比較大，來LA反而比較開心