Re: [閒聊] Kawhi Leonard 跟 james worthy ?

[iIvan (go O out)]

真的要比較的話，Leonard或許更適合接班成為撲克臉小石佛:)
（真是生來馬刺人阿～）

AT&T CENTER–Sixteen years separate the San Antonio Spurs oldest and youngest
playoff participants, yet to gaze at their equally stone-faced facades is to
be convinced that the two had been somehow separated at birth.

馬刺隊上最老跟最菜的有十六歲的差距，但是當你盯著他們倆石像般的面容，你很
容易就被說服他們倆應該是（雙胞胎）出生時被分開的。

Be it approach, demeanor, or facial expressions, there’s not much difference
between the battle tested Tim Duncan and rookie Kawhi Leonard. Duncan, a
little more versatile in his old age, can make his eyes bigger; Leonard
seemingly struggles to even blink. Neither are likely to betray whatever
thoughts may be crossing their minds at any given time.

從他們的舉止、態度或臉部表情，老鳥TD跟菜鳥可愛幾乎看不出差別。TD，一個較為
多才多藝的老鳥，可以把眼睛睜得比較大；可愛，則連眨眼睛都很困難。兩人從不在
任何情況下流露出內心的想法。

“It’s impossible [to tell what he's thinking],” Manu Ginobili said of
Leonard. “He’s always under control, he never gets very upset. He doesn’t
get too hyped up. He just plays.”
But does he ever smile?

“Never for more than a second,” Ginobili said. “Maybe a quarter of a
second.”

Manu談到可愛：「你不可能（從他臉上讀出他的想法），他總是那麼自制，從不沮喪也
不太激動，他只會安靜的打他的球。」

他曾經笑過嗎？

Manu答：「從不超過一秒，大概笑四分之一秒吧。」

If one shows joy, they may also show frustration, and an opponent must never
be allowed to sense frustration. It’s a philosophy that has served Duncan
and the Spurs well throughout an NBA career in which which he has proven as
unflappable as he has great.

如果某人會表露內心喜悅，那他多半也會表露內心挫敗，而絕對不該讓對手意識到你的
挫敗，這就是貫穿石佛TD與馬刺之NBA生涯的哲學-一如其偉大般的泰然自若。

（以下就不翻了）
In a game that was at times equal parts sloppy and chaotic, it was Duncan (26
points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and two steals) and Leonard (16 points on 5-8
shooting, six rebounds, and three steals) that served as steadying hands.
While the offense came out potent (108 points on 48.8 percent shooting), one
could hardly call it sharp with 18 turnovers yielding 17 fast break points. A
week of rest had made the Spurs spry, but not without accumulating a little
bit of rust.

The Los Angeles Clippers came out with an energy and physicality that belied
the grueling stretch of games they just experienced a few days ago. As tends
to happen from time to time, Duncan missed a few easy shots and was dunked
on. With the same blank stare on his face Duncan calmly collected himself and
simply went to work.

“Just like I said before the game we knew it was going to take a while to
knock that rust off,” Duncan said. “I missed some shots early and then I
got a couple to go. My teammates moved the ball really well and I got a
couple layups.”

Behind some tenacious ball pressure applied by Chris Paul and Eric Bledsoe
the Clippers were able to effectively corral Tony Parker for stretches of the
game. The turnovers generated were somewhat reminiscent of last year’s
playoff series with Memphis, with everyone but Parker being harassed so badly
they couldn’t even turn their head to see where their screen was coming from
for fear of being stripped clean.

Never burdened by being asked to carry too much, or bothered when asked to
step aside, Duncan provided a vintage performance.

When the ball pressure proved too much for his teammates in pick and rolls,
Duncan provided the perfect release valve, reversing the ball quickly,
hitting the midrange jumper (3-8), or rolling into open space for a quick
layup. When the Spurs offense devolved into a mess of turnovers and poor
decisions, Duncan returned to his old stomping grounds on the blocks and
steadied the Spurs attack.

“Tim was solid as usual, he’s played like that all year long,” Spurs head
coach Gregg Popovich said. “He’s not going to do anything that’s going to
be on a highlight film for TV. A highlight film for coaches possibly.

“He was just being solid, making a great pass, playing the defense that he
did, rebounding, he was the anchor.”

These are the kind of performances we’ve come to expect from Tim Duncan even
as age has tempered our expectations.

Leonard, however, entered these playoffs as an unknown quantity. And though
the depths of his game are as of yet undefined, he’s proving at the very
least that no stage is too big for him.

“He’s been a real dedicated player, a quicker learner,” Popovich said. “He
’s done a good enough job to make me trust him in the starting lineup.”

It’s hard not to trust Leonard. In a rookie season learning one of the most
complicate systems in the NBA, for one of its most demanding coaches, Leonard
has thrived without so much as a training camp or adequate practice time.
For a rookie, he’s lacked the extreme peaks and valleys that ail most
players going through their first NBA seasons. Instead Leonard has moved
through the season at his own steady pace, never stopping to admire his work
or lament his mistakes.

Leonard finished fourth in the Rookie of the Year balloting, but how many 20
years olds have the temerity to be thwarted on three consecutive fast break
attempts–one of which was a vicious chase down block by Blake Griffin–and
then calmly hit his next three-pointer as if nothing happened?

The Clippers attacked Leonard at times, producing a rare night in which Caron
Butler had more points than jab steps. But whether it was recovering on a
screen to block Chris Paul from behind, the two huge rebounds he pulled down
in the fourth, or simply deflecting a pass, Kawhi Leonard made plays happen.

“He seems to have a pretty good knack for the ball. He makes a steal here
and there, he’ll get an offensive board here and there, he’ll get a block
now and then,” Popovich said. “Obviously he’s a rookie still figuring out
what his game is, but he does things that help win basketball games.”
And like Duncan before him, he does so without so much as a hint of a
expression.

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推 Alfred:"Congratulations to whoever won it." 超經典淡定發言
推 zbmrd:可愛是怕被吹T所以都不敢笑嗎XD
推 xbagayalox:薪一代淡定哥!
推 Accross:Maybe a quarter of a second是指「大概四分之一秒吧」
對耶，我漏看了"of"，謝謝訂正...XD
※ 編輯: iIvan           來自: 118.166.220.20       (05/17 22:56)
推 tinarose:可愛很棒!!!
推 PVD:口愛:打從入隊的第一天 老大就有交待我最好不要笑...
→ iIvan:馬刺可以舉辦對看比賽 大小石佛可以比個三天三夜沒人笑XD
推 Alfred:The Onion以前的經典文章：http://0rz.tw/WZehQ
推 jiuan1027:ˊ_>ˋ
推 koflll:怎麼可以這麼淡定~ = =
推 Accross:ˊ_>ˋ
推 lwjno1:希望可愛以後在板凳上時可以像TD一樣愛笑
推 yieh:可愛：在這球隊一笑就會被吹T ˊ_>ˋ
推 kimisky:推可愛ˊˇˋ
推 PttWolf:老大說等坐板凳也被吹T就成功了ˊ_>ˋ