[外電] Tyreke Evans - Not A Point Guard?

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Tyreke Evans - Not A Point Guard?

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As I’ve probably written here before, I, as many other people, grew up
wanting to be a professional basketball player. In fact, as a 4 year old, I
had it all figured out: I’d go to college at Kentucky, get drafted by the
Bulls, and succeed Michael Jordan, while simultaneously becoming the first
Israeli in the NBA. Well, the last part was deemed impossible thanks to Omri
Casspi, but as for the rest of my plan, I missed it by about 38 combined
inches: 8 off my height, 30 off my vertical leap. Oh well.
在進入正題之前，我像大多數人一樣立志成為一位職業籃球員，這是我四歲就立定的志向
。進入肯塔基就讀，參加選秀被公牛選走，那支籃球之神的球隊，成為第一位登陸NBA的以
色列球員，謝謝Omri Casspi完成我未了的心願，但在計畫之外的是我整整差了38吋，8吋
的身高，還有30吋的垂直起跳，XD。﹝感謝san大指正﹞

What does this have to do with Tyreke Evans? Well, despite failing to fulfill
my destiny as the greatest NBA player of the 2000s, basketball is still more
or less my favorite thing ever, and as such, I love to analyze it to a pulp.
And not just the generic discussions, Wilt or Russell, Magic or Bird, Lebron
or Kobe. No, I go way further than that. Who was the better Laker towel boy
off the bench, Mark Madsen or Adam Morrison? (Well, technically Adam Morrison
sucked as a towel boy, and Mark Madsen is the gold standard by which all
towel boys are measured, but I just find it funny that Ammo is so sad). Who
is the worst Clipper failure, Yaroslav Korolev or Michael Olowokandi? Which
NBA player is more likely to take over the world, Brian Cardinal or Oleksiy
Pecherov? (Pecherov. Always Pecherov.)
要聊Tyreke Evans作甚麼？儘管我沒能成為NBA最偉大的球員，但籃球依舊是我的最愛，我
喜歡去分析它，不過不是去比較那些炒到爛的話題，像是張伯倫和羅素、魔術和大鳥、LBJ
和Kobe，我喜歡聊更有趣的，誰是湖人的開特力守護神，Mark Madsen或Adam Morrison？
﹝老實說Morrison是因為太爛才去守開特力，而Madsen是所有守開特力的球員應該學習的
榜樣﹞。誰是快艇最爛的選秀，Yaroslav Korolev還是Michael Olowokandi？誰是NBA最好
的外籍球員，Brian Cardinal或Oleksiy Pecherov？﹝當然是Pecherov，沒有第二人選﹞

So I get the need to over-talk things. Really, I do. Hell, that’s my
favorite way to waste... um, spend time too. But this media frenzy around an
absurdly pointless question – “Is Tyreke Evans a point guard or not?” – is
… well… pointless. It’s pointless because there is a very clear answer to
that question, and it’s pointless because ultimately, it doesn’t matter.
我似乎扯太遠了，哈哈，生命就該浪費在美好的事物上。
最近媒體瘋狂的討論一個無意義的話題，Evans到底能不能打控衛？嗯哼，白痴問題。
這個問題之所以無意義是因為答案非常明顯，非常無意義的問題。

The very clear answer: of course he’s a point guard. He’s a point guard
because he plays point guard for his team, and in today’s game, that’s the
only criteria there is to being a point guard. It doesn’t matter how many
assists per game he averages (tied for 17th amongst point guards, by the
way). It doesn’t matter what position he played in college. A point guard is
the player who handles the ball, and runs the offense. And you know what? He’
s doing a hell of a job. His handling skills are top notch. He has a
phenomenal basketball IQ. He sees passes that few other players in the league
can see. I don’t see how players like Jameer Nelson, Tony Parker, Aaron
Brooks, Rodney Stuckey and Jarrett Jack, all starting at point guard for
their respective teams, could be considered as “scoring point guards”,
while Evans scores more (20.7 per game) than all of them, has more than/as
many assists as all of them (excluding Parker, who is at 5.8 to Evans' 5.0),
and is considered “not a point guard”. It makes no sense.
他當然是個控球後衛。他是個控衛因為他在球隊的位置就是控衛，這是現今比賽中你分辨
位置的唯一標準。無關他的助攻﹝順道一提，他的助攻數在控衛中排第17﹞，無關他在大
學打甚麼位置。控衛的工作就是持球，執行球隊的進攻戰術。你知道嗎？他有傑出的籃球
智商，他的觀察力在聯盟中屈指可數，我沒看過有人質疑Jameer Nelson、Tony Parker、
Aaron Brooks、Rodney Stuckey和Jarrett Jack這些為球隊擔任先發控衛的球員被視為「
攻擊型控衛」，Evans的得分比他們多﹝平均20.7分﹞，他的助攻數和他們不相上下甚至比
他們還多﹝最高的Parker場均5.8次，Evans場均5.0次﹞，而卻質疑他不是個控衛？荒謬。

Furthermore, take a look at two the games other exciting young point guards,
Russell Westbrook and Derrick Rose. Westbrook went through the exact same
discussion last year as Evans is this year – a combo guard in college, being
played as a point in the NBA, with mixed results. This year, he is blossoming
into one of the league’s best young point guards, becoming a legitimate
second option for a playoff contender. The “is he a point guard?” argument
hasn’t been seen since June.
再來看看兩位傑出的年輕控衛，Russell Westbrook和Derrick Rose，去年Westbrook和今
年Evans的處境一模一樣，大學是雙能衛，到了NBA擔任控衛。今年Westbrook已經成為聯盟
中最傑出的年輕控衛之一，並帶領著球隊爭取季後賽門票。「他是不是控衛？」的疑慮已
不攻自破。

Rose, on the other hand, has been widely considered as the next big thing in
NBA point guards since day one, at least until John Wall arrives next season.
But a quick look at his numbers tells a different story: he scores less than
Evans, on more shot attempts (Evans shoots a lower FG%, but makes some threes
and gets to the line). He rebounds less. His defense is infinitely worse,. He
only leads Evans in assists per game, and his advantage is hardly dominant –
 5.8 against 5.0. Yet despite scoring more efficiently and passing almost as
well as Rose, Evans is not a point guard, and Rose is. Why? It makes no sense.
Rose被普遍認為是未來NBA最好控衛，至少在下季John Wall加入前他還沒有競爭對手。
但快速檢視他的數據我們可以發現他的得分比Evans少，出手數卻多於Evans﹝Evans的FG%
較低，但罰球和三分球命中數較多﹞，籃板少於Evans，防守很爛，他贏Evans的只有助攻
數，但也沒有贏很多，5.8次比5.0次，儘管Evans的得分比Rose好，助攻幾乎可以比肩於
Rose，而Evans卻是不個控衛，但Rose是？荒謬。

Evans is still young. He’s 20 years old. 20 year olds make mistakes, in
basketball and in life, whether they play point guard or shooting guard. But
Evans gives his team so much, regardless of position. Last night, in the Kings
’ loss to the Spurs, Evans submitted one of the most impressive 2 minutes
stretches in recent memory, trying to single handedly will his team to a
comeback (they ultimately fell short). In the final 1:40 minutes, Evans had
no less than 12 points (2 threes, 2 layups and a dunk, no misses), 3 assists
and two steals. In 100 seconds! How many players in today’s NBA can do that?
Lebron, Kobe, Wade, Chris Paul. Maybe Brandon Roy. That’s it. And again, HE’
S TWENTY. Excluding the occasional streak of insanity, he has virtually no
outside shot, and despite that, he is unguardable. Even more so when he plays
the point, because most point guards just aren’t physical enough to guard
him without crashing to the floor on the verge of tears. Why squander that
matchup advantage for no reason?
Evans很年輕，只有20歲。20歲，不論在籃球和人生上都是個不斷犯錯的年紀，不管你是打
控球後衛還是得分後衛都一樣。但拋開位置上的爭議，Evans已經為他的球隊做了許多貢獻
，國王輸給馬刺的那場比賽，Evans在最後兩分鐘讓人留下深刻的印象，幾乎隻手逆轉比賽
﹝最後只輸一分﹞。最後1:40秒，Evans得了12分﹝兩記三分，兩次上籃，一次灌籃，沒有
投失任何一球﹞3次助攻2次抄截。只花了100秒！放眼現今聯盟中有幾個人能做到？Lebron
，Kobe，Wade和Chris Paul，或許加上Brandon Roy，就這麼多。再重複一次，他只有20歲
。除了老天賞臉外，Evans的外線並不靈光，儘管如此，還是沒人守的住他，Evans打控球
時更具威脅，因為大部分的控衛都無法在身體上和他對抗，只能利用珍貴的犯規數破壞他
的進攻。為甚麼要沒來由地放棄他在控衛上的優勢呢？

Which brings me to my final point: IT DOESN’T MATTER if Tyreke is a point
guard or a shooting guard. It really doesn’t. Because what Tyreke Evans has,
in pure, unfiltered basketball skill, transcends position. He has “it”. It
might seem premature to say this, 50 games into his career, but you watch him
play and you know it. He’s doing things that very very few have ever done.
Only 3 players put up a 20-5-5 statline in their rookie year: Oscar, MJ, and
Lebron. Tyreke is on the verge of becoming the 4th. That doesn’t just
happen. Those aren’t empty stats on a bad team. That’s a 20 year old
beating the crap out of 21-35 year olds because he’s just plain better than
almost all of them.
最後一點，Evans打甚麼位置根本不重要，不論他是控球後衛或得分後衛都好，它是塊璞玉
，他的技巧是全面性的，他有那個「天賦」。現在來說或許還太早，他的職業生涯才打50
場球而已，但看他打球你就會知道他有這種能力。他目前所做的，目前只有屈指可數的球
員達成過。只有三位NBA球員在新秀年完成過20-5-5的成績，Oscar、MJ和Lebron。Evans很
有可能成為第四位。這不單只是在弱隊洗出來的數據，這是一個只有20歲的球員擊敗一大
票20-35歲的球員所得來的成績，他真的很棒。

The NBA is a superstar’s league. And once you have that superstar, you can
leave it to him. He’ll figure it out. Just look at the Cavs: nobody in their
right mind would call Lebron James a point guard, and yet he’s been a de
facto point guard for their last six games. All wins. Most of them dominant.
Now, Tyreke isn’t and won’t be at Lebron’s level at any point of his
career, but he is a guy you can build a franchise around. I know that it's
early and he's just 20 and blah blah blah, but you look at what this kid is
doing, and you see how much he can still improve his game, and you know that
you can win a title down the road with him as your alpha dog. That’s that
elusive franchise player, the kind of player that teams desperately try to
get, knowing that getting him is the hardest part of building a contender.
Knowing that getting a supporting cast is all good, but isn’t enough without
that one player. And those guys are good enough to play wherever the hell
they want. No matter what position they play, they make the mismatch work in
their favor, and they dominate.
NBA是一個由超級巨星主宰的聯盟。一旦你擁有一位超級巨星，你就可以把比賽託付給他，
他會完成一切。看看騎士隊，沒有人會說Lebron James是控球後衛，但實際上近六場比賽
他就是騎士隊的控衛，這六場比賽全勝，幾乎宰制了每一場比賽。Evans不是也不會變成
Lebron，但他是一個可以為他量身打造球隊的球員，我知道現在說還太早，他才二十歲而
已，巴拉巴拉機哩瓜拉，但你還是能看到這孩子做過的事，你也看到他不斷在進化，他可
以作為球隊爭取冠軍的領航員。他就是這種難以置信的球員，這種球員是每一隊都渴望得
到的，要獲得這種球員是打造一支爭冠隊伍時最難的部份，用好球員打造一支好球隊不難
，但少了這種球員就不足以奪冠。這種球員不論在哪都會打的很好，他們不會受位置的侷
限，他們可以依照喜好製造錯位的優勢，主宰比賽。

Is Tyreke better suited to play the 2? Probably. I envision him as a
Wade/Kobe/Lebron/Roy type guy, in a perfect situation, he isn’t a point
guard, but he handles the ball. But does that mean he can’t play the point
under any circumstances? No. He can play it, and he can play it pretty darn
good. And on this Sacramento squad, where their second best player is a
shooting guard, that’s where he helps them the most. If the Kings find a way
to trade Kevin Martin for a big man of his stature, then they should, because
that’s what they need. But you don’t trade your second best player for
nothing just because somebody said so. You don’t give up on what you already
have for what might become something better. You stay the course. You glance
sideways, always checking every alternative to see if it’s better. But you
don’t just go for it because the grass looks greener on the other side. You
bid your time, and you examine every option, and unless it’s a sure thing,
you pass. And you work it out.
Tyreke是否適合二號位？可能可以，我把他視為Wade/Kobe/Lebron/Roy這類的球員，當然
是指最好的情況而言，即使他不打控衛，他依舊掌控球權，但這是指他不能打控球嗎？當
然不是，他可以打，而且打的很好。目前國王陣容中第二好的球員就是得分後衛，他對球
隊的貢獻良多。如果國王找到方法用馬丁換來等值的大個，那國王當然該換，因為這能補
足球隊亟需的部分，但你不需要拿隊上第二好的球員去換空氣，只因為別人的說該這麼做
。不要放棄現有的陣容去追求只是「可能變好」，在重建的路上請小心謹慎，仔細檢視每
一個選擇是否值得。不要因為看起來很美好就一頭摘進去，花時間去評估選擇，直到確定
它是好的，才開始實行，然後成果會開始顯現。

And it can work out. Because Tyreke Evans can make it work out. Because
Tyreke Evans isn’t the type of player who needs to be nourished in the right
system, that is built around his strengths, and maximizes his talents. Tyreke
Evans is the kind of player that, just by stepping on the court, is poised to
destroy you. Point guard, shooting guard, combo guard, lead guard, royal
guard - doesn't matter. Destroyed.
成果絕對會顯現，因為Tyreke Evans能做到。Evans並不需要溫室來保護，他需要的是圍繞
著他的強壯建隊，激發他最大的潛能。Evans是那種只要上場就能摧毀對手的球員，管它是
控球後衛、得分後衛、雙能衛、侍衛還是守衛都無所謂，壓過去就對了。

POSTED BY NOAM SCHILLER AT 10:56 PM

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