新綠軍德魯大叔 歐文被低估的才華

He was named NBA Rookie of the Year after being selected by the Cleveland CavAliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

凱里-歐文在2011年的NBA選秀大會上被克利夫蘭騎士隊以狀元籤選中，並當選了年度最佳新秀。

A five-time NBA All-Star, Irving was selected to the All-NBA Third Team in 2015. He won an NBA championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.

凱里-歐文曾5次入選全明星陣容，並於2015年入選了NBA最佳陣容三陣，於2016年隨騎士隊獲得NBA總冠軍。

The unsung brilliance of Kyrie Irving

凱里-歐文被低估的才華

With Irving out resting his knee, let's take a minute to appreciate his splendid first season with the Boston Celtics. We tend to focus on the brilliance of Irving's dribbling exhibitions — the crossovers and step-backs that flow together in a liquid dance.

隨着歐文休戰療養膝蓋傷勢，讓我們花幾分鐘時間欣賞歐文加盟凱爾特人第一個賽季的精彩表現。我們會將重點放在歐文卓越的運球才華上——即他那行雲流水般的胯下運球和後撤步。

They are magic. There is some basketball IQ in them, too — Irving thinking two Moves ahead, using the first hard dribble to set up the final blow.

這些技術猶如魔法一般，其中也蘊含着一些籃球智商。歐文會提前在腦中構思這兩個動作，然後用一個力道十足的運球來製造最後一擊。

But Irving's overall basketball IQ has always been a bit underrated, probably because it hasn't translated into enough playmaking for others.

但是歐文的整體籃球智商卻常常被低估，也許是因爲他並沒有爲隊友創造足夠多的進攻機會。

It showed in his screening ballet with LeBron James in Cleveland — the way Irving disguised the direction of his picks until the very last second, and rolled downhill (semi-illegally) into the chest of LeBron's defender, dragging the defense into the very switch it feared.

歐文在克利夫蘭與勒布朗-詹姆斯打擋拆時，我們可以看出，歐文直到最後時刻纔會暴露自己的接球方向，然後頂着詹姆斯防守者的胸口徑直切入(有犯規嫌疑)，迫使對方做出換防。

Another recent example:

以下是最近比賽的一個例子：

Irving calls over Marcus Morris knowing the Rockets will switch. (Houston's switching has flummoxed teams all season, and they seem to be doing even more lately.) Even a clean switch leaves a split-second window between the moment one defender leaves and the next arrives. Irving is playing for that window.

歐文告訴馬庫斯-莫里斯火箭隊會做出換防。(火箭隊的換防整個賽季都給其他球隊製造了不小的麻煩，並且火箭隊的換防在最近的比賽中應用得更加頻繁)。即便是乾淨利落的換防，也會在一個防守球員離開和另一個防守球員撲上來補防之間留下短暫的間隙。歐文正是爲了製造這樣的間隙發起進攻。

He dribbles once, but he doesn't intend to go anywhere. It is a super-quick, low dribble designed to activate his shooting motion while James Harden is still several feet away — to rise up before Harden can close out.

他會運一次球，但不打算移位。他會在詹姆斯-哈登離自己還有幾英尺時快速低手運球，爲做出投籃動作做準備，然後在哈登撲上來前跳投。

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