篮球英文堂 第49期:这个有可能超越艾弗森的男人(1)

 　　At just 5'9, Isaiah Thomas is more than 5 inches shorter than the average NBA point guard

　　身高只有1米75，以赛亚-托马斯比NBA控卫平均身高还要矮上12厘米

　　But despite his size

　　但就算身材矮小

　　he scored more points per 48 minutes last season than all-stars like Kyrie Irving and Damian Lillard

　　他上赛季每48分钟得分，比凯里-欧文和达米安-利拉德这样的全明星还要高

　　What aspects of your game do you feel really separate you out from everybody else

　　你的打法中，那些方面你觉得是真正让你脱颖而出的呢

　　Shooting and just driving to the hole

　　投射，还有突破攻击篮筐

　　The closer you are to the rim the bigger the guys are

　　越靠近篮筐，防守人个越大

　　And I feel like, I can finish around those guys no matter how tall they are

　　我只是觉得，我能在那些人头上得分，不管他们有多高

　　So to test his ability to finish in the paint

　　所以为了测试他的禁区终结能力

　　We put Thomas through our under-over test

　　我们让托马斯进行了“七上八下”试验

　　First, he'll have to go under a limbo bar set just 3 feet above the ground

　　首先，他要运球穿过横杆，而横杆距地面只有90厘米多一点

　　Then, immediately pop up to get a shot off over 12 foot 2 inch tall structure

　　然后，立即起身出手，而且要越过3米7的障碍物

　　That represents the defensive range of a big man like Minnesota's Karl Anthony Towns

　　这些数据，代表的是NBA大个子的防守范围，比如明尼苏达的卡尔-安东尼-唐斯

　　Everybody ready, GO

　　各就各位，开始

　　There she is

　　去吧，宝贝儿