※ 引述《illuvive (攸)》之铭言： : Babcock drops another draft shocker : Fans up in arms over Villanueva : DAVE FESCHUK (这家伙从来不会说好话) : BASKETBALL COLUMNIST : They were watching the big screen with jumbo expectations last night at the : Air Canada Centre, watching as the Raptors shocked the basketball world by : selecting Charlie Villanueva with the seventh overall pick. 他们昨晚在Air Canada Centre看一出令人期待的电影电影，但最後他们看到的是暴龙 队用第七顺位选了Charlie Villanueva来震惊整个篮球界。 : And instead of embracing the newest Raptor, the gathering of season-ticket : holders and assorted faithful applauded his critics. 他们并不太支持这只新的暴龙队，这些有季票的球迷，死忠支持者们反而向他们的批评 喝采。 : As the ESPN analysts vociferously panned the Raptors' choice — "Absolutely : shocked!" hollered the usually rah-rah Dick Vitale — the crowd cheered in : agreement. When Villanueva took the podium in New York's Madison Square : Garden for his first interview as a Raptor, Toronto's fans, saddened via : satellite, filled their arena with boos. : "There's gotta be a trade," said one distraught fan. "Gotta be," said : another. 作为一个ESPN分析师来评论暴龙队的选择，结论是--「太令人震惊了！」我向那个一直 以来都像大学生啦啦队一样乐观的Dick Vitale如此发牢骚，他也和许多人一样同意我 的看法。当Villanueva在麦迪逊广场以暴龙队球员的身份接受第一次采访时，多伦多球迷 的嘘声，好像就经由卫星传到那里了。一个心烦意乱的球迷说：「这一定要有交易」 「一定！」---他又说了一次。 : But there was no trade brewing behind the scenes, no secret swap to explain : the unexpected. A year after defying expectations and selecting the : disastrous Rafael Araujo in the No. 8 slot, Raptors general manager Rob : Babcock had dropped another out-of-nowhere name. 那是在那场电影之後还是没有交易，没有任何内情能够解释这件令人难以想像的事情。 在那公然违反期待选择Rafael Araujo那件事的一年之後，暴龙队GM Rob Babcock又选 了一个不该在那出现的名字。 : You've heard of out-of-the-box thinking, but this — going with a frequently : maligned 20-year-old few experts figured worthy of the top 10 — : was out-on-a-limb thinking. And, if it doesn't pan out the way the Raptors : are hoping, it could be, for Babcock, out-of-a-job thinking. 你应该有听过一些非传统的思考方式，但是这件事---不相信这些极少数的，有20年经验 的专家心目中的top 10是一种非常冒险的想法。而且如果这没有成功的话，这对Babcock 来说应该就是一种会让他失业的思考模式了。 : Taking Villanueva was unconventional if you're being generous, inexcusable : if you're not. Not only does he play the same position as the club's best : young player, Chris Bosh, Villanueva has also compiled a checkered record of : blase performances during his two-year stint at the University of Connecticut. : "The average fan isn't studying the draft and all the players like we do," : said Babcock. 选择Villanueva是不合常理的，除非你是一个天才，你才有可能辩解你为何这麽做。 不只他和这个球队中得最佳年轻球员--- Chris Bosh位置重叠，Villanueva在 Connecticut大学两年中的数据也显示出他那不成熟的态度。Babcock说：「一般的球迷 对选秀通常都没有研究，但是所有的球员都会喜欢我们所做的一切。」 : To be fair, it was a night of surprises. Some of the players mentioned as : Toronto's most probable selections — New Mexico's Danny Granger, who was : taken by the Indiana Pacers at No. 17, and Houston high schooler : Gerald Green, who went to the youth-stacked Celtics at 18 — fell out of the : top 10, meaning the Raptors weren't the only ones who, for whatever reason, : shied away from those names. 平心而论，这是令人惊奇的一晚。一些被提到最有可能被多伦多选到的球员--- 如Danny Granger在第17被印第安那溜马所选，还有来自Houston的高中生Gerald Green ，在第18顺位被那只充满年轻球员的波士顿赛尔提克对选走---他跌出了前十，这意味着 暴龙队并不是唯一一个不论任何理由，最後没选他的球队。 : Doubtless, Babcock did his best to redeem himself with the 16th overall : selection of Joey Graham, the 6-foot-7 Oklahoma State small forward. : Graham, who was projected by some to go even higher, is a hard-bodied athlete : whose defensive bent and 89 per cent free-throw percentage suggest he : doesn't mind hard work. But if the 23-year-old's got a weakness it's his : rebounding (he averaged just 6.1 per game last year). 无疑问的，Babcock在第16顺位为他自己做了最好的补偿，选了Joey Graham，这个6尺7 寸，Oklahoma State的小前锋。他是迈向高峰计画中的一部份，他有劲爆的体能，防守 能力佳，罚球命中率有89％，这也显示了他并不畏於做苦工。如果要在这个23岁球员的身 上挑出一个毛病的话，那就是他的篮板了（去年每场只有6.1个）（我觉得应该是故意提 的，为的是显出他的好） : The Raptors, of course, were the worst rebounding team in the NBA last year. : And Villanueva, some in the organization were whispering yesterday, was the : best rebounder available. : Maybe, but his average of 8.3 boards per game last season won't exactly get : the season-ticket hotline ringing off the hook. : But stats don't tell the whole story. He's been criticized by his college : coach, Jim Calhoun, for a lacklustre work ethic and a lack self-confidence. : Last night the Raptors handed out a packet of Villanueva-related information : to the media, included in which was an ESPN scouting report: "The words : `potential cancer' get mentioned too frequently when scouts talk about him," : was the summation. 没错，暴龙队是去年NBA中篮板最差的队伍，而Villanueva，一个在团体中有着流言蜚语 的球员（指态度吧！）是我们能得到的最佳篮板手。 或许是吧！但是他上一季平均的8.3个篮板并没有办法让订购季票的热线响起。 不过数据并不会说出全部的事情。不过他的大学教练Jim Calhoun却批评他欠缺职业道德 缺乏自信。昨晚暴龙队给了媒体一个有关Villanueva讯息的袋子，其中包括ESPN的侦察 报告：「当球探们谈到他的时候，有一个字眼被多次提到---潜在性的恶性肿瘤」，这正 是其他报告的的总和。 : The phrase that came to mind when Villanueva's big-screen image was being : booed at the ACC last night was "potential career killer." : Babcock, when his visage appeared on the screen, was jeered by his club's : most loyal fans. 当Villanueva这出大戏上映时，有一个片语应被注意，这个片语昨晚在ACC中还被用来嘘 ，那就是「potential career killer」（我不会翻，应是讽刺他的态度） 当Babcock的脸出现在萤幕上时，他将会被他球队中的忠实球迷所嘲笑。 : That's perhaps because it's undeniable more highly regarded big men, not to : mention flat-out better players, were available at No. 7. Channing Frye, the : Arizona centre, went eighth. Andrew Bynum, the high school phenom, went 10th. : Fran Vazquez, the physical Spaniard, went 11th. Sean May, the soft-handed MVP : of the Final Four, went No. 13. 或许长人应该要受到较高的关注，但是仍有许多更好的球员可以用第7顺位去选到，像 Channing Frye，Arizona的中锋在第8被选。Andrew Bynum，优秀的高中球员，在第10 被选。Fran Vazquez，一个强壮的西班牙人，在第11被选，Sean May，一个有柔软手感 的最後四强MVP，在第13被选。 : Even Villanueva said he was "shocked somewhat" to be selected so high. "The : future for (Villanueva) is what he eventually believes it is going to be," : Calhoun said in December. "But he's got to believe." : If Villanueva believes in himself, he'll be one of the few. : Getting the fans to believe in Babcock, after yet another draft-night leap of : faith, is another matter entirely. 甚至连Villanueva都为他在如此高顺位被选而感到有「一点」惊讶。「Villanueva的未 来就像他所想的一样。」Calhoun在12月的时候说：「他一直以来都相信这件事。」 如果Villanueva如此相信他自己，那他只是那少数人中之一，让球迷相信Babcock，在选 秀之夜过後做出180度转变，是另一件重要的事情。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 好难翻啊！其中有一些俚语只能意翻 我随便翻翻，大家就随便看看吧！ --

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