原文连结：http://tinyurl.com/yfgrk5e Rejoice you have Kevin Durant and about nothing else They’ve been forever linked together. Because of one year, one draft, one general manager’s decision, whatever happens, Kevin Durant and Greg Oden stand to be compared for the rest of their respective careers. KD跟Oden将永远会联结在一起讨论。同一年选秀，GM的选择，不管未来会如何，KD跟Oden 他们两个的生涯绝对会被不停的比较。 Is it fair? I don’t really know. Is it perfectly natural? Yes, yes it is. Oden was taken ahead of Durant in what some considered a bad pick, even at the time. Oden, the conventional dominant big man or Durant, the once-in-a-lifetime college superstar? Eventually, Oden won out, at least in Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard’s mind. 这公平吗？我也不知道。(被拿来比较)很自然吗？我想是的。Oden当年(被拓荒者选中)成 为选秀状元，Durant则是榜眼的这件事，即使在当时都有人觉得拓荒者选错了。(在当时 )Oden，是个传统优势长人，而Durant可能生涯只是个大学超级球星，最後Oden还是赢了 ，至少赢得拓荒者GM Kevin Pritchard目光(成为选秀状元)。 But in 2007, Durant won out, at least in the minds of most every NBA fan. Oden sat on the sideline, watching every game of his rookie season without playing a minute. He had microfracture surgery on his right knee before even sniffing a minute of real life run in the NBA. Durant meanwhile went on to glide to the Rookie of the Year Award. 但在整个2007年，表现较好的却是KD，至少在球迷眼中是这样。Oden因伤(右膝骨折手术) 所困，全季休兵，连一场例行赛也没上场过。同时KD趁机拿下ROY。 Next, 2008. Oden starts his rookie season well, but 13 minutes in injures his foot and misses two weeks. The Sam Bowie rabble-rabbles fire up again. Oden returns in two weeks and plays relatively well. But in late February he bangs knees with Corey Maggette and fractures his left kneecap, and has to miss three weeks. The tags of 「fragile」 and 「injury prone」 are tossed on Oden, two words that are the Black Spot for a big man. Bad knees, plus bad feet, most times equal bad career. You know, Sam Bowie. 隔年(2008)，Oden开始了他真正的菜鸟球季，第一场一开始打得还不错，但13分钟後，脚 扭伤又休息两周。Sam Bowie恶梦似乎又重现。Oden两周後回归，打得不差，但2月底…他 又跟Maggette相撞，左膝骨折，又休兵三周。这个时候他已经被贴上「玻璃人」的标签了 。受伤的膝盖，受伤的脚，受伤的生涯，一整个像Sam Bowie。 Durant again, is playing out of his mind. In his second year, he averages 25.3 ppg with insane efficiency numbers and high shooting percentages. He tosses his name into a group with Michael Jordan and LeBron James in terms of fastest to score 3,000 points. Durant is a revelation in the making. What were once murmurs of 「Portland screwed up with Oden」 are quickly becoming booming declarations in the forms of columns and articles and radio show banter and whatever else. Everyone that once thought Durant was a better pick than Oden is coming out of nowhere to remind you about it. KD则是大跃进。生涯第二年，平均得分25.3，并且带有不可思议的准度与高命中率。他成 为最快拿下生涯3000分的球员，超越Jordan与LJ。(挑选他)在决策上给了一些启示。有些 「选Oden好像搞砸了」的杂音出现，并且这种想法也开始出现在专栏、文章，广播节目也 开始拿这件事情大做文章。每个人都开始认为选KD是比较好的选择，而且Oden什麽也没打 出来。 And then Dec. 5, 2009. Oden’s 2009 is off to a nice start. The seven-footer from Ohio State is averaging a meager 11.7 ppg, but a nice 8.7 rpg and 2.4 blocks per game in just 24 minutes a night. He’s not Bill Russell like some thought, but he’s certainly developing into a worthy center. Keep in mind, it is just Oden’s second season. But like so many feared and pictured, six minutes into a game against the Rockets, Oden goes down a large heap clutching his knee. It quickly goes from 「Oh, I hope he’s alright」 to 「Oh no. Oh no. OH NO.」 Oden is on the floor writhing in pain. A stretcher comes out. Oden is carted off. His 2009-10 campaign is likely over just like that with a busted left patella. 12/05/2009，Oden重新出发。Ohio 出身，7尺的他虽然平均得分只有11.7，但他每场有 8.7个篮板，2.4个火锅，而且他平均只上场24分钟。他不是像某些人想的下一个Bill Russell，但他确实在成为一个出色的中锋。别忘记这只是Oden的第二个球季。但不幸 的是，正如很多人担心或对他的刻板印象一样，对火箭队开赛6分钟，左膝遭重击，球迷 从「希望他没事」很快转变为「Oh no. Oh no. OH NO.」他被担架抬出场，左膝骨撕裂， 本季似乎报销。 And Durant apologists smirk and shake their heads. Which is the point I’m trying to get to, even through that ridiculously long intro. Don’t. Don’t even think it. I know you already have and most will continue, but don’t. Greg Oden’s devastating injury has nothing to do with Kevin Durant. Absolutely nothing. Well, other than Portland is a little less good and the Blazers happen to be in Kevin Durant’s team’s division. But in terms of what you’re thinking, Oden’s injury isn’t related. (看到这种情形)KD的拥护者科科笑。看起来我就是想科科笑，甚至用了这麽长的篇幅来铺 陈，但其实并不是这样。我感觉得出来大家很想继续得意，但请不要这样。Oden这麽严重 的受伤跟KD一点关系也没有。虽然这种结果对波特兰不太妙，而且刚好他们又跟雷霆同一 个分区，但这还是跟Oden受伤无关。 Yes, Oden went ahead of Durant in the 2007. Yes, Durant’s career projects to be more successful than Oden’s. Yes, had Portland taken KD instead, they’d probably be a much better team. It’s a nice 「What If?」 that might makes Bill Simmons’ fifth reprint of The Book of Basketball (now with more footnotes!) and give talking heads something to chatter about for a while. But this isn’t the time for that. This is no time to smile and say, 「Oops, should’ve taken Durant.」 It’s a time to shake your head and feel absolutely awful for Greg Oden. 没错，2007年Oden在KD之前被选中，看起来KD生涯会比Oden成功，如果拓荒者当初选了他 ，可能会是更好的队伍。这个主题很适合用在Bill Simmons’ 的第15版The Book of Basketball(有更多注解了！)里的「What If?」，而且可以讨论一段蛮长的时间，但我想 现在还不是时候，还不能断言说：「呜呜，该选KD的」。现在应该替Oden感到难过。 Oden and Durant know they’re linked. It’s natural. Just like Bowie and Jordan, Leaf and Manning and Crosby and Ovechkin are all linked, Oden and Durant will stand to be compared and contrasted for the rest of their careers. And unfortunately for Oden, injuries are turning into the trump card that prevents us from getting a good read on it. Oden跟KD自己也知道他们总是会被联结，这很自然，就像Bowie跟Jordan，"Manning与 Crosby、Ovechkin"(注1)一样，KD跟Oden他们两个的生涯绝对会被不停的比较。很不幸 的Oden总是被伤势困扰，让我们选KD的行为不会被别人科科笑。 Yes, by all early returns, Durant is having a much better career. If Kevin Pritchard could go back knowing what he knows now, he likely would’ve have turned in KD’s card instead of Oden’s. But I don’t see the pride and satisfaction in celebrating such a thing. We know Kevin Durant is absolutely awesome. We don’t need more validation for that by having everyone acknowledge Pritchard should’ve selected him. And especially not at the expense of finding joy in Oden’s hardships. 没错，在一开始KD的成绩确实领先Oden。如果拓荒者GM Kevin Pritchard可以带着现在的 记忆回到过去，他可能会改选KD。但我不认为这是一件可以说嘴的事。我们知道KD很棒。 我们不需要一再确认Kevin Pritchard应该要选他，更不应该因为Oden的受伤感到得意。 It’s expected to compare the two players. I get that. It was a controversial pick at the time and it stands to be evaluated for a long time. It’s what we do as sports fans. We play the armchair GM and judge and scrutinize and play the 「What If?」 game. When somebody makes a decision to take one guy over another, we have to pick it apart. What if the Pistons had taken Carmelo instead of Darko? What if the Hawks took Chris Paul instead of Marvin Williams? Heck, what if the Thunder had taken Rubio instead of Harden? Things might be different, but who really knows? Maybe Durant gets swallowed up in Portland’s scheme and never evolves into the machine he is now. Maybe Oden lands in OKC and never is in a situation that gets him hurt and becomes an All-Star center. You just can’t say for sure. You can’t. 这两个人被比较是预料的到的，现在对於当年选秀的结果也引起争议，但要下定论还早。 这就是为何我们只是个球迷。我们常常以结果论来讨论GM的选择，很爱玩「What If?」的 游戏。当某人选了A而没选B，我们就开始讨论起来。为何活塞不选Carmelo选了Darko？老 鹰干嘛不选Paul选了个Marvin Williams？雷霆有帅哥Rubio不选，选个老脸大胡子Harden 干嘛？选了也许会有不同发展，但谁确定？也许KD到了拓荒者会因为他们的养成计画，而 不会变成现在这个样子也说不定，也许Oden到了雷霆年年健康，瞬间成为全明星也有可能 。谁能确定？谁也不确定。 What I’m saying is it’s just not fair to keep it up with Oden and Durant. One player has had some seriously awful luck. The other is looking like a potentially transcendent player and is carving up the record book at the age of 21. The two situations may be related, but there’s nothing for Thunder fans and/or Durant fans to celebrate about Oden’s unfortunate circumstances. Everyone across the league immediately thought about Durant tonight when they saw Oden go down in a giant pile. Most probably shook their heads and said, 「 Told you so.」 But it just shouldn’t be that way. It’s not fair to KD and it ’s certainly not fair to Oden. 所以我说现在比较KD跟Oden是不公平的。Oden非常倒楣，而KD看来是个未来巨星，21岁就 已经创下一些纪录。他们两个的情况也许还是会有相关，但雷霆球迷不应该为了Oden受伤 而科科笑。每个看到Oden受伤的人瞬间都会想到KD，大部分的人会摇头说：「你看吧/早 跟你讲了」，但这种讲法没道理，对两个人都不公平。 Take pride in Durant’s accomplishments. Celebrate his achievements and thank the heavens you have a chance to watch him play. But don’t do it by wagging your finger at Oden. Don’t find irrational validation at the expense of Oden ’s injury issues. The two may be forever linked, but it should just be because they came into the league one pick apart back in 2007. And for no other reason than that. 为KD的成就感到荣耀，为KD能够成为雷霆的一份子而庆祝，但不要为了Oden受伤而这麽做 。不要因Oden受伤的因素而不理性的觉得选他是错的。他们永远会放在一起讨论，但这只 因为是他们是同一年进入NBA的。并没有其他原因。 注1：这三个是冰球球员，附上英文wiki资料。 Paul Manning(?不确定)- http://tinyurl.com/yky7ff7 Sidney Crosby-http://tinyurl.com/k23p5 Alexander Ovechkin-http://tinyurl.com/zx4yg -- 『也许你想从我身上寻求许多东西。可是我却一点也没有感觉自己有什麽被需求。』 --

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