季中選一個全"被高估的明星"隊 [部分翻譯]

Building the NBA's All-Overrated Team at Midseason Point

季中選一個全"被高估的明星"隊

Cross your fingers and hope your favorite guys didn't end up on the midseason version of the 2013-14 All-Overrated Team.

祈禱你最愛的球員不會入選這個2013-14季中的全"被高估的明星"隊吧。

1.Starting Point Guard: Ricky Rubio 先發控衛：Ricky Rubio

Team: Minnesota Timberwolves 灰狼隊
Age: 23
2013-14 Stats: 8.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 2.6 steals, 0.2 blocks, 14.9 PER(註一)

Ricky Rubio might be great at passing and stealing, but he doesn't bring much else to the table.
His shooting is absolutely atrocious, and it's leading some people to make some rather bold statements.

Rubio或許很會傳球和抄截，但在場上他也不能多做什麼了。他的投籃真的很糟，甚至遭到許多球評惡毒的批評。

Rubio is shooting only 34.6 percent from the field during the 2013-14 campaign—worse than both his rookie and sophomore(註二) go-rounds. Although his shot has improved from beyond the arc(註三), that's more a credit to the improvement of his teammates' offensive capabilities, as teams are electing to leave him wide open on the perimeter.
雖然Rubio的三分球投籃有進步，但那是因為球隊的進攻也進步了，讓他有更多的空擋投籃。但Rubio本季整體投籃命中率只有34.6%。比他的菜鳥和第二年不完整的球季還差。

But his problems go well beyond shooting. His game is not showing any growth. Rubio is now posting the lowest assist percentage of his career, per Basketball-Reference, and he's also recording the highest turnover percentage. Not exactly a good combination, last time I checked.

但他的問題不只是投籃，他的表現沒有成長。Rubio的場均傳球次數來到生涯新低。而且失誤率也來到新高，同時出現這兩個問題並不是好的現象。

2.Starting Shooting Guard: Dion Waiters 先發得分後衛：Dion Waiters

Team: Cleveland Cavaliers 騎士隊
Age: 22
2013-14 Stats: 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.2 blocks, 12.1 PER

Although his three-point shooting is looking better in 2013-14 than it did in 2012-13, Waiters is still shooting only 40.4 percent from the field. His free-throw percentage is also down rather significantly, and that's led to lower true-shooting and effective field-goal percentages than he posted during his already-inefficient rookie season.
雖然他的三分球看起來比去年進步，但他的投籃命中率還是只有40.4%。罰球命中率也大幅下降。整體命中率比已經沒有效率的菜鳥球季還差。

3.Starting Small Forward: Jeff Green 先發小前鋒：Jeff Green

Team: Boston Celtics 塞爾提克隊
Age: 27
2013-14 Per-Game Stats: 15.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.5 blocks, 13.6 PER

Remember when Jeff Green was supposed to be the next star in Beantown(註四)?
記得大家覺得Jeff Green會成為波士頓的下一個球星嗎？

During the offseason, it seemed as though everyone thought he was going to be the next big thing for the Boston Celtics, cementing himself as an All-Star candidate and building block for the foreseeable future.

季前每個人都覺得他會是塞爾提克的下一位巨星，會是全明星隊的候選人，有著前途無量的未來。

While the dunks are still there, the rest of Green's game isn't. He's shooting only 42.9 percent from the field, and he's largely failed to handle the burdens that were placed on his shoulders during the pre-Rondo portion of the season.

本季雖然還是有精彩的灌籃，但其它就沒有了。他的投籃命中率只有42.9%。他也無法一肩扛起Rondo不在時帶領球隊變好的任務。

4.Starting Power Forward: Josh Smith 先發大前鋒：Josh Smith

Team: Detroit Pistons 活塞隊
Age: 28
2013-14 Per-Game Stats: 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.5 steals, 1.5 blocks, 14.6 PER

The Detroit Pistons might not be playing Josh Smith at the right spot, but I'll put him in his natural power-forward slot.
活塞隊可能沒有把Josh Smith放到對的位子，但我將他歸類為比較適合他的大前鋒位置。

According to 82Games.com, Smith has spent 56.9 percent of his time on the court at the 3, and he's been absolutely terrible. By posting an 11.8 PER and allowing opposing small forwards to put up a 19.0 PER, he's way on the wrong side of the ledger.

Smith在場上花了56.9%的時間在三分線上，表現很差，只有11.8 PER的貢獻。他防守的小前鋒則有19.0 PER。

He's shooting only 41.1 percent from the field while failing to make much of an impact with his passing. In the past, he's been a valuable offensive player even when his shot isn't falling because he can involve himself in such a variety of ways, but that isn't happening this year. 

他的投籃命中率只有41.1%。他的傳球也沒有多大的作用。以往，他是個有優秀的進攻球員，他有不錯的外線和多種進攻方式，但今年全都消失了。

J Smoove is knocking down 23.9 percent of his tries from downtown(註五), and he's attempting a career-high 3.8 per game. That's not just bad, rather, it's historically bad. 

他的三分球命中率只有23.9%。而且每場三分球次數來到生涯新高-每場3.8個。不只是差，還是史上最糟。

Basketball-Reference shows that throughout NBA history, 1,214 qualified players have lofted up at least three shots per game from beyond the arc. Of those, here are the only ones who haven't been able to top Smith's putrid percentage. 

NBA歷史上，三分球場均3個以上的球員有1214個，每個人的命中率都比Smith高。

4.Starting Center: Dwight Howard 先發中鋒：Dwight Howard

Team: Houston Rockets 火箭隊
Age: 28
2013-14 Per-Game Stats: 18.1 points, 12.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.7 blocks, 21.6 PER

Is there a reason that Dwight Howard still hasn't developed more post moves than that sweeping jump-hook he uses going in either direction? Now that he's worked with Hakeem Olajuwon (twice) and is coached by Kevin McHale, he's out of excuses for failing to become more of a go-to post player.

可以解釋一下為什麼Howard還是只會兩邊的跳躍勾射而不是更多的低位單打？他現在由歐拉朱萬指導而且教練是Kevin McHale。他沒有藉口不成為更好的低位單打者。

You couldn't ask for better mentors than those two, but D12 still doesn't do much with his back to the basket. According to Synergy Sports(subscription required), the big man is scoring only 0.76 points per possession in post-up(註六) situations, a mark that's topped by 86 players around the Association.

你再也找不到比這兩位更好的低位大師了，但Howard在背框單打的表現還是不突出。他每次低位單打只能得到0.76分，聯盟排名第87位。

Synergy also shows that he's allowed 0.86 points per possession, which gives him the No. 159 mark in the NBA. He's no longer functioning as an elite post-up defender, and he's struggled to stop roll men(註七), which is where he made his mark during his Defensive Player of the Year days.

他在每次對位讓對手得到0.86 分，聯盟排名第159位。他低位的防守沒有以往靈光。他也不像拿到最佳防守球員時可以有效的阻擋空切的球員。

Reserve Guards 替補後衛：

1.Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards 巫師隊
2.Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers 騎士隊

But should he be starting for the Eastern Conference All-Star team?

Irving可以在東區明星隊先發嗎？

Absolutely not, especially with a certain John Wall straight up balling for the Washington Wizards. Yet fans are voting him in, which is pretty much the definition of being overrated. When voting support yields something that's undeserved, it can't get any more clear.

當然不，尤其是John Wall帶領巫師隊扶搖直上。然而粉絲選擇了Irving，所以這裡將Irving選為被高估的明星。

Reserve Forwards 替補前鋒：

1.Harrison Barnes, Golden State Warriors 勇士隊
2.Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz 爵士隊
3.Tayshaun Prince, Memphis Grizzlies 灰熊隊

Reserve Centers 替補中鋒：

1.Kendrick Perkins, Oklahoma City Thunder 雷霆隊

Kendrick Perkins should not be starting basketball games for the Oklahoma City Thunder. That is all.

Perkins應該停止在雷霆隊當先發，就這樣。

2.Jonas Valanciunas, Toronto Raptors 暴龍隊

註一： PER = Player Efficiency Rating 球員效率值
一種評比球員出場效率的計算方法。結合了球員的投籃命中率、三分球、助攻、罰球、失誤、籃板、抄截、火鍋等數據，根據球隊和整個NBA球隊的平均數據進行加權，最後得到每個球員的效率值。

以下是Wiki上的用PER衡量球員能力的表單：

註二：Sophomore 二年級的、第二年的
例句：She is in her sophomore year. 她在讀二年級。

註三：Beyond The Arc 在弧線之後，指在三分線後也就是三分球。

註四：Beantown 波士頓的暱稱
殖民時代時，波士頓最為人知的美食就是烤豆子(Bake Beans)，當時的過客或是商人因此稱波士頓為Beantown。

Bake Beans 焗豆，也被稱作烘豆、烤豆子或茄汁豆，是歐洲傳統食物，今天仍然很受歡迎，常被做成罐頭食品。雖然英文名指明是「烤豆子」，這道菜一般是和醬汁一起炖煮而成。

- from Wiki

註五：From downtown 三分球

籃球場的“downtown”指的是靠中圈(跳球圈)的區域，From downtown就是在三分球線外投籃的意思。

註六：Post-up 背框單打

進攻方持球球員背對籃框單吃對方防守球員。

註七：Roll man 空切球員

指的是擋切戰術(Pick & Roll)中做掩護並轉身空切的人。有可能空切到靠近籃框做攻擊或向外轉走尋找接應與出手機會。

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