When you hear someone refer to Marcus Smart, you hear him described
as a winner. You hear people talk about his strength, his athleticism,
his effort and his leadership qualities. What you never hear is anyone
refer to him as a shooter.
当你听到有人讨论Marcus Smart，听到他是胜利者、听到人们讨论有关他的力量
、他的运动能力、他的努力与他的领袖特质。不过不会有人提到他是个射手。
Smart's lack of a reliable jump shot is widely regarded as the missing
component of his game game, despite continual effort to improve in that
area. How big of a concern is that for executives around the league as
the NBA draft rapidly approaches?
Smart缺乏稳定可靠的跳投能力是众所皆知的，尽管非常努力去改善这个部分。
在逼近选秀日期的情况下，该如何去让联盟高层关注?
Smart did manage to make minimal improvements as a shooter from his
freshman to sophomore years at Oklahoma State, raising his field goal
percentage from 40.4 to 42.2 and his 3-point percentage from 29.0 to
29.9. But, while he got to the free throw line more frequently (8.1
free throws per game vs. 6.5 as a freshman), his percentage at the
stripe dipped from 77.7 to 72.8.
Smart从大一到大二球季，有少量的提升他的命中率，投篮命中率从0.404提升到
0.422，三分球命中率则由0.29上升到0.299，罚球次数由每场6.5次上升到8.1次
，不过命中率却由0.777下降到0.728。
That being said, one veteran NBA general manager went on record with
ESPN's NBA draft expert Chad Ford in saying that Smart's shooting is
better than many perceive.
话虽如此，不过一名联盟资深的GM告诉ESPN的选秀专家Chad Ford，其实Smart的
投篮要比一般人认知的还要好。
"I don't think Marcus is a bad shooter," he told Ford. "I think his
form looks pretty good and you see it will go in when he's squared and
taking good shots. I think the issue is that Marcus took a lot of bad
shots. He was trying to do too much at Oklahoma State. If he can trust
his teammates in the NBA and be a leader, I think he'll be just fine as
a shooter. Shot selection is the key for him."
"我不认为他是个差劲的射手"，他告诉Ford。"我认为当他在好的状况下会有不错
的投射。他的问题大概是出在一些不好的出手选择。他做得太多了(亦即一肩扛责)
，如果他在进入联盟后作为一个领导者并可以去信任队友的话，我想他会是个好的
射手。对他而言，投篮的选择将是关键。"
Given that Smart's primary roles as a rookie will likely be to defend
and distribute, regardless of which team drafts him, the reduced pressure
to be his team's primary scorer could allow the point guard to thrive
early in his NBA career.
无论是哪个球队选择了他，若在菜鸟球季给予他的主要任务是分配球权与防守，
减低他在球队的得分重担，将会使他的早期职业生涯获得完善的成长。