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Hawks’ Vince Carter thinks ‘gimmicky thing’ in Slam Dunk Contests is ‘
overrated’
老鹰Vince Carter认为 灌篮大赛里面的花招是过誉的
The NBA All-Star festivities will take place this weekend, and one of the
most anticipated events is the Sprite Slam Dunk contest.
NBA全明星活动在这周末开始，其中一个最为大家所期待的就是灌篮大赛。
The participants for this year’s dunk contest are New York Knicks’ Dennis
Smith Jr., Atlanta Hawks’ John Collins, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Hamidou
Diallo, and Charlotte Hornets’ Miles Bridges.
今年参加灌篮大赛的参赛者有尼克的Dennis Smith Jr.，老鹰的John Collins，雷霆的
Hamidou Diallo，以及黄蜂的Miles Bridges。
The dunk contest has been underwhelming in recent years, as participants tend
to use props to make simple dunks look great. Veteran forward and former Slam
Dunk champion Vince Carter thinks that people are giving too much credits on
gimmicks more than the dunks themselves.
灌篮大赛最近几年令人无法抵挡，参赛者会用一些道具让一些简单的灌篮看起来很炫。前
锋老将也是前灌篮冠军Vince Carter认为大家给那些花招太多的鼓励，反而忽略了灌篮本
身。
Vince Carter, considered by a lot of people as the best dunker in the history
of the league, won the dunk contest in 2000, and he won the title just by
sheer creativity and athleticism. No props, no gimmicks, just 100% pure
talent.
Vince Carter在2000年拿下灌篮大赛冠军，也被很多人认为是联盟史上最佳灌篮球员，他
拿下那届冠军靠的只有创意跟体能，没道具，没花招，百分百是天赋的展现。
However, since the dunk contest has been part of the All-Star weekend for a
very long time, participants had to think of other ways to entertain the
fans, especially since a lot of dunks had already been done by previous
contestants in the past.
然而，灌篮大赛在全明星周已经举办了很久，参赛者得要想出奇招来娱乐观众，尤其很多
的灌篮动作已经在以前被做过了。
Still, it’s tough to argue with Vince Carter on this one. Even with props,
some participants have failed to add creativity to their performance in the
dunk contest.
不过，要跟Vince Carter辩驳这件事是有难度的。即使有道具，一些参赛者仍旧没办法在
他们的表现里加入一些创意。
If VC can still do it, pretty sure he’d participate in this year’s Slam
Dunk contest to teach the youngsters a think or two about the beauty of
dunking the basketball.
如果VC还可以，很确定的他就会参加今年的灌篮大赛，好好教教年轻人几招什么才是展现
灌篮真正的美。
Still, a lot of today’s best dunkers look up to Vince Carter as inspiration,
and that speaks volumes to the legacy that he will leave once he decides to
hang it up.
不过，现今许多年轻灌篮好手把Vince Carter视作他们的启蒙，而当VC决定不做就不留恋
的传奇事蹟就更是不言自明了。