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Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns says having fewer opportunities in a
smaller market ‘is a false narrative’
灰狼Karl-Anthony Towns说在小市场球队 机会会比较少的说法是假的
The general consensus is that because Minnesota is a small market, NBA stars
do not want to play there because they won’t have as many opportunities as
far as endorsements and things of that nature.
大家一般都认为，因为灰狼是小市场球队，一些NBA的明星球员会不想来那边打球是因为像
是代言或是类似的机会会比较少。
But Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns, who originally believed that
notion, says it’s completely false:
但是，原本也是这样认为的Karl-Anthony Towns，现在则说那种说法是错误的。
“I thought when you were in Minnesota, you would have less opportunities. I’
ve seemed to have only grown with my opportunities,” Towns said, according
to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. “The idea of it being because of my
market or where I’m at is a false narrative that’s written by people who
want to keep big cities’ talent pool larger than others. It’s just not true.
”
“我那时候认为在明尼苏达，机会会比较少。但是现在则是觉得机会不停的增加，”KAT
说。“那种因为市场大小会影响机会的说法是假的，那是那些想让大城市拥有更多有天赋
球员的人写的，那都不是真的。”
Towns went on to say that the era we live in helps make it so that players in
smaller markets can still make things happen from a business perspective:
KAT继续说，我们现在所处的时代，让一些小市场球队的球员仍旧可以在经营生意上达到成
果。
“We’re in a digital age. Talent is talent wherever you are,” he said. “We
find it through social media and the markets and the companies know who they
want to work with. It doesn’t matter where.”
“我们现在处在一个数位化的时代，天赋就是天赋，不管身在何处，”他说。“我们从社
群媒体，市场及公司就了解了，他们知道我们是怎样的球员，这跟球员在哪里打球没有关
系。”
The 23-year-old, who also said he is incredibly happy in Minnesota and hopes
to be with the Timberwolves for a long time, doesn’t care where he plays:
23岁的KAT说他在灰狼打球超开心，也希望可以长长久久的待在灰狼，他一点也不在意在哪
边打球：
“That’s how I approach it. I’m not afraid to play anywhere,” he said. “I
don’t care about where it’s at, who it’s against. I’m going to go out
there and compete and try my best.”
“这就是我的怎样看待的方式，对于在哪里打球我一点都不害怕，”他说。“我不在乎比
赛场地是在哪里，对手是谁，我就是上场拼尽全力打球。”
Karl-Anthony Towns is coming off a 2018-19 campaign in which he averaged 24.4
points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.6 blocks per game.
上个赛季KAT的场均是24.4分，12.4个篮板，3.4个助攻以及1.6个火锅。