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Rumor: Rockets didn’t anticipate just how bad Carmelo Anthony would be
defensively
乳摸: 火箭那时没有预期到Carmelo Anthony的防守会那么糟
Despite having quite a decorated career under his belt, 10-time All-Star
Carmelo Anthony still remains without a team at this point in the offseason.
There is no doubt that during his prime, the former NBA scoring champ was one
of the most potent scorers in the entire league. Now at 35, he is a shadow of
his former self, but surely, he still has more than a few ways to put the
ball in the basket.
尽管Carmelo Anthony过去有着辉煌的战绩，这位10届全明星到现在还找不到下家。毫无疑
问地，这位前NBA得分王在他的巅峰时期，他是联盟里最有能力的得分好手之一。而现在35
岁的他，被他过去的辉煌所遮蔽，但是尽管如此，现在的他仍旧有一些能力可以在场上得
分。
This isn’t the problem, though. As it turns out, it’s Anthony’s defense —
or lack thereof — that has kept him on the outside looking in. As reported
by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes, this was actually the main reason why Melo’s time
with the Houston Rockets was so short-lived. For their part, the Rockets had
no idea how mightily Anthony would struggle on the defensive end.
但是，那不是最主要的问题。有消息出来，是Anthony缺乏的防守能力让他到现在都找不到
队伍加入。根据ESPN的Baxter Holmes报导，Anthony的防守能力是导致他在火箭的时间如
此之短的主要原因。火箭搞不懂，为何这样有能力的Anthony会在防守端如此不堪：
"Although the Rockets knew of Anthony’s defensive weaknesses before he
joined, team sources say they didn’t anticipate just how limited he would be
in their aggressive switch-centric defense, which tasked him with running
quicker players off the 3-point line. One team source speculates that, had
they known he’d struggle so much in their defense, Anthony wouldn’t have
been brought aboard. “He really, really struggled with it,” the source says."
“虽然火箭在Anthony加入之前就已经知道他在防守上的弱点，火箭里的消息人士指出他们
没有想到他在轮转防守上会这样无力，在三分外追着快速行动的球员对他是个难题。其中
一位消息人士更假设说，若是他们知道他在防守上会如此挣扎，火箭根本就不会签下他。
‘他在防守上真的，真的很挣扎，’消息人士说。”
Anthony played in only 10 games for the Rockets last season before the team
decided to pull the plug. We haven’t seen him take the court since, and
given how it is unlikely that his defense has improved significantly since
then, it would not be a surprise if teams continue to pass on the prospect of
signing the once-great Carmelo Anthony.
在火箭决定裁掉Anthony之前，他在火箭只打了10场比赛，而在那之后他就再也没有上场过
了。基于从那时到现在他也不可能就把他的防守能力练出来，其他NBA球队对于这曾经伟大
的Carmelo Anthony继续保持敬谢不敏的态度也就不意外了。