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Ex-Celtics star Isaiah Thomas backs Kyrie Irving after Kevin Garnett criticism
前塞尔提克球星Isaiah Thomas在Kevin Garnett批评Kyrie Irving后为他发声。
Former Boston Celtics great Kevin Garnett recently made headlines saying that
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving was not cut out mentally to lead his
former franchise. Now, Washington Wizards point guard Isaiah Thomas has come
to Irving's defense.
前波士顿塞尔提克伟大球员Kevin Garnett最近登上了头条，因为他说布鲁克林篮网队的
控球后卫Kyrie Irving的精神属性并不适合领导他的前东家-波士顿塞尔提克。现在，华
盛顿巫师队的控球后卫Isaiah Thomas为Irving发声了。
Thomas had been tasked with leading Boston to an Eastern Conference title
before he was swapped for Irving and landed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He
does not feel that Garnett's criticisms may be far-fetched but he pointed out
that it's unfair to say Irving lacked cojones, via Stefan Bondy of The New
York Daily News:
根据纽约日报的Stefan Bondy的报导，在与Irving的那个交易案导致被换到克里夫兰骑士
队之前，Thomas的任务是带领波士顿塞尔提克队夺下东区冠军。他并不认为Garnett的批
评很牵强，但他指出，说Irving缺乏勇气是不公平的。
“It does (take cojones to play for the Celtics). Not saying Kyrie doesn't
have them because he hit one of arguably the biggest shots in NBA Finals
history, he's one of the best point guards to ever play the game,”Thomas
said. “That's just like Boston and New York (the Knicks). You have to have a
different type of skin to be able to succeed there.
“是的(为塞尔提克打球需要勇气)。并不是说Kyrie没有胆量，因为他命中了NBA总冠军赛
历史上最重要的投篮之一，他是历史上最好的控球后卫之一。”Thomas说。“这就像波士
顿和纽约一样，你必须拥有不同的皮肤才能成功。”
Thomas added that Irving simply did not live up to the expectations that come
with playing for a franchise like the Celtics.
Thomas补充说，Irving并没有达到人们对他在塞尔提克这样的球队打球的期望。
“They won 17 championships. They have 30 jerseys retired. So it's
expectations like you can do great but we need better and it's always been
like that,”IT furthered.“The media attention of putting on a Celtics
jersey, a Knicks jersey, a Lakers jersey, those legendary teams and
franchises, it's just a little different.”
“他们有17座总冠军。他们有30件球衣被退休了。所以他们希望你能做更好，一直都是这
样。”IT进一步说。“媒体对塞尔提克队、尼克队、湖人队这些传奇球队的关注，只是有
点不同。”
There is certainly plenty of truth to Thomas' comments, considering
expectations were already extremely high when the Celtics nearly managed win
the East without Irving during his first year in Boston.
Thomas的评论当然有很多是事实，考虑到Irving在塞尔提克的第一年，几乎在没有他的情
况下差点赢得东区冠军，所以人们对于他(第二年)的期望已经很高了。
Although Kyrie still enjoyed stellar production with the Celtics the
following season, Boston vastly short of expectations when they were
dismantled by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round following a year filled
with turmoil.
尽管在接下来的赛季中，Kyrie仍然为塞尔提克贡献了出色的表现，但在经历了动荡不安
的一年后，塞尔提克在第二轮被密尔瓦基公鹿击败，他们的表现远低于预期。
Kyrie Irving will likely continue to receive plenty of flak from those
aligned with the Celtics organization. Regardless, it is clear that Isaiah
Thomas is not going to let facts get in the way of forming his own opinion on
a matter that he experienced firsthand for himself.
Kyrie Irving很可能会继续受到那些塞尔提克帮的人的猛烈抨击。但不管怎样，Isaiah
Thomas很明显不会让那些事妨碍他对自己亲身经历的事情所形成的观点。
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