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标题:
NBA Coach:
'Jayson Tatum Is About Jayson Tatum';
'Don't Think He Cares About Winning'
内文:
An unnamed NBA assistant coach took a shot at Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatu
m for his perceived lack of a team-first approach.
"Jayson Tatum is about Jayson Tatum," the Eastern Conference coach told ESPN's
Tim Bontemps. "I don't think he cares about winning now, and if he does, it is o
n his terms. He doesn't want to score 15 and win. He wants to score 39 and win."
Tatum's scoring average (25.7 points per game) is down only slightly from last s
eason (26.4), but his offensive efficiency has taken a major hit during the earl
y stages of the 2021-22 campaign.
The fifth-year pro out of Duke is shooting career-worst percentages from the fie
ld (41.2) and on three-pointers (33.3), and he's averaging nearly an assist less
per game (3.5) than last season (4.3).
His mediocre shooting combined with taking a career-high number of field-goal at
tempts (22.4) has created a situation when the Boston offense often gets caught
in a rut when he's struggling.
Teammate Marcus Smart has raised that concern about Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who'
s averaging 18.3 shots per game, and suggested they need to distribute the ball
more often.
"Every team knows we're trying to go to Jayson and Jaylen," Smart told reporter
s after a Nov. 1 loss to the Chicago Bulls. "Every team is programmed and studi
ed to stop Jayson and Jaylen. I think everybody's scouting report is to make tho
se guys pass the ball. They don't want to pass the ball."
Tatum, 23, addressed those remarks a week later, saying they held a meeting to
discuss everyone's concerns.
"Personally, I mean, we talked about it—individually and had a team meeting, I
guess. But I know how to play basketball. I've been doing it a long time, and I'
m pretty successful at it," he said.
Tatum, in the first season of a five-year, $163 million contract, added he know
s there's "a lot to improve on."
It's not like the sky is falling on the Celtics. They've improved their record t
o 10-8 with a modest three-game winning streak and have won eight of their past
11 games since Smart's comments.
Tatum's shot has also started to fall as he's shot 50 percent from the field (46
of 92) over the C's last four games while converting 38.0 percent of his threes
(16 of 42).
As long as those trends continue, any criticism of the two-time All-Star will fa
de into the background.
翻译:
一位不愿公开姓名的NBA助理教练对塞尔提克的Jayson Tatum进行批评,认为他缺乏以团队
为先的方法。
“Jayson Tatum只在乎Jayson Tatum”这位NBA教练告诉ESPN的Tim Bontemps。“我不认为
他现在在乎赢球,又或者是要满足他的条件他才想赢球。他不想只得到15分赢球。他想自己
得到39分再赢球。”
Jayson Tatum的平均得分(每场25.7分)只比上季(26.4分)略有下降,但在2021-22赛季
的季初,他的进攻受到了严重的打击。
这位来自杜克大学的第五年职业球员的外线投篮命中率(41.2)和三分球命中率(33.3)都是生
涯最差的,而且他的平均每场比赛助攻(3.5)比上一季(4.3)少了一次。
他平庸的投篮加上职业生涯最高的出手次数(22.4次),造成了一种情况,当他挣扎时,塞
尔提克的进攻经常陷入困境。
队友Marcus Smart对Jayson Tatum和平均每场18.3次出手的Jaylen Brown提出了这种担忧,
并建议他们需要更频繁地分配球。
"每支球队都知道我们试图去找Jayson Tatum和Jaylen Brown,"Marcus Smart在11月1日输
给芝加哥公牛队后告诉记者。 "每支球队都被编排和研究过,以阻止Jaylen Brown和Jayso
n Tatum。我认为每个人的球探报告都是为了让这些人传球。他们不想传球。"
23岁的Jayson Tatum在一周后谈到了这些言论,说他们举行了一次会议,讨论了每个人的担
忧。
"就个人而言,我的意思是,我们谈到了这个问题