Ricky Rubio can bring the Suns’ defense out of the NBA’s cellar
Ricky Rubio可以带领太阳队的防守冲出NBA地窖
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suns-defense-out-nba-cellar
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The Suns’ 29th-ranked defense needed a major upgrade, and the front office
appears to have found it in Rubio.
太阳队在联盟排名第29的防守需要进行重大升级，而从Rubio身上似乎已经可以找到前进
指挥所。
Ricky Rubio was the original king of grainy European basketball footage on
YouTube, a 16-year-old prodigy drafted ahead of Steph Curry, who was supposed
to create Showtime 2.0 in Minnesota. Twelve years later, he joins the Suns
with a more simple goal: Anchor a young defense.
早在Steph Curry 崛起之前，YouTube上一位16岁的神童Ricky Rubio最初曾是欧洲篮球最
佳镜头之王，而他被认为应该可以在明尼苏达创造Showtime 2.0。十二年后，他带着更简
单的目标加入了太阳队：打造年轻有活力的防守。
Phoenix put together the second-worst defense in the NBA last season, only
behind the Cavaliers, who basically punted on an entire half of the floor in
playing potentially the worst defense in the history of the league. Not much
of a consolation prize for the Suns.
上个赛季太阳队的防守在联盟中排名第二差，仅次于在联盟历史上在半场进攻中有着最糟
糕防守的骑士队。但是这对于太阳队来说，并不值得感到安慰。
Units featuring real NBA talent defended much better. Kelly Oubre and Mikal
Bridges provided the Suns an athletic crux for a more versatile defense late
in the season, while Deandre Ayton’s impact was strong as well. The Suns’
defense was more than 2 points better per 100 possessions when Ayton was on
the court, according to Cleaning the Glass.
对于所拥有真正NBA球员天赋的球员来说，防守看起来比较没那么惨。可以为太阳队提供
运动能力的Kelly Oubre与Mikal Bridges，在赛季后段提供了更多样化的防守，同时
Deandre Ayton的影响力也很大。依据Cleaning the Glass的说法，在每100次进攻中，当
Ayton在场上时，太阳队的防守可以让他们多得超过2分。
As noted in a breakdown of Tyler Johnson’s value in Phoenix over the
weekend, the next step for the Suns this summer in building a defense was
finding a point-of-attack defender who could guard the most basic of
basketball actions — the pick and roll. Rubio is that player.
分析Tyler Johnson对于凤凰城的价值可以发现，这个夏天太阳队要建立防守的下一个步
骤，就是找到一个能够防守最基本篮球招数-挡拆的挡拆防守者。Rubio就是辣个球员。
Whereas Johnson’s lack of intuition and foot speed limited him and the Suns’
defense overall, Rubiois a dedicated and aggressive defender. His length is
bothersome rather than extraneous. He doesn’t go away.
Tyler Johnson缺乏直觉和移位速度限制了他与太阳队的整体防守，而Rubio则是一名敬业
且积极进取的防守者。他的臂展会对进攻者带来困扰而不是毫无用处。同时他也不太会失
位。
While catch-all defensive metrics that attempt to encapsulate a player’s
entire value are imprecise, they can help us understand the impact a given
player had on helping his team prevent the ball from going in the basket. ESPN
’s Defensive Real Plus-Minus had Rubio 11th among point guards last season
(when you sort out the random big men categorized as guards). Defensive
Player Impact Plus-Minus, a metric created by The Basketball Index’s Jacob
Goldstein which filters luck out of DRPM, placed Rubio 14th.
虽然试图以全能防守指标来概括球员整体价值的是不太精确的，但是它们可以帮助我们了
解特定球员对于帮助球队阻止对手入球上的影响。ESPN的Defensive Real Plus-Minus将
Rubio排为上赛季控球后卫排名第11名（如果你把分类由随机大个子改为后卫的话）。由
Basketball Index’s的Jacob Goldstein所创造的评量指标，防守球员Impact
Plus-Minus指标，可以用于来排除DRPM的运气成分，则将Rubio排在第14名。
Throughout his career, Rubio has created steals at a high rate. His steal
percentage tailed off a bit during his stint in Utah’s more conservative
scheme, but ball-handlers still must be wary of Rubio if they can’t escape
his grasp.
在他的整个职业生涯中，Rubio已经产出了很高的抄截率。在犹他更加保守的防守体系中
，他的抄截率有所下降，但是如果持球者无法摆脱Rubio，他们仍然必须小心Rubio的快手
。
The Jazz defense is predicated upon forcing opponents into chucking
mid-rangers rather than creating open threes. Last season, according to
Cleaning the Glass data, 37 percent of opponents’ shots were mid-range
attempts, compared with just 28.9 percent of shot attempts coming from behind
the arc. Rudy Gobert just won his second consecutive Defensive Player of the
Year award as a prize for scaring ball-handlers into this deadly decision.
爵士队的防守前提是要迫使对手进入中距离，而不要投射三分球。依据Cleaning the
Glass的数据，在上个赛季，有37％的对手投篮是在中距离出手，同时三分球投篮命中率
只有28.9％。Rudy Gobert刚刚连续第二年藉著威吓做出此一致命决定的持球者，而赢得
了年度最佳防守球员奖项。
Rubio provided a quietly important helping hand in this dance. By last
season, he and Gobertdeveloped a remarkable chemistry. Rubio’s balletic
battles with screens funneled playmakers toward Gobert, and they retreated
into bad shots. If Rubio lost connection with a ball-handler going downhill,
he could trust Gobert would be there to clean things up. Late in the clock,
Rubio could leave Gobert alone on a switch and trust Gobert to hold up.
Rubio在与Gobert的这场双人舞蹈中提供了非常重要的协助。在上个赛季，他和Gobert发
展出了非比寻常的化学效应。Rubio的飙舞舞步迫使持球员朝向Gobert移动，并让他们退
缩而做出糟糕的投射。如果Rubio跟不上下切的球员，他可以信任Gobert将会在那里收拾
残局。在稍后的时间中，Rubio可以让Gobert独自一人面对换防，并相信Gobert能够搞定
一切。
Because of his playmaking in the open court, Rubio steals are even more
valuable. When Rubio grabs the ball from an offensive player, his eyes dart
ahead and the fast break is on.
有鉴于Rubio在开放式进攻中控制比赛的能力，Rubio的抄截就显得更有价值。当Rubio从
一名进攻型球员手中抄到球时，他的眼睛就会望向前方，然后长传快攻就来惹。
Rubio is also aggressive enough to recover late and knock into guys going up
for a shot. His lack of athleticism is made up for by unexpected physicality.
Rubio还具有足够的积极性，而能在较晚归位时仍能对进行投射的球员进行阻截。他缺乏
运动能力问题，可以由意料之外的身体素质来弥补(译者按：臂展??)。
The same margin of error won’t exist playing with Ayton. Every possession
will demand Rubio’s utmost focus and communication to develop the same
chemistry with a less experienced defender. Ayton has the length and foot
speed to recover back out for quick contests, and when he got the chance to
play with a solid on-ball defender, Ayton executed his job.
在与Ayton搭配时将不会出现同样的错误。每一次球权都需要Rubio来付出更多的关注与沟
通，并与经验不足的防守者发展出同样的化学效应。Ayton有足够的速度和位移速度可以
针对快速的对手进行归位，当他有机会与坚实的防守球员(Rubio)一起打球时，Ayton有能
力做好他的工作。
The partnership between Rubio and Ayton has the potential to be very
effective. It will just require dedication from both players as communicators
and helpers. The rest of the roster will need to step up as well. Defending
the 1-5 pick-and-roll well is fine, but teams will adjust and start
initiating offense away from Rubio and Ayton over time. The Suns will need to
capitalize on the versatility of players like Oubre, Bridges and Booker to
stifle secondary offensive action and create turnovers.
Rubio与Ayton之间的伙伴关系可能会非常有效。他们只需要作为沟通者和协助者双方的无
私奉献精神。而在球员名单的其余部分也需要进行强化。可以完美防守1-5挡拆是很好，
但随着时间的推移，对方球队将进行调整并开始从远离Rubio和Ayton的地方发动攻势。太
阳队需要利用像Oubre、Bridge与Booker这些球员的多样性功能，来阻止第二波进攻并制
造失误。
Utah was a hesitant and inefficient transition team, but the Suns would be
smart to run more, with a turnover-creator like Rubio heading their defense.
Ayton’s speed and finishing ability make him a valuable mismatch on the fast
break.
犹他是一支节奏较缓慢，转换进攻效率低下的球队，但是在以Rubio这样的失误制造机作
为头号防守者下，太阳队在这一方表现将更为杰出。Ayton的速度和终结能力将使他在快
攻中得到宝贵的错位机会。
Adding Rubio spells a departure from the more switchy scheme the Suns threw
out late in the year.
Rubio的加入让太阳队加远离在今年赛季后段所抛弃之更加狡猾的防守计划。
Ayton may get the chance every so often in isolation against bigger
playmakers like Giannis Antetokounmpo, but don’t expect it regularly. Rubio
is not the type of player you want switching onto a big man, and draft night
addition Dario Saric isn’t going to do well defending playmakers in space.
The Suns appear to be building this defense conservatively.
Ayton可能每隔一段时间更有机会与像是Giannis Antetokounmpo的大型组织者一对一，但
不要经常期待出现这种情况。Rubio并不是那种你会想要换防队上大个子的球员，而在选
秀之夜到来的Dario Saric也无法好好防守组织球员。太阳队似乎正在保守地打造这种类
型的防守。
Something had to give for the Suns’ defense, which despite Ayton’s growth
allowed teams to bomb away from three and finish at the rim with aplomb. Few
in the league fill the defensive role the Suns wanted to help support Ayton
better than Rubio.
尽管Ayton的成长让球队能够从三分线进行轰炸，并带着自信在篮下完成入球，但他还是
有必要为太阳队的防守做出贡献。在联盟中很少有人比Rubio更能够支持Ayton，以充分发
挥太阳队所希望防守作用。
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