「关于威少的一些想法」 Some thoughts on Westbrook

我是一个来自中国的威少球迷,威少是我接触篮球、接触NBA的起点。我看的第一场NBA比赛就是2014年西部决赛第四场,威少用40+5+10统治了帕克,扳平了系列赛大比分。我对于这个运动能力极强、打球富有激情的球员印象深刻。

威少陪伴我度过了初中、高中和大学,现在我即将大学毕业了,但喜欢威少却越来越难以说出口。在中国,湖人和火箭是球迷最多的两支球队,而威少刚好在自己的下滑期去到了这两支球队。2019-20赛季他一度打出了MVP级表现,但是新冠肺炎终结了一切,整个2020年季后赛他打得像一坨屎;去到华盛顿后他用疯狂三双把球队带进了季后赛,但仍然有大量中国球迷不喜欢他,觉得他的数据都是刷的、没法成为争冠球队的核心。

然后他来到了湖人。现在赛季已经打了一半了,无数中国球迷把威少归咎为湖人战绩不佳的唯一原因。作为威少球迷,我无力去辩解争论任何事,只能期待他像去年、前年一样在全明星后爆发。但现在什么都没发生。

我认为威少需要找回他的精神力。他必须放下顾虑、不去想那些外界的批评,做他自己。威少的比赛从来都是高风险高收益,你不能指望他像保罗一样打球,场均10个助攻2失误,那不是他。

威少这段时间很显然受到了舆论的影响,他开始犹豫,然后越打越垃圾。湖人想让他做24分钟勒布朗或第二个勒布朗,但现在他啥也不是。

AD回来湖人当然能好很多,但威少到底能不能破除心魔才是决定湖人上限的关键。

I am a Westbrook fan from China. Westbrook is the starting point for me to contact basketball and the NBA. The first NBA game I watched was Game 4 of the WCF in 2014. Westbrook dominated Parker with 40+5+10, tying the series. I am very impressed with this very athletic and passionate player.

Westbrook accompanied me through middle school, high school and college, and now I’m about to graduate from college, but it’s getting harder and harder to say what I like about Westbrook. In China, the Lakers and Rockets are the two teams with the most fans, and Westbrook just went to these two teams during his downturn. He had an MVP-level performance in the 2019-20 season, but the COVID-19 ended everything, and he played like a piece of shit throughout the 2020 playoffs; after going to Washington, he used a crazy triple-double to bring the team into the playoffs game, but there are still a large number of Chinese fans who don’t like him, and feel that his statistics are all brushed, and he can’t become the core of the championship team.

Then he came to the Lakers. Now that the season is halfway through, countless Chinese fans blame Westbrook as the ONLY reason for the Lakers’ poor record. As a Westbrook fan, I can’t argue with anything but expect him to explode after the All-Star break like last year and the year before. But nothing happens now.

I think Westbrook needs to get his mental power back. He has to let go of his concerns, not think about those outside criticisms, and be himself. Westbrook’s game has always been high risk, high reward. You can’t expect him to play like Paul, averaging 10 assists and 2 turnovers per game. That’s not him.

Westbrook was obviously influenced by public opinion during this period of time. He began to hesitate, and then he became more and more rubbish. The Lakers wanted him to be a 24-minute LeBron or a second LeBron, but right now he’s nothing.

Of course, when AD comes back to the Lakers, it can be much better, but whether Westbrook can break the demon is the key to determining the upper limit of the Lakers.

and he played like a piece of shit throughout the 2020 playoffs

I can’t stop laughing at this. I’m guessing something was lost in translation but this is hilarious.

I agree.

Great to talk to a fan from China!

This is who Russ is. He’s never been an efficient player.

He’s had three really good games imo. 2-4 turnovers should be acceptable for Russ. He shot 50%. He’s still gonna have an off play here and there but last game I thought he did a great job of calming down mid game.

Even before this 3-game stretch, it looked like he was shaking the dust off. Now his athletic lob threat is back and I’d like to see how this goes.

I can see him progressively getting better offensively and buying into the defense. AD makes everyone play better defense. Let’s see how they look during the entirety of this road stretch but Brodie is low key trying to make it work because he knows this is his last resort

“Whether Westbrook can break the demon is the key to determining the upper limit of the lakers.”

I agree with most of what you said except for this last take. The Lakers have already reached their upper limit with Lebron and AD (playing at his peak) with no third star.

The key for the Lakers success is for AD is get back to his bubble peak and hope Westbrook doesn’t detract from the most complementary duo in the NBA by making dumb mistakes. Indeed, the Lakers could even become a contender without playing Westbrook at all if AD gets back to where he was 15 months ago and the Lakers add one or two solid role players through the trade or buyout market.

I thought reddit was blocked in China, is that not true?

哈哈,没想到中国球迷也不怎么喜欢威少。我觉得威少的问题不只他的精神力,细想,态度等, 他身体的机能也褪皮了。他篮球技巧与基本上来也不好,加上他现在的年纪与体力,我们才看到真么造的表现。做为个可比与湖人迷,我也希望他能找到曾经的自己或改变他打球的方式!祝你新年快乐 :slight_smile: - 新加坡球迷 (抱歉华文讲的那么造哈哈)

This is an incredible thread. I absolutely love that you’ve pasted the Chinese text as well as the translations. The conversations in here honestly make me happy. As far as Russ goes, I do think that his utilization hasn’t found it’s mark yet. He’s being inefficient, but that’s sort of who he is.

我的英语并不是很好,这是用的谷歌翻译哈哈。我的意思是他在2020年季后赛表现就像一坨屎。

My English is not very good, this is using google translate lol. I mean he played like a piece of shit in the 2020 playoffs.

I’m a Chinese speaker, and I can assure you nothing has been lost in the translation in that sentence🤣

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其实本赛季他的命中率一度高达46%,而且在左侧中距离很准。但突然他就投不进球了。

In fact, this season, his hit rate was as high as 46%, and he was very accurate in the left middle distance. But suddenly he couldn’t shoot.

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我认为他本赛季的传球被低估了,但湖人阵容从来就没有完整维持过很长时间。AD现在回来了,我很期待他接下来的表现。

I think his passing has been underrated this season, but the Lakers lineup has never been complete for very long. AD is back now and I’m looking forward to his next performance.

问题是相比过去两个赛季,湖人几乎失去了所有能够防守的角色球员。现在即使在关键时刻把威少放在板凳上,你仍然没法在勒布朗-AD身边放上三个攻防兼备的球员。而且现实是威少必须上场,否则勒布朗季后赛要场均40分钟了。回顾AD的生涯,2020季后赛他的中投表现更像是昙花一现,我不认为那还能重现。

The problem is that the Lakers have lost nearly every role player they can defend compared to the past two seasons. Even with Westbrook on the bench right now, you still can’t put three offensive and defensive players next to LeBron-AD. And the reality is that Westbrook has to play or LeBron will be averaging 40 minutes in the playoffs. Looking back at AD’s career, his mid-range shooting performance in the 2020 playoffs was more like a flash in the pan, and I don’t think it’s going to be repeated.

There are about 20 million people in China who can use VPN and other means to access websites such as Twitter and YouTube

非常感谢你的回复!他的身体从2020年3月停赛后就变成现在这样了,几乎已经没有了滞空高度。他整个生涯都是核心打法,从来没有试过当球队第三好的球员,所以很多事情难以改变。也祝你新年快乐!:)-

No, being Chinese myself, this is a proper translation and it also makes proper sense in English

In English, the word shit is very versatile and this is one of its uses