丹尼斯 首秀便拿下兩雙 如今又砍下三雙
Dennis Smith Jr.,a 20-year-old rookie with pogo-stick hops who was drafted with the No. 9 overall pick, is quite certain he'll be a star in this league.
丹尼斯·史密斯，這位有着驚人彈跳能力的20歲新秀，由第九順位被小牛隊選中。很顯然，未來，他將成爲一名巨星。In the third quarter of the Mavericks' loss to the Warriors, Draymond Green followed up a highlight-halting hard foul with a little welcome-to-the-NBA trash talk when Smith attempted to dunk on the reigning Defensive Player of the Year.
在小牛輸給勇士那場比賽的第三節，當丹尼斯·史密斯試圖隔扣最佳防守球員——德雷蒙德·格林時，格林以並不受聯盟歡迎的垃圾話以及兇狠的犯規迴應了他。
Smith considered Green's trash talk nonsensical. "I don't know what he was talking about," said Smith, "He can't say nothing. He fouled me. It doesn't even make sense. He's rambling on about nothing. It ain't like he blocked it."
史密斯認爲格林的垃圾話毫無意義。“我都不知道他在說什麼。”史密斯說。“他也不能說什麼。他對我犯規了。沒有任何道理。他瞎扯的那些都沒有意義。因爲他並不是給了我一個蓋帽。”
"He's an unbelievable talent with athleticism," said James, who had a spectacular chase-down block in the fourth quarter against Smith. The rookie responded with a breakaway slam dunk the next possession.
”他是一名有着驚人天賦以及身體素質的運動員，”詹姆斯說，他在第四節面對史密斯時給了一個他一個追身大帽。而這位新人，在下一回閤中，便以精彩的扣籃迴應了詹姆斯。"He's very poised to be his age, can shoot the ball, penetrate. He's only going to get better and better with the opportunity that he's getting here. Dallas got a good one. I've been knowing that. I've been with him for so long now. I've been knowing his talent level."
“在他這個年紀，他是十分穩定的，能在外線投籃，也能殺入禁區。他在小牛隊得到很多上場的機會，他能利用這些機會變得越來越出色。達拉斯選中了一個很優秀的球員，我一直都知道。和他打了幾場比賽之後，我也瞭解他有着極高的天賦。”
The Mavs swung and missed on several superstar targets after stripping down the aging roster of their 2011 title team, and Nowitzki, 39, has accepted the reality of rebuilding and his role as a mentor.
小牛隊拆散了他們2011“老齡化”的奪冠陣容後，這幾年一直搖擺不定，以致錯失了幾名超級巨星，而諾維茨基，這名39歲的老將，也接受了球隊重建的事實以及自己角色向球員導師的轉換。"That's part of the league. You can't play forever," said Nowitzki,"I mean, it was tough. It's just the cycle of the league. New guys come in, older guys go out. That's just part of it."
“這也是聯盟規則的一部分。你不可能永遠打下去，”諾維茨基說。“我的意思是，這很困難。但這就是聯盟的發展循環。新人會相繼進入聯盟，老將們會慢慢被淘汰。這就是聯盟的一部分。”Nowitzki's presence gives Smith a model for how a franchise centerpiece should conduct himself. Smith sees how hard Nowitzki works and vows to hold himself to that standard.
諾維茨基的態度給史密斯樹立了一個很好的榜樣，讓他明白一個球隊的核心球員應該怎樣看待自己。史密斯明白諾維茨基對自己的這份事業多麼的認真和努力，因此，他也會督促自己達到那個標準。Nowitzki is always willing to help and has a friendly relationship with the rookie. But Nowitzki tries to choose his words of advice wisely, not wanting to overwhelm Smith.
諾維茨基一直都很樂意幫助這位新人，並且也一直和他保持友好的關係。但是諾維茨基也一直理智地選擇對史密斯的建議，他不想給史密斯太多禁錮和來自前輩的壓力。"As a rookie, you have a lot of people in your ear," Nowitzki said. "I don't want to harp on him even more, but if I see something that I think can help him, especially during games, I go up to him. Other than that, I let him play. I let him be, let him play his game.
“作爲一名新人，你會聽到許多人對你的評價、建議。”諾維茨基說。“我不想再一直對他囉裏囉唆，喋喋不休地勸告，但是如果我發現一些我認爲對他有幫助的事情，特別是在比賽中，我就會跟他講。除此之外，我就會讓他自由發揮。我會讓他做他自己，打出他自己想要的比賽。”
"He's a competitor. He wants to win. He wants to learn. He just turned 20. It's crazy, sometimes you have to tell yourself how young he is. The sky's the limit. If he keeps working, he's going to have a long, great career."
“他是一名競爭者。他想要勝利。他也渴望學習。他纔剛剛20。這很瘋狂，有時候你不得不提醒自己他有多麼年輕。對他來說，沒有極限。如果他一直這樣努力進步，那他絕對會擁有一個漫長又偉大的職業生涯。”
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