最近,MVP最熱門的話題是誰能取得今季常規賽MVP,最近呼聲最高的是火箭的James Harden和雷霆的Russell Westbrook。繼Kobe Bryant和Allen Iverson稱讚Westbrook充滿鬥心的表現後,再有名宿稱讚Westbrook,今次是溜馬總裁Larry Bird。
對於最近一個月,Westbrook場均拿下30分、10次助攻和10個籃板的成績。Bird認為Westbrook縱使受過了嚴重傷患,但他每次踏上球場,也會付出自己的一切,表現得無所畏懼。Bird很欣賞這種態度,喜歡他每晚都願意接受對手挑戰,因此更希望他連續10次拿下MVP。
引用Here’s a young man that has had serious injuries — bad knee injuries throughout his career — yet every time he walks on the court, you know you’re going to get 100 percent from him. He attacks, he’s fearless and he plays the way it should be played, so I’m all for him. I hope he wins 10 MVPs in a row. I just love players that compete on a nightly basis and really take the challenge to their opponents.
然而,Westbrook的位置與Bird球員生涯時期不同,記者問Bird,Westbrook有否令他想起了自己。
Bird表示,他不知道,但他的籃球哲學裡,就是上場打球的目標是取得勝利。Bird表示這種打法或許會令自己受傷。但Westbrook仍然按照這種打法,打出有效率的籃球。
引用I don’t know. I just think that my opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win. Now, if you’re not supposed to play to win, then they shouldn’t keep score. If they didn’t keep score in these games, I wouldn’t have played as hard as I did. But I do think this is our job. We know that we’re going to be hurting years down the road. He knows that he’s going to be hurting years down the road, but he can’t help it. He has to play that way to be effective, and he knows that.
能夠得到名宿Larry Bird的讚賞,這絕對是對Westbrook來說,得到了很大的認同。
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