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Rumor: Rockets didn’t anticipate just how bad Carmelo Anthony would be
defensively
乳摸: 火箭那時沒有預期到Carmelo Anthony的防守會那麼糟
Despite having quite a decorated career under his belt, 10-time All-Star
Carmelo Anthony still remains without a team at this point in the offseason.
There is no doubt that during his prime, the former NBA scoring champ was one
of the most potent scorers in the entire league. Now at 35, he is a shadow of
his former self, but surely, he still has more than a few ways to put the
ball in the basket.
儘管Carmelo Anthony過去有著輝煌的戰績，這位10屆全明星到現在還找不到下家。毫無疑
問地，這位前NBA得分王在他的巔峰時期，他是聯盟裡最有能力的得分好手之一。而現在35
歲的他，被他過去的輝煌所遮蔽，但是儘管如此，現在的他仍舊有一些能力可以在場上得
分。
This isn’t the problem, though. As it turns out, it’s Anthony’s defense —
or lack thereof — that has kept him on the outside looking in. As reported
by ESPN’s Baxter Holmes, this was actually the main reason why Melo’s time
with the Houston Rockets was so short-lived. For their part, the Rockets had
no idea how mightily Anthony would struggle on the defensive end.
但是，那不是最主要的問題。有消息出來，是Anthony缺乏的防守能力讓他到現在都找不到
隊伍加入。根據ESPN的Baxter Holmes報導，Anthony的防守能力是導致他在火箭的時間如
此之短的主要原因。火箭搞不懂，為何這樣有能力的Anthony會在防守端如此不堪：
"Although the Rockets knew of Anthony’s defensive weaknesses before he
joined, team sources say they didn’t anticipate just how limited he would be
in their aggressive switch-centric defense, which tasked him with running
quicker players off the 3-point line. One team source speculates that, had
they known he’d struggle so much in their defense, Anthony wouldn’t have
been brought aboard. “He really, really struggled with it,” the source says."
「雖然火箭在Anthony加入之前就已經知道他在防守上的弱點，火箭裡的消息人士指出他們
沒有想到他在輪轉防守上會這樣無力，在三分外追著快速行動的球員對他是個難題。其中
一位消息人士更假設說，若是他們知道他在防守上會如此掙扎，火箭根本就不會簽下他。
『他在防守上真的，真的很掙扎，』消息人士說。」
Anthony played in only 10 games for the Rockets last season before the team
decided to pull the plug. We haven’t seen him take the court since, and
given how it is unlikely that his defense has improved significantly since
then, it would not be a surprise if teams continue to pass on the prospect of
signing the once-great Carmelo Anthony.
在火箭決定裁掉Anthony之前，他在火箭只打了10場比賽，而在那之後他就再也沒有上場過
了。基於從那時到現在他也不可能就把他的防守能力練出來，其他NBA球隊對於這曾經偉大
的Carmelo Anthony繼續保持敬謝不敏的態度也就不意外了。