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Ex-Celtics star Isaiah Thomas backs Kyrie Irving after Kevin Garnett criticism
前塞爾提克球星Isaiah Thomas在Kevin Garnett批評Kyrie Irving後為他發聲。
Former Boston Celtics great Kevin Garnett recently made headlines saying that
Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving was not cut out mentally to lead his
former franchise. Now, Washington Wizards point guard Isaiah Thomas has come
to Irving's defense.
前波士頓塞爾提克偉大球員Kevin Garnett最近登上了頭條，因為他說布魯克林籃網隊的
控球後衛Kyrie Irving的精神屬性並不適合領導他的前東家-波士頓塞爾提克。現在，華
盛頓巫師隊的控球後衛Isaiah Thomas為Irving發聲了。
Thomas had been tasked with leading Boston to an Eastern Conference title
before he was swapped for Irving and landed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He
does not feel that Garnett's criticisms may be far-fetched but he pointed out
that it's unfair to say Irving lacked cojones, via Stefan Bondy of The New
York Daily News:
根據紐約日報的Stefan Bondy的報導，在與Irving的那個交易案導致被換到克里夫蘭騎士
隊之前，Thomas的任務是帶領波士頓塞爾提克隊奪下東區冠軍。他並不認為Garnett的批
評很牽強，但他指出，說Irving缺乏勇氣是不公平的。
“It does (take cojones to play for the Celtics). Not saying Kyrie doesn't
have them because he hit one of arguably the biggest shots in NBA Finals
history, he's one of the best point guards to ever play the game,”Thomas
said. “That's just like Boston and New York (the Knicks). You have to have a
different type of skin to be able to succeed there.
「是的(為塞爾提克打球需要勇氣)。並不是說Kyrie沒有膽量，因為他命中了NBA總冠軍賽
歷史上最重要的投籃之一，他是歷史上最好的控球後衛之一。」Thomas說。「這就像波士
頓和紐約一樣，你必須擁有不同的皮膚才能成功。」
Thomas added that Irving simply did not live up to the expectations that come
with playing for a franchise like the Celtics.
Thomas補充說，Irving並沒有達到人們對他在塞爾提克這樣的球隊打球的期望。
“They won 17 championships. They have 30 jerseys retired. So it's
expectations like you can do great but we need better and it's always been
like that,”IT furthered.“The media attention of putting on a Celtics
jersey, a Knicks jersey, a Lakers jersey, those legendary teams and
franchises, it's just a little different.”
「他們有17座總冠軍。他們有30件球衣被退休了。所以他們希望你能做更好，一直都是這
樣。」IT進一步說。「媒體對塞爾提克隊、尼克隊、湖人隊這些傳奇球隊的關注，只是有
點不同。」
There is certainly plenty of truth to Thomas' comments, considering
expectations were already extremely high when the Celtics nearly managed win
the East without Irving during his first year in Boston.
Thomas的評論當然有很多是事實，考慮到Irving在塞爾提克的第一年，幾乎在沒有他的情
況下差點贏得東區冠軍，所以人們對於他(第二年)的期望已經很高了。
Although Kyrie still enjoyed stellar production with the Celtics the
following season, Boston vastly short of expectations when they were
dismantled by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round following a year filled
with turmoil.
儘管在接下來的賽季中，Kyrie仍然為塞爾提克貢獻了出色的表現，但在經歷了動盪不安
的一年後，塞爾提克在第二輪被密爾瓦基公鹿擊敗，他們的表現遠低於預期。
Kyrie Irving will likely continue to receive plenty of flak from those
aligned with the Celtics organization. Regardless, it is clear that Isaiah
Thomas is not going to let facts get in the way of forming his own opinion on
a matter that he experienced firsthand for himself.
Kyrie Irving很可能會繼續受到那些塞爾提克幫的人的猛烈抨擊。但不管怎樣，Isaiah
Thomas很明顯不會讓那些事妨礙他對自己親身經歷的事情所形成的觀點。
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