原文恕刪 在推文中有不少人其實有提及Jokic的一些統合性的進階數據其實沒有想像中差 同為ESPN的Zach Lowe就提過了一個可能性(約莫一週前) https://reurl.cc/eXVLOW It seems like no other MVP candidate has been put under a microscope much like Nikola Jokic has been in recent weeks. Some pundits have even wondered whether race plays a huge part in the Denver Nuggets star’s MVP candidacy. Amid all the noise, however, there are some legitimate concerns regarding the merits of making Jokic only the fourth player in NBA history to win three straight MVP awards. 其他NBA MVP候選人都沒有像這幾週的Nikola Jokic這樣被放到顯微鏡下檢視。有些人甚至 認為種族在Jokic的MVP候選資格上佔有不小的地位。排除這些雜音，Jokic是否能成為NBA 歷史上第四位MVP三連霸的球員的確有不小的疑慮。 In particular, some analysts are concerned with Jokic’s defense. As much as the Nuggets star is able to maximize his god-given basketball IQ and quick hands on that end of the court, his athletic limitations puts a cap on just how much of an impact he can make on the defensive end. 更具體一點來說，有些分析師對於Jokic的防守有疑慮。這名丹佛金塊的球星最大化了與生 俱來的籃球智商與快手在進攻端發揮影響力，他的體能限制了他在防守端的影響力。 In fact, Nikola Jokic is trying to compensate for some of his defensive limitations by masquerading as a football player, which, as ESPN’s Zach Lowe pointed out, is such a defensive cop-out. “Jokic has 45 kicked ball violations this year. [Number two] has 17. It’s his way of saying, ‘I just don’t feel like playing defense.’ It’s smart, but we shouldn’t allow guys to karate kick the ball,” Lowe said in the March 13 episode of his podcast, the Lowe Post. It’s difficult to rag too much of Nikola Jokic’s decision to game the system. As the old adage goes, “don’t hate the player, hate the game.” Thus, the Nuggets big man shouldn’t catch too much flak for playing within the rules and, in turn, conserving some energy to impact the game in some other way. 事實上，Nikola Jokic嘗試要彌補他在防守端的缺陷。而它採用的方式就是--成為一名足 球員。ESPN的Zach Lowe指出，並說這個是一個逃避。 "Jokic已經有高達45次的踢球違例。第二名也才17次。這就是他的'我不想防守'的表示方 式。這很聰明，但我不覺得我們應該開放球員把籃球當作空手道在踢。"Lowe13號在他的 Podcast說道。 我們很難去界定Jokic的決定是否是濫用了籃球比賽的系統。如同一個名句說:"不要恨球員 ，要恨就恨比賽規則。"因此，這名金塊的長人不應該遭受強烈的批評因為他就是在規則內 用其他方式來節省自己的體力來保持在球賽的影響力。 It’s quite unclear as well if this constitutes that big of a problem for the NBA to decide to outlaw these kinds of infractions entirely. Still, one could argue that kicking the ball deliberately to stop an opponent from scoring isn ’t in the spirit of the game; perhaps the NBA could institute some sort of rule that mirrors football’s handball violation. Maybe a deliberate kick could warrant a technical foul. However, determining intent is an extremely difficult task. At the end of the day, this criticism should elicit some eye-rolls from Nuggets fans who, by now, have grown exhausted of all the criticisms that Jokic has been on the receiving end of as of late. 我們並不清楚這會不會成為NBA的大問題來修改這個規則。但人們仍然能說踢球來中斷對手 的進攻是不符合籃球精神的行為。或許NBA可以成立一些如同足球手球的規則。像是刻意踢 球會吃到技術犯規之類的。然而，辨別動機是一個非常困難的工作。 (最後一段不重要) 對，Jokic正在濫用踢球違例這個規則，這個規則只要一伸腳就可以終止對手的進攻--而付 出的代價就只有會讓對手的進攻時間回歸到14秒而已。以前也有一個人會濫用那個規則( Draymond Green)但情況也沒有Jokic那麼多依賴性也沒那麼強。 這就算是一個可能沒那麼重要但是卻影響力不小的漏洞以及Jokic的小花邊吧。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 66.253.180.203 (美國) ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1679936178.A.B9D.html