http://0rz.tw/YyqcP 约略翻翻 The Lakers will look at dynamic Ohio State point guard D'Angelo Russell but preliminary indications are they want to go big, The Times has learned. In fact, General Manager Mitch Kupchak is fond of saying that a good big man is often more valuable than a good little man. 湖人会研究D'Angelo Russell看看,但仍想要大个,Mitch也认为大个价值高. The similarities between Okafor and Towns end after their height and age — they're each 6 feet 11 and the 19-year-olds declared for the June 25 NBA draft after their freshman seasons. Okafor和Towns的相似处在都是6尺11寸也都还是19岁. Towns is Kentucky's happy-go-lucky kid who talks to an imaginary friend on his shoulder during games — "Karlito" — and attended the same high school as Andrew Bynum. Towns是肯达基的天真男孩,在比赛中总是和一个他幻想在他肩上的朋友"Karlito"说话 ,此外他也和Bynum念过同一所高中. Not that there's a comparison between the former Lakers lottery pick. Towns和Bynum的比较. "Karl is way better than Bynum," Metuchen (N.J.) St. Joseph High Athletic Director Jerry Smith said in February. "I don't want to talk negative about [Bynum] but there's no comparison whatsoever. This kid works, this kid is really the total package. He's one in a million." 该高中员工认为Towns比Bynum好多了,Towns努力,他是个万中选一的真货 Perhaps most telling, a former St. Joseph student was killed in Afghanistan while supporting combat operations during Towns' sophomore year, Smith said. Towns didn't know him but heard the Marine's sister say at a memorial service that he would have been 25 if he was still alive. In St. Joseph's next game, Towns scored with ease through three quarters against Perth Amboy High. "And then in the fourth quarter, he had layup chances and he wouldn't shoot the layup. He'd pass it back out," Smith said. "So we went up to Karl and he said, 'I wanted to honor the guy who passed away because he was 25.' So he stopped when he was at 25 [points]." Towns曾在一场比赛最後放弃轻易得分的机会,最终拿下25分以纪念一位被杀害但Towns 并不那麽熟识的校友,该校友即将满25岁. Teammate Willie Cauley-Stein stole the national highlight attention with his dramatic display of dunks, but Towns was more apt to score with an eight-foot hook or set up teammates with a sharp pass from the post. Then again, he scored one point in a Sweet 16 game against West Virginia. 尽管队友Willie Cauley-Stein靠疯狂灌篮夺走了媒光灯,Towns更擅长勾射和从禁区妙传 Toward the end of Kentucky's season, his coach John Calipari said, "Within two or three years, when he gets that weight in his butt, in his thighs that he's going to have, now it becomes another one of those kids you look at and you say, 'Oh my gosh. I didn't realize he was going to be like this.' " Kentucky教练Calipari认为当Towns在2~3年内增加肌肉完後,将会让所有人刮目相看. Okafor experienced more team success, helping Duke win the national championship, while Kentucky saw its 38-0 record end stunningly against Wisconsin. Okafor经历过更多冠军经验,帮助Duke拿下冠军,Kentucky则是风声大雨点小. Okafor also had better numbers than Towns, 17.3 points and 8.5 rebounds a game, though it was more a product of Duke's perilously thin bench and Calipari's liberal substitution pattern. Okafor的数据也较Towns来的好,但可能原因是在於2人球队的阵容及教练团调度的不同. Okafor goes by the nickname "Jah" and comes with a sad story. His mother, Dacresha, died in front of him when he was 9 because of a collapsed lung likely brought on by bronchitis. He keeps her image as the screensaver on his phone. Okafor有个"Jah"的昵称.他有个悲惨的经历:母亲在他9岁时因肺塌陷於他面前过世, Okafor将母亲的照片设成手机萤幕保护图示以咨纪念. He often credits the presence of his father, Chukwudi. Okafor总是将荣耀归功於他的父亲. "He made sure I didn't use it as an excuse to go down the wrong path," Okafor said in March. "That's part of my motivation too, my mother. There hasn't been a day where I haven't thought about her." "他总是确认我不会将母亲过世当作走偏的藉口,我将母亲过世当作部分前进的动力, 我没有一天不想她." The first things people notice about Okafor are his hands. They're massive, grabbing a basketball like an orange and holding it out in the post, Michael Jordan-style. Okafor有一双大手,抓篮球就像抓橘子,因此可以像Jordan一样单手抓球耍球 Many NBA executives consider Okafor the safer choice of two big men. His footwork allows him to deliver from an army of spin moves, he can sink hook shots with either hand and his mid-range jumper is solid. "He can score 16 points a game right now" in the NBA, a front-office official told The Times. 许多NBA专家认为Okafor是个较保险的选择,他优秀的脚部动作配合各种低位动作, 双手都能勾射,可信赖的中距离让他现在就能在NBA球场上拿下16分! Okafor will have to work on his free throws, though. He was only 51% from the line at Duke and sometimes had to be encouraged by standing ovations at home games. Okafor要加强他的罚球,只有51%,有时还需要主场观众的起立鼓舞才罚的好... The Lakers would happily try to fix it. 湖人很乐意协助他改善. Or maybe they'll try to figure out the "Karlito" phenomenon, which started when Kentucky coaches realized Towns kept turning his chin toward one of his shoulders for one-on-one conversations with no one. Towns revealed he was actually talking with the oft-critical Karlito, as Towns called him, comparing him to Li'l Penny, the yammering figure from the old Nike commercials with Penny Hardaway. 也或许湖人想了解Towns的"Karlito"朋友是啥东东..."Karlito"现象起始於Kentucky 教练发现Towns总是转头转向一边肩膀和个隐形人进行一对一的对话,之後Towns解释 说他是在和"Karlito"讲话,一个他认为长的像Penny Hardaway大头公仔的朋友. 个人感想:what a spooky Town... --

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