Paul finding himself ahead of Williams now Hornets' rookie flourishes as Utah's pick struggles http://www.nola.com/hornets/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1140853375163710.xml Saturday, February 25, 2006 By Benjamin Hochman Staff writer SALT LAKE CITY -- It was a nice dream, Byron Scott conceded, having Chris Paul at the point of his fast-paced offense. But Scott's Hornets picked fourth in the 2005 NBA draft, and Utah -- also in desperate need of a point guard -- picked third. Surely, the Jazz knew what the Hornets knew. 这真的很棒，Byron Scott承认拥有这位拥有快速进功能力的控卫Chris Paul之後。但是 Scott的黄蜂在2005的第四顺位选到他，而爵士也同样对控卫有需求而且拥有第三顺位。 无疑地，Jazz也晓得黄蜂在想什麽。 When Utah said they'd take (Deron) Williams, there was almost shock in the room," Scott said of draft night. "That shock lasted for probably about 10 seconds, and then everybody said, 'Well, we don't have to wait the five minutes.' "当爵士说他们选择了Deron Williams，几乎震惊了所有人." Scott说道: "这让我惊讶了 大约10秒，并且接着每一个人说, '太好了,我们少等五分钟了." "We were just ecstatic when C.P.'s name didn't come up. We knew then, in our mind, that we had the best player in the draft, not only the best point guard. "我们十分高兴C.P.的名字没有被念到。我扪接着知道在接下来，我们将会得到选秀会中 的最佳球员，他不只是一名最棒的控球後卫。 "It was shock to jubilation." "这真是让人惊讶到欢呼!" Entering tonight's matchup of the two rookies, Paul is the front-runner for rookie of the year, and the player drafted ahead of him is a work in progress. "Our system has been a little difficult for (Williams) to get acclimated to," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "He's struggled some, there's no question about that." "我们的系统让Williams感到有一点难适应."爵士队教练Jerry Sloan说 "他十分努力，而 且没有提出任何的疑问" Williams, who played at Illinois, is averaging 9.4 points per game (fifth on the Jazz) and is shooting 38.7 percent (12th on the team). His 3.8 assists per game are second on the team, and he has scored 15 or more points nine times. Williams, Illinois的球员, 平均每场得9.4分，命中率38.7%。每场3.8个助攻是排名队伍 第二，并且有九次得分超过15分。 "He's struggled in some ways, and some ways he's had moments when he's played pretty well for us," said Sloan, who also coached legendary point guard John Stockton. "I hope we would be able to put him in the (starting) lineup before the season is over." "他用一些方法来努力，并且在几次的关键时刻他都有杰出的表现," 同样指导过着传奇後 卫John Stockton的Sloan说: "我希望我们在球季结束前能够将他摆在先发的位置上." The day Paul first put on a Hornets jersey, a cape might as well have been attached. Paul is seventh in the NBA in assists (7.7 per game), second in steals (2.28) and is second on his team in scoring (16.1). 从Paul开始批上黄蜂的球衣，就开始发挥他的能力。他目前的每场7.7个助攻排名联盟第七 、2.28个抄截排名第二，每场得16.1分是排名队伍中的第二。 "If you go by one season," Williams told the Salt Lake Tribune, "then Chris is better than me." "假如你错过了一个球季," Williams告诉Salt Lake Tribune说, "Chris就会比我好." "I thought Williams would be a good point guard in this league for a long time," said Scott, whose team is 29-25. "He has good size, great work ethic, very mature, shoots the ball well. But he's not the type of point guard that's going to break you down and get to the paint and dish like C.P. That was the biggest difference." "我认为Williams未来一定能够成为联盟中相当好的控卫." Scott说: "他体型很好，表现 优异，十分地成熟，而且球投的很好。但是他不是像C.P.这种能直捣黄龙型的控卫。这就 是最大的差别." This isn't like the Darko Milicic-Carmelo Anthony debate in Detroit. Unlike Milicic, who rarely played in Detroit and has since been traded to Orlando, Williams is learning the NBA game while actually playing. It's tough, however, for Jazz fans to avoid second-guessing. 不同於活塞在抉择Darko Milicic-Carmelo Anthony。不同於在活塞很少出赛的Milicic 并且已经被交易到魔术。当实际在场上时，Williams正在学习NBA的比赛方式。这也让 爵士的球迷对他不会再提出疑问了。 "You hear Jazz fans say all the time that they do question (drafting Williams)," said Ben Bagley, host of a sports-talk radio show in Salt Lake City. "And they look at the box score to see how Chris Paul is doing. . . . The comparison is going to be there, and it's going to be there until they complete their careers. "你听到爵士的球迷整天说想要交易Williams的问题" 盐湖城某体育谈话广播节目的主播 Ben Bagley说 "当他们望着分数盒子，看到Chris Paul的表现...，就会开始去比较，一 直到他们的职业生涯结束." "It's kind of a mixed bag. Some fans are saying we should have drafted Chris Paul. Other fans are blaming (Williams' slow progress) on Sloan -- you look at his record with young, talented guys, and they don't really make it in Utah." "这是一个复杂的问题。有些球迷说我们应该选Chris Paul。有些责备Sloan挑了William --你看他和其他年轻有才能球员的纪录，他们却没有在犹他出现." Lately, however, Williams has been playing with "a little bit more reckless abandon," according to Sloan. 然而隔了一阵子，根据Sloan表示，Williams的表现已经能够不用特别关照他了 (这边翻译不确定) Williams' best game of late came against the Hornets. Wednesday in Oklahoma City, Williams sparked Utah's 16-2 fourth-quarter run, finishing with 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting. It was Williams' best scoring output since Jan. 3. Paul finished with a team-high 18 points. Williams打最好的就是在星期三在黄蜂主场的比赛，带领了爵士在第四节打出16-2的攻势 ，得了17分，投10中七的命中率。这是从1月3日之後Williams最好的表现。Paul在这场则 是得到队伍的第一高分18分。 "I really like playing (against) Chris," Williams said after the game. "He's one of my good friends, and I like playing against him. I like the challenge. . . . "我真的很喜欢和Chris比赛," Willsams赛後说: "他是我最好的朋友之一，我喜欢挑战他" "I have nothing to prove right now. I've got a long career ahead of me." "我现在已经不须再证明什麽了。我未来还有很长的职业生涯" --

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