Storylines for 2022-23: How big a leap can the Pistons expect from Cade? Cade Cunningham还能够给活塞队多大的惊喜呢? https://pse.is/4g9eak 作者: Keith Langlois 发文日期: 2022/Sep/01 Welcome to September. The sun’s going down an hour earlier than it did two months ago and before the calendar flips to October, hints of red and orange will tinge Michigan leaves. Oh, and also by that time, the Pistons will be knee deep into training camp. 欢迎来到9月!(译按:10月了啊啊啊!!)现在的太阳已经比2个月之前早了一小时下山，而 在月历翻到10月之前，密西根的树叶尖端就要被偷偷沾上一两滴红色橘色的颜料。当到 了那时候，活塞队将会已经热烈展开训练营的活动。 It starts in less than four weeks, though voluntary team workouts will get rolling after Labor Day for pretty much all 30 NBA teams. For veteran teams with a clearly established hierarchy, training camp is mostly about determining the back end of the rotation and avoiding injury. For the Pistons – with 11 players 24 or younger and so many moving parts – there are legitimate questions on everything from a starting lineup to who fills out the 15-man roster. 训练营在四周内就会开始了，但是NBA各队的队内自主训练大概在劳动节(美国劳动节是 9月第一个周一)之後就会展开。对於那些发展成熟阵容稳定的球队而言，训练营的目 的主要是决定後段伦续以及避免受伤，但对活塞队─阵中有11名球员年纪小於24岁，而 且阵容还有待调整的球队─而言，还有一堆事情有待决定呢！从先发阵容一直到最後的 15人名单都还是未知数。 The Pistons have a clear vision for the identity they hope to establish and that’s guided every move Troy Weaver has made in his two years on the job as general manager. Weaver likes long, athletic players – but loves competitive, selfless, tough players. That last part is also the best way to earn Dwane Casey’s trust and, ultimately, playing time. 活塞队是想要建立一个明确的球队个性的，而这在Weaver两年以来的操盘之下又更显明 确。Weaver喜欢又长又活泼的球员—但他爱的是有竞争心、具团队精神又强悍的球员。 他所爱的球员个性同时也是能够从Casey手上争取到信任和上场时间的球员特徵。 Weaver and Casey being on the same page has helped the Pistons compress the timeline of Weaver’s restoration, entering year three with the core of a future contender emerging. How much progress the Pistons make toward that end in the 2022-23 season will be determined, to varying degrees, by a number of storylines that we’ll examine over the next few weeks ahead of the Sept. 26 start of camp. 在Weaver和Casey已经建立建队共识之下，有助於缩短活塞队的重建时程，特别是在 Weaver作为总管的第三年，足以作为球队基石的球员已在阵中。活塞队在接下来的22-23 赛季能有多少进展，将会取决於从发文开始到9月26日训练营开始的期间，本系列文将会 讨论的重点球员们。 That it starts with Cade Cunningham speaks to his place at the center of the franchise’s immediate future. The Pistons have amassed a number of promising young players – 11 of the 16 on standard contracts when camp opens are 24 or younger, five 21 or younger – in Weaver’s tenure but Cunningham, befitting of the loaded 2021 draft’s No. 1 pick, is the head of the snake. 要讨论球队进展，当然要从球队核心─Cade Cunningham─讨论起。活塞队的阵中今年有 一大~~堆未来很值得期待的年轻球员─16个握有标准合约的球员中，11人还未满24岁，5 人还未满21岁(还不能合法喝酒XD)。但这些球员中，最值得关注的、球员 的头、的大脑无疑就是Cade Cunningham。 He happens to fit the profile of the most coveted property in today’s NBA: a big, two-way, playmaking wing. The best players – the tippy top of the player pyramid – defy positional pigeon-holing. What, exactly, is LeBron James? What was Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan? Maybe James spent most of his career as a nominal small forward and Johnson most of his at point guard and Jordan most of his at shooting guard, but ultimately they were the player with the ball in his hands when it mattered most. 他的球员特性跟技能包就是那麽刚好的完美符合现在NBA的meta: 身高高、双能卫的进攻 组织者。那些最好的球员们─球员金字塔的最尖端─可以无视场上和战术的定位。LBJ算 是什麽位置的呢?魔术强森或麦可乔丹?LBJ也许生涯的多数时间被认为是小前锋，而强森 和乔丹分别是控球和得分後卫，但对於这些人来说，场上最重要的时候就是他们一球在 手的时候。 That’s Cunningham. He’s not exactly a point guard but he’s most definitely the guy who’ll have the ball in his hands when a Pistons game is on the line for the next decade and beyond. 而这就是CC，他不完全是控球後卫的属性，但在接下来十年或更久的时间里，当活塞队 的比赛来到了关键时刻，他几乎可以说无庸置疑就是那个在场上掌控篮球的男人。 And the results of his rookie season suggest that’s going to be a very intriguing time. Not since Grant Hill shared Rookie of the Year honors with fellow future Hall of Famer Jason Kidd in 1995 has a Pistons newcomer stirred such excitement. 菜鸟球季的表现显示，他持球的时间将会非常让人期待。在1995年Grant Hill和Jason Kidd共享年度新人王奖项之後，就没有活塞队的新秀让人有这样的期待感了。(小米粒、 史大基、抓猛?我是不是提了什麽黑历史) Cunningham’s rookie season began under a dark cloud when he suffered a sprained ankle in the first week of training camp and was idled all of the preseason and the first four regular-season games. That he missed his first 18 3-point shots spoke to the challenge of getting dropped into the middle of a season – as your team’s lead playmaker, no less – without any chance to acclimate to the speed and context of the NBA game. Just as he began to find his footing, the Pistons lost leading scorer Jerami Grant for two months with a thumb injury, thrusting even more of the burden of carrying the offense on their heavily scrutinized rookie. CC的新人赛季是带着乌云开始的，训练营的第一周就扭伤脚踝并且一直到开季後第5场比 赛才又再正式上场。接着是连续投丢了18颗三分球，然後在准备不足的情形下─做为球 队的组织核心─直到季中才开始适应场上的节奏和各种变化。就在他开始找回准心的同 时，活塞队的头号得分手Grant马上接着因为拇指扭伤休息2个月，让早已被严加看防的 CC在进攻端承受更大的负担。 Tack on the fact the Pistons suffered from a lack of 3-point shooting, finishing 29th in the NBA in accuracy at .326, denying Cunningham the spacing required to fully exploit his playmaking genius. And despite all of that, every week he figured out another workaround to allow his progress to continue unimpeded. 不能不提活塞队在全联盟排名29的糟糕三分命中率(0.326)，完全无法帮CC创造空间去发 挥他的组织进攻能力。但虽然带着这麽多困难，CC还是有办法在每周每周的赛程中找到 空间维持他的成长曲线。 Cunningham wound up finishing behind Scottie Barnes and Evan Mobley in the Rookie of the Year balloting, his ’21 draft classmates benefiting from joining teams that would make the playoffs to build big cushions that held off Cunningham’s closing rush. From the All-Star break on, here’s what Cunningham produced: 21.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 34 minutes a game. CC最後的年度新人排名第三，在Scottie Barnes和Evan Mobley之後，前两名同梯选秀受 惠於加入具季後赛实力的球队，给了他们CC缺乏的，足够的成长和发挥空间。CC在全明 星赛之後的成绩如下: 平均34分钟的出赛时间里拿下21.0分，5.8篮板和6.4助攻。 Project that out over a full season and it’s a good bet that the All-Star break in 2022-23 won’t be a break at all for Cunningham – because he should be an All-Star with numbers like those. 假如CC不只在去年全明星周之後，而是在接下来全季都保持这样的成绩，那他很可能在 接下来的全明星周没得休息。毕竟这样的成绩是很有可能入选全明星赛的。 Whether that comes to pass, of course, likely depends on how the Pistons fare. Coaches, charged with filling out All-Star rosters after the starters are voted in, invariably reward players from winning teams and the Pistons would be well ahead of schedule if they were in playoff position at the time ballots are due. 当然这是否能成真也还要看活塞队的整体表现。带着全明星先发阵容的教练还是必须让 那些身在稳进季後赛的选手们有更多上场时间，但活塞队如果在那个时间点就已经在季 後赛排名位置的话，那就表示球队已经超前了预定的进度。 Three areas to monitor with Cunningham this season to gauge how rapidly his learning curve is bending: 3-point percentage, turnover totals and free-throw attempts. CC在新赛季是否有足够的进步可以从三个方面观察: 三分命中率、失误数以及罚球次数。 As brilliant as Cunningham was in the home stretch last season, his post All-Star numbers came despite 29 percent 3-point shooting. That is almost certainly going to improve. He’s an above-average shooter as his 40 percent mark from three at Oklahoma State attests. 即使CC在上赛季末缴出了前面提到的全明星等级成绩，但他的三分命中率只有29%，这表 示基本上接下来是会进步的。毕竟在奥克拉荷马州大的时候，他的三分命中率是水准以 上的40%。 The combination of greater familiarity and confidence in his second tour around the league plus growth from players around him – Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Livers, Isaiah Stewart, et al – will benefit Cunningham. So, too, should the explosive athleticism of rookies Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren – eventually – for differing reasons. Ivey’s attacking ability should give Cunningham some catch-and-shoot opportunities and Duren’s lob threat will give Cunningham the added option to exponentially complicate the challenge defenses will face against him in pick-and-roll chances. We saw glimpses late last season how the presence of Marvin Bagley III’s lob threat helped maximize Cunningham’s pick-and-roll arsenal. Duren could take that to another level with his otherworldly catch radius and athleticism. 在他第二年对比赛更熟悉也更有信心，加上他周围的球员─Bey, Livers, Stewart等人 ─也有所成长，都对他的三分命中率有帮助，而这还要加上体能劲爆的菜鸟二人组Ivey 和Duren。Ivey攻击篮框的能力应该能帮CC创造一些C&S的投射机会，而Duren在篮下的威 胁性更会让防守端面对他们挡拆的防守压力指数成长。上赛季末我们已经可以看到MB3的 篮下威胁如何强化CC的挡拆进攻，Duren很有机会用他异次元等级的活动范围和运动能力 将活塞的挡拆带向另一个境界。 Those same factors figure to put Cunningham at the foul line more frequently in year two. He averaged 2.6 free throws a game last season, a very low number for someone who took 21 percent of his shots within 3 feet of the rim. Cunningham’s free-throw rate as an Oklahoma State freshman was .388; it was .163, less than half, as an NBA rookie. Settling in at somewhere in the middle in his second NBA season would be a big leap forward. 前面提到的因子也将能够帮CC创造更多站上罚球线的机会，上赛季他每场只有2.6次罚球 ，对於一个21%出手机会是在篮框周围3尺内的球员来说实在太低了。CC在大一上罚球线 的机率是38.8%，而NBA第一年是不到一半的16.3%。如果他的第二个赛季能够达到大约两 个数字之间平均附近的话，那将会是很大的一个进展。 Cunningham also comes to camp this season knowing his teammates look at him as their fulcrum. Kelly Olynyk, at 31 the elder statesman of a very young roster, offered a succinct analysis as the 2021-22 season concluded: “I know some vets here who will talk, but he’s the one who has to do it. That’s got to be his job. We’re here to support everybody and give our wisdom and two cents and we’ll speak when it needs to be spoken. This is Cade’s room. That ’s what we need from him – as a point guard, as a leader, as the future of Detroit and the Pistons. That’s what he’s got to do and he wants to do it. The quicker he can get to that, the better.” CC同时是带着队友期待他成为球队支点的认知进入菜鸟赛季。31岁，在阵中已经算老将 的Olynyk在上个赛季的总结中提到"我知道有些老将们会负责出声稳定球队，但在这里他 就是那个人，他必须担下这个工作。我们在这里只是提供协助，给出我们的智慧、经验 和一点能力，我们会说我们该说的。但那是CC的休息室，那是我们需要他办到的，他必 须作为一个控球後卫、一个领袖、一个活塞队和底特律的未来。那就是他该做的而且他 也乐意承担，所以他能够越快成为那个人就越好。" The way Cunningham finished the season suggests he’s already most of the way there. Troy Weaver’s restoration of the Pistons as an elite franchise is a project that requires a series of critical decisions to fall in line. But nothing will prove more important in that process than getting it right with the first No. 1 pick the Pistons exercised in 51 years. Cade Cunningham already has put minds at ease on that front. Now it’s just a matter of time and hitting on the complementary pieces. 而CC上个赛季的表现展现出他已经差不多就是那个角色。Weaver对於活塞队重返荣耀的 计画需要很多关键因素能够到位，但没有任何事情比队史51年来的首个选秀状元能够完 全发挥来的更重要。CC已经完成了最核心的这一块拼图，剩下的就是给他时间成长，并 且围绕着他完成全队阵容的配置。 ------ 落落长的一篇文章，好像其实不太重要。 重点大概就是CC的三分、失误和罚球次数，还有他跟全队阵型契合程度。 第一场热身赛是10/4星期二，已经开始期待新赛季的到来啊~~ --

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