http://www.startribune.com/sports/wolves/136861138.html and Arizona forward Derrick Williams. But that wasn't the night's most intriguing rookie comparison. Instead, it came at point guard, when Irving started for the Cavaliers as he has all season and Ricky Rubio came off the bench for the Wolves. Before Cleveland's 98-87 victory, Wolves coach Rick Adelman disputed the notion that he has brought Rubio along more slowly than the Cavs have Irving just because Irving is starting and Rubio is not. 今天晚上是Irvung与Williams的对决?喔不，其实明眼人都看得出来实际上 是在看Rubio与Irving这两位顶级控卫间的对决。 在这场比赛前，为什麽Irving已经在先发打透透了，Rubio却还在替补搞伺机而动 的游戏。 Rubio has played every minute in the fourth quarter in the Wolves' first seven games. "I don't know if I've brought him along slowly," Adelman said. "He hasn't started but he's played every fourth quarter, so that puts a little bit of pressure on a young guy when every game you're playing is really close. I think it depends on your team. Right now, we have nothing but young players and I think [Cavs coach Byron Scott] is in the same situation with their team." Adelman认为Rubio拥有第四节的绝对领域，再这节常常会你争我夺得特别严重 ，因此也可以给予Rubio一些些控场的压力，不过到底要如何调度这完完全全取决於 各个球队的阵容而定，灰狼队里什麽都没有就是年轻球员冗塞，就算是骑士队教头 Byron Scott面对的状况也不会有太大差别。 Starting or not, both rookie point guards are finding their way quickly in this league. "In the next few years, both of these guys are going to be considered some of the best point guards in the league," Scott said. "Ricky is one of those guys who has a flash to his game I think we haven't seen for awhile, especially from a rookie at that position. And Kyrie is a guy we've seen on a night-to-night basis who shows flashes of definitely All-Star potential. It's just a matter of these guys getting that experience and developing their games." Scott则认为几年之後这些控卫将是一股新势力，其中Rubio在比赛里已经渐渐在 展露头脚了了，不过他认为在这个位置不能只是片刻的闪耀，看看Irving已经 成为骑士队的基本成员了，天天天天天天天天都可以看到他的能力在运作当中， 他们现在最需要的就是在比赛中累积经验并拓展自己。 'Tweener? The Cavs had Williams work out twice for them before the draft, but they ultimately decided to take Irving instead. "I just didn't know what position to say he was or is," Scott said. "Is he a power forward? Is he a small forward? I still think he's going to be one of those guys who's going to be in the league for a long time and averages 15, 17 points a game. But at that particular time, with that No. 1 pick, what we really, truly needed was a point guard and that's what we went after." 尽管骑士队已经workout了Williams两次了，不过最终还是选择了Irving， Scott也不太清楚他到底会成为SF或是PF，不过无论他在哪个位置打滚至少 他每场比赛得个15、17分不成问题，但那次选秀骑士队真正缺乏的还是控卫。 Chuck loves Love TNT analyst Charles Barkley on Thursday called Kevin Love the "best power forward player in the world" and said there's something not right in that world if Love isn't a starter in February's All-Star Game in Orlando. Fans determine that. "No, I do not," Love said when asked if he's got Chuck on the payroll. "It's definitely a blessing to have him and whoever sing my praises. It's very humbling." (旧闻) Together again Scott spent the first two years of his NBA coaching career as Adelman's assistant in Sacramento. "I think he's the perfect match for this team," Scott said of Adelman and the Wolves. "Rick has been great with young teams. That team at Sacramento had a young bunch of guys. He just allows you to play basketball." Scott之前在国王队的Adelman手下当过助理教练 Etc. ‧ Times are changing: Tuesday's home game against Chicago has been added to NBA TV's "Fan Night" doubleheader as chosen by Internet voting. Phoenix-Lakers is the second game. That's eight national TV appearances this season, the most since 2004-05. ‧ Guard J.J. Barea on Friday missed his third consecutive game because of that hamstring he injured at Milwaukee Dec. 27. "It feels really good, but I'm going to be patient," said Barea, who came back after one game away to play against Dallas on Sunday and now has missed the next three games. "Maybe Sunday [at Washington] or Monday [at Toronto]." ‧ Here's another small sign of Rubio's growing popularity: The team's public relations department has started a standard media-availability session for him 70 minutes before every road game to help manage out-of-town requests. No other Wolves player has such a policy. --

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