来源： http://uproxx.com/dimemag/andrew-wiggins-minnesota-timberwolves-tom-thibodeau/ Andrew Wiggins Wants Spain To Win Gold In Rio, Which Is Totally OK Because He ’s Canadian BY: MARTIN RICKMAN 07.29.16 Andrew Wiggins希望西班牙队赢得里约奥运金牌，这没什麽，因为他是加拿大人。 The Minnesota Timberwolves aren’t sneaking up on anyone this season. A popular League Pass team from a year ago, with reigning Rookie Of The Year Karl-Anthony Towns, back-to-back Dunk Contest winner Zach LaVine, lottery pick Kris Dunn, the always-entertaining Ricky Rubio, the veteran guidance of Kevin Garnett, and new coach Tom Thibodeau in toe, the Wolves are hoping to keep their youth movement alive while they continue to grow. A big part of that will be in the development of former first overall pick Andrew Wiggins. 明尼苏达灰狼队的锋芒毕露，身为一支去年的League Pass(付费线上观看比赛)热门队伍， 他们有本届ROY：Towns，连续两届灌篮大赛冠军LaVine，乐透秀Dunn，永远极具观赏性的 Rubio，老将导师KG，以及新聘的总教练Thibodeau，灰狼队希望他们的年轻人持续成长， 其中一大部分就是在前状元郎Andrew Wiggins身上。 Wiggins, who was famously traded from Cleveland to Minnesota as part of the Kevin Love deal, is entering his third season after averaging 20.7 points per game a year ago. He’s shooting for that third year bump, while Minnesota shoots for the playoffs under the defensive-oriented Thibodeau. Wiggins在先前骑士队与灰狼队的交易中，被拿来当作主要包裹交换Kevin Love，而他在 上季缴出平均20.7分後，要迎来他的第三个球季。他要迎来所谓的新秀第三季爆发期，而 明尼苏达也要在防守大师Thibs的带领下，瞄准季後赛。 The Canadian decided to skip his country’s Olympic Qualifier to focus more on his individual development, but he recently found some time to take on some non-pros in a game of HORSE as part of a promotion from Buffalo Wild Wings where all wings were half off on National Chicken Wing Day. The only catch – Wiggins had to play using only half his body. 这位加拿大人决定放弃参加里约奥运，专心加强自己的球技，而他在闲暇之余，也抽空参 加了HORSE篮球游戏(译注：简单讲就是前面的人用各种姿势投进一球，後面的人得模仿， 没进就集了一个字母，集满HORSE字母就输球。)，只是他被对手加入了特别规则：只能用 左半身投球。 DIME got a few minutes to talk with Wiggins about his summer, playing under Thibs, the increasingly-dangerous Timberwolves, the rise of Canadian basketball, and more. DIME杂志得到了与Wiggins交谈几分钟的机会，谈谈他的夏天在干嘛、在Thibs下打球的看 法、灰狼队的崛起、加拿大篮球的兴盛等等。 DIME: You made the decision to skip Canada’s Olympic Qualifier this summer. Have you found that you’ve been more focused and dialed in because of that? DIME(以下简称D)：你决定今年夏天跳过加拿大奥运资格赛，你是想更专注於NBA比赛吗？ Andrew Wiggins: I definitely have. That was the main reason. I just wanted to focus myself and focus on getting better and preparing for next season. With a new coach and a lot of new people on the team, I wanted to make sure everything was perfect. Wiggins(以下简称W)：肯定的，这是主要的原因，我希望能更专注於提升自己、让自己对 下个赛季的准备更好。下季有了新教练以及许多新队友，我希望确保所有事都是完美的。 I’ve seen videos of you taking more fadeaways and jumpers for sure. Is that what you’re working on most? D：我看到你的训练影片，练了很多一般跳投还有後仰跳投，这是你着重最多的部分吗？ I’ve been working hard trying to perfect everything. The main thing I’m working on more than others is getting better outside the three-point line. Also, ball handling and breaking my defender down, getting to the rim in different ways. But really, it’s three-point shooting. Staying balanced, and making sure my shot is consistent for this year. W：我努力训练所有部分，力求完美，特别注重的部分是三分跳投，此外还有持球、突破 防守者、各种切入方法。但说真的，最多的还是三分跳投。我希望注重平衡，确保我在下 季的跳投能够保持稳定。 It must have been difficult having to play with half your body the other day. I know it started as a bit of a gag, but is there any way that sort of training catches on and you focus in on your non-dominant half to get better? D：在HORSE的比赛中你只能使用你较不擅长的左半身，我知道这让你浑身不自在，但你是 否也有特别加强你的左半身训练？ Yeah, that’s the thing. I got a lot of jump shots up and work with my left hand that day. I had no choice but to only use that, and one foot. So if I can hit a one-foot, left-handed shot, I’ll be in good shape. W：是的，我那天只能用左手投篮，也只能用一只脚，如果我这样都能进球的话，那代表 我现在是很好的状态了。 You can’t really turn that competitive switch off, but were you a little bit frustrated that you couldn’t get it going against those guys? D：虽然那只是个游戏，但你是否对於输掉HORSE比赛感到失望？ I want to win, even if it’s something for fun. I tried to win. But it was just so hard playing like that. W：虽然那只是游戏，但我想要赢，我很努力想要赢，但只用左手左脚投篮实在太难了。 There’s this general sense – and I’ve seen you even phrase it this way – that this is the year you guys really are dangerous. Why do you feel that way? D：你曾经说过：下季灰狼队会是非常危险的，为什麽你会这样认为呢？ We’ve done a lot of good things this year. And we beat a lot of good teams – we can beat any team out there on a given day. But we’re getting stronger. We’re getting older. We’re getting more experienced. And we’re building chemistry. We’re just getting better every game. We have a lot of things to accomplish this coming year. We’re all looking forward to it, and our expectations are getting higher. We want more. We’re young, and hungry, and we want to see the playoffs. W：我们在上季做了很多不错的事，击败很多优秀的队伍，我们有一天会击败所有球队的。 我们正在变壮、变老、变得有经验，我们也在建立化学效应，每一场比赛我们都再变好， 接下来的一年我们有很多目标要达成，大家都非常期待。我们的目标也定的越来越高，大 家都想要更多，我们年轻、饥渴、而我们想要进季後赛。 What do you think is going to be the biggest advantage to having Coach Thibs running the show? D：你认为Thibs执教後会带来最大的益处是？ He’s going to bring out the best in me. He’s a hard-nosed coach. He’s tough. And that’s what everybody on this team needs. We need our coach to take us out of our comfort zone. W：他会把我最大的潜能激发出来，他是个强硬、严厉的教练，而这也是这支球队的所有人 所需要的，我们需要我们的教练把我们带离舒适圈。(译注：舒适圈正夯) We’ve seen this influx of Canada dominating a lot of the headlines, the AAU circuit, and really great players coming from there. Then Toronto gets the All-Star Game too. It has to feel good to not only see that, but to be a part of that, right? D：我们看到了加拿大篮球的持续发展进步，多伦多也在今年举办了明星赛，身为加拿大的 一份子你应该感到很高兴吧？ It means a lot. Kids look up to me there. Everybody that’s in the NBA from Canada now, or that’s overseas, or playing D-I, we’re all opening doors for the younger generation. Obviously Steve Nash, he and Vince Carter did so much for me, making everyone in Canada love basketball. We all wanted to be like them. So it’s great to give back like those people before us. We’re just following and trying to help the process. W：那意义深远，孩子在那里视我为偶像，任何在NBA或是海外打球的加拿大人，我们都给 下一代打开了一道门。很明显的Steve Nash跟Vince Carter对我影响深远，他们让所有加 拿大人喜欢篮球。我们都想跟他们一样，所以跟他们一样回馈给加拿大是很好的一件事， 我们只是追随着前人的脚步，尝试帮助加拿大篮球的进展。 There’s this reputation you have of being such a soft-spoken guy off the court. Do you feel like there’s a a bit of an advantage there? D：球场下你有着和蔼可亲的声誉，你喜欢这样的形象吗？ Yeah, I like that. People know as much about me as I like them to know. W：是的我喜欢，这就是我希望让人们知道的。 Were you happy that the Cavs won the title? D：骑士拿到冠军你高兴吗？ I’m a fan of basketball, so at the end of the day I just wanted to see a good game. They both put up a great Finals, and honestly I didn’t care who won. But yeah, I’m happy for them. They drafted me, and I know there’s a lot of fans in Cleveland who supported me, and still do. We just want to get there now in Minnesota. W：我是篮球迷，所以我只是希望能够看到一场好比赛，他们都打出了一个漂亮的总决赛， 而老实说我不在乎谁赢球。但骑士赢球我也为他们开心，他们选了我，而我知道有许多克 里夫兰人现在仍支持我。我现在只希望明尼苏达也能拿到冠军杯。 I know you’ll be paying attention to the Olympics. Who do you think is going to win the gold? D：我知道你会关注奥运，那麽你认为谁会拿下金牌呢？ I want to see Spain get it just because I have a teammate on there. It’d be awesome to see Spain win it. W：我希望看到西班牙拿金牌，因为我有个队友在那儿。如果西班牙赢那会是非常棒的。 How do you manage the balance of making sure you get enough rest and keep your mind clear, but still keep yourself in the shape you want to be in to take that next step heading into the season? D：你如何在休息与训练中保持平衡？ You have to be focused. You have to have a plan, and a schedule. I have great people around me, who make sure I get the best out of every situation. I’m working, but I get rest when I have to. If I need to take a day off, I do. If I have a really good workout the next day, it’s okay. W：你需要保持专注，你需要有一个计划跟行程表。我周遭有着一群很好的工作夥伴，确保 我在每个情况下都选择了最佳的方案。我在训练，但我在需要的时候我就会休息。如果我 需要放假，我就会放假，只要我在隔天有一个良好的训练表现。 Just how good can Karl-Anthony Towns be? It seems like that dude has limitless potential. D：你觉得Towns可以成长到多好？看起来那家伙有着无限的潜力。 He definitely does. He’s a great player. And he makes everybody better just playing with him and around him. I’m so excited to see how good he can be and to see what he can do. W：是的没错，他是一个很棒的球员，而且他让队友都变得更好，我很期待他未来能变得多 好以及他可以做到什麽地步。 Seeing your teammate Zach LaVine win the Dunk Contest again, does it ever make you want to get out there too? D：你看到LaVine连拿了两次灌篮大赛冠军，会激起你想参赛的慾望吗？ Nah. I’ll leave that to him. W：不，我会把这个部分留给他。 --

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