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來源：The New York Times
網址：http://tinyurl.com/yaoorhqv

Lonzo Ball Is Summer League M.V.P. So He’s Going to Be a Star, Right?
Lonzo Ball拿下夏季聯盟比賽MVP，所以他會成為明星，是吧？

The Las Vegas Summer League wrapped up Monday night after some unusually
noisy buzz. Lonzo Ball was the unquestioned star, leading the Los Angeles
Lakers to the title and dazzling fans with his passing. His stock, already
high, shot through the roof based on his performance.


He led the league with nine assists per game, and despite sitting out the
final, was named the league’s most valuable player. At times his passes were
so good that some of his teammates couldn’t handle them.
他平均每場傳出9次助攻聯盟最高，雖然在決賽沒下場打，他還是獲得最有價值球員獎項。
他的一些助攻真的傳的太好，有些好到他的隊友沒把握到機會。

But it was only summer league. How much faith can be put in games involving
soon-to-be free agents and minor leaguers that are played far away,
geographically and temporally, from the high-pressure atmosphere of the
N.B.A.?
但是畢竟只是夏季聯盟。你能相信這些很快成為自由球員或是小聯盟的選手，在高強度的  
NBA比賽，可以表現的如何呢？

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, the No. 3 overall pick, also played well,
averaging 17 points a game. The 13th pick, Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz,
led all scorers, averaging 28 points in his two games.
青賽第三順位選進的Jayson Tatum也打的不錯，平均每場得17分；爵士第13順位選進的    
Donovan Mitchell得分第一，在他打的兩場比賽平均得28分。

But Bryn Forbes, who wasn’t drafted at all in 2016, scored 26 a game. Wayne
Selden Jr., another undrafted player who got in just 14 games with two teams
last season, averaged 22 for the Memphis Grizzlies. Nobody is heralding
either of them as a future superstar, except perhaps if they play in Europe.


And not every N.B.A. great burned up the summer league. Coming out of high
school in 2003, LeBron James averaged 15 points a game in the Boston summer
league, but he shot poorly from the line and was 2 for 14 from the field in
his final game. On the other hand, John Wall and Blake Griffin each went from
summer league M.V.P. to stardom.
夏季聯盟比賽每場得15分，但是他在他的最後一場比賽外線爛透了，投14中2。但是，牆哥
跟給力芬在夏季聯盟則是拿下MVP，也在之後成為明星球員。

The roster of recent M.V.P.s of the Vegas summer league is a decidedly mixed
bag. Of the last six, only two could really be called unqualified N.B.A.
successes so far. Two are established bench players, and two would have to be
called busts.
最近幾屆夏季聯盟MVP的名單攤開來看，最後是好壞都有。最近的六名，有兩個現在看起來
還沒辦法稱為NBA繼任明星，兩個是不錯的板凳，剩下兩個就不是個咖了。

Damian Lillard, the 2012 M.V.P., regularly scores 20 points a game as one of
the Portland Trail Blazers’ stars. Jonas Valanciunas, the 2013 M.V.P., is a
solid player for the Toronto Raptors.
阿拓李拉德，2012的MVP，平均每場可以為阿拓拿下20分；2013MVP Jonas Valanciunas，  
目前在暴龍表現不錯。

Kyle Anderson, the 2015 M.V.P., gets about 10 minutes a game with the San
Antonio Spurs, and Tyus Jones, last year’s M.V.P., is on the bench with the
Minnesota Timberwolves.
2015MVP Kyle Anderson，平均在馬刺可以上場10分鐘；去年MVP Tyus Jones，現在是灰狼
的板凳球員。

But Josh Selby, Lillard’s co-M.V.P., was out of the N.B.A. after two seasons
with the Grizzlies and played in Israel last season. He had ranked third in
scoring in the summer league with 24 points and shot .557. And Glen Rice Jr.,
the 2014 M.V.P., washed out after two seasons with the Washington Wizards and
went to the N.B.A. Development League.


There is something else that separates these players: their draft position.
The stars, Lillard and Valanciunas, were selected sixth and fifth. The bench
players, Anderson and Jones, went late in the first round. And the washouts,
Selby and Rice, were second-rounders.


That would seem to indicate that a great performance in the summer league
doesn’t really change a player’s fortunes that much. Top picks, like Ball,
a No. 2 over all, can be projected to be stars regardless. Lower picks will
ride the bench. And second-rounders, with rare exceptions, won’t last too
long.


So enjoy the summer league, and dream about your team’s future. But remember
that good players tend to remain good players. And marginal ones don’t
suddenly become great because of some high scoring in July.
所以夏季聯盟看看就好，可以幻想一下你喜愛的球隊將來會有多美好。但是記得，好球員  
還是會維持是好球員，中等以下的球員不會因為在七月狂得分就忽然成為明星。
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跟大家講的一樣，Summer League看看就好。

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