歐文:破繭成蝶,做自己的王!
A player talking about his teammates as if he holds authority over their employment status will always read as a disrespectful overreach.
倘若一名球員對其隊友指指點點，就好像能夠左右他們的就業狀態一樣，這樣的行爲總會被解讀爲不尊重他人的越權行爲。Irving left Boston to sign with Brooklyn last summer.
去年夏天，歐文同波士頓凱爾特人隊分道揚鑣，與布魯克林籃網隊簽約。The split seemed mutually beneficial to both Irving and the Celtics, but it still drew criticism and boos from his former fan base.
這一舉動看似對歐文個人和凱爾特人隊都有益，但仍招致了歐文昔日球迷的批評和噓聲。
After requesting a trade in 2017 to leave LeBron James, Irving is no stranger to outsiders questioning his judgement,
自2017年提出交易請求意欲離開勒布朗·詹姆斯之後，外界對歐文的判斷力再次提出了質疑，but committing to Brooklyn represented a new kind of free will that Irving hadn't experienced before.
但是歐文加盟布魯克林籃網的承諾代表着一種全新的自由意志，這是他此前從未經歷過的。He joined the Nets with the intention of heading the venture both on the court and off of it.
懷揣着成爲球隊場內外領袖的意圖，歐文加盟了布魯克林籃網。Zoomed out, locker room relations have been the pitfall of Irving's prime.
退一步說，更衣室關係一直是歐文巔峯時期的詬病話題。He earned a worrisome reputation for being annoying and, at times, destructive during his two seasons in Boston.
因爲惱怒，甚至有時具有攻擊性，歐文在波士頓兩個賽季的聲望都很糟糕。Former Celtics have told the media that their former point guard wasn't to blame, that sometimes people just don't fit.
前凱爾特人球員告訴媒體，他們的前控球后衛不應受到指責，是人們不適應他的行事風格。
Maybe if it weren't for the fresh supply of comments from Kyrie every other month, that defense would hold more weight.
要不是因爲歐文每隔一個月就會發表新的評論，這種維護也許會更有分量。Locker room tiffs included, it's Irving's time off the court altogether that's been the crux of his career.
包括更衣室的爭吵在內，歐文在賽場外的時間成爲了他職業生涯的癥結。He's never played a full 82 games in a season, reaching 67 games in 2018-19 and 60 in 2017-18,
他從來沒有在哪一個賽季打滿82場比賽。2018-19賽季他打了67場，2017-18賽季他打了60場，and has already missed 26 games this season—a stretch that led to the statistically misleading narrative that the Nets were better off without him.
而本賽季他已經缺席了26場比賽——統計上，這導致了一種誤導性評判，即沒有他籃網會更好。The risk in building something of your own is the exposure if it doesn't succeed.
不成功便成仁。The worst hasn't happened for Irving: Durant will return next season, and the Nets'role players—those he wishes to keep, I guess—will continue to improve in the meantime.
對歐文來說最糟糕的事情尚未發生：杜蘭特將在下賽季迴歸。與此同時，籃網隊中那些他希望留下與其繼續攜手的角色球員也會不斷進步。But there's a separate, condensed timeline for injury-prone players on injury-prone teams, one which, stresses out Irving.
但是，在傷兵滿營的球隊裏，每個易受傷的球員都有各自的固定的復出時間線，這給歐文帶來了不小壓力。A rough first year doesn't fit with his vision. That's transparent.
佈滿荊棘的第一年並沒滿足歐文的幻想，這是顯而易見的。更多精彩內容請關注微信公衆號、新浪微博：籃球英文堂
