Kevin Durant on his All-Star selection: "Whoever want my spot can play me
one-on-one for it"
by Anthony Slater Published: February 6, 2015
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And there were plenty of national pundits who thought he shouldn’t have made
it. During the selection show, TNT’s Charles Barkley said Portland guard
Damian Lillard should have been in over Durant because it’s “not a lifetime
achievement award.”
儘管最終Kevin Durant替補入選明星賽，但還是有許多非議的聲音出現。
TNT球評Charles Barkley就公開宣稱，拓荒者的Damian Lillard比Durant更有資格入選。
因為明星賽並不是在選終生成就獎。
But the coaches gave Durant the nod. And even though he has not yet committed
to paying in the game, Durant said he’ll take that as a sign of respect.
“I don’t want anything to ever be given to me because a lot of guys deserve
it in this league,” Durant said. “But the coaches have to prepare for me a
different way I guess when I’m in the lineup. So I guess that respect got me
in the game. But every year someone is going to get snubbed, every year
someone is going to make it that you think shouldn’t make it. But that’s
part of the game.”
對此，Durant表示：
「我不想任何人給我施捨，因為聯盟裡有太多人應該拿到卻沒拿到。
但是教練的想法不一，所以我入選了。我猜想這是出自於對我比賽的尊重。
但每年都會有人覺得自己被冷落、每年都有人覺得你不配入選，
這也算是明星賽的一部分吧。」
Durant then paused and gave a wry smile: “Whoever want my spot can play me
one-on-one for it.”
最後，Durant微笑著說：『不論是誰，想要我這位置的，來單挑啊！」
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