Mudiay Believes Injury Had More Impact On Draft Stock Than Playing Overseas
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原文作者：Andrew Perna/RealGM
Emmanuel Mudiay had to wait longer than expected to be drafted. Once
considered a potential top overall pick in this draft class, he was rumored
to go as high as fourth to the New York Knicks. He ended up going seventh to
the Denver Nuggets, who already have an above-average point guard in Ty
Lawson.
剛果裔後衛Emmanuel Mudiay(小穆)在選秀會上花了比他預期還久的時間等待有球隊
選他。儘管在選秀前被不少球評認為是今年選秀前五順位的熱門人選，甚至被預測
有機會被第四順位的尼克選上，但他一直到第七順位才被金塊選入－而且金塊已經
有實力已經在水準以上的Ty Lawson做後場指揮官。
“They’re definitely up and down,” Mudiay said of his emotions. “You just
don’t know, especially after Karl [Anthony-Towns] got picked, nobody really
knew where they was going. But we’re definitely excited that I got picked to
Denver.”
小穆在金塊舉辦的記者會談到了他在選秀會上的心情：「我的情緒絕會有起落，特別是
除了Karl(Anthony Towns)確定是當天的狀元外，其他人都不知道報名選秀的人接下來
會去哪隻球隊，但我能被金塊選進球隊，仍然讓我與我的家人感到相當喜悅。」
Mudiay was asked whether he felt his decision to play in China this past year
, instead of at SMU, impacted his draft stock.
小穆在記者會上，也被問到他是否有感覺他不去念大學(他原本選擇位在德州的SMU)，
反而去中國聯賽打球，對他的選秀行情造成影響。
“I don’t think it impacted, I just think maybe when I got hurt,” he
explained. “You could have got hurt anywhere, so when I got hurt I think
that’s what made my stock go down, I guess. But I’m in the NBA, I made
it in, so it starts right now.”
小穆解釋說：「我覺得那不是原因。即使有拉低我選秀順位的因素，也是後來我受傷了
吧！只要上場打球就難免受傷，我想這可能影響了我選秀的行情。但我現在終究打進
NBA了啊，我在這裡(回美國後)的籃球生涯現在才開始。」
Mudiay is open to teaming up with Lawson.
“I can just learn as much as I can from Ty Lawson,” Mudiay said of how he
fits with Denver. “He’s been there a while, so I’m just going to try to
get as much advice as I can.”
小穆也公開表達願意與金塊隊現任一哥Lawson合作的意願：「我只要與他(Lawson)合
作，絕對能夠從他那裡學到很多東西。他在那裡有一段時間了，所以我要做的事就是
盡量從前輩那裡得到對我有用的建議。」
Moments after the Nuggets selected Mudiay, Lawson posted a video of himself
on social media stating: “Told you, I’m going to Sacramento.”
只不過Lawson在得知金塊選入Mudiay後似乎不怎麼喜悅，因為他在自己的網站發佈了
一段影片，並在影片中表示「告訴你們，我接下來要去沙加緬度了！」