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Kevin Durant said Joel Embiid deserves the MVP. He’s doubtful he’ll win it, though, because the Sixers center is not as likable as the two other leading candidates.
KD認為Embiid值得一座MVP。即便他認為不會發生因為鉛筆不像另外兩位候選人(Jokic、Giannis)一樣”被喜歡”。
“There’s a lot of players that’s been controlled by their narrative,” Durant said. “Some of it has been because of the player and some of it has been about the perception other people have about that player. In Joel’s case, more people just like Giannis (Antetokounmpo) and (Nikola) Jokic.
「有很多球員被他們的故事控制。」KD說
「有些是因為球員本身，有些是因為其他人對他們的看法。以鉛筆為例，人們更喜歡字母哥和小丑。」
“It’s as simple as that. His personality, his story I guess. As a basketball player, if people look at just the game and what is on the floor,” Durant continued, “then narrative and who you are and your personality, that stuff doesn’t really matter or shouldn’t matter. Joel, they probably just like those guys better. It’s not fair. But that’s how it goes at time. If I had a vote, I would choose Joel.”
「事情就是這麼簡單，球員的個性和故事。身為一個籃球員，如果人們只關注比賽和球場上的表現，那麼球員的故事、性格那些就不是真的很重要或是應該那麼重要。人們更喜歡另外兩位，這對鉛筆不公平，但過去一直都是如此，如果我可以投票，我會投給鉛筆。」
Durant said Embiid’s empty MVP trophy case should be another reason to give him the nod, and the threshold for back-to-back awards — as Jokic could accomplish and Embiid already did — should carry a higher threshold.
KD表示鉛筆沒有得過MVP也是他該當選的原因，因為back-to-back MVP的門檻應該要更高
“I feel like if you are going to win back to back MVPS, it should be like Steph Curry. His first MVP, he averaged 23 points and seven rebounds. His next one, he stepped up such an enormous level (averaged 30.1 points for a 73-win team),” Durant said. “If you are going to get two in a row, you can’t duplicate the same thing you did the year before. That’s just how I feel. … To win two in a row you have to do something way bigger than the year before. I think back-to-back MVPS are special and the
season you have to have team-wise and individual-wise, all has to come together to win back-to-back. I feel like Jokic had an incredible season but Joel season was just as good, if not better.”
「我認為如果要贏得背靠背MVP，就應該要跟Curry一樣。咖哩第一次的MVP場均23分7籃板，第二次的MVP他有了極大的進步(場均30.1分，球隊73勝)。如果你想要連續贏得MVP，你不能只是做到去年就能做到的事，那只是我自己這麼想。如果要連續MVP，你必須做些什麼遠比去年更多，我認為背靠背MVP很特別的地方在於同時需要隊伍和個人方面有所成長才能贏得。我認為Jokic有一個驚人的賽季但是Embiid跟他一樣棒，但沒有更好(比起去年)。」
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