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節錄Kuminga的部分

To help mitigate Curry’s absence, Kerr has turned to Jonathan Kuminga, the
Warriors’ 22-year-old conundrum who barely played during the team’s
seven-game series against Houston. Last season, the former lottery pick
averaged a career-high 16.1 points, along with five rebounds and two assists.
Kuminga has many of the attributes NBA teams want in a modern wing: He can
run the floor, knife into the paint, and guard multiple positions. But an
ankle injury in January sidelined him, and by the time he returned to the
floor, Golden State had traded for Butler, whose redundancy with Kuminga
reduced the latter’s role and minutes.






Despite his talent, Kuminga’s propensity to look for his shot at the expense
of the flow of Golden State’s offense has irked the coaching staff. During a
late-season game against the Blazers, team sources say Kerr was incensed
after several instances in which Kuminga looked off Curry to create his own
offense. Kuminga subsequently received DNPs in the Warriors’ regular-season
finale against the Clippers and then again in their play-in matchup against
the Grizzlies. By the start of the playoffs, many within the organization
wondered whether Kuminga, who is eligible for an extension, had played his
last game as a Warrior.


儘管擁有出色的天賦，但Kuminga犧牲球隊進攻流暢性執著於個人出手的選擇屢屢惹惱教



賽收官戰以及對灰熊的附加賽中皆未獲出賽機會。季後賽開始時，隊內許多人開始懷疑

這位即將具備續約資格的年輕人，是否已經打完了在勇士的最後一場比賽。



But all of a sudden, Kuminga finds himself at the center of Golden State’s
fading postseason chances. Against the Wolves in Game 3, thin on bodies and
desperate for a spark, Kerr turned to Kuminga to provide it—and the
fourth-year wing responded mightily, finishing with 30 points and six
rebounds in the best postseason performance of his career, complementing
Butler’s triple-double. “It just took me some time to figure out how to
play with him,” Kuminga told me after that game. “When he attacks, just get
out of the way. If you don’t have an open layup, get out of the way.” Over
the Warriors’ past three games, Kuminga has averaged a team-high 24 points.
His speed and ability to scrounge for buckets have helped Golden State remain
competitive as Curry recovers.


然而情勢驟變，Kuminga突然成為勇士季後賽命運的關鍵人物。在對陣灰狼的第三戰中，

面臨人手短缺的Kerr孤注一擲啟用Kuminga，而這位四年級前鋒以30分6籃板的生涯最佳季

後賽表現強勢回應，完美襯托了Butler的大三元表現。


「我只是需要時間學習如何與他配合」Kuminga在賽後受訪時表示，「當他持球突破時，我

學會讓出空間。若沒有輕鬆上籃的機會，就主動拉開。」在過去三場比賽中，Kuminga場均

貢獻全隊最高的24分，他的速度與搶分能力讓勇士在Curry養傷期間仍保有競爭力。



“You can’t just give up when you’re not in the game,” Kuminga tells me. “
Either you’re wrong or you’re not getting your way. It’s the only way, it
just keeps getting better.

“Keep staying poised,” he continued, “and keep staying ready.”


「當你當你坐板凳時，不能就這樣放棄」Kuminga對我說。

不管是你錯了，還是你想要的事情沒照你的方式進行，唯一的路就是堅持，事情只會越來

越好。

他接著說，「保持沉著，隨時準備好。」


Throughout his career, Kuminga has had to navigate conflicting opinions of
his game within the Warriors organization. On the one hand, he has long been
considered a favorite of team co-executive chairman Joe Lacob, who has viewed
him as the kind of talent to carry the Warriors into the post-Curry era. On
the other, he’s been unable to earn the consistent trust of the coaching
staff, leading to his being yanked in and out of the rotation.





Over the years, Kuminga’s name has appeared in plenty of trade rumors as the
Warriors have sought to upgrade the talent around Steph, but Lacob opted not
to deal the wing.  Kuminga’s return to relevance in the Wolves series
epitomizes the challenge the Warriors face when it comes to maximizing what’
s left of Curry’s career while laying a foundation for whatever will come
after. With Curry in the lineup, Kuminga struggles to integrate into the
Warriors’ team concept, to the point of being nearly unplayable. Without
Steph, he’s been a life raft for the Warriors and offered a glimpse of what
he can offer in a different context.


多年來，Kuminga的名字經常出現在交易傳聞中，勇士希望藉此提升Curry身邊的陣容戰力

，但Lacob選擇保留這位側翼球員。如今Kuminga在對灰狼的系列賽中強勢回歸，再次突顯

出勇士當前面臨的兩難：既要把握Curry巔峰期的尾聲爭冠，又需為後Curry時代鋪路。

當Curry在時，Kuminga難以融入球隊體系，幾乎無法上場；但當沒有Curry時，他卻成為

勇士隊的救命浮木，展現出在不同體系中可能的潛力。


I ask Kuminga how it feels to consider being the face of the Warriors. “That
I don’t know,” he says. “I don’t know how the future will look, but I
just try to cancel out the noise and focus on getting better.


我問Kuminga成為勇士隊門面的感覺如何。





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