Tim Duncan首度入圍名人堂,他是馬刺隊的傳奇人物,幫助球隊拿下數座冠軍。
2020屆名人堂入選儀式將在明天凌晨進行,今天則舉辦了媒體日,期間本次入選的Tim Duncan接受了採訪。
記者Rachel Nichols問:你還記得你在2007年告訴LeBron James,說未來是你的的這句話嗎?
Duncan說:「你就是能夠看出來他會是什麼樣,他會成為怎樣的人,他將成為一個如此具備長久統治力的球員。能夠在生涯早期和他交手,然後後期又和他交手,感覺很棒。以及見證他的生涯變化,預見到它的到來。通過和年輕勒布朗以及一個年齡更大的勒布朗交手的經歷,那是兩個完全不同的球員,能夠見證這些並參與其中感覺很有趣。」
當被問到James的生涯比賽風格是否發生了很大變化,Duncan說:「絕對的,他不斷進化,跟隨比賽的風格而變化。一直以來他都保持了驚人的體型,他堅持不懈地打造他的身體,保持健康,當然,他最近遇到了一些傷病問題,但他能夠如此長久地站在聯盟之巔,他持續地打出這般的競技水準,這絕對很驚人。」
Remember when you told @KingJames "This is going to be your league in a little while" in 2007?
— The Jump on ESPN (@NBATheJump) May 14, 2021
"You can just tell who he was going to be: Being such a dominant player for a long time"
—Tim Duncan#NBA #NBATwitter #TheJump #20HoopClass #GoSpursGo
不過這段訪談也惹怒不少Duncan球迷,認為這是屬於Duncan的時刻,為什麼要藉機捧LeBron James。
「Rachel Nichols在Duncan名人堂訪談中,說LeBron有多偉大?是我就會轉身走人。」、「Rachel的訪談真是尷尬,為什麼Duncan的訪談會扯到LeBron James?」、「我不敢相信,Rachel竟然能夠找到機會,問Duncan關於LeBron的問題,我要把ESPN燒了。」
This interview was nearly 20 years in the making - such a treat to chat & laugh & reminisce with Tim Duncan as he’s inducted into the Hall of Fame. We talked his amazing career, his relationship with Pop (including the text messages Pop sends him - yes, Pop texts!) & so much more pic.twitter.com/63TbiayU09
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) May 15, 2021
Can y’all add context and tell the truth please lol they were going thru memorable moments of his career and his experience from young lebron to prime lebron I mean he did play lebron in 50 percent of his finals runs @joysinghg pic.twitter.com/peKmRgtdNv
— LBJs Goat (@Lbjsgoat1) May 14, 2021
但在全部的訪談中,關於LeBron James的對談其實只佔了一部分,而且該年確實是Duncan輝煌生涯中,精彩的一頁。