I have a request for the Brooklyn Nets.

我對布魯克林籃網隊有一個請求。

Please don't get better at defense anytime soon.

請不要在短時間內提高防守水準。

No team has more star power at the top of the Marquis than the Nets, usually having three stars.

沒有哪支球隊在侯爵榜上的星力比網隊更強，通常都有三顆星。

The magnitude of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving.

凱文-杜蘭特、詹姆斯-哈登和凱里-歐文的幅度。

We guarantee at least the trip to the MBA Finals.

我們保證至少能參加MBA總決賽。

But the Nets of one of the worst defensive teams in history, making every team they play look like they've got Durant Harden and nervous.

但是歷史上防守最差的球隊之一的籃網隊，讓他們的每一支球隊都像有杜蘭特-哈登一樣，緊張不已。

Here's why.

這就是為什麼。

I don't want him to play defense because this team is so much fun.

我不想讓他打防守，因為這支球隊太有趣了。

Durant and Irving or two of the most fun players to watch ever hard wasn't that much fun in Houston, But now that he's more of a playmaker, he's more entertaining.

杜蘭特和歐文或是史上最好玩的兩個球員硬是在休斯敦沒那麼好玩，但現在他更多的是扮演一個角色，他更有娛樂性。

It's his hardened got to town.

這是他的強硬得到了鎮。

It's pretty much a guarantee.

這是很有保證的。

One team or another will score 120 points.

一隊或另一隊將得120分。

There are lots of close games.

有很多激烈的比賽。

It's great theater.

這是偉大的劇院。

But the biggest reason is great theater star players Facing adversity is something we love about sports.

但最大的原因是偉大的戲劇明星球員面對逆境是我們喜歡的體育項目。

That Miami Big Three was more interesting than the Curry Durant warriors, mostly because we saw the heat struggle to figure it out.

邁阿密那支三巨頭比庫裡杜蘭特勇士更有意思，主要是我們看到熱火努力想辦法。

They took early losses.

他們早早就吃了虧。

And who those were crowd pleasers.

而那些是誰的人群。

Anything could happen when the Nets play.

籃網隊比賽時，什麼事情都可能發生。

They could beat the Bucks and Clippers or lose to the Wizards of Pistons until they start to guard.

他們可以擊敗籃網和快船，也可以輸給活塞的奇才，直到他們開始防守。

That'll be the case, so please don't start.

會是這樣的，請不要開始。

At least not yet.

至少現在還沒有。

So the Dallas Mavericks chose not to play the anthem before any of their dozen or so home games this season.

所以達拉斯小牛隊本賽季十幾場主場比賽前都選擇不奏國歌。

And nobody noticed or cared until the Internet did.

而沒有人注意到，也沒有人關心，直到互聯網的出現。

At which point N B.

這時N B．

A commissioner Adam Silver, had to come out and say, Actually, we must play the anthem before every single n b a game by rule toe, which lots of people asked, Why are we playing the anthem at games at all?

一位委員亞當-西爾弗，不得不站出來說，其實我們必須在每一場比賽前播放國歌的規則，很多人問，為什麼我們要在比賽中播放國歌？

Which I get because this kind of policy can feel like forced patriotism, It can feel like creeping militarization.

我明白了，因為這種政策會讓人覺得是被迫的愛國主義，會讓人覺得是匍匐的軍事化。

And, yeah, it's not like you hear the Star Spangled Banner when you watch an episode of one division.

而且，是啊，你看一集一師的節目，又不是聽到星條旗。

But I'm just here to admit to you that I actually enjoy the anthem at games.

但我只是在這裡向你承認，我其實很喜歡比賽時的國歌。

I enjoyed Marvin Gaye at the 83 All Star Game.

我喜歡馬文-蓋伊在83年全明星賽上的表現。

I enjoyed Jon Batiste interpretation that opened the MBA bubble.

我很喜歡Jon Batiste的解釋，打開了MBA的保麗龍。

But mostly I enjoy this bigger idea that sports is this uniquely civic form of entertainment.

但主要是我喜歡這種更大的想法，體育是這種獨特的民間娛樂形式。

Ah, form that is absolutely flawed, but one that can also bring us together to think, to think about how the freedom to peacefully and personally protest racism inequality is kind of the entire point of the song itself.

啊，形式是絕對有缺陷的，但也可以讓我們一起思考，思考和平地、個人地抗議種族主義不平等的自由，算是這首歌本身的全部意義。

That's what all the land of the free stuff actually means.

這就是所有免費的東西之地的實際意義。

You just have to listen like a family on a fixed budget.

你只需要像一個固定預算的家庭一樣聽話。

Adding a luxury yacht.

增加一艘豪華遊艇。

The MBA and It's Players Association have decided to bet on themselves in order to provide the decadent midseason treat that such an embraced part of MBA tradition on its surface, All Star Night appears to be one of the most obvious of money grabs during televised sports is collective tightrope walk to keep promises toe one of its rights holders, TNT, the MBA and It's Players Association have agreed to a March 7th game in Atlanta, home to Turner and it's broadcast crew.

MBA和它的球員協會已經決定在自己身上打賭，以提供頹廢的季中治療，這樣一個擁抱MBA傳統的一部分，在其表面上，全明星之夜似乎是一個最明顯的金錢搶奪在電視轉播體育是集體走鋼絲，以保持承諾到其權利持有人之一，TNT，MBA和它的球員協會已經同意3月7日在亞特蘭大，主場特納和它的廣播組的比賽。

The players will be flown in and out on private planes while significantly condensing the usual time spent at All Star weekend and remaining in a bubble like environment.

球員們將乘坐私人飛機進出，同時大大壓縮了平時在全明星週末的時間，並保持在保麗龍般的環境中。

And while LeBron James has been among those vocalizing their displeasure.

而勒布朗-詹姆斯也是其中一個表示不滿的人。

There is another perfectly reasonable side to this.

還有另一個完全合理的一面。

The union has voiced by Chris Paul is making decisions with the quote, full body of players in mind.

工會已經由克里斯-保羅發聲，在做決定時，要考慮到球員的報價、全身。

And even if you believe that it's a bunch of non all stars voting to put the All Stars at risk for everyone else's financial benefit, the MBA is still doing its best to protect players players who often traveled during this break.

而即使你相信這是一群非全明星投票，為了大家的經濟利益而讓全明星隊承擔風險，MBA也在盡力保護經常在這個休賽期出差的球員選手。

Anyway, it's basically no different than when every NBA team is currently trying to do in the regular season.

反正，這和目前每支NBA球隊在常規賽中努力的時候，基本沒什麼區別。

In fact, it's probably safer if you argue it's unnecessary.

其實，如果你認為沒有必要，可能更安全。

So is everything else we're doing here.

我們在這裡做的其他事情也是如此。

There are so many ways to contemplate Super Bowl 55 Tom Brady's win for the Ages and aged about this.

有這麼多的方法來思考超級碗55湯姆-布雷迪的勝利，為年齡和年齡關於這一點。

The day before the game, the great Charles Woodson was selected for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, which means he's been retired for five years.

比賽前一天，偉大的查爾斯-伍德森在入選職業橄欖球名人堂的第一年就入選了，這意味著他已經退役5年了。

Woodson had a long and glorious career in the NFL, including this, and he'll be in trying in the hall this summer, at which time Tom Brady will be in training camp Brady and Woodson College teammates born just 10 months apart.

伍德森在NFL有著漫長而輝煌的職業生涯，包括這個，他將在今年夏天嘗試在大廳裡，屆時湯姆-布雷迪將在訓練營中布雷迪和伍德森大學的隊友出生僅相差10個月。

In my book, there's only 1 40 something who compares to Brady.

在我看來，只有一個40歲左右的人可以和布雷迪相比。

George Foreman.

喬治-福爾曼

Big George was nearly 46 when he reclaimed the heavyweight championship a mere 20 years nearly to the day after losing it to Mohammed Ali, wearing, incidentally, the same trunks in both fights.

大喬治在輸給默罕默德-阿里之後，僅僅20年就重新奪回了重量級拳王，當時他已經將近46歲了，順便說一句，兩場比賽都穿著同一條褲子。

The difference is that George spent 10 of those 20 years in retirement, while Tom just keeps punching every year, relentlessly haunting his opponents, defying the aging process, compelling us to create new modes of appreciation for his excellence.

不同的是，喬治在這20年裡有10年是在退役後度過的，而湯姆只是每年不斷地打拳，無情地纏繞著對手，不顧衰老的過程，讓我們不得不為他的優秀創造新的欣賞模式。

We all laughed about the possibility of Brady playing until he was 47.

我們都笑著說布雷迪有可能打到47歲。

Now that goal seems not only attainable but, frankly, unambitious.

現在看來，這個目標不僅可以實現，而且坦率地說，並不宏偉。

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感謝您在YouTube上觀看ESPN的體育直播和優質內容。