強勢崛起的猛龍倫納德 競爭MVP 簽約新百倫!

Leonard had 36 points, Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 of his season-high 26 in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors beat Philadelphia 113-102 on Wednesday night, handing the 76ers their 13th consecutive loss in Canada.

週三晚上，倫納德獨得36分，瓦蘭丘納斯斬獲賽季新高的26分，其中第四節得到18分，帶領猛龍隊以113比102擊敗了費城76人隊，送給對手在加拿大猛龍主場的13連敗。

Defense has always been what makes Leonard special; it won him a Finals MVP. The crazy thing about watching Kawhi today is that even as he's grown as a player and blossomed into the sort of scorer who can carry an offense by himself, his signature hasn't changed. Other players are called two-way stars if they can play defense; that means they will actually dominate that end of the floor for an entire game.

防守總是讓倫納德特殊的地方，這讓他贏得了一個總決賽MVP。如今觀看卡哇伊的比賽令人瘋狂的事情是，無論是他從普通球員開始成長，還是出落爲那種可以自己發動進攻的得分手，他的標誌性防守從來沒有改變。如果有球員能做好防守，他被稱爲全能球員；這意味着，在整場比賽中，他們能統治對手。

He's an immense talent, he really is," coach Nick Nurse said. "And when the stakes go up a little bit, he's going to play his hand a little harder."

“他天賦滿滿，真是這樣，”主教練尼克-納斯說道，“當比賽變得有點膠着時，他就要發力接管比賽了”。

"That's what you're going to get out of big-time players," Philadelphia's Jimmy Butler said. "He had a great game.""Jimmy showed why he's an All-Star," 76ers coach Brett Brown said. "He came in and gave us some tremendous things."

“大心臟球員就是這樣的”，費城76人的吉米-巴特勒說，“他打了一場很好的比賽”。“倫納德展示出了爲何他是全明星，”76人主帥布朗說，“他來到這裏給了我們很大的殺傷。”

Leonard reportedly declined an extension from Jordan Brand earlier this year that was worth $20 million. Now in the wake of that decision the 27 year old will be the face of NB’s burgeoning BAsketball division. Other than working with Leonard, they have a new deal with Darius Bazley, employing him as an intern at the company while he prepares for his unique path to the NBA.

報道稱，今年早些時候，倫納德拒絕了一份來自喬丹品牌價值2000萬美元的續約合同。隨着這一決定，這位27歲的球星將成爲新百倫在迅速發展的籃球領域的門面人物。除了和倫納德合作，新百倫還和達瑞斯-巴茲利（2019年選秀熱門）達成協議，聘用他作爲公司的實習生，與此同時，他在爲進入NBA做着特殊的準備。

While the terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed or officially announced, Leonard will reportedly serve as the face of New Balance basketball as the brand looks to re-establish its presence on the hardwood.

儘管合同的細節條款還沒有被披露和官宣，但倫納德已被報道將成爲新百倫品牌的代言人，新百倫看起來要重新建立在球鞋領域的存在感。

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