美国国家公共电台 NPR--Standout player from the NBA All-Star weekend is back to being a journeyman

Standout player from the NBA All-Star weekend is back to being a journeyman

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Mac McClung dominated the NBA slam dunk competition. He is back in the G-League — playing for the Philadelphia 76ers'developmental team, the Delaware Blue Coats.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Remarkable² story about pro³ basketball next. The standout player from the NBA All-Star Weekend is not an All-Star. In fact, Mac McClung is a journeyman, as they say. He returned to the court last night for the Philadelphia 76ers' developmental team, the Delaware Blue Coats. He played 24 minutes in his team's loss to the Motor City Cruise.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Just a few days ago, McClung soared over the basketball world as the winner of the NBA slam dunk contest.

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KENNY SMITH: Let's go, young fella. Go. You have won me over, Mac, with the 360s.

REGGIE MILLER⁴: I'm going to say this - Mac McClung.

SMITH: Was that a 720?

MILLER: Mac McClung has saved the dunk contest.

INSKEEP: (Laughter) That's how we talk about A Martínez here on the program. (Imitating Kenny Smith) You have won me over, A.

Anyway, NBA announcers Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller were on TNT celebrating the performance of a 6'2" guard who so far has not even played in the league this season. Here's Keith Pompey, the Sixers beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

KEITH POMPEY: He's a pretty good basketball player. I mean, he was a second-team all-conference player at Texas Tech. You know, he was a YouTube sensation in high school for dunking.

MART?NEZ: I could win a clunk contest. That's about it.

INSKEEP: (Laughter).

MART?NEZ: After going pro, McClung has only played two games in the NBA. He's spent most of his pro career in their equivalent of the minors⁵ called the G-League, where he was rookie of the year last season.

INSKEEP: But it wasn't until last week that the Sixers signed McClung to a two-way contract that allowed him to bounce back and forth⁶ between the Sixers and the Blue Coats as a sort of trial run.

POMPEY: Hey, let's get him in. And let's see what we can do with him with our G-League team. And if he performs well, let's elevate him to a two-way contract to see if he can take that next step.

INSKEEP: Days later, Mr. McClung became the first G-League player ever to win the Slam Dunk Contest. Pompey says Philadelphia fans are behind him.

POMPEY: Philadelphia is a city of underdogs, right? And I feel like by him doing that and winning it and being the underdog, that's why he became the fan favorite.

MART?NEZ: But even with fan support, Pompey says McClung will have to show he can do a lot more than just throw down rim-rattling dunks to get back to the NBA to stay. McClung and the Blue Coats next play tomorrow.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

3 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

4 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

5 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。