Q: You've only been in the NBA a little while, but tell us how the NBA differs from college.
A: I think guys are just taller, and more athletic11 and quicker. The hardest thing about it is trying to bring it for every game. 'Cause in college you play a certain amount of games, maybe forty, forty-one if you're lucky. And it is easier to bring intensity12 every single game. And the games were spaced out13 more in college also, maybe three, four days. So you were able to recover and get your body ready. Here games are back to back to back14. It's hard to bring that emotion and that kind of intensity to every game, but you try.
Q: How do you think your season's going so far?
A: I think I'm doing okay. I think I can do better, but I'm very critical15 of myself. No matter how ready you are in college, it doesn't really prepare you for some of the mental things that you're going to go through in the league.
Q: Is there anything you miss about the college game?
A: I miss our freedom we had in college. I guess that comes with time, too. I miss that a little bit and I miss my coach definitely.
Q: Do you feel any pressure, that maybe people in Chicago are looking for the second coming of Michael?
A: I think Chicago fans know that there's not going be another MJ16 to come through there. I think the thing they're looking for are winners, someone who wants to come there and win. It's not going to take just one guy, it's going to take a lot of guys working together in order to do it.
问：你打NBA时间很短，但能否告诉我们NBA和大学有什么不同？
答：我认为这儿人更高、更健壮、速度更快，最难的是你每场比赛都得全力以赴，因为在大学你只打一定数量的比赛。如果够幸运的话，也许可以打上40或41场，因此每场比赛都比较容易强力发挥。另外，大学的比赛时间间隔要长些，可能是三、四天, 你有时间来恢复自己的体力为下一场做准备。在这里，比赛一场接一场，很难每场比赛都情绪饱满地去强力发挥， 但你得去拼。
问：你觉得到目前为止你在本赛季中的表现如何？
答：我觉得不错。但我觉得以后会做得更好，因为我对我自己要求很高。无论你在大学的时候基础有多么扎实，那不能真正说明你做好了迎接联赛的心理准备。
问：大学里的比赛有什么让你怀念的吗？
答：我怀念大学里的自由。我猜想随着时间的推移，我也会获得更多的自由空间。我有点怀念这个，我也非常想念我大学的教练。
问：也许芝加哥的球迷期望第二个乔丹的出现，你感觉到了这种压力吗？
答：我认为芝加哥的球迷知道不可能出现第二个乔丹。我觉得他们要的是能赢得比赛的人——这可不是哪一个人能够办得到的，这需要许多人齐心协力才行。
10． start v． 以首发出场比赛
11． athletic adj． 体格健壮的；肌肉发达的
12． intensity n． 特别强烈的程度、力量或动力
13． space out 隔开
14． back to back 接连的
15． be critical of 挑剔的
16． MJ 意指Michael Jordan