He was more than a basketball superstar, he was a celebrity.

他不仅仅是一个篮球超级明星，还是一位名人。

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He is carrying a basketball.

他拿着一个篮球。

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He's holding a basketball.

他正拿着一个篮球。

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He's a basketball player, so he's really, really tall, except he's only six feet.

他是个篮球运动员,所以他长的很高很高,但是只有6英尺

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I've only been to one basketball game, and I think it was a New York Knicks against someone -

我仅仅看过一场篮球赛，当时好像是纽约尼克斯队和某个队的比赛。

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Next to the courts, there is a basketball court, a jungle gym and a giant trampoline.

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