季後賽戰火如荼 在詹皇身邊打球的體驗

When you combine those attributes with superior talent, you provide yourself with an opportunity to win the game.

當你把這些再與出色的身體天賦結合在一起，你便無限接近勝利。

That doesn't mean the shot will fall or the play will work. But chances are you will at least get a good look, if not the best possible look in that situation.

你不是非得把球投進或者是做到其他什麼，就算比賽裏你沒做到在理論上最亮眼的表現，你也一定會表現得足夠出色。

That has always been LeBron James' calling card in late-game scenarios. While other superstars are predisposed to put the game on their shoulders and their shoulders alone, James has long preferred to seek out the best possible chance at a bucket, whether it be his or someone else's.

在這種時刻這些描述就像是勒布朗-詹姆斯的名片，在聯盟其他球星更傾向於獨力支撐把比賽和球隊扛在自己肩上的時候，詹姆斯一直是更注重在比賽裏尋找最好最合理的機會，不管來自自己還是隊友。

LeBron used to take criticism for this, but those days are all but over. In all the many ways he has outlasted his critics, his end-of-game plan is one of the most enduring.

勒布朗曾經因此備受指責，但是那已經成爲過去時。在他所有對批判的回擊中，他終結比賽的選擇是最有力的之一。

It would have been far easier for LeBron to try to do the impossible because the calculus is much simpler. Succeed and you're a hero. Fail and at least you died valiantly.

其實對勒布朗來說選擇自己嘗試去單幹本來是更簡單的，因爲它看起來更划算：如果打成功了功成名就成爲英雄，失敗了至少你也稱得上勇敢。

Yet, for as much iron will as it requires to put the game in your hands, it requires even more to trust your read, your teammates, and then be able to live with the consequences knowing the responsibility is still yours alone.

然而，在比賽裏你承擔着最爲重要的責任，這要求你必須更相信自己的判斷，信任自己的隊友，而最後的結果如何都以一已之力承擔。

That James made the right play is second nature, of course. But to his teammates, many of them veterans from other teams, it means everything. They have seen their careers either extended or completely blossom playing with LeBron. That is not an accident.

當然，對詹姆斯來說正確的處理球只是就像是一種天性，但是對他的隊友，那些來自各支球隊的老將們，卻是意義非凡。他們感到在詹姆斯身邊自己的職業生涯彷彿迎來了第二春，而且這不是偶然。

When you are making a case for the best player in the league there are several critical items to parse.

當你對聯盟裏最好的球員展開剖析，常常會圍繞這樣幾個問題展開。

How do they rate statistically against their peers, how important are they to the success of their team, how meaningful is it when they're not on the court? But there's another way to judge: How do they make their teammates better?

他們在數據統計上有何優勢？他們對球隊成功有多重要？球場外的他們對球隊有什麼樣的意義？現在又有了一個新的方向：他們怎麼使他們的隊友變得更好？

What superstars do is make everyone's life easier. They demand the kind of defensive attention that leads to double teams and that allows teammates to thrive in their roles and not have to do things that stretch their abilities.

超級明星需要做到讓隊友能更輕鬆。他們吸引了更多的防守注意甚至是雙人包夾，這給了隊友足夠的機會施展全力專心扮演好自己的角色而不用操心別處。

"He is numero uno when it comes to making players around him better," Korver said. "He obviously puts you in situations to succeed, but he just exudes confidence.

“他是當仁不讓的頭號人物，可以使身邊的隊友變得更好，”科沃爾說，“他自信十足，會把你帶上成功大道。

How he talks to you: He's intense, he's fired up. He just breeds confidence in the guys. The situations he puts you in because of his skill level and then his personality and his leadership, it just elevates guys around him."

他是怎麼跟人交流的，他的熱情，他的鼓勵，他總是給人建立信心。他靠他獨一無二的技術、個性和領導力把你帶上成功道路，鼓舞着身邊的所有人。

There are other less tangible elements at play in the equation. There's leadership, of course, which is not always so easy to diagnose.

當然在團隊化學反應中還有其他的重要因素，那就是領導力，當然領導力並不那麼直觀可以發現。

"He just brings it every single day," Williams said. "Sometimes when you have star caliber players like that it can vary, but he's really big on bringing it every single day. His work ethic spreads throughout this whole locker room."

“他每天都很認真，”威廉姆斯說。“當你擁有明星接別的球員的時候感覺是與衆不同的，但是他每天都堅持付出這很偉大。他的職業素養感染着整個更衣室。”

That sets a high standard and woe to the player who doesn't meet that requirement. For the right player at the right time in their career, playing with LeBron is like reaching nirvana.

這對球員有很高的標準，不能達標的球員總是十分悲傷。達標的球員在職業生涯正確的時間裏，可以與勒布朗一起打球，那感覺美妙至極。

"If you compete and play basketball the right way he'll be one of the great teammates you'll ever have," Jefferson said. "That's what he prides himself on, is high level competition and guys playing the right way.

“如果你是以正確的方式對待籃球和比賽，他將是你遇到過的最偉大隊友，”傑弗森說。“這是他的驕傲所在，他駕馭着最高水平的競爭力，同時還能幫助球員找到正確的打球方式。

He works extremely hard and the guys we bring in here follow in that same mold so that's not hard for guys to pick up on."

他工作極其努力，而我們會按着一個固定的模板尋找加入的球員，所以新加入的球員可以很輕鬆的融入我們。”

"Everyone thought that shot went down," Jefferson said. "We all thought it was good. Great look. We'd have him shoot that shot a million times in a row. So, next time it drops."

“每個人都覺得那個球能進的，”傑弗森說。“我們都感覺很好，看起來很棒。我們需要他投籃，一直投一直投，下一次一定會進。”

That's what it's like to play with LeBron James.

在詹姆斯身邊打球就是這樣。

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