[外電] James'return not going as planned..yet
LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers are taking a little while to click, which
is normal and just fine
Lebron James 的克里夫蘭騎士隊需要花一些時間上膛, 這很正常而且蠻好的
By Kelly Dwyer
Reference: http://ppt.cc/GdBs
All-Star games can be fun. The mix of unselfish superstars, outrageous skill
sets, and the exhibition setting can lead to some thrilling play – whether
that comes in the form of five fancy passes leading to a highlight finish, or
some one-on-one brilliance.
全明星賽可以充滿樂趣。不自私的明星球員，高超的籃球技藝，和表演賽的比賽氛圍
，讓我們總是可以看見一些不可思議的演出─無論是經由絢麗的五人傳球演出的華麗
灌籃，或是那些充滿天賦的一對一單打。
All-Star games can also be truly boring. NBA superstars might be tighter than
ever as they text away to each other following games or barnstorm with each
other selling sneakers overseas in the summer, but that doesn’t guarantee
they’ll play well together. Passes will miss their target. The usual
alpha-males will actually back down and defer with the ball. Instructions won
’t be barked out, because nobody wants to hurt anyone else’s feelings.
全明星賽也可以非常無聊。在例行性夏季商業表演活動場合上，NBA 全明星們也可能
聚攏在一起，但集合一群明星球員並不表示他們一定會有出色的演出。傳球可能會開
始失了準頭，長久以來擔任球隊領導球員的人會開始退讓同時處理球來顯得猶豫，他
們不會大聲喊出或是指責隊友應該負責的任務，因為沒有人想傷害對方的感情。
The Cleveland Cavaliers have three current All-Stars on their team; they have
a former lottery pick as a top reserve forward, a former four-time All-Star
as a utility man, a former Rookie of the Year, and a reserve swingman that
likes to think of himself as an All-Star. The team has lost two out of its
first three games to start the season, with its lone win coming in overtime
against a Bulls team that was playing without its starting backcourt down the
stretch.
克里夫蘭騎士隊目前就正擁有三位明星球員。一位最棒的前鋒，一位四屆全明星的
工具人，和一位前NBA最佳新人。但開季前三場球，他們就輸了兩場，那孤單的一勝
還是和失去Rose的公牛隊戰到延長賽才獲得的。
The defense looks bad, the offense looks choppy, and LeBron James looks
listless.
他們的防守糟透了，進攻起伏不定，而 Lebron James 看起來無精打采
At their absolute best, when (and not “if”) the Cavaliers finally put it
altogether, they are not going to be a perfect team. They will not be
rattling the 70-win cage, and the team’s front office will have to deftly
manage surrounding the stars with role players then can at least approximate
the team’s obvious needs. This will not be a knockout defensive team, and
there will always be some level of perimeter uncertainty between LeBron James
and Kyrie Irving. Toss in the ultra-usage of one Dion Waiters, the type of
player James never had to deal with as he ham-and-egged it with Dwyane Wade
in Miami, and you’ve got growing pains.
在現在這個狀況，縱使騎士盡了全力，把大家聚攏起來，他們仍然不是一隻完美的
隊伍。他們不會坐上直達70勝的電梯，而教練團必須要設法管理那些圍繞在明星球
員周邊的角色球員，如此才能至少看到這個球隊真實的需求。他們不會是個令人印
象深刻的防守團隊，而Lebron James和Kyrie Irving之間將會一直存在某程度擔心
被邊緣化的不確定感。而Dion Waiters像顆骰子，你永遠不曉得會擲到他的哪一面
，而Lebron James 從未和這類型的球員合作過，那位過往合作過最相像的球員-
Dwyane Wade，他和James可是傳著同一條褲襠長大的，於是，你必然得經過一些成
長的陣痛。
James was noticeably indifferent down the stretch of Tuesday night’s blowout
loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. Cleveland started out well enough,
beginning the contest 10-10 from the field, but it could not create distance
and pull away from a Blazers squad that was whipping the ball around the
court and scoring with nearly as much ease. Portland’s defense adjusted its
screen and roll coverage, Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters started fancying
themselves better scorers than they really are, and James basically gave up
on the game in order to … teach his young teammates a lesson?
在星期二那場對拓荒者的潰敗，James坐在場邊帶著令人注目的冷淡。騎士開局打得
並不差，10-10的開局，但騎士拉不住拓荒者的攻擊，他們在場上迅捷的傳球，輕鬆
的得分。而之後，當拓荒者擴大了對擋拆的防守範圍，Tristan Thompson 和 Dion
Waiters 開始幻想他們自己是一個比原本還棒的得分者，而James基本上已經放棄了
這場比賽只為了 …. 替他的年輕隊友上一課?
That can be the only excuse, right? From LeBron’s postgame remarks to
several reporters last night, as relayed by Sports Illustrated’s Ben
Golliver:
這的確是唯一的理由，不是嗎? 如同 Lebron 昨晚在賽後評論對記者所說的:
“There’s been a lot of losing basketball around here for a few years. A lot
of guys who are going to help us win haven’t played a lot of meaningful
basketball games in our league. When we get to that point where every
possession matters, no possessions off, we have to move the ball, share the
ball, be unselfish, we’ll be a better team. A lot of bad habits have been
built over the last couple of years. When you play that style of basketball
it takes a lot to get it up out of you. But I’m here to help.”
“這個球隊在這些年來輸了非常多場球。在這裡來幫助我們贏球的人之中，很多人
在這個聯盟裡還未打過太多場有意義的球賽。當我們得分的時候，每次持球都要是
有意義的，不要讓球停下來，我們必須讓球流動，分享球權，不要自私，我們會變
成一隻更好的球隊。當你曾經用那樣的方式打球的時候，要矯正是很費功夫的。而
我來這裡是來幫忙的。”
It’s good that LeBron is here to help, but he absolutely cannot play the
role of the martyr for this to succeed. It’s just fine for a coaching Phil
Jackson to clip his nails on the bench and refuse to call a timeout when his
team is on the losing end of a 14-2 run, but James can (to put it lightly)
significantly influence the outcome of a pro basketball game.
Lebron會到這裡來幫忙固然是美事一樁，但他絕不能像個殉道者般一夫當關地扛著
球隊邁向成功。像Phil Jackson 般的風格其實也蠻不錯的，當球隊在比賽的最後
被14-2 痛宰的時候，在板凳席修剪他的指甲而且吝惜喊出任何一次暫停，即便
James 擁有在一場比賽中扭轉乾坤的能力。
With that in place, it’s easy to understand why James would martyr-it up.
有了這樣的想法，我們便很容易理解為什麼James會做出這樣的舉動
Kyrie Irving (who missed 14 of 17 shots) fell back on bad habits on both ends
of the ball last night, attempting isolation plays offensively when the
movement broke down while getting torched by a resurgent Damian Lillard
defensively. Waiters also felt the Lillard burn a few times, and he was an
absolute nightmare offensively – acting as a terrible, chucking Dion
Waiters-stereotype even on the shots he did make.
Kyrie Irving (在他的17次投球中，投丟了14顆) 在攻守兩端都落入了從前的壞習慣
，當防守的步調被火熱的Damian Lillard搞得支離破碎的時候，他企圖在進攻中用不
停的單打討回來; 而另一位Waiters 也同樣在某些時候被Lillard 火燙的手感灼傷，
於是他在進攻中變成了一個徹底的黑洞，打得糟糕，獨斷，如同那些過往他典型的風
格，即便他的確命中了一些球。
Anderson Varejao was lured all around the court by Portland’s offense, so he
was little help as a rim protector. Tristan Thompson abandoned the off the
ball workmanship that made him such a killer in the Bulls win, and coach
David Blatt made some curious substitutions both late and midway through
quarters.
拓荒者的進攻迫使Anderson Varejao在整個球場不停地補位，缺少隊友的幫忙宛若
整個半場都是他的防守圈。Tristan Thompson放棄了爭搶進攻籃板，放棄了成為一
位如同他在對公牛勝利的那場比賽中所扮演的致命殺手。而教練David Blatt在比賽
每節的中段和尾聲總是會做出一些匪夷所思的調度。
It was … it was the work of a team that was just put together a few months
ago.
這就是… 這就是一個在多個月前才成軍的球隊需要處理的課題
It was the work of a team with a lot of bad habits to fix, it was the work of
a team running with a rookie head coach, and it was the work of a team filled
with formerly-friendly contemporaries that now have to become trusted
teammates.
他們有太多的壞習慣需要矯正，他們需要和一位菜鳥教練進行良好的磨合，他們需要
將從前那些同儕的友善客氣轉化成為隊友間絕對的信任
Of course, cable TV morons won’t recognize this, because they have airtime
to fill as they preach to the sort of drooling simpletons that would be home
watching basic cable sports chatter in the middle of a weekday. The Cleveland
Cavaliers will likely saunter into Utah on Wednesday night, win handily
against a rebuilding Jazz squad, move their record back up to .500 and have
78 more games to figure it out.
當然，有線電視那些低能兒不會意識到這件事，因為他們只想餵養那些坐在家中
聊天扯蛋留著口水看看運動比賽的傻蛋。克里夫蘭騎士隊很有可能在星期三晚上
，面對重建中的爵士從容地獲得一場比賽勝利，將他們的勝率拉回五成，並且還
剩78場比賽去找出他們的問題
James’ Heat team, in spite of some fits of brilliance, didn’t figure out
its spacing and defensive schemes until the playoffs in his second year with
Miami. That’s after 148 regular season games and an extended 2011 playoff
run to the Finals. For nearly two whole years, that Heat team mostly
succeeded merely by acting as the sum of their parts, and they nearly won a
title that way. Once it clicked, two titles resulted.
想想James當時待的熱火隊，儘管天份洋溢，仍然直到第二年的季後賽才找到拉出
空間和防守的方法。這件事情發生在148場常規賽加上2011年完整的季後賽和決賽
的歷練之後。將近整整兩年，熱火隊只是將他們每個人拼湊起來，在沒有任何化學
變化的狀況下，他們幾乎就要獲得了冠軍。而子彈一旦上膛，兩個總冠軍就到手了。
It may take this Cavs team just as long, but that’s just fine. When it
clicks (and it will click), they’ll be just fine.
這個過程可能會花費騎士隊很長的時間，但沒關係。
因為當子彈一但上膛，他們會很好的
The Cleveland Cavaliers have real basketball problems, and not cable TV
fodder, to deal with. The offensive movement is lacking for long stretches.
Their perimeter defense is porous, and the Varejao/Love front court is
providing little resistance in the paint. The team is not rebounding as well
as it should, LeBron James has not been his usual self around the basket so
far this season, David Blatt’s in-game adjustments could use quite a bit of
work, and someone needs to tell Dion Waiters and Tristan Thompson exactly
where they rank in the pecking order.
克里夫蘭騎士隊確實有一些真正的籃球問題要處理，他們的進攻流轉缺乏延續性
，他們的防守千瘡百口，而Varejao 和 Love 這對前場組合在油漆區缺乏足夠的
堅持，這個球隊的籃板能力還未完全發揮，Lebron James 至今還未打出他最自在
的籃球風格，David Blatt的臨場調度還有很多功課要做，另外必須還要有人去告
訴Dion Waiters和Tristan Thompson誰才是球場上的老大。
Then there is the whole problem of never being here before. Not just for Love
and Irving, who’ve yet to play a playoff game. Not just for Blatt,
well-respected but without any NBA coaching experience. Not just for Waiters
and Thompson.
For LeBron James. For all of them. This is something entirely new for each
and every member of this potentially-dynastic but imperfect squad.
這是一個全隊都必須面對的課題，不只是對 Love 和 Irving，別忘了，他們倆
從未打過季後賽; 不只是對 Blatt，他雖然備受尊崇但卻從未有過NBA執教的經
驗; 當然，也不只是對 Waiters 和 Thompson。
這是 Lebron James的課題，也是全隊每一個人的課題，這場旅程對於每一位身
處在這個還蹣跚起步但卻具有王朝潛力的球隊成員都將會是一場全新體驗。
Tipoff is at 9 p.m. Wednesday night, Cleveland-time.
克里夫蘭時間 星期三晚上 九點
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