季后赛战火如荼 在詹皇身边打球的体验

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

当你把这些再与出色的身体天赋结合在一起，你便无限接近胜利。

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.

你不是非得把球投进或者是做到其他什么，就算比赛里你没做到在理论上最亮眼的表现，你也一定会表现得足够出色。

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.

在这种时刻这些描述就像是勒布朗-詹姆斯的名片，在联盟其他球星更倾向于独力支撑把比赛和球队扛在自己肩上的时候，詹姆斯一直是更注重在比赛里寻找最好最合理的机会，不管来自自己还是队友。

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.

勒布朗曾经因此备受指责，但是那已经成为过去时。在他所有对批判的回击中，他终结比赛的选择是最有力的之一。

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.

其实对勒布朗来说选择自己尝试去单干本来是更简单的，因为它看起来更划算：如果打成功了功成名就成为英雄，失败了至少你也称得上勇敢。

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，在比赛里你承担着最为重要的责任，这要求你必须更相信自己的判断，信任自己的队友，而最后的结果如何都以一已之力承担。

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.

当然，对詹姆斯来说正确的处理球只是就像是一种天性，但是对他的队友，那些来自各支球队的老将们，却是意义非凡。他们感到在詹姆斯身边自己的职业生涯仿佛迎来了第二春，而且这不是偶然。

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

当你对联盟里最好的球员展开剖析，常常会围绕这样几个问题展开。

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?

他们在数据统计上有何优势？他们对球队成功有多重要？球场外的他们对球队有什么样的意义？现在又有了一个新的方向：他们怎么使他们的队友变得更好？

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.

超级明星需要做到让队友能更轻松。他们吸引了更多的防守注意甚至是双人包夹，这给了队友足够的机会施展全力专心扮演好自己的角色而不用操心别处。

"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.

“他是当仁不让的头号人物，可以使身边的队友变得更好，”科沃尔说，“他自信十足，会把你带上成功大道。

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."

他是怎么跟人交流的，他的热情，他的鼓励，他总是给人建立信心。他靠他独一无二的技术、个性和领导力把你带上成功道路，鼓舞着身边的所有人。

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

当然在团队化学反应中还有其他的重要因素，那就是领导力，当然领导力并不那么直观可以发现。

"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."

“他每天都很认真，”威廉姆斯说。“当你拥有明星接别的球员的时候感觉是与众不同的，但是他每天都坚持付出这很伟大。他的职业素养感染着整个更衣室。”

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.

这对球员有很高的标准，不能达标的球员总是十分悲伤。达标的球员在职业生涯正确的时间里，可以与勒布朗一起打球，那感觉美妙至极。

"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.

“如果你是以正确的方式对待篮球和比赛，他将是你遇到过的最伟大队友，”杰弗森说。“这是他的骄傲所在，他驾驭着最高水平的竞争力，同时还能帮助球员找到正确的打球方式。

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."

他工作极其努力，而我们会按着一个固定的模板寻找加入的球员，所以新加入的球员可以很轻松的融入我们。”

"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."

“每个人都觉得那个球能进的，”杰弗森说。“我们都感觉很好，看起来很棒。我们需要他投篮，一直投一直投，下一次一定会进。”

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

在詹姆斯身边打球就是这样。

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