Talking With Chris Jent About LeBron James 同Chris Jent谈LBJ Posted by Vince Grzegorek on Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:48 PM 原作者：Vince Grzegorek　 原文网址：http://tinyurl.com/yakm4x5 　 克里夫兰当地的运动部落格'64 and counting最近专访骑士助理教练兼LBJ投篮导师Chris Jent，以下为专访内容（恕从简翻译）。 Most of you know by now that Cavs assistant coach Chris Jent is LeBron's personal shot tutor, of sorts. There's a great story from the Dispatch that goes over how the relationship began — LeBron basically saying, "I trust you, Chris," and Chris going, "Me? Really? Ok." — and how it's helped LeBron and what it's meant to Chris. Here, we mainly talk about where LeBron is now shooting-wise, where he might go, and how Chris is still helping him get there. VG: So what is with LeBron's off balance jump shot lately? It's not all the time, but sometimes he looks like he's falling and throwing his right leg out, and I've started noticing it a lot more lately. VG:首先，为何最近LBJ投off balance jump(後仰、横移等跳投)时，似乎时常会踢出他的 右脚？ Chris Jent: I don't know. I think anytime you take shots, you work on things and try to do it a certain way each time. To shoot the ball the same way each time is harder for some than others. He does lean, and I think he's had a tendency to do that — I think ever since he started shooting. But overall,I think he's done a great job of consistently shooting the same shot. CJ:我不知道。我想每次投篮时，我们都努力采固定方式投篮，对部分球员来说，要做到 这一点比其他球员还难。他投篮时身体确实习惯倾斜，这是他从小就养成的习惯。但 总的来说，我想他在固定投篮姿势这方面作的很好。 VG: When you're watching, if you start to notice something hinky in his shot, do you give him some time to see if he's going to self correct, or do you say something immediately? Do you wait for off days? What's the procedure? VG:当你注意到他的投篮有些问题时，你会先给LBJ时间，看他是否能自行修正，抑或马上 提醒他?你会等到休兵日再提醒他吗?通常是怎麽做的? CJ: I say to him immediately when time presents itself during game or practice ,because of where we are now. Before, I would wait. Now, with his recognition and muscle memory, now he can apply it right away. He can identify mentally right away what I'm talking about. CJ:在以前，我会等待适切时候再提。现在，基於他对我的信赖，以及他养成的肌肉记忆， 如果我在比赛或练习中一发现这种问题，会立即告诉他，他可以马上察觉那儿出了问题 。 VG: Is it like fixing a hitch in a golf swing or a baseball swing? Is it harder for jump shooting? VG:这就像修正高尔夫球的挥杆及棒球的打击吗?修正投篮是否比前二者更难? CJ: I think what people don't consider a lot of times, someone like LeBron has to take different shots because he typically shoots of the dribble. When you shoot off the dribble with a contest, because people are always aware of where he is, he's going to have a repertoire of different shots. Now, some you don't like, some you don't want to see him use, but we're not out there with people 7'1" coming over to contest shots with someone on your hip. CJ:我想人们常忽略一点，像LBJ这样的球员，因为通常是运球後投篮，所以投篮出手时的 状况很少相同。他身旁随时都有防守球员，所以投篮时一定会受到干扰。所以，虽然他 部分的出手有待商榷，有时你不喜欢他的部分投篮，但他投篮时通常身旁都有人防守， 而且有长人在後方封阻。 VG: So,it's different than Parker or Boobie, who are usually spotted up in the same spot? VG:这麽说来，和Parker及Gibson这种定点射手所面对情形大有不同罗？ CJ: I think so. Those guys are jump shooters, and they have been since they picked up a ball, and they're between 170-185 pounds. CJ:我想是的，那些人是射手，从小就是，而且他们只有170至185磅。 VG: Right, not 270 pounds. VG:嗯，他们并非270磅。 CJ: So, there's a lot of different things that go into LeBron's shooting. Obviously, you're always searching to shoot the same shot every time. That's what makes you a good jump shooter. That, and forgetting about the misses and trying to replicate the makes. CJ:所以，有很多因素会影响LBJ的投篮。但显然的，我们还是要尽量采用固定出手方法， 　 这是一个好射手的要件。此外，尽力去重覆那些投进的出手，并忘掉那些没投进的。 VG: Something I've wondered about, and I think fans have to, is how coachable LeBron is. Whether it's deciding not to run a certain play, or doing something that you suggest, even if he does trust you with his shot and did handpick you to help him. Does he immediately listen to you, or is it a process? VG:球迷及我都很好奇，LBJ是容易接纳别人指导的人吗？虽然他在投篮这方面确实信任你 　 并选择你帮助他，但当你建议他做或不做那些时，他会直接听你的，或需要一个过程? CJ: That's a good question. I think that itd' have to make sense to him, or any person as talented as he is. It'd have to click, for him to say, 'I see what you're saying.' If you typically are dealing with professionals, you better have something to back it up. So, if I'm going to come to him with something, I'll have tape or know well enough that he'll know in his mind what I'm talking about, and that makes him more open to what I'm saying. CJ:这是一个好问题。对他这麽有才能的人来说，你的建议必需具体、有效，并要能让他 　 理解。就像和专家谈论事情一样，你提的东西必须有真凭实据。所以，如果我要给他 　 一些提议时，通常我会带上录影带佐证，抑或至少要对我要提的东西滚瓜烂熟，并能 　 阐述清楚，以确保他能理解，而我这作法，让他对我所作的建议持更开放的态度。 VG: You probably don't do it the same way as the "Hoops Whisperer" does. There was an excerpt from Chris Ballard's book about LeBron's trip to see Idan Ravin and one part is still stuck in my head. Ballard quotes Ravin as saying, ""You are far and away the most talented player in the league, way more talented than Kobe. But you don't even have a go-to move in isolation, you can't handle the ball that well, and you can't shoot, really. Think about that." I'm assuming there's more diplomacy involved in your relationship? VG：你的作法似乎与"Hoops Whisperer"不同。Chirs Ballard的书曾提及LBJ曾去探访 Idan Ravin一事，让我印象深刻。Ballard描述Ravin对LBJ说"你是联盟中最有才能 的球员，你的才能比Kobe高出甚多。但你单打时甚至还没有必杀绝技，你的控球不 　　怎麽好，你不会投篮，真的，好好想想吧。"　我想你和LBJ的关系有较多的交流。 CJ: Um, yeah. I don't know anything about that, but yeah. CJ:呃，是。我对你刚提到的这事一无所悉，但我和LBJ有许多交流。 VG: I've been wondering about LeBron's post moves. We know that was his big offseason push — to further develop his game in the post and add some moves to his repertoire. But it seems like we haven't seen much of that this year so far, save for a few plays. Is there more that he's holding back? Is it a matter of just playing in the post more? Is he saving it? VG：我很好奇LBJ的低位单打。我们知道那是他这个暑假练球项目的核心是进一步发展 　　低位单打，来增加一些进攻的手段。但本季除了一些球外，我们似乎还没看到许多 　　低位单打。LBJ在这方面还有所踌躇吗？或是他需要一段时间适应内线单打？还是 他有所保留? CJ: I think he has more to his game down there. I think that typically people aren't going to allow him to sit down there and go to work. A lot of times they will double team right away or show double team or we'll anticipate double team ,so finding a rhythm posting up is more difficult for him than other guys. CJ:敌队球员不会随意让LBJ在低位进攻，他们时常马上包夹他，所以他要在低位找到节奏 　 并不容易。 VG: Plus he's looking to pass first. VG:此外，他在低位时常以传球为先。 CJ: Right. He's pass first in the post. No doubt about that. He's thinking pass ,and to be honest with you, for him to be a better post player he's got to think score first. For him to expand his post game, whether it's quick spins or face and go, whatever avenue he decides to go, you'll see him be a better post player when he thinks to score first. Right now, where he is, he's thinking pass first. CJ:你说的没错。他在内线时，第一反射动作常是传球。说实话，如果他要成为一个更好 　 的内线单打球员，他应该要以得分为先。不管是快速转身或正面高举高打，如果他第 　 以得分为优先考量的话，就会成为更好的低位球员。而现在，他还是以传球为先。 ------------------- 内容太多，下半部分择日再翻，有人愿意帮忙更好XD。 VG: Do you think more of that will come out if he spends more time playing the 4? CJ: I think it'll all just come with the repetition of posting. If you look at the sheer numbers, you're looking at 5-6 times a game it happens now — not isolation on the wing, but actual posting up, and I think that it's going take more repetition and being in that position of the floor. But i hope that when he knows he's going be one on one that he'll be more aggressive and looking to score and take better advantage of those opportunities. VG: Are you guys finding a high success rate for plays that involve LeBron in the post? CJ: We've been pretty efficient because of the way he approaches posting up. Becahse he's a passer. But a lot of that depends on us making shots, because he's going to allow guys to double team. We have a system of spacing on the floor when there's help, and he knows where his outlets are, and he reads the defense and tries to find the open guy, whether it's someone knocking down a 3 or Andy or Shaq making a move to the rim to finish. We do get good things, though, out of him posting up. VG: What about the quality of his shot selection. How has that changed over the years? Has it gotten obviously better? CJ: I think so, because i think he's a better shooter. Now, he's gong to have the ball in his hands, as much as he does, and if you look at where he shoots the balls, the areas, and how many times he gets to the line, and how many times he's shooting a jump shot compared to other players in his situation, of which there's only a few — he's the best, if not up with the best. Now does he lean from 16-feet? Then you have to determine things by looking at the tape. But if you go by sheer numbers, as a guy that we expect to help us win ballgames, he's doing the right thing with the basketball. VG: I guess 'ceiling" is an odd word to be using with LeBron, but what are your thoughts on his ceiling as a shooter, both in terms of just jump shots and in total field goal percentage. I mean, he's improved every year for the past four years — going from 47% to 49% last year, on a lot fewer shots, to over 50% this year with a TS % of over 60%. Can he keep getting better? CJ: We do talk percentages a bit. His goal is to always get better. I think he'll get better. I think the challenge for LeBron is playing off the ball. He's been better this year off the ball — playing pick and roll, maybe off Shaq posting up — and if he accepts and grows with playing off the ball then I think you'll see his percentages go even higher. He'll have an edge on his chances then. But anytime he does something, everyone knows where he is, especially with the ball in his hands, and that's something that we're going to continue to ask him to do for us and it's he wants to do that. But as he grows without the ball, his percentages will go higher. VG: You've been working with LeBron for awhile now over the summers. CJ: This was the third summer. VG: How much of the summer worldwide tour did you go on? CJ: We actually sat down before the summer. He kind of clued me in, saying, 'This summer is going to be crazy. This summer is going to be insane. I can't even tell you all the places we're going to go.' This was right at the end of the year. And he said, 'I understand you've got family.' He knows where I'm coming from. If we're not working, then I'm going to be home. If I'm going to travel, we need to work. He told me he wanted to work this summer and I want to make sure you have a schedule for this.' So I got a preliminary schedule and I sat down with his guys and we went through the entire summer. There were only a couple of segments that I couldn't do, whether it was a family vacation I couldn't miss, or whatever it was. Like, I coach the summer team, so obviously I couldn't miss that. Other than that, though, I was there for everything. VG: Very hard, I would imagine, with a family and a wife and kids to be gone that extensively over the summer after being gone so much through the season. CJ: Yeah, it's really hard. I love working in basketball, and I certainly enjoy working with LeBron, but on my list of priorities, my family is number one. My job, our job in this league, you know that no matter what you're doing, the time is tough and the schedule is tough. But then to do it during the summer, you absolutely have to have a very special family, and my wife being very close to me, to — honestly — even tolerate it. I'd be lying if I didn't say it causes friction and stress. I mean, listen, I'm a dad, and I want to be a father to my kids most of all. You can't lose sight of that. VG: So what was the breakdown for the summer — home vs. being on the road? CJ: I don't know exact percentages, but I would say somewhere around 65-35 or 70-30, with the majority on the road. It was an arduous summer. VG: Hopefully it all pays off. CJ: Definitely. --

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