http://www.dailynews.com/lakers/ci_3721696 This year, Bryant put the 'V' in MVP Keven Chavez Kobe Bryant is the best player in the NBA. Kobe Bryant是NBA里最好的球员。 Bryant has elevated his game to another level this season, quite literally carrying the Lakers into the playoffs. Without Bryant, the Lakers right now would be considering whether they should draft Adam Morrison or Rudy Gay. Instead the Lakers are wondering whether they match up better with the Suns or the Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Bryant在这个球季把他的球赛提升到另一种层次，更实在地带领湖人进到季後赛。如果没 有Bryant，湖人现在或许在思考该选Adam Morrison还是Rudy Gay。然而湖人现在却能烦 恼的是，他们在西区季後赛第一轮，碰上太阳跟碰上金块，那个比较好。 With that in mind, Kobe Bryant should also be the easy choice as the league's Most Valuable Player. In all likelihood, however, he will not earn the award this season. What should be an open-and-shut case, is instead considered a wide-open race. 照这样来看，Kobe Bryant也应该会是联盟选最有价值球员时的好选项。可是，从所有可 能性来分析，他今年应该不会获得这个奖项。原本应该是一目了然的事，现在却被认为是 人人有机会的竞赛。 So why won't Kobe be the choice? Well, probably because we media types - who vote for this award - like to overthink the word "valuable," thereby missing the implication of simply picking the most outstanding. 所以为什麽Kobe不会是那个选择呢？好吧，或许是因为我们这些手中握有选票的媒体人喜 欢过度在"有价值"这个字上打转吧，因此无法看到这个奖的意涵，那就是这个奬其实只不 过是选出表现最特出的球员而已。 Since it's a lot easier to focus on Bryant's on-court positives (35 ppg, an unexpected playoff berth, a Bonds-esque respect from opponents during crunch time, that 81-point game), maybe it's best to focus on the supposed negatives against the "Bryant in 2006" campaign. 要把焦点着重在Bryant在场上的正面表现是十分容易的，例如平均35分、意外的晋级季後 赛、在关键时刻给对手Bonds式的问候、还有那场81分的比赛。但是比起"Bryant在2006" 的宣传效果而言，或许要把焦点放在假设性的负面上更是极度容易。 Kobe is selfish. Kobe很自私。 This might be true, but is that really a negative aspect in a basketball player? Consider any great player in NBA history. Selfish is an adjective which would fit almost every time. There is only one ball, someone has to take charge. Shouldn't the "most valuable" player be the one with that ball in their hands? 或许是真的，但是这对一个篮球员就一定是负面的吗？看看NBA历史中随便一个伟大球员 ，自私是个几乎都可以套在每个人身上的形容词。球只有一颗，总是有人要拿，难道"最 有价值"的那个球员，不该是把球拿走手中的那人吗？ Kobe doesn't make his teammates better. Kobe无法让他的队友更好。 This may have once been true, but it's getting more and more difficult to support this thinking. Who would have thought Lamar Odom would crank out near triple-doubles almost every night and Kwame Brown would come to life? The Lakers are unquestionably better this season than the one before, this month than last and this week than last. Some, if not most of the credit must go to the star player. 这或许曾经是对的，但这个论点愈来愈难成立。谁曾想过Lamar Odom会几乎每晚都很快的 送出近乎是大三元的成绩，还有谁又曾想过Kwame Brown能再度复活？湖人这个球季毫无 疑问的比去年好，这个月比上个月好，这个礼拜比上个礼拜好。如果最大的功劳不是因为 那个明星球员，那总有一些吧。 The difference is Phil Jackson, not Kobe. 造成改变的是Phil Jackson而不是Kobe。 This is debatable, but ultimately impossible to tell, particularly since Kobe missed so much time with his injured shoulder last season. It's undebatable, however that Kobe Bryant was strong, focused and committed all season. Now, with the playoffs on the horizon, the whole team looks like that. Coincidence? Doubt it. 这可以说是有争议的，但也不是绝对不可能判断的，尤其是自从Kobe上个球季肩膀受伤而 缺赛这麽多场以来(湖人的表现)。 这也可以说是根本不用辩的，不过这个要说Kobe Bryant错，那就错在他整个球季都很专 注也很坚定。现在，随着季後赛接近，整支球队看起来比较有专注跟坚定的意志了。巧合 吗？质疑。 Kobe's not a team player; He broke up the dynasty. Kobe没团队观念，是他让王朝崩解。 This will always be Kobe's personal Swift Boat Veterans argument. Some fans will never forgive him for being the last one standing after the Lakers were dismantled. Would a team of Kobe, Shaq and 10 D-League-caliber players be much better than this year's team? Doubt it. 这永远会是Kobe个人如同Swift Boat Veterans般的争议。有些球迷永远不会原谅他，只 因为他是湖人被拆散後的，最後一个还稳如泰山的。但是一支拥有Kobe, Shaq加上10名发 展联盟等级般球员的球队会比今年的好上很多吗？质疑。 So who might beat out Kobe? 所以谁能赢过Kobe？ Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki is a valid candidate every year, but why this season? The Mavericks increasing last season's win total from 58 games to 60? Whoopee. Elton Brand has clearly been great, but Cuttino Mobley and Sam Cassell truly changed the face of the Clippers. Detroit's Chauncey Billups is just one piece of a tremendous team. Cleveland's LeBron James is worthy, but he'll have plenty more chances to win MVPs. Ditto for Miami's Dwyane Wade and Denver's Carmelo Anthony. 小牛的Dirk Nowitzki每年都能变成MVP的正当候选人，但为什麽今年不行？小牛从去年的 58胜成长到今年的60胜？哇！ Elton Brand显然很不赖，但是Cuttino Mobley和Sam Cassell也的确改变了快艇的表面价 值。活塞的Chauncey Billups不过是伟大球队中的一块拼图。骑士的LeBron James真的有 价值，不过他还有很多次机会可以拿MVPs。热火的Dwyane Wade和金块的Carmelo Anthony 也一样。 And then there's last year's winner, Phoenix's Steve Nash. 接着还有一个去年的得主，太阳的Steve Nash。 Consider that in the entire history of the NBA, only 25 players have won the league's MVP award and you could write a near complete history of the league using only those names. Cut the list down to those players with multiple selections (Pettit, Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Moses, Bird, Magic, Jordan, Karl and Duncan) and you might realistically have your five starters and five reserves on your all-time, all-NBA team. 从NBA完整的历史来看，到目前只有25名球员拿到联盟的MVP，你简直可以仅仅用这些名字 来写下NBA几乎全部的历史。让我们把名单缩减到那些拿过好几次的人(Pettit, Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Moses, Bird, Magic, Jordan, Karl和Duncan)，那你从古到今的NBA第一 队的先发五人和替补五人也差不多有了。 Nash was a nice selection last season. He and the Suns came out of nowhere. And perhaps his performance this season has been even more "valuable," with superstar teammate Amare Stoudamire missing most of the season with a knee injury. But the league's media members are also the game's historians. They are the protectors of the NBA's legacy. Look again at the list of multiple winners and ask yourself if Nash belongs on that list. Nash是去年很不错的选择，他和太阳队从没落到昇起。而且他今年的表现或许更"有价值" ，因为全明星队友Amare Stoudamire膝伤而几乎整个球季无法上场。 但是NBA的媒体朋友们也是研究球赛的历史学者，他们保障的是NBA留给後人的一切，再看 一次那拿过很多次MVP的名单，扪心自问，Nash是不是该放到名单内。 When considering this era of NBA basketball, should history recognize its greatest players as Tim Duncan and Steve Nash? Yes, and an emphatic no. Kobe Bryant deserves his spot in the record books. He's earned his place in history. Bryant is the game's most outstanding player and he's also its most valuable. That's not a contradiction. 不过回到眼下的这个NBA篮球的年代，历史是不是该认定他最好的球员是像Tim Duncan还 有Steve Nash呢？是应该，不过还有一个强而有力的否定来源。 Kobe Bryant在纪录簿上应该写上一笔，他在历史中占有一席之地。 Bryant是比赛表现最杰出的球员，他也是最有价值的。 这并不矛盾。 --

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