Kobe still tough, with assists from the greats Kobe站在巨人的肩膀上 原文网址 : http://0rz.tw/Gyhcf MINNEAPOLIS – Out of nowhere one afternoon, Michael Jackson made a call to the irrepressible and isolated Kobe Bryant(notes), and so much changed for him. From a distance, the King of Pop could sense so much of his own obsessive genius within the prodigy. Bryant was the 18-year-old wonder for the Los Angeles Lakers, and no one knew what to make of a restlessness borne of a desperate desire for greatness. 在一个不知道哪儿不对的午後，Michael Jackson给了桀骜不驯的Kobe Bryant一通电话， 在在这之後Kobe产生了很大的改变。 电话的那端，这位流行之王似乎可以在这个神童身上看到到自己近乎偏执的天分。 Bryant是洛杉矶湖人队18岁的新希望，而且在这个时间点， 没人知道是什麽启发给了这个年轻人这种极度渴望成伟大球员的无穷动力。 “He noticed I was getting a lot of [expletive] for being different,” Bryant said. “他注意到了我很想变得与众不同，” Bryant说。 They would talk for hours and hours, visiting at Neverland Ranch, and Bryant has long been fortified by the lessons Jackson instilled about the burden of honoring true talent, about the ways to open your mind to be smarter, sharper and insatiable in the chase. 在Jackson的梦幻庄园中，他们乐於进行数小时的畅谈。 Jackson向Kobe传递了许多对他的看法，包括拥有出众天分的负担， 如何让自己变得更聪明、更犀利、在追求卓越上更加的贪得无厌， 而这些看法都使Kobe变得更加强大。 “It sounds weird, I guess, but it’s true: I was really mentored by the preparation of Michael Jackson,” Bryant told Yahoo! Sports. “我猜这听起来很怪，但是这确实是事实：Michael Jackson就是我的良师。” Bryant这样告诉雅虎体育。 Bryant isn’t much for nostalgia and sentimentality, but it hung in the air as he cut into his steak over dinner recently in the fourth-floor restaurant at the Graves Hotel. Jackson is gone, but Bryant is going on 15 years with the Lakers. Bryant并不是一个多愁善感的人，但是当他在Graves四楼餐厅切开晚餐的牛排时， 某种悲伤的情绪确实弥漫在空气中。Jackson去世了， 而Bryant正在为自己和湖人的第15个年头而努力。 “We would always talk about how he prepared to make his music, how he prepared for concerts,” Bryant said. “He would teach me what he did: How to make a ‘Thriller’ album, a ‘Bad’ album, all the details that went into it. It was all the validation that I needed – to know that I had to focus on my craft and never waver. Because what he did – and how he did it – was psychotic. He helped me get to a level where I was able to win three titles playing with Shaq because of my preparation, my study. And it’s only all grown. “我们谈到他是如何为做自己的音乐做准备，如何为演唱会做准备，” Bryant说。 “他很愿意告诉我他是怎麽做的：如何制作“Thriller”，“Bad”这些专辑， 以及所有必须的要素。 我相信这就是我想要确定的事情 – 去了解到我必须专注於我的目标而且从不动摇。他所做的事情是很神经质的。 他帮助我提升到一个能通过自己的准备和学习， 培养出自己的能力和Shaq一起拿下三连霸的高度。我的整体都提升了。 “That’s the mentality that I have – it’s not an athletic one. It’s not from [Michael] Jordan. It’s not from other athletes. “It’s from Michael Jackson.” “这是我得到的一种思考方法 - 这不是运动员的模式。 不是来师法於Jordan的。也不是来自自於其他运动选手的。 我的专业，来自Michael Jackson。” Bryant wore his Lakers varsity jacket, purple gold. It had several championship trophies across the back. For all the cynicism the years have brought him, a lot of that teenager still lives within. Kobe Bryant is 32 years old now, and he keeps coming and coming like nothing witnessed since Jordan himself. Bryant穿上了代表湖人队的外套，紫金相间的战衣。 在外套的背後印着很多奖盃。这麽多年一直围绕他的种种批判， 很多现在的年轻球员正经历着。 Kobe Bryant现在已经32岁，并且持续前进，这在Jordan之後的球员里是难得一见的。 He’s chasing his sixth championship, a second three-peat, and still, Kobe Bryant doesn’t want to talk about Twitter followers. He doesn’t want to talk about all the Hollywood acting roles he has turned down, the parties and nightlife that he has mostly forsaken in his career. He’s chasing a ticking clock, chasing the ghosts before him – Jordan and Magic and Russell. 他在追寻着自己的第六个冠军，第二个三连霸， 而且Kobe Bryant一点都不碰twitter这一类的东西。 他一点都不想谈论他在好莱坞扮演的种种角色， 他一点都不想谈在他的职业生涯中所放弃的那些派对和交际应酬。 他在和时间赛跑，追赶着在他之前的那些先烈 - Jordan，Magic和Russell。 The world has changed around Bryant in this modern NBA, but his core basketball values have remained largely untouched and unimpeachable: His will stays greater than yours; his talent evolves but hardly diminishes. His single-mindedness remains maniacal. Bryant身处的现代NBA联盟及其所在的世界已经改变了很多， 但是他自己的核心篮球价值观依然是旁人无法触及也无法动摇的： 他将会比很多人更加伟大；他的天份一直在转变但是从不消退。 他对篮球依然一心一意，如痴如狂。 “Guys have voices now, want to build brands,” Bryant said. “I don’t identify with it, but I understand where it’s going, why it’s going there. That’s not for me. I focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.” “人们都想要表达自己的想法，想要发出声音，” Bryant说。 “我不在乎这个，但是我理解这一切都是怎麽来的，是怎麽产生的。这并不适合我。 我只想关注一件事，唯一的一件事 - 那就是尽我所能拿下我能力所及的所有冠军盃。” Yes, he’s got five, and the Lakers stand as a favorite to get him his sixth this season. The false god of celebrity still isn’t intoxicating to him like the grit, the grind of greatness. He still loves the work, craves the pain that comes with pushing himself – pushing everyone. The craft, he calls it: Honor the craft. On the night before every game, he still downloads video into his iPhone from Mike Procopio in Chicago about how opponents may attack him, the way the defenders will rotate to him, the spots where he can feed his teammates the ball – small things beyond the Lakers’ own scouting reports, another edge. Sometimes, they’ll email thoughts back and forth past midnight, which isn’t such a big deal because Bryant seldom sleeps more than three hours a night. 是的，他已经拿到了5个冠军，而且整支湖人和他都朝着第六个在奋斗。 名人那种虚幻的美好并没有如成功旅途上的小碎石那般迷惑着他。 他依然热爱他的工作，在痛苦中砥砺自己 - 也激励着所有人。 这种艺术，他称之为：充满荣誉感的艺术。 每场比赛的前一晚，他都会从芝加哥的Mike Procopio那里把比赛影片下载到iPhone中， 去研究对手的进攻方式，防守球员对他作出的的轮转包夹，以及他给队友喂球的位置。 这一切都远远超出了湖人队自己作出的报告里包含的内容。 有时，他们整晚透过邮件交流讨论，这一点也不奇怪，因为Kobe每晚很少睡超过3小时。 For him, so much of the genius remains in the details. 对於他来说，他的天才有很大一部分要来自他对於细节的坚持。 So when you start a question, “I know you don’t see the end coming … ,” Bryant corrects you quickly. “But it’s a lot closer; I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.” 因此，当你甫开口问了下面这个问题，“我知道你还没看到到生涯终点将要到来……，” Bryant立刻就会打断你。“但是它变近了，我能看到从隧道尽头传来的光线。” And you won’t be the one to stay too long, to make them rip the jersey off your back? 而且你也不会是一个留在这里太久，让他们把紫金战袍从你身上拔去的人吧？ “Just thinking about some of the guys that I take advantage of now, taking advantage of me later – that doesn’t sit too well with me,” Bryant said. “只要试着想想我现在欺负了多少新人，而他们以後会照这个模式去占更新一代的便宜， 这并不会让我觉得有多不爽。” Bryant说。 In a lot of ways, Bryant believes he has never been better. Every time he sees Boston Celtics great Bill Russell, they talk about the ways that you grow, about the ways you take your team and mold and push and prod it. The biggest revelations, the epiphanies, have come out of Bryant’s own trial and error, his own successes and failures. 在很多层面，Kobe认为他不能做得更好了。 每一次当他遇到波士顿塞尔提克队的传奇Bill Russell，他们都会谈论彼此成长的方式， 谈论他们是如何融合队友，进而打造一支劲旅的。 这最大的启示，顿悟，都来自於Bryant自己的试炼和错误，他自己的成功和失败。 For the modern athlete, his recovery from the scandal of the Eagle, Colorado, assault case has been one of sport’s most remarkable. 对这位现代的运动员来说，他从鹰郡丑闻中的反弹，是体育史上最重要的一部分。 “You don’t have a choice,” Bryant said. “You come out of it and you come out of it better than you were. You can crawl up into a little ball like a coward – or you can fight it.” “你没有选择，” Bryant说。 “你从中放下，并且超越自己。 你可以像懦夫般蜷曲成一颗球逃避现实，你也可以像战士一样战斗。” 感谢版友更正 thx Well beyond his most trying personal test, Bryant sees the growth within his professional self in the oddest moments and times. Just a week ago, on a cold night in Milwaukee, he had gone to the scorers table to substitute for Shannon Brown(notes). Only, Brown was hot. He hit a 3-pointer, and another, and another, and soon Bryant – waiting to check into the game with Lamar Odom(notes) – told Odom that he should take out Luke Walton(notes), and Bryant would get Matt Barnes(notes). 超越了对於他个人来说最难的考验後， Bryant察觉自己作为职业运动员，在这最奇妙的时期所取得的成长。 仅仅在一周之前，在Milwaukee的一个寒冷夜晚，他去坐板凳替换Shannon Brown上场。 Shannon的手感发烫，他轰进了一颗又一颗的三分球。 这之後Bryant，在和Lamar Odom等待上场时，告诉Odom他应该换下Luke Walton上场， 而自己的位置应该换上Matt Barnes。 Said Bryant: “Because now I understand: ‘Let him go; let him ride that.’ Back in my younger days, I never would’ve thought about that.” Bryant说： “因为现在我明白：让他去发挥，让他去驾驭球场。当我还年轻，从来没有这种想法。” Ask him what he embraces in his early 30s that he never understood in his 20s, and there’s no hesitation: It’s what everyone insisted he had been a failure with, a perception that he has transformed with two post-Shaquille O’ Neal(notes) championships. 他在30岁时掌握的东西是他20岁完全无法理解的，这一点毫无疑问。 这也是很多人认为他曾经很失败的主因。 但是现在大家察觉在Kobe拿到後-Shaquille O’Neal时代的这两个冠军後， 他已经有了很大的转变。 “How to truly make players better, what that really means,” he said. “It’ s not just passing to your guys and getting them shots. It’s not getting this or that many players into double figures. That’s bull[expletive]. That’ s not how you win championships. You’ve got to change the culture of your team – that’s how you truly make guys better. In a way, you have to help them to get the same DNA that you have, the same focus you have, maybe even close to the same drive. That’s how you make guys better. “如何真正的让其他球员变得更好才是真正重要的，”他说。 “不仅是传球让他们去投篮。不仅是做某些事情帮助他们拿到双十。这都是鬼扯。 总冠军可不是这麽拿到的。你有机会去改变球队的整个文化 - 这才能真正让他们变得更好。 从另一个方面来说，你可以让他们拥有和你一样的DNA， 一样的专注，让大家保持一致性。这才能让他们变得更好。” “I’ve never understood this stuff, where a star player sits out and a team goes into the tank. Well, they need him because he makes them better. Well, if he’s making them better, they should be able to survive without him. That ’s how you lead your guys. You’ve got to be able to make guys suffice on their own, without you. If you’re there all the time and they take you away, they shouldn’t need a respirator. “我永远不能理解这种事，一个球员得到突出的表现然而球队战绩却沉到谷底。 球队需要这位球员只是因为他能让球队变得更好。 如果他能让球队更好的话，即使没有他的参与球队也能赢球。 这是一个领袖应该做的事。 你要让他们能够依靠自己，即使没有你。 当你不在的时候，他们也不需要紧急逃生装置。” “Once I understood all that, I looked at things completely different. I took my hands off. I didn’t try to control them. I let them make decisions, make their own [expletive]-ups and I was there to try and help them through it.” “当我了解这一切的那一刻开始，事物在我面前开始变得不同。 我开始放开手，我不想去控制他们。 我让他们自己做决定，做他们自己的选择。而我在一旁帮助他们。” As much as anyone, Russell led Bryant to those epiphanies. At an NBA All-Star weekend years ago, Bryant introduced himself to the legendary Celtics center and they’ve never missed a chance to sit and share thoughts and memories since. Things Russell told him years ago made more sense as Bryant grew up, grew older and saw leadership and winning through more advanced prisms. When the rest of the league’s best players were invited to play at the White House this summer, Bryant ended up sitting on the side with Russell because of his knee surgery. 就想其他人一样，Russell曾帮助Bryant有所体悟。 在多年前的一个全明星周末，Bryant向这位塞尔提克的传奇自我介绍， 在此之後他们从不放过每一个能坐下来分享记忆和思考的机会。 Russell多年前告诉Bryant的事情对於Bryant的重要性随着他的成长而增加， 最终，在多个面相，我们见证了领导力和胜利的完美结合。 当这个联盟最好球员们在夏天被邀请去白宫时， 最後Bryant因为他的膝盖手术而坐在Russell的旁边。 “Bill is always a Celtic, but I think he’s appreciated my thirst for knowledge,” Bryant said. “Bill一直都是一个塞尔提克的人，但是我想他欣赏我对知识的渴望，” Bryant说。 He’ll never reach Russell’s 11 championships, but he has a chance to pass Magic Johnson’s five championships, pass Michael Jordan’s six and get closest. For as much sense as Russell made to Bryant over the summer in Washington, something else there completely confounded him. As he walked the District’s streets in August, people peppered him with three words: Beat the Heat. 他永远达不到Russell的11个冠军， 但是他有机会去超越Magic Johnson的5冠，超过Michael Jordan的6冠且和MJ更加靠近。 和Russell在那个华盛顿的夏天给予Bryant的意义一样强烈， 另外的某些东西则完全让Bryant觉得厌烦。 当他在八月份走在街上时，人们不停的对他重复四个字：打败热火。 Beat the Heat? 打败热火？ “That’s what I get a lot now,” Bryant said. ‘Beat the Heat.’ ” “这是我现在收到最多的讯息，”Kobe说。“打败热火。” Truth be told, it hadn’t occurred to him that would be the mantra for the two-time defending champion Lakers. “Um, they’re in the East,” Bryant would say. 说真的，这并没有像个魔咒一样缠这位目前二连霸的球员不放 “呃，他们是东区的。”Bryant说。 Which was his polite way of saying: For starters, how about they beat Boston and Orlando? And now, at 8-6, let’s face it: The least of LeBron and the Miami Heat’s worries ought to be Kobe and Los Angeles Lakers. 这是他很礼貌的说法： 对於这样的新球队来说，他们能击败波士顿塞尔提克和奥兰多魔术吗？ 而现在，这8胜6负的成绩，让我们重新看清楚现实。 至少应该是LeBron和迈阿密热火来担心Kobe和他的湖人。 Bryant won’t call it insulting, only saying: “It’s funny. I get a good chuckle out of it.” Bryant并不这当做一种困扰，他只是说：“这很有趣，我获得了一些乐趣。” History matters to him, and that’s why you see his eyes grow as wide as half-dollars when the rivalry with the Boston Celtics gets raised. As Bryant attempts to chase down Jordan’s six titles, the Lakers will try to chase down the Celtics’ 17 titles this spring. The NBA scripted the Lakers vs. Heat on Christmas Day, but Bryant is convinced that these things can be so easily manufactured, made to matter because of television marketers. 历史对他来说更为重要， 这也是为什麽在对阵波士顿塞尔提克时你会发现他的眼睛张得像半张美元那麽大。 当Bryant准备争取和Jordan比肩的第六冠，湖人正试着追上塞尔提克拥有的17冠时， NBA安排了圣诞节湖人与热火的比赛， 但是Bryant相信这些东西很容易为了取悦电视机前面的观众而被人为的操作。 “It’s another game,” he said. “I don’t think the masses understand that. It’s just another game. It’s the Heat. I mean, Christmas morning, I’m going to open presents with my kids. I’m going to take pictures of them opening the presents. Then I’m going to come to the Staples Center and get ready to work. “这只是一场比赛，”他说。 “我不认为所有人都明白这一点。这只是一场比赛。队手是热火。 圣诞节的早上，我会为我的孩子准备礼物。在她们打开礼物时我会为她们照相。 之後我会去Staples Center准备开始我的工作。” “But I’m not doing anything different. I don’t have to.” “但是我不会表现得不同。没必要。” The Celtics? Yes, the Celtics are different. 那麽塞尔提克呢？ 是的，塞尔提克是不同的。 “Now that’s a war,” Bryant said. “Boston is a great city to go to, all the history. If you’re an opponent, they hate your [expletive] guts – like New York, like Chicago, all those Eastern cities. That’s the one that gets me excited. “那会是一场战争。” Bryant说。 “波士顿是一个伟大的城市，那些伟大的历史。 如果你有一个对手，它们憎恨你，就像纽约，就像芝加哥，所有的东区城市。 这会是唯一让我觉得激动的事情。” “If you’re a basketball purist, that’s the [expletive] you want to see.” “如果你是篮球的忠实观众，那才是你不会想错过的比赛。” The Celtics have framed Bryant for history. He sees them as championship peers. He lost in six games to Boston in the 2008 Finals and beat them in seven in 2010. For Bryant, who considers himself a direct descendent of the basketball ’80s, there’s a passage to greatness. To be the best player in the sport, well, Bryant promises there’s a rite of passage which comes with the biggest performances in the biggest games, a rite that comes with titles. 塞尔提克曾经踩着Bryant创造历史。他将他们视做冠军等级的对手。 他在2008年输掉了总冠军赛的第六场比赛，但是在2010年在第七场打败了对手。 对於Kobe来说，他认为自己完全继承了80年代的篮球传统并且正在通往伟大的路上。 为了成为这项运动中最伟大的球员，Kobe允诺将会有一个通过的仪式， 这都原由自最伟大的比赛中那些最伟大的时刻，这是一个包含着无数冠军的仪式。 History dictates the rules, the criteria, and people don’t get to be called the best player in the sport without earning it the way predecessors did. He wouldn’t sit here over dinner and declare himself the best player in the sport, but he’s never conceded it to LeBron James(notes) or Kevin Durant(notes). 历史定义了规则和标准，那些不像先烈一样赢得冠军的人是无法被称为最好的球员的。 他不会坐在餐桌旁宣称自己是这项运动中最好的球员， 但是他从来不愿把这个位置让给LeBron James或者Kevin Durant。 Validation comes with victory. This rule doesn’t belong to him; it belongs to history. 认可来自胜利。但规则并非由他来决定，而是属於历史的范畴。 “In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles,” Bryant said. “ Baseball’s different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There’s a lot of great individual talent. Oscar Robertson was a great individual talent. So was Elgin Baylor. Part of my frustration was that I didn’t want to go down that path for the second half of my career. I didn’t want to be a Dominique Wilkins. I didn’t want to be an Elgin Baylor and not win. … “在一项个人运动中，是的，你必须赢得冠军，”Bryant说。 “但是篮球是不同的。一个人能掌握比赛的节奏，能完全领导伟大的逆转。 这里有很多伟大的天才。Oscar Robertson就是。Elgin Baylor也是。 有些遗憾的是我不想在我的职业生涯後期像他们一样。 我不想当Dominique Wilkins。我不想当Elgin Baylor然後拿不到冠军……” “Part of the pride within me was that I won by being the sidekick. I’m going to be the only player in league history that’s won being a sidekick – and I had a lot of responsibility – going to be the only player to do that, and being the main guy. I’m going to show you that I can do that. “我一部分的荣耀是作为球队副手得来的。 我将会是这个联盟史上唯一一开始当副手 – 然後转而承担有很多的责任 - 在这之外再作为球队的领袖赢得冠军。我将会向你们证明我能做到这些。” “How do I get to the next level? How do I get everyone around me to the next level? Yeah, you’ve got to win; that’s what I had to do. I was a great individual talent but I wasn’t comfortable with that. I wanted to do more.” “我如何达到下一个等级？我如何让周围的人达到下一个等级？ 很好，你必须赢球；这是你该做的事。 我曾经是一个卓越的，独善其身的选手，但是我并不感到快乐。我想要做的更多。” Kobe Bryant wasn’t naming names, but hey, if the Nikes fit … Kobe Bryant想要低调，但Nikes可不会让他这麽做……. “Michael wasn’t Michael until he won championships,” Bryant said. “It’s as simple as that.” “Michael直到他拿到冠军之後才被称为现在的Michael Jordan，” Bryant说。“这就这麽简单。” In so many ways, this has become an NBA of cliques, buddies hanging out with buddies. James wanted to play with Wade and Bosh. Amar’e Stoudemire(notes), Chris Paul(notes) and Carmelo Anthony(notes) have toasted to the possibility of playing together in New York. The draft class of 2003 – James and Wade, Anthony and Bosh – has always run as a pack, always been associates more than adversaries. 如今很多方面显示，NBA里产生了很多小群党，由所谓兄弟之间的情谊构成的。 James想要和Wade、Both一起打球。 Amar’e Stoudemire，Chris Paul和Carmelo Anthony曾经在纽约讨论过联手的可能性。 2003年那一届的选秀 - James和Wade，Anthony和Bosh –似乎喜欢团体行动， 彼此间朋友的形象远多与宿敌。 Kobe Bryant arrived in the NBA as a lone wolf, has played his whole career that way, and that’s how he’ll leave the league. One of the things which Michael Jackson helped him understand was that, ultimately, you’re competing far more with your own standards, your own limits, than someone else’s. Bryant’s never run around in packs of players, never let his career be judged or driven in the context of his contemporaries. Kobe Bryant像一只孤狼般来到NBA，他整个职业生涯都是如此， 而现在他逐渐将离开这个联盟了。 Michael Jackson帮助他了解的一件事情是，说穿了你是在和自己的标准， 自己的极限竞争。而不是和其他人比较。 Kobe从不和其他球员为伍，从不让他同辈的球员去主宰他职业生涯的内涵。 “That’s how I am,” Bryant said. “That’s what made me tough. I didn’t need other guys to push me. This is me. I’m like this with you, and I’m like this without you. Michael [Jackson] was the same way. That was our connection.” “我就是如此，” Bryant说。 “他让我变得更坚决。我不需要其他人去刺激我。这就是我。你可以赞同，也可以批评， 但是我依旧如此。Michael Jackson也是如此。这就是我们之间的共鸣。” Once the NBA’s twentysomething stars were done with the stage-smoke shows this summer, the preening, the predicting of five and six championships, they were playing ball at the White House with the president. On a tour of the West Wing, Bryant tried to be hospitable in those most-familiar surroundings. 一旦那些20多岁的球星们结束了夏天的花花世界生活，并引颈期待，盼望5,6个冠军从天 上掉下来，他们在白宫和总统一起打球。 在一次往西的旅途中，Bryant对这种熟悉的事情感到厌烦。 “You’ve got to go to the bathroom? Oh, go that way, take a left and then turn right,” Bryant said, his head bobbing back in laughter now. “Oh, you want the chef? I know where he is, too. We’ve been a few times.” “你想去洗手间？哦，那去吧，先往左转再往右转，”Bryant说，他摇晃着头大笑着。 “喔，你想要找大厨？我也知道他在哪喔。我们见过几次面。” Yes, Kobe Bryant kind of liked that one. All he knows is this: Between now and the London Olympics in 2012, one of his U.S. teammates ought to do himself a favor and win a championship. Otherwise, it’ll be a long, hot summer of Bryant riding them all. Around Team USA, they’ll tell you that Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade(notes) were the two Americans who had the dispositions to dominate in the gold-medal game’s fourth quarter. “Our alpha dogs,” one official said. 是的，Kobe Bryant很爱这种玩笑。 而他真正知道的是： 现在和2012年伦敦奥运之间，他的某个美国队队友必须帮助他赢得一个冠军。 否则，这个夏天Kobe都会鞭策他的队友们。 在美国队内，他们都会告诉你Kobe和Wade是两位能在冠军战第四节发挥统治力的球员。 "我们的alpha dogs。" 某位官员这麽描述。 Privately, there are plenty of national-team elders and coaches who are curious about how that chemistry will work in 2012. Mostly, they wonder whether James will see it as his time, his team, with Bryant 34 years old. From the return of the Miami clique to the arrival of Kevin Durant, it’ll be a different dynamic, a different vibe. 私底下，有很多国家队的老鸟和教练都很担心球员们如何在2012产生好的化学反应。 大多数的人都担心James会认为他的时代到来了，这是他的球队，那时Kobe已经34岁了。 从迈阿密的强势回归和Kevin Durant的竞争，这将会变成一种不同的动力。 For a moment, Bryant tried to answer it diplomatically. 一度，Bryant尝试很官方的回答这个问题。 “Um, I don’t know,” he said. “恩，我不知道，”他说。 Only, Kobe Bryant did know – and finally said so. 不过Kobe很了解状况，他最终也说出口了。 “Actually, I really don’t give a [expletive]. I’m not curious about it. Give me my [expletive] gold medal and then let me try to win another NBA championship. Let’s practice, have a good time, and if you need me in the last two minutes of the game, I’ll be coming in to pull the [expletive] out. “事实上，我根本不关心。我一点都不好奇。 给我该死的冠军然後让我赢另外一个NBA总冠军。 让我好好训练，好好工作，如果你在比赛的最後两分钟需要我， 我会上场去投进那个绝杀球。” And there you go. Whatever everyone thought would happen this summer, here we are in November and something hasn’t changed in the NBA: They’re still chasing Bryant. Every year, something else is going to stop him. This time, it was the knee. It was LeBron and Wade on South Beach. Something. It’s always something. 现在你们明白了。不管这个夏天发生了什麽，现在才11月， 而且NBA的一些东西并未改变 - “他们依然在追赶着Kobe。” 每一年，总有一些东西想要阻止他。 这一次，是他的膝盖，是在南方海滩的LeBron和Wade。 一些东西，总是有那麽一些东西。 “They don’t learn,” Bryant said. “I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. No matter what the injury – unless it’s completely debilitating – I’m going to be the same player I’ve always been. I’ll figure it out. I’ll make some tweaks, some changes, but I’m still coming.” “他们不了解，” Bryant说。 “我就在这里，我哪也不去。不管是什麽伤痛，除非它完全让我瘫掉， 我将永远做一个始终如一的球员。我会学习一些事情，我会犯错，我会改变， 但我终将会回归这里。” Bryant is 32, chasing Jordan and Russell the way the rest of the twentysomethings chase him. And now he sits up straight and says it one more time, because he wants to make sure everyone understands the truth of the matter. Bryant现在32岁，他正向那些20多岁的球员追赶他一样的追赶着Jordan和Russell。 他现在坚定地再次发出声明，因为他想让所有人都明白这一点。 “I’m still coming.” "我终将会回归这里。" -- █ 洛城 ◢◣ ███◣ 浪子 Los Angeles Boys ★ █ ★ ◢██◣ ★ █ █ ◥█ █φlin798183 ◤ █ █ ██ ◤ ██◤ █ █ ██◤ ◢ ◢◣ █◤◢█ ◢◣ ◤ █◣ █ ◢ ██◤ ◥ █ ◥ ◥◤ █ █ ◥◤ ◢ █ ◤ █ ◢ ◥█ ███◣ ◥ ◤ ███◤ ◢██ ◥██ ◢█◤ --

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