老大的比賽將口頭支票兌現 By: Travis Heath 原文網址http://0rz.tw/cc3WV With the playoffs just around the corner, it's easy to forget the kind of turmoil Laker-land was in 11 short months ago. In May of 2007, Kobe Bryant demanded a trade. Things got nastier from there as a hidden videotape of Bryant surfaced over the summer which featured Bryant telling two men that the Lakers should have shipped Andrew Bynum to New Jersey for Jason Kidd. Bryant also encouraged the two men to get a Bulls jersey, implying he would soon be traded to Chicago. Many of the so-called experts were sure Bryant was on his way out, with some even saying publicly he had played his last game as a Laker. Training camp started and the sense of tension and uncertainty was palpable. Bryant remained quiet, though, apparently having learned his lesson from opening his mouth over the summer. Still, it didn't take an expert on human behavior to understand Bryant clearly wasn't happy in LA. 隨著季後賽即將開打 人們也很輕易就忘了11個月前湖人團隊經歷的騷亂 在2007年的5月 老大要求一項交易 事情隨著老大告訴兩個人湖人應該把敗嫩(當時還沒轉職成霸男)交易 到籃網換來接生小孩的秘密錄影帶光而變得難堪 老大也叫那兩個人去買公牛的球衣 似乎 暗示著他將會轉戰公牛隊 許多所謂的專家確信老大將會離開湖人 有些甚至公開發表說老 大已經打完他在湖人的最後一場球賽 而後訓練營開幕了 緊張的情勢和不確定性都變得明 朗 老大保持沉默 顯然他在夏天時的大嘴巴讓他學到了教訓 但即使不是人類行為的學者 也充分了解到老大有多不樂意待在LA As the season progressed, though, a funny thing happened: Bryant started playing the best all-around basketball of his career. In the past, he likely would have reacted to such adversity by trying to score his way out of it. This time around he chose a different path. He embraced the team concept and in doing so achieved an almost perfect sense of balance with regard to looking for his own offense and setting up teammates. The results have been nothing short of remarkable. 隨著例行賽的進行 有趣的事發生了 老大開始打他生涯中最團隊的籃球 在過去 老大在逆 境中總會嘗試自己去得分 這次他選了不一樣的方法 他加深了團隊意識 並在自己進攻和 帶動隊友之間掌握到了近乎完美的平衡 結果很顯而易見 Some pundits have pointed to Pau Gasol as the reason the Lakers have been so much better this season. While Gasol has certainly helped, he's only been a member of the team for a couple of months. Others pointed to Andrew Bynum as being the key, but like Gasol, Bynum was only a factor for part of the season due to injury. The one constant this season has been Bryant, and it's his play that has been most instrumental in helping the Lakers ascend to the status of championship contender once again. 有些自以為懂的人指出耶穌才是湖人的救世主 當然他在被交易來的短短幾個月內的確幫 了大忙 其他則指出霸男的轉職才是關鍵 但就如同耶穌 由於受傷影響他也只是部分因素 整季不變的因素是老大 他的改變才是本季帶領湖人重新成為熱門冠軍候補的最大原因 So all things considered, were Bryant's harsh words this summer just the catalyst for change the Lakers needed? Not according to his head coach Phil Jackson. 那麼是否老大在夏天時嚴酷的發言才是讓湖人更好的催化劑呢?爺爺不這麼認為 When asked if Bryant's words ended up serving as motivation for his team, Jackson replied: "No. No I don't. I think he was anxious and maybe he spoke out of anger at some point. But no, I don't consider them good." 當被問到是否老大的發言成為了讓球隊更好的動力時 爺爺答道"不 我不這麼認為 我想 他很焦躁 也許有時他說話沒經過大腦 但不管怎樣我不認為那些話對我們是有益的" Jackson's sentiment seems to represent what most of the mainstream thinks about Kobe's comments. Most have characterized them as angry, divisive and even selfish. But if the end result is the Lakers evolving into one of the best teams in the Association, might it be reasonable to believe Bryant's tactics were successful? 爺爺的想法似乎就代表著一般人對老大的發言的普遍看法 多數人認為那是很不理智 引 起不和 甚至自私的話語 但要是結果卻是讓湖人成為聯盟最佳球隊 那麼相信這是老大的 反串戰術成功是不是也變得合理了呢? "Sometimes when you're front and center in a situation you've got to shake some trees, and that's something I had to do," Bryant told HOOPSWORLD. "It seemed to work out pretty well." "有時當你身處在某種狀況 你必須做點什麼讓結果往好的方向發展 而那就是我必須去做 的"老大告訴HOOPSWORLD(本外電的來源) "看來結果非常成功" Yes, Bryant upped the ante by calling out his team and took a substantial amount of heat for it this summer. Many, including your friendly neighborhood columnist, believed this was a move that essentially threw his teammates under the bus. But at the end of the day the NBA is a ruthless, results-oriented business. It's certainly not a league where much time is devoted to worrying about other's feelings. And while Bryant's words might have stung, they also motivated. The end result was many more victories for the Lakers and a team capable of competing for a title. 是的 老大對這支隊伍提高了賭注 他在夏天投入了大量實質的熱情 許多人 包括我在內 都相信這是老大要將一切歸咎於隊友的動作(老子那麼拼 再打不起來就是你們的錯啦 科 科) 但NBA是一門無情的 結果決定一切的生意 不需要太在乎別人怎麼想 老大的話或許傷 人 但也激勵了人 結果就是湖人得了更多勝利並有能力來爭取總冠軍 Based on the Lakers' success this season, might history re-frame the comments Bryant made this summer as motivating and necessary as opposed to selfish and divisive? 基於湖人本季的成功 歷史可能重新解釋老大的話是為了激勵隊友而非出於自私或鬧分裂 "Maybe," Bryant replied. "I think it worked out well. I think it put a lot pressure in places where we publicly needed it. It made us be a little bit more aggressive to do some things." "大概吧"老大答道 "我想結果很好 那些話給了我們需要的壓力 讓我們變得更積極" While Bryant couldn't fully anticipate the results of his decision to speak his mind this summer, he felt speaking up was something he had to do. 在老大還無法預測那席話造成的結果時 他認為說出他想說的就是他該做的 "It just worked out. It wasn't something I was thinking about, obviously, but you have to speak your peace. If I'm going to be blamed for the losses that's fine, but if I'm going to go to war I'm going to make sure I have the necessary bullets to fight in this battle. Then the heat that I'll take, I'll be more than willing to accept it." "那些話起了作用 而很明顯我當時並沒有料到 但是你必須說出來 如果輸贏都要掛在我頭 上 我也認了 但既然派我去打仗 我就要要求充分的軍備 然後我會非常樂於接受眾人批判" There's an old adage in competition which states if you're going to talk, you had better be able to back it up. Kobe has. Put simply, Kobe's game this season has cashed the check his mouth wrote last summer. 有句古老的諺語是這麼說的 說到就要做到 而老大做到了 簡單來說 他本季的比賽兌現了 他去年夏天用嘴巴寫下的支票 You may not like what Kobe had to say, you may think it was divisive and selfish, and there might be some truth to all of that. However, you absolutely can't argue with the results thus far. And in the cutthroat world of the NBA, results are all that matter. 你也許不喜歡老大說過的 你也許認為那些話出於分裂和自私 而或許有某種事實存在 但 顯然你無法反駁結果是好的 在搏命的NBA世界中 結果代表一切 --

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