[外電] Singular force

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Singular force

We live in an Age of Hype, and we have become conditioned to expect letdowns.

我們生活在一個媒體宣傳的年代，而我們已經習慣於期待失望。

The Next Great Thing never turns out to be quite that, unless, of course, it
does, and then it has a distinct, unforgettable name: LeBron.

下一個大發明從來不曾真的變成那樣重要，除非，當然囉，它真的這麼大，而且它有個
與眾不同的、難以忘記的名字：LeBron。

"Le" means "the" in French. I'm going to guess that "Bron" is just something
that popped into the head of his then 16-year-old mother, Gloria, when he
popped out of the womb on Dec. 30, 1984. We don't know whether she had any
grand designs for this baby boy, but after watching him play basketball for
several years, I hereby declare that "Bron" means "Chosen."

“Le”在法文意思是”the”(這個/那個)。我要猜”Bron”是某樣當他16歲的母親Gloria
在1984年12月30日生下這個嬰兒時，忽然浮現在腦裡的東西。我們不知道她為這個寶貝
有什麼偉大設計，但是看他打了幾年籃球之後，我在這裡宣布，那個”Bron”意味著”
救世主”。

Check out that birth date. LeBron has embedded himself into our consciousness
so deeply that we feel as if we've known him for at least a decade. But LeBron
James is only 23, and if you'd like to put his accomplishments in perspective,
consider that Larry Bird turned 23 a little under two months into his rookie
year. And at the end of that season, as great as he was, we knew he had a lot
to learn.

看看他的出生日期。LeBron已經把他自己深深刻印在我們的意識中，彷彿我們好像已經
認識他至少十年了。但是LeBron James只有23歲，如果你把他的成就列入考慮，Bird的
菜鳥球季時才比23歲多幾個月。而到了那季結束之後，即便像是大鳥那樣偉大，我們也
都知道他還有很多要學的。

LeBron is a different kind of 23, and never mind the face that could pass for
33. At 23, LeBron is a four-time All-Star. He is the leading scorer in the
history of the Cleveland Cavaliers, doing in 380 games what it took Brad
Daugherty to do in 514. He is a member of the Olympic team. He has been to the
Finals. If there's an accomplishment with the word "youngest" attached to it,
LeBron has done it.

LeBron是不同種類的23歲，還有不要在乎他的臉可能已經超過33歲了。在23歲，LeBron
已經是四次全明星。他是克里夫蘭騎士隊的隊史得分王，只花了380場比賽就達成Brad
Daugherty花了514場比賽的成果。他是美國奧運籃球代表隊的成員。他已經打過總冠軍
賽。如果有哪些成就跟”最年輕”連在一起，LeBron都已經達成了。

Was it supposed to be this way? Why, yes, it was. LeBron is simply living up
to everything that was predicted for him when he was, oh, 14.

事情應該是這樣發展的嗎？為什麼？是的，它應該是。LeBron只是達成了每件從他，喔
，14歲就被預測要辦到的事。

He had to have been the toast of Akron youth basketball society at 8, 9, 10,
and 11, but let's pick him up at 14, when he became a starter for St. Vincent
-St. Mary High School. He averaged 20 points and 6 rebounds a game, and the
team won the Division 3 state title.

自從8歲、9歲、10歲和11歲，他都是 Akron少年籃球社團的王者，但就挑14歲吧，當時
他成為 St. Vincent-St. Mary高中籃球校隊的先發。他平均每場20分6籃板，球隊贏得
第三級的州冠軍。

That was the first of three state crowns, the only disappointment coming in his
junior year, when the team moved up in class and was defeated in the
tournament by Cincinnati's Roger Bacon. By that time, LeBron was so far out of
his class individually that he very much wanted to forgo his senior year in
order to enter the NBA, right then and there.

這只是三個州冠軍的第一個，唯一個失望是在高二，球隊在巡迴賽輸給辛辛那提Roger
Bacon中學。在那時，LeBron已經是遠遠超過同儕，而他非常想跳過高三直接進入NBA，
就在那時而已。

You needn't ask how David Stern felt about that. Put it down as a "No."

你不用問David Stern有什麼感覺。就當它是個”不”吧。

By this time, the 6-foot-7-inch swingkid had already appeared on the covers of
Slam, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN The Magazine, and you'd really have to be
living in a deep, dark, cable-less cave to be an American sports fan and be
unaware of LeBron James.

到那時，這個6呎7吋的小孩已經是Slam、運動畫刊、ESPN雜誌的封面人物，你大概住在
又深又黑優沒有網路、第四台的洞穴裡，才可能身為美國運動迷卻不知道LeBron James。

His senior year was rather eventful. His team became the most sought-after
attraction in the history of high school basketball. The team began practicing
at the University of Akron and began playing in far-flung time zones. Having
some national matchup games televised on ESPN2 was one thing. Having plain ol'
ordinary Ohio games televised on regional pay-per-view was quite another.

他的高三是更多采多姿的。他的球隊變成高中籃球史上最多人追逐的球隊。球隊開始在
Akron大學練球，在不同的時區飛來飛去比賽。在ESPN2頻道有好幾場全國對戰轉播是一
件。一場單純的俄亥俄州比賽，卻有區域性看者付費轉播是另一件。

They won the state championship, naturally, with LeBron averaging 31.6 points,
9.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 3.4 steals per. The only loss was a technicality
, a forfeit after LeBron had been suspended for an incident we shall call
Jerseygate. It seems that LeBron had accepted a couple of freebie throwback
jerseys (Wes Unseld and Gale Sayers). Oh, and let's not forget Hummergate.

當然，他們贏得州冠軍，LeBron 每場平均31.6分9.6籃板4.6助攻3.4抄截。唯一的敗場
是技術性地， LeBron因為一件我們稱之為「球衣門」的事件而被懲罰。看起來好像是
LeBron接受了幾件免費的復古球衣 (Wes Unseld和Gale Sayers)。喔，還有不要忘了「
悍馬門」。

Somehow or other, Gloria James was able to leverage her son's name to secure a
loan, enabling her to buy an $80,000 Hummer H2 for her son's 18th birthday. So,
yes, the Ohio High School Athletic Association had a query or two before the
whole thing blew over.

因為不管某種原因，Gloria James發現他兒子的名字可以拿來貸款，讓她有八萬美金可
以買台H2悍馬車當他18歲生日禮物。所以，對了，俄亥俄州高中體育協會在事情爆發前
好像有質疑過一兩次吧。

Let's just say that nothing about LeBron's high school career was what you
might term "normal."

所以你可以乾脆地說，LeBron的高中生涯不是你會用”正常”歸類的。

The same can be said of his game. For LeBron James really is a singular
basketball package. His lineage is pure Elgin Baylor, but we are now 50 years
on, and the evolutionary process is relentless.

你也可以這樣形容他的比賽。LeBron James有整個卓越的籃球天份包裹。他是Elgin
Baylor的後裔，但是現在我們已經過了50年，而進化的過程是不間斷的。

Elgin gave us Doctor J, who gave us Michael, and now we have LeBron, bigger,
stronger, and in possession of more technical skills than his predecessors.

Elgin給了我們Dr. J，後者又給了我們Michael，現在我們有了 LeBron，更大隻、更強
壯，比他的祖先們有更多技術技巧。

Baylor changed the game more than any individual in the last 70 years by making
it diagonal, and not merely horizontal, or, occasionally, vertical.

Baylor比任何人都更多地改變了過去70年的比賽，使它成為對角線的，不只是平面的，
偶爾，還是垂直面的。

And he did it as a midsized player (6-5). He combined forward and guard skills
in a larger physical package than the game had previously known. Julius Erving
put his own flourish on it, and then Michael Jordan took it all to another
level, combining the physical skills with a will to win and icy bloodlessness
that only Bill Russell had ever possessed.

Baylor還只是個中等身材的球員(6呎5吋)。他以較佳的體能融合了後衛和前鋒的技巧，
使比賽到達前所未見的程度。Julius Erving使它茁壯，而Michael把它提升到了另一個
層次，融合了體能技巧和求勝意志、還有只有Bill Russell才有的冷血。

And that, really, is the only question we have concerning LeBron James, who is
the most physically gifted player in the history of the game. He is 6-8, 250 or
so, very strong and astonishingly quick. He is a better rebounder than Michael.
He is a better passer than Michael. But Michael wanted to win badly enough to
make himself into the best defensive player in the league as well as the best
offensive player. LeBron has improved defensively, but he has yet to make that
commitment.

而這個，是我們對LeBron James僅有的顧慮，他是史上最有體能天賦的球員。有6呎8吋
高，250磅左右，非常壯而且令人驚訝地快。他是個比Michael還好的籃板手。他是個比
Michael還好的傳球者。但是Michael是如此想要贏得勝利，讓他成為聯盟中最佳防守球
員，同時也是最佳進攻球員。LeBron的防守有進步，但是他還沒有這種決心。

There are no yeah-buts at the offensive end. LeBron's offensive instincts are
pure unselfish. Like so many virtuosos we've known, he would have been better
off if basketball had become a four-on-four or three-on-three game, rather than
five-on-five. (A conspicuous exception: Bird, who would have been a great
seven-on-seven or nine-on-nine player.) Then he could simply take over a higher
percentage of the time.

在進攻時是沒有”啊是呀不過呢….”的。LeBron 的進攻本能是無私的。像很多我們知
道的籃球大師，如果籃球是個四打四、或是三打三的比賽，他會是比較好的；而不是五
打五。(一個明顯的例外：Bird可能會是個偉大的七打七、或是九打九的球員)。這樣他
可以直接去接管更高比率的比賽時間。

But LeBron understands that it's a five-man game, a team game, and he knows
how vital it is to have the other four feel sufficiently involved. The only ti
me people criticize him is when they think he passes when he should have shot.

但是LeBron了解這是個五打五的比賽，一個團隊運動，而他知道讓另外四個傢伙感覺到
足夠參與有多重要。人們唯一批評他的時候，是當他們認為他應該投籃卻傳球出去的時
候。

If you're a Celtics fan, this is what you wanted. LeBron will be here either
two or three times and at some point he will take your breath away, guaranteed.
You will see him do things, and you will say, "Don't tell me he's 23," but he
is, and you'd better hope the Celtics can deal with him now because he will
get better.

如果你是個Celtics球迷，這就是你想要的。LeBron 會在這裡兩到三次，而某個時間你
會屏息，我保證。你會看到他作一些事，然後你會說”不要告訴我他才23歲。”，但是
他是，而且你最好希望Celtics現在就可以解決掉他，因為他會變的更強。


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