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SACRAMENTO – LeBron James defended Stephen Curry on Wednesday, which was surp
rising because, well, their two teams didn’t play each other.
James星期三防守Curry，呃，這聽起來有點奇怪，因為他們球隊星期三沒有對上。
After James’ Cleveland Cavaliers downed the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train A
rena, the four-time MVP, two-time champion and future Hall of Famer discussed
this phenomenon in which former players so often criticize current stars while
claiming that they’d be never be this dominant in bygone eras. Curry has bee
n the most recent victim of this growing trend, with the likes of Oscar Robert
son and others marginalizing the historic accomplishments of the Golden State
Warriors star and reigning MVP with their self-serving commentary.
就在騎士擊倒國王之後，LBJ談到了最近的一個現象：上古神獸批評現在的球星沒辦法在
它們過去的時代一樣厲害。Curry就是主要的受害者，奧斯卡羅伯森試圖貶低他和勇士隊
的歷史成就。
“Yeah, for me personally in my career I’ve done nothing but big-up the guys
who paved the way for us,” James told USA TODAY Sports. “I’m respectful to
all the guys who paved the way, the greats, guys who were role players, guys w
ho were part of a championship team or was not. I’ve always been respectful,
so it does kind of suck when you’ve got guys who played before us and paved t
he way for us (and) …they like to talk down on a lot of our players, saying,
‘Well if they played in our era it wouldn’t be the same.’”
LBJ表示：在我生涯中，我個人都是讚揚那些為我們鋪路的古人。我尊敬那些偉大球星、
角色球員，無論他們有沒有拿到冠軍，我一直抱著尊敬的態度，所以當他們開始說" 如果
誰誰誰在我們那年代，就不一樣了" 這感覺真的很糟。
James, who is widely known to have the memory of an elephant, instantly recall
ed a time in 2013 when he was the subject of such silliness.
“I heard Dennis Rodman say if I played in their era I’d just be an average p
layer – yeah, about me, that I’d be just an average player,” James said. “
And they say the same things about Steph, ‘If Steph played in our era, then w
e’d be more physical with him and we’d go at him.’ And it sucks because we
’re just trying to carry the torch for the next group to come behind us.
LBJ:在2013年小蟲羅德曼就說過如果我在他們的年代我只會是個普通雜魚，然而他們現在
對Curry說了一樣的話："如果Curry在我那個年代，我們會針對他，給他更多身體碰撞。"
這感覺很不好，因為我們也只是試著將火炬傳下去而已。
“I just want to be able to leave a mark personally, and be able to leave this
game, this beautiful game, when I’m done with it for the next group of guys.
I’m never one to talk down on a group of guys. If they can play, they can pl
ay.”
當我將火炬傳下去，離開這個美麗的比賽時，我將不會貶低之後的球員，如果他們打的很
好，他們就是那麼厲害。
This isn't the first time James went out of his way to speak highly of Curry,
whose Warriors downed the Cavs in last year's NBA Finals. When Curry tied the
single-game record for made three-pointers (12) while setting a new single-sea
son record for threes in a Feb. 27 win over Oklahoma City, James shared his ad
miration like so many others.
這不是第一次LBJ稱讚Curry了，就在上次Curry投進12顆三分球，James和其他人一樣展現
他對Curry的欣賞。
The timing of James’ comments couldn’t have been more fitting, as he will fa
ce retiring Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for the final time at the Staples Center
on Thursday night. The two stars have a mutual respect for one another that h
as been well-chronicled for years, and James spoke glowingly about Bryant yet
again after the win over the Kings.
LBJ這番言論的時間點相當剛好，明天他就要最後一次對上Kobe,這兩個人彼此互相尊重，
在今天擊敗國王後James又再度談到Kobe。
Yet while James has never been shy to share his perspective, he swears he’ll
never become the get-off-my-lawn type when his playing days are done.
“Listen, if we know guys who can’t play at a high level, then you voice your
opinion on it,” James said. “But when you get to talking (about players) li
ke Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron, ‘Melo (Carmelo Anthony), Steph, (James)
Harden, come on. We’re doing our job. We’re doing our job to continue to ma
ke this game beautiful.
“So you hear about (the criticism), but you don’t let it affect you because
we understand that they paved the way for us. Then you’ve got (Tim) Duncan, K
obe, KG (Kevin Garnett). They paved the way for us. Now myself, D-Wade, ‘Melo
, Chris Bosh, CP3 (Chris Paul), we’re kind of paving the way for Steph, Klay,
all those generations, and now they’re doing it for the younger guys. It’s
no biggie.”
LBJ說：聽好了，如果我們知道某個球員表現不夠好，那你就提出你的看法，但是當你講
的是KD,Wade,我自己,Melo,Curry,Harden這些人，拜託別這樣，我們只是在持續讓這比賽
變得美麗。
當你聽到那些批評，但是你不會讓他們影響你，因為他們曾經為我們鋪路，然後是KG,Kob
e,Duncan,現在我,Wade,Bosh,CP3,也為Curry和K湯他們這輩鋪路，而他們也正在為年輕一
代做同樣的事，沒啥大不了的。