https://www.si.com/nba/2021/12/29/lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-plays-center
LeBron at Center? Lakers Might Be On to Something
LBJ打中鋒？ 湖人可能有點作為
作者：ROHAN NADKARNI
Los Angeles experimented with James at center in its win against the Rockets. Is this the best path forward?
湖人在打贏火箭的比賽讓LBJ扛C ，這是正確的方向？
Necessity is the mother of all lineup changes. In the midst of a five-game losing streak, an injury to Anthony Davis and ineffective play from veteran bigs DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard, the Lakers started LeBron James at center on Tuesday night. The result? A 32-11-11 triple double for LeBron, a much-needed win for the Lakers and perhaps most importantly, a few positive signs in the shot diet of James.
因為5連敗、AD受傷 兩位中鋒無所發揮的情況，LBJ作為中鋒於週二出賽，結果如何？ 32-11-11 大三元摘下湖人急需的勝利。更重要的是LBJ在出手選擇上更為積極 。
A brief look at LeBron’s counting stats this season wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. Despite all of the struggles for the Lakers, James’s basic box score is very LeBronian. For the season, James is averaging 27.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 6.7 assists a night. His points per game would actually be his highest since his final year in Miami, though LeBron is getting a little boost in that department by playing his most minutes a night in a Los Angeles uniform. Peek a little closer at the numbers and you’ll
see James is shooting 7.5 threes per game, while his free-throw attempts have dipped to a would-be career low of 5.4.
LBJ目前的數據不會引起什麼特別的關注，儘管湖人表現掙扎，但LBJ依舊還是那個LBJ ,場均27.6 /6.7/7
這是他離開邁阿密後的最高得分（翻譯此篇時得分已經被推高為28.5 ）
雖然增加出場時間也是原因之一（比去年多打3.5分鐘）
但如果你仔細看，他每場投7.5個三分（翻譯時為7.9）而罰球數量也降低
One of the more interesting long-term developments of James’s career has been his embrace of the three. Remember, this was someone who in his first Finals was basically being dared to shoot by the Spurs. (A Finals that now took place nearly a decade and a half ago, but still.) The book on James was always to concede jumpers, except now at 37-years-old, he’s much more effective at making defenses pay with his shot. But are those threes worth it if they come at the expense of James shooting at the rim?
在LBJ的生涯中有趣的一點是他對三分球的掌握。讓我們回憶一下他的第一個總冠（被馬刺守死 https://vault.si.com/vault/2007/06/18/taking-care-of-business）
而且他提到LBJ的文章也強調他要提升自己的投射，除了他已經37歲，他現在的武器能更好的讓防守者付出代價，但考慮到犧牲他強勢的籃下進攻，這些三分是否值得？
According to NBA.com’s shot tracking data, LeBron is shooting only 40.2% of his field goal attempts within 10 feet this season. That’s the lowest frequency recorded by the data, which goes back to 2014. Through 2020, that number was almost always at, near or above 50%, a testament to James’s ability and will to get into the paint or within a CDC-discouraged distance of the rim.
根據NBA.com的數據，LBJ在10呎的投射命中率只有40%，是他在14年後的最低命中，而在2020年 他的命中則保持接近50%。
James is currently shooting well enough from beyond the arc that his 58.6% effective field goal percentage is his highest mark as a Laker. (Of all players launching at least 10 shots a night, LeBron is 11th in EFG%.) But James routinely used to be in the 60s in effective shooting, including his last two years in Cleveland as well as his final year in Miami. And that’s where his playing at center, which has already been beneficial for the Lakers, could get LeBron some even easier looks moving forward.
而LBJ的投射有效命中率EFG%則有58.6% 是湖人最好的。(在所有NBA每場出手10次以上的球員排11 ，譯者翻譯時已上升到6）這就是他在中鋒時的進攻表現，這對湖人更有利，可以讓LBJ打的更輕鬆。
LeBron performs really well when asked to function as a big. According to NBA.com, James generates 1.57 points per possession when acting as the roll man in a pick-and-roll, but it’s a play he runs only 2.4% of the time on offense. (Against Houston, there were two instances in the final two minutes when James set a screen for Westbrook and then rolled to the hoop for an easy dunk.) Meanwhile, James also produces 1.09 points per possession when he posts up, a figure higher than the likes of Joel Embiid
and Kevin Durant, or even his teammate Anthony Davis. But James often doesn’t have the room to operate on the block with other bigs on the floor. Against the Rockets, there were multiple instances of LeBron either catching the ball on the block with the rest of the Lakers around the perimeter, or him being able to seal his man and call for the ball literally in the middle of the paint.
被要求打C的時候，LBJ打的更好更輕鬆。在每次發起擋拆時可以得到1.57分，但在進攻端他只有2.4%的時間需要跑動，而同時他在擋拆後籃下得分也來到1.09，高於死神KD跟鉛筆Embiid甚至是他的隊友AD(我查了一下 是「這2年的AD」）
後面那段我看不懂，我的理解是雖然因為火鍋或大個子的封鎖，他沒有太多操作空間。他常常在禁區接球後，而他的隊友在外圍等待出手機會。而他能突破封鎖或是傳球出去放找空檔冷箭。
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搭配前後文 ，我的理解是湖人讓LBJ從禁區接球發起進攻，遠比禁區屯一堆肉棒來的好發揮，他可以在肘區選擇進攻、幫西河掩護、為其他射手製造機會。然後LBJ減少大量跑動，減少體力消耗。這某方面是一種逆點名的打法，只要對位沒辦法1:1守住LBJ就會製造更多的包夾，這也意味夠多的空檔。跟LBJ在騎士從外圍跑動點名是完全不同的打法。
這操作有夠潮，一獸四射的進化版。
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而這操作可以幫助進攻排名25的湖人在進攻端更加輕鬆。
The Lakers as a whole are so much more aesthetically pleasing to watch when the offense isn’t cramped, and the numbers bear it out. When LeBron and Russ are on the floor, they have a 97.8 offensive rating (yuck) when paired with Jordan, a 107.1 offensive rating when paired with Howard, but a 113.9 mark when none of Jordan, Howard or Davis are on the floor—or the equivalent of this season’s second-best offense in the league.
當空間不在侷促的時候，湖人的進攻美學開始體現，而數據證明了這一點。LBJ與西河皆在場，若場上還有DAJ他們的進攻消率是可撥的97、如果換成魔獸也只有107
但他們的三個大個都不在場時，湖人的進攻效率高達113.9 AKA 聯盟第二好的進攻水準 。
後面就是講這是因為AD不在時沒有辦法的辦法
但看起來AD回來之後很可能在進攻時這種打法，今年的AD在45度接球實在有夠雷，但在防守端AD還是可以提供幫助
簡單說湖人的小球跟普通人的小球不太一樣 。
反而可以保護LBJ而不是的巨量消耗他
所以防守端LBJ放棄一些、減少碰撞應該是球隊共識。