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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，这听起来有点奇怪，因为他们球队星期三没有对上。
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.
就在骑士击倒国王之后，LBJ谈到了最近的一个现象：上古神兽批评现在的球星没办法在
它们过去的时代一样厉害。Curry就是主要的受害者，奥斯卡罗伯森试图贬低他和勇士队
的历史成就。
“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，我个人都是赞扬那些为我们铺路的古人。我尊敬那些伟大球星、
角色球员，无论他们有没有拿到冠军，我一直抱着尊敬的态度，所以当他们开始说" 如果
谁谁谁在我们那年代，就不一样了" 这感觉真的很糟。
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年小虫罗德曼就说过如果我在他们的年代我只会是个普通杂鱼，然而他们现在
对Curry说了一样的话："如果Curry在我那个年代，我们会针对他，给他更多身体碰撞。"
这感觉很不好，因为我们也只是试着将火炬传下去而已。
“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.”
当我将火炬传下去，离开这个美丽的比赛时，我将不会贬低之后的球员，如果他们打的很
好，他们就是那么厉害。
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.
这不是第一次LBJ称赞Curry了，就在上次Curry投进12颗三分球，James和其他人一样展现
他对Curry的欣赏。
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这番言论的时间点相当刚好，明天他就要最后一次对上Kobe,这两个人彼此互相尊重，
在今天击败国王后James又再度谈到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说：听好了，如果我们知道某个球员表现不够好，那你就提出你的看法，但是当你讲
的是KD,Wade,我自己,Melo,Curry,Harden这些人，拜托别这样，我们只是在持续让这比赛
变得美丽。
当你听到那些批评，但是你不会让他们影响你，因为他们曾经为我们铺路，然后是KG,Kob
e,Duncan,现在我,Wade,Bosh,CP3,也为Curry和K汤他们这辈铺路，而他们也正在为年轻一
代做同样的事，没啥大不了的。