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Kevin McHale continued his war of words with Houston Rockets star James Harden on Friday.
麦克海尔持续和哈登之间的口水战
The former Rockets coach turned TV analyst had fired the opening salvo last week by declaring that Harden is "not a leader."
Harden responded by calling McHale "a clown" and questioning his character.
前火箭教头转战球评圈于上周在节目中开砲："Harden不是一名领袖"，
而哈登回应："你是一名小丑"
"Calling me names is not going to change my opinion as to what I saw when I was there," McHale said Friday on TNT.
"It's hard to have credibility if you don't play defense."
麦克海尔："即便你这么称呼我，也不会改变我对你的看法。
如果你不防守，很难拥有领袖的威信"
McHale remained complimentary of Harden's basketball skills while explaining what he considers to be leadership.
麦克海尔在解释他所认为的领袖时，并不吝于称赞哈登的篮球技巧
"Harden is a hell of a basketball player, he really is," McHale said.
"And to James' credit, I will say this: He organizes guys in the summer.
He does a lot of stuff. He does a lot of those things.
When I was talking more about leadership is ... it's a tie game at half.
It's a playoff game, or you're playing another team that's tough and rumble, and they're going to get after you.
And all of a sudden, with four minutes to go in the third, you're down nine.
They're getting every loose ball, they're getting every rebound, they're doing all this stuff.
It's not about skill at that point. It's about will.
I gotta impose my will on you. James at that point gets a little bit ... that's not his personality.
Chris Paul, in turn, will get in your face, go nose-to-nose with you, say, 'Hey, let's go,' and I think that's what you need.
Draymond Green does a great job, whenever you need a spark.
He's out there going jawing with somebody."
"哈登是一个天杀的篮球好手，他的确是"
"值得赞扬哈登的地方在于：夏天时他著召集了大家，他做了很多事情想帮助球队更好。
但当我谈到所谓领袖时... 是在中场比赛平手时、是在季后赛时，
或是你所属的球队打得很挣扎时，他们想跟随着你，希望你有所作为。
当第三节还有四分钟时，落后九分，
队友拼抢每一个球权、篮板、做了任何他们可以做到的事...
在这个时候不关乎能力了，是关乎‘意志力’，队友们会寄望你带领大家，
在这一点上，哈登做得有一点... 这不是他的人格特质
然而，保罗会当着你的面、鼻子碰鼻子的那种距离，
跟你说："嘿 来吧 我们可以的" ， 我想这是哈登所需要做的。
当你在比赛中需要一点激励、火花时，追梦绿在这部分做得很棒。
[...剩下的略过翻译，大抵是重述先前的口水战]
Houston acquired Paul during the offseason, and McHale has praised the move due to Paul's leadership abilities. "Chris Paul will have that leadership at those times where [Harden] gets a little bit introverted, a little bit quiet," McHale said Friday. "You saw the game with the Spurs, he gets to the point where he's just passive. And Chris Paul's not like that." McHale coached Harden for three-plus seasons in Houston.
"He's a clown, honestly," Harden said after the Rockets' open practice Saturday, following McHale's initial comments. "I did anything and everything he asked me to do. I've tried to lead this team every day since I stepped foot here in Houston. To go on air and just downplay my name, when honestly he's never taught me anything to be a leader. ... "But I've done a great job. The organization, my coaches, you can ask any of those guys how I've worked extremely hard every single day to better [myself],
obviously as a basketball player, but be a leader as well. To go on air and downplay my name like that, it just shows his character. I usually don't go back and forth on social media with anybody or with interviews, but I'm going to stand up for myself, and there it is. But you just don't go and do that. It shows what type of person he is." McHale was fired in November 2015 despite being only 11 games into a four-year, $12 million contract given to the coach in the wake of the Rockets' trip to the
Western Conference finals the previous season. Harden believes that bitterness about the firing played a significant role in McHale criticizing him. "Sure. And I had nothing to do with it," Harden said. "I'm just here to do my job, compete at the highest level I can. But when you're here, you're face-to-face, and you're telling me one thing