美国杂志SLAM最新一期的封面 https://reurl.cc/K11e
Ben Simmons is Going to Take Over the NBA
西蒙斯即将接管NBA
Dwyane Wade first met Ben Simmons a few years ago. He can’t remember exactly
when, but what he does remember was that it was for a summer workout, and
that LeBron was there, too, and that Simmons at the time was a skilled but
shy Australian kid who had just recently come over to the United States to
play high level high school basketball.
Dwyane Wade第一次见到Ben Simmons是在几年之前。具体时间已经记不清了，他只记得是
在一个夏季训练营里，LeBron James也在场，当时Simmons还是一个技巧娴熟但青涩的澳
洲小孩，刚刚来到美国参加高水平的高中篮球比赛。
And also this:
此外，他还留下了这样的印象：
“You coul
d see the way he looked at guys like ourselves and how we worked,
he was taking notes, mental notes,” Wade recalled prior to a recent practice
in his first-round playoff series against Simmons’ Philadelphia 76ers, a
series in which Simmons carved up Wade’s Heat and became only the fifth
rookie in NBA history to record a postseason triple-double. “To see him a
few years later and see where he is in his game, it’s impressive. He’s on a
different level.”
“你可以从他看着我们这些球员打球的样子中看出，他一直在做笔记，用他的大脑，”
Wade在最近一次季后赛首轮训练前回忆道，在这轮系列赛中，Simmons率领费城76人队淘
汰了Wade的迈阿密热火队，并成为NBA历史上第5位新秀赛季即在季后赛中砍下大三元的球
员，“几年之后再见到他，看到他在比赛中的表现，真的让人印象深刻。他已经达到了一
个完全不同的水平。”
But most of all, there’s that thing you see while watching Simmons play,
whether in person or on TV. If you’ve watched him you’ve no doubt
recognized it. The cliché would be to label it the “It Factor,” but doing
so would be an oversimplification.
但最重要的是，无论你是在现场还是通过电视观看Simmons的比赛，你都能在他身上发现
某种东西。只要你看过他的比赛，你就能清楚地辨别出来。用一句老话来说，这是一种“
吸引力（It Factor）”，但仅仅是这样还无法准确描述它。
Simmons is both aggressive and composed, both rousing and repetitious, and he
is forever effortlessly walking the tight rope that connects these two
worlds. It’s a trait rarely seen in players, let alone rookies (or, for you
Donovan Mitchell-loving sticklers out there, second-year guys playing NBA
games for the first time), and yet it’s the foundation of Simmons’
basketball DNA. And it’s all because he’s chasing something different than
most.
Simmons既侵掠如火又不动如山，既振奋人心又“重复乏味”，他总是可以毫不费力地在
两种模式之间来回切换。这样的特质很难在球员身上看到，更不用说是新秀了（或许对
Donovan Mitchell的粉丝来说，Simmons只是第一年打NBA的二年级球员），而这正是
Simmons的篮球DNA的基础。这一切都源于他所追求的东西是那样的与众不同。
He’s asked why that’s important to him.
他也被问到为何这些东西对他来说如此重要。
“Because I can,” he says.
“因为我能做到。”他回答道。
Simmons, in other words, is chasing something that only a few athletes ever
find within their grasp.
换句话说，Simmons正在追求那些只有少数球员才能拥有的东西。
He’s chasing greatness.
他在追求伟大。
BY YARON WEITZMAN
https://www.slamonline.com/nba/ben-simmons-slam-cover-2/
https://reurl.cc/G22D 这期除了Simmons当封面也找两个人 一个是 DeAndre Ayton
一个是Luka Doncic 他们两个可能是2018选秀状元