手撕前任!勒布朗讓我不開心

Running a team around LeBron James isn't as fun as one might think, at least in former Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin's experience.

圍繞勒布朗·詹姆斯運轉一支球隊並不像人們想象的那麼有趣，至少前克利夫蘭騎士隊總經理大衛·格里芬的經歷這麼告訴我們。

Griffin, the New Orleans Pelicans' new vice presidentof basketball operations, told Sports Illustrated's Jake Fischer he was "miserable" trying to build around the superstar and knew he would leave after the Cavs won the 2016 title.

格里芬，如今是新奧爾良鵜鶘隊新任籃球運營副總裁，他對《體育畫報》的傑克·費舍爾說，他對試圖圍繞這位超級巨星打造球隊感到痛苦，而且他明白騎士隊贏得2016年冠軍後他就會離開。

Griffin was promoted to general manager in February 2014 and that summer James decided to rejoin the Cavs to bring a title home. The GM at first celebrated, then broke down thinking of burden.

格里芬在2014年2月被提升爲總經理，那年夏天詹姆斯決定重返騎士隊，把總冠軍帶回家鄉。這位總經理先是慶祝了一番，但想到隨之而來的壓力就開始崩潰了。

The pressures of annually supplementing LeBron James with a contending roster mounted endlessly.

這個壓力與日俱增，因爲你每年都需要爲勒布朗·詹姆斯補強球隊陣容。

"Everything we did was so inorganic and unsustainable and, frankly, not fun. I was miserable," Griffin says. "Literally the moment we won the championship I knew I was gonna leave. There was no way I was gonna stay for any amount of money."

“我們所做的一切都是生硬地堆積在一起、不可持續，坦白地說，毫無樂趣可言，我過得很痛苦。”格里芬說。“從我們贏得冠軍的那一刻起，我就知道我要離開了，給我多少錢我都不可能留下來。”

James was also under year-to-year contracts and Griffin said the teams "won despite our culture to a huge degree."

由於詹姆斯多次簽下1+1合同，格里芬說球隊“雖然在贏球，但對球隊文化的傷害太大了”。

He told SI he wanted to do things differently and realized if you prioritize the destination despite everything "that might be the only time you get there." The feature was about his renewed optimism and drive building the Pelicans.

他告訴《體育畫報》他想做一些不同的事情，並意識到如果你把目的地放在首位，拋開一切，“那可能是你唯一一次到達那裏的機會”。這篇專題講述了他重新燃起的樂觀精神和重建鵜鶘的動力。

The Cavs reached the NBA Finals four consecutive seasons beginning in 2014-15, all against the Golden State Warriors. After coming back from a 3-1 final series deficit, the city got its first championship in 2015-16.

克利夫蘭騎士從2014-15賽季開始，連續四個賽季闖入NBA總決賽，四年抗勇。2015-16賽季總決賽3-1落後勇士的情況下逆風翻盤，爲克利夫蘭這座城市帶來第一座NBA總冠軍獎盃

Griffin "privately wept in an Oakland broom closet," Fischer writes, while the team partied."I didn't watch the league, and I didn't love the game anymore. I was so fixated on outcome that I just totally lost my joy."

格里芬“在奧克蘭的清潔間裏獨自抹淚，”費舍爾寫道，當時球隊正在聚會。“我沒有看聯賽，也不再熱愛比賽。我太在意結果了，完全失去了應有的快樂。”

The Cavs did not renew his contract after the 2017 NBA Finals, concluding three years and one title. James lobbied for him to receive an extension earlier that year.

2017年NBA總決賽結束後，騎士隊沒有與他續約，標誌着這份帶着一個總冠軍的三年之緣結束了，這年早些時候，詹姆斯曾遊說他接受延期。

Griffin took time off from basketball operations and did NBA TV appearances. He accepted the job with the Pelicans in April.

格里芬開始從籃球運營中抽時間在NBA電視節目上露面，四月，他接受了鵜鶘隊遞來的橄欖枝。

Griffin recognized two key aspects of a team led by James. He was the uncontested star of the Cavs, as he is again with the Los Angeles Lakers, and his signing was dubbed the return of the king.

格里芬認識到了詹姆斯帶領的球隊的兩個關鍵方面。他是騎士隊無可爭議的球星，現在他又與洛杉磯湖人隊交換合同，他的簽約被稱爲王者歸來。

The first thing is, anything good will be attributed to him and anything bad likely won't. Via SI: "The reason [it's overwhelming] is LeBron is getting all the credit and none of the blame. And that's not fun for people," Griffin says. "They don't like being part of that world."

首先，任何好的事情都會歸功於他，而任何不好的事情可能都不會。《體育畫報》：“（這是具有壓倒性的）原因是勒布朗得到了所有的榮譽，而沒有受到任何指責。這對人們來說並不有趣，”格里芬說，“他們不喜歡成爲那個世界的一部分。”

The second is that there are dilemmas specific to leading a superstar to his coveted title. Much has been made of how much say James has in choosing his coach and how much say the coach has in doing his job. Griffin said James approved of him in part because they had dialogue.

其次，要帶領一個超級巨星獲得他夢寐以求的冠軍頭銜，有一些特定的難題。詹姆斯在選擇教練方面有多大的發言權，教練在履行職責方面又有多大的發言權，這些都已經被充分討論過了。格里芬說，詹姆斯之所以認可他，部分原因是他們有對話和溝通。

"You've got to be willing to have very difficult conversations with LeBron," Griffin says. "I always was, which is why we had a great relationship, because I would tell him what he needed to hear and he respected that I was telling him that for the right reasons."

“你必須願意和勒布朗進行非常困難的談話。”格里芬說：“我一直都這樣做，這就是爲什麼我們之間的關係很好，因爲我會告訴他需要聽到什麼。他尊重我是因爲我這麼說是有正當理由的。”

Griffin told SI he doesn't think James is "the same animal anymore about winning" and that there's not much else for him to accomplish.

格里芬告訴《體育畫報》他認爲詹姆斯不再是爲贏球而戰的動物了，他已經贏得了所有可能贏得的榮譽。

Many believe James signed with the Lakers to further his entertainment businesses and Hollywood career. He's currently filming the anticipated "Space Jam 2" and has other film ventures in the works.

很多人認爲詹姆斯和湖人隊簽約是爲了進一步發展他的娛樂事業和好萊塢生涯。他目前正在拍攝預計中的《大灌籃2》，並有其他電影項目正在製作中。

Then there's his statement from 2017 that he wants to play in the NBA with his son, LeBron James Jr.

再來看看他2017年的聲明，他想和兒子小勒布朗·詹姆斯一起在NBA打球。

LeBron James Jr. (aka Bronny) will turn 15 in October and the scouting reports are mixed. His dunk sealed his team's Big Time Hoops tournament title over the weekend and James took the heat for being, well, a little Lavar Ball-esque.

小勒布朗·詹姆斯（又名布朗尼）將在10月滿15歲，關於球探的報道可謂喜憂參半。他的灌籃在週末鎖定了他的球隊在籃球錦標賽上的冠軍，詹姆斯也因爲有點球爹的風格而備受矚目。

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