Manage LeBron James shows up in plays every night.

管理勒布朗-詹姆斯每天晚上都會出現在戲。

He played 82 games his last year in Cleveland.

他最後一年在克利夫蘭打了82場比賽。

So through all of the resting that I detest around the sport, LeBron has not been a part of that.

所以，通過所有我厭惡的運動周圍的休息，勒布朗並沒有成為其中的一部分。

But let's just be realistic about the circumstances for a minute.

但我們還是先實事求是地瞭解一下當時的情況吧。

It was a 71 day turnaround from winning the championship in the bubble to starting this season, and he is playing now without Anthony Davis.

從泡椒奪冠到本賽季首發，這71天的轉折，他現在打的是沒有安東尼-戴維斯的比賽。

He is going to be asked at the age of 36 to carry probably a disproportionate amount of load going forward.

36歲的他要被要求承擔大概不成比例的前進。

So the question is, is it reasonable or not reasonable to ask LeBron James to go over and above what we even already expect from him based upon the circumstances at his age?

那麼問題是，要求勒布朗-詹姆斯在他這個年齡段的情況下，去超越我們甚至已經對他的期望，是合理還是不合理？

And in order to answer that question, I will tell you who would have absolutely said he needs to play Phil Jackson.

而為了回答這個問題，我會告訴你誰會絕對說他需要扮演菲爾-傑克遜。

I started covering the Bulls in the early nineties, and when Michael Jordan went off to play baseball, that left Scottie Pippen is the best player on the Chicago Bulls in the 93 94 n b a season, and I have said many times having covered that team day in and day out.

我從九十年代初開始報道公牛隊，當邁克爾-喬丹去打棒球的時候，那剩下的斯科蒂-皮蓬是芝加哥公牛隊93 94 n b一個賽季中最好的球員，我已經說過很多次，日復一日地報道那支球隊。

Scottie Pippen should absolutely have been the M V p of the league that year.

斯科蒂-皮蓬絕對應該是當年聯盟的M V P。

He had a magnificent season, and there was a day after a practice the Bulls used to practice in a place called the Berto Center in Northbrook, Illinois, northern suburbs of Chicago.

他有一個華麗的賽季，有一天訓練結束後，公牛隊曾經在芝加哥北郊伊利諾伊州諾斯布魯克一個叫伯託中心的地方進行訓練。

And I was there every single day.

而我每天都在那裡。

And after a practice when Scottie Pippen that season was playing out of his mind and he was guarding the other team's best player every single night, I asked Phil Jackson, Is it reasonable?

而在一次訓練後，當斯科蒂-皮蓬那個賽季玩得不亦樂乎，他每天晚上都要守著對方最好的球員，我問菲爾-傑克遜，這合理嗎？

I don't know that I use the word reasonable, but something along the lines of Is it reasonable?

我不知道我用的是合理這個詞，而是類似於《合理嗎？

Or are we asking too much of Scotty here to be carrying as much of the load offensively as he is and to be covering the other team's best player every single day?

還是說，我們在這裡對斯科特的要求太高了，他要承擔那麼多的進攻重任，而且每天都要掩護對方最好的球員？

In all the years I covered Phil, that was the only time he ever got mad at a question I asked.

這麼多年來，我掩護菲爾，那是他唯一一次對我問的問題發火。

Phil was not one to get mad, and largely it was because he knew he was so much smarter than you were when you asked the question that generally there was nothing you could say that would upset him.

菲爾不是一個會發火的人，很大程度上是因為他知道自己比你聰明得多，當你問出這個問題的時候，一般情況下你是說不出什麼讓他不高興的話的。

It wasn't important enough to him under any circumstances.

在任何情況下，這對他來說都不夠重要。

And I say that with nothing but respect.

我說這話時，除了尊重之外，別無他意。

I have always loved Phil and I always will.

我一直愛著菲爾，我也會一直愛著他。

But he got mad and he looked right.

但他生氣了，他看起來是對的。

He looked me right in the face, was sort of an angry look and he said, That's his job and I've never forgotten that moment.

他看著我的臉，是那種很生氣的樣子，他說，那是他的工作，我一直沒有忘記那一刻。

At the end of the day, what Phil was saying to me, Waas, you want to be Scottie Pippen?

最後，菲爾對我說的是，華斯，你想成為斯科蒂-皮蓬？

Then you're going to score all of our points and you're going to guard the other team's best player.

然後你要把我們的分數都打進去，你要守住對方最好的球員。

That's your job.

這是你的工作。

If you don't want to do that job, then you could be one of these other guys over here was not going to the Hall of Fame was not one of the 50 greatest of all time was not gonna be showing up at banquets and all this kind of stuff.

如果你不想做那份工作，那麼你就可以成為這些其他人中的一員，在這裡是不會進入名人堂的，不是所有時間中最偉大的50人之一，不會出現在宴會和所有這些東西。

60 years after he retires.

60年後，他退休了。

You want to be a legend, that's what you do.

你想成為一個傳奇，這就是你要做的。

And so I guess that's kind of the answer here.

所以我想這就是這裡的一種答案。

I don't know that there was any other option.

我不知道還有沒有其他選擇。

If you're LeBron James and you're part of a dynamic duo with Anthony Davis and Anthony Davis goes down, it is your job to carry the weight until he comes back.

如果你是勒布朗-詹姆斯，你和安東尼-戴維斯是動態雙人組的一員，安東尼-戴維斯倒下了，你的工作就是扛起重任，直到他回來。

That's his lot in life.

這就是他的人生命運。

There were a lot of great things that come from being LeBron James.

作為勒布朗-詹姆斯，有很多偉大的事情。

It also comes with a lot of expectation and pressure, and again, I'm not.

這也帶來了很大的期望和壓力，同樣，我也不是。

This is if this sounds critical, because I'm saying it in the tone.

這要是聽起來很關鍵，因為我說的是語氣。

I'm saying it, he's not talking about it.

我在說，他沒在說。

I'm talking to all the people who are telling him, Toe load, manage.

我跟所有的人都在告訴他，趾高氣揚，管理。

That's who has me aggravated today.

這就是今天讓我受委屈的人。

LeBron James is healthy.

勒布朗-詹姆斯很健康。

He should play.

他應該打。

That's what basketball players do.

這就是籃球運動員的工作。

Straight talk wireless.

直言無線。

No contract, no compromise.

沒有合同，沒有妥協。

Now this is about to get very confusing and maybe mawr complicated because I have sneaky big news.

現在，這是要得到非常混亂，也許是複雜的，因為我有偷偷的大新聞。

Sneaky big news, and it comes from Brian Wynne Horses Hoop, collective podcast.

偷偷告訴你一個大消息，它來自布萊恩-溫恩馬蹄，集體播客。

If you like basketball, you should be listening toe Windies podcast.

如果你喜歡籃球，你就應該收聽Windies播客。

It is called the Hoop Collective, and he said on his podcast the other day that MBA players are bracing.

它叫胡想集體，他前幾天在播客上說，MBA球員都在支撐。

That is the word he used to describe it bracing, but what the schedule is gonna look like for the second half of the season, talking to some teams, they are bracing themselves for the worst schedule they've ever seen.

他就是用這個詞來形容支撐，但下半賽季的賽程會是什麼樣子，和一些球隊聊過，他們正在為自己所見過的最糟糕的賽程做準備。

All kinds of five games and seven nights, all kinds of strange road trips.

各種五場七夜，各種奇怪的客場之旅。

You're playing East and West in the same road trip.

你在同一個客場打東、打西。

When that schedule comes out way, do you hear the griping?

當這個時間表出來的時候，你聽到了抱怨嗎？

I think there's gonna be a lot of games and and this is gonna go for every team.

我覺得會有很多比賽，這對每支球隊來說都會有很大的影響。

We're just gonna have to rest guys like it's not even gonna be guys who have injuries.

我們只是要去必須休息的傢伙，就像它甚至不會是誰有傷的傢伙。

You're just gonna have to use gonna look at them and go.

你只是要去使用 要去看看他們，然後去。

We've just played our second five and seven game stretch in this month and we gotta get this guy down here and there.

我們剛剛打完這個月的第二場五場和七場比賽，我們得讓這個傢伙在這裡和那裡。

So that is what this is about to all look like.

所以，這就是這一切的樣子。

And it means to me, and I understand it.

而它對我的意義，我也明白。

Okay, in a pandemic, there are always more questions than answers, and I am one who is going to be very hesitant in any circumstance to seriously question the decisions that are being made by leaders in any industry, particularly sports, because that's my area of expertise during the pandemic.

好吧，在流行病中，問題總是比答案多，我是一個在任何情況下都會非常猶豫的人，不願意認真質疑任何行業的領導人所做的決定，尤其是體育行業，因為在流行病中，這是我的專業領域。

So I totally get that they're feeling is we got to get all these games in however we can.

所以我完全明白他們的感受是 我們必須儘可能地把所有的比賽都打完。

That was the envy.

那是羨慕。

The NFL's philosophy, right?

NFL的理念吧？

How many times do we say it here over the course of the football season?

在足球賽季的過程中，我們在這裡說了多少次？

The first priority is not fairness.

第一要務不是公平。

It's just getting the games in.

這只是讓遊戲中。

But I do think that at some point the question is worthy of raising.

但我認為，在某些時候，這個問題是值得提出的。

Is it realistic to get all these games in the second half of the season?

下半賽季要把這些比賽都打完，現實嗎？

Is it worth it?

值得嗎？

Of all these guys were not going to play if we're gonna have a love these compromised games, I very carefully thought about what word I would choose to use their all these games that are being compromised because LeBron James, who doesn't want a load manage, isn't gonna play his fifth game in seven days at the age of 36.

所有這些人都不打算玩，如果我們要有一個愛這些被妥協的遊戲，我非常仔細地思考我會選擇什麼詞來使用他們所有這些被妥協的遊戲，因為勒布朗-詹姆斯，誰不想要一個負載管理，不會在36歲的時候打他的第五場比賽在七天內。

And we all know how the MBA works.

而我們都知道MBA的運作方式。

These guys don't play those games anyway.

反正這些人不玩這些遊戲。

I wonder if someone needs to be saying you know what, I know what's taking a loss.

我不知道是不是需要有人說你知道什麼，我知道什麼是吃虧。

I know we've taken financial hits because of this pandemic last year and We don't want to take any more if we can avoid it.

我知道因為去年的這場大流行，我們已經承受了經濟上的打擊，如果可以避免的話，我們不想再承受更多。

But I do wonder if for the best interest of the game in the big picture, they need to consider not playing that many games.

但我不知道為了遊戲的大局利益，他們是否需要考慮不玩那麼多遊戲。

If that's what the Schedule is gonna look like and it means these guys, all the players you want to see aren't playing so many of these games.

如果時間表是這樣的，這意味著這些人，所有你想看到的球員都不會打這麼多的比賽。

I wonder if, in the end that juice is worth the squeeze.

不知道，最後那杯果汁是否值得一榨。

I'm glad I don't have to make that decision.

我很高興我不用做這個決定。

I will not be critical of either way.

我不會對任何一種方式進行批評。

They decide to go because these are people who are making decisions I can't fathom and it's way above my head might have my ability to understand and they're dealing.

他們決定去，因為這些人在做決定，我無法理解，這是我頭上的方式可能有我的理解能力，他們正在處理。

They have data in front of them that I'll never see.

他們面前的數據，我永遠不會看到。

So I will not be critical.

所以我不會責備。

But I hope someone is at least raising that point.

但我希望至少有人提出這一點。

If this is gonna mean half the n B A is load managing half our games, we need to consider playing fewer games.

如果這意味著一半的N B A要管理一半的遊戲，我們需要考慮少玩幾場。

I assume that conversation has been had.

我想應該是已經談過了。

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