哈登《時代週刊》專訪 Q&A - NBA

最新一期的《時代雜誌》有一篇哈登的專題報導：
https://t.co/l68zwjzZOw

這是從專題獨立出來的哈登訪談
Q&A: James Harden Tells TIME He's The World's Best NBA Player
by Sean Gregory 2017-2-17
https://goo.gl/J8ujO5

原文的訪談很長，也有一些跟之前報導重疊的地方，
這裡只挑出一些有趣和不常見的回答來翻譯。
完整的請見原文～

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How do you rewire your thinking, moving from shooting guard to point guard?

問：從分衛到控衛，你怎麼轉換思考模式？

I’m still trying to figure it out. Most point guards, their job is to
facilitate and get guys involved. Me, scoring is the first nature. I’ve got
to figure out when it’s time to pass, when it’s time to be more aggressive.
It’s like a second guy in your head, talking to you every possession. ‘Here
you go, make the right pass, here you go. O.K., he’s open, hit him. O.K.,
now you’re open, shoot the ball now.’ But it makes the game fun, when you
have someone on your shoulders talking to you.

答：我還在摸索。控衛的主要工作是帶動隊友參與，但我一直是得分優先。
我必須拿捏何時該傳球、何時該出手。那就像腦中有另一個人在和你對話：
「做出正確的傳球，很好。他有空檔了，快傳給他。
好，現在你自己有空檔了，出手吧！」
這個對話過程讓比賽更有趣了。

Does the second guy have a beard as well?

問：另外那個人也有大鬍子嗎？

No, he’s shaved. Clean cut.

答：沒有喔，他鬍子刮得乾乾淨淨。

What’s the most fun aspect of distributing the basketball?

問：負責控球的最大樂趣是什麼？

Seeing Montrezl Harrell get 30 points. [Harrell has scored 29 and 28 points
this season]. Just him scoring, him getting an opportunity, him happy after
the game. He’s just excited, he’s talking, smiling. It’s like a life
changing experience for him. He’s in the NBA but he never knew what it felt
like to get 30 points in a game. I can usually take that for granted. But for
him, to get that experience, I just sat back and watched him. That right
there was like, 'OK, the more I can do that for my other teammate, the
better.' One game I want Ryan [Anderson] to hit 12 threes in one game, or
Eric [Gordon] to hit 12 threes, or Trevor [Ariza]. Patrick [Beverley] was two
rebounds from having his first triple double. I want them to experience that.
Because that right there is something they haven’t consistently experienced
in their life.

答：看到Montrezl Harrel拿下30分。[Harrel本季最高得分是29和28。]
看他得分、看他得到出手機會，看他賽後開心的樣子。
他整個超興奮，一直說個不停、笑個不停。
雖然進了NBA，但他從來不知道在一場比賽拿30分是什麼感覺。
對我來說，這已經習以為常了；但對他而言，是前所未有的經歷。
所以我很樂意坐在一旁，看他享受這樣的經驗。

在那個時刻，我會想：「好！我要像這樣去幫助隊友，而且多多益善。」
我希望某場比賽看到RA投進12顆三分，或者EG投中12顆，或者Ariza等等。
或是看到PB再拿兩個籃板、得到生涯首次大三元。
我希望他們也能享受這些，因為這樣的機會不是場場有。

You’ve been called a counterintuitive player. Why do you think that fits?

問：你被稱之為違反直覺的球員，你覺得這說法符合事實嗎？

I’m not the fastest guy, from end to end on the floor, or the most athletic.
I don’t touch the top of the backboard. But I can get to my spots, get to
where I need to be. That’s all that matters.

I’m at my own pace. You’re not going to make me play faster than I want to
play. Most guys speed up. I need to get to point A, I’m going to get to
point A when I want to get point A. When I need to change direction to get to
point B, it’s when I need to go to point B. So it’s a different mentality
you have to have. It’s thinking a step or two steps ahead of the defender.

答：我速度不算快，運動能力也不算好。我摸不到籃板的上沿。
但我能夠隨心所欲，去我想去和該去的地方，這才是重點。

我有自己的節奏，你沒辦法強迫我打快。
很多球員能瞬間加速，我則是想去A點，就能抵達A點，
如果我必須改變方向去B點，我就能去B點。
你需要不一樣的思考模式，要比防守者提早料想到下一步或兩步。

Growing up in Los Angeles, did you think honestly you'd be an NBA player?

問：你在洛杉磯長大，有想過自己將來會成為NBA球員嗎？

You have a dream, you have a goal that you want to do something, you’re
going to find a way to do it. At that time, I didn’t know how it was going
to happen. But I knew it was going to happen.

I was chubby. Had asthma. Wasn’t that tall. Scott Pera [Harden’s coach at
Artesia High School in the LA area] had me on the track, had me just working.
It was probably the worst time of my life. I was lazy. He had me running
miles. I needed my inhaler, I’m about to pass out. It wasn’t good. But I
got better at it. He saw it in me.

I never had anything given to me. Even as a McDonald’s All-American, you had
the Blake Giffins, you had the Derek Roses, the Michel Beasleys, the O.J.
Mayos, all those guys were in my class. I was a McDonald’s All-American. But
I was at the bottom still.

答：人總有夢想，有個想達成的目標，然後想辦法去實現。
當時我不知道過程會怎樣，但我相信夢想會成真。

我以前胖胖的，還有氣喘，長得也不高。
Pera教練幫助我走上正軌，要求我不斷訓練。
那時應該是我人生裡最艱難的時候。
我有點懶，但教練一直逼我跑步。
我需要用到吸入器，還差點昏倒。當時的情況很不好。
但我有了進步，教練看出了我的潛力。

我的一切都不是憑空而來的。
跟我同屆的麥當勞全美高中生，有像Blake Giffin, Derek Rose,
Michel Beasley, O.J. Mayo這類的亮眼新星。
雖然我入選了其中一員，但仍然最底層的那個。

You lead the NBA in most free-throws attempted -- and made -- per game. Was
there a moment you realized you had a knack for drawing fouls?

問：你是目前NBA的罰球王，你何時發現自己很會造犯規？

It was Oklahoma, maybe the end of my second year. They taught you to chin the
rim: going to the rim, but the ball up, chin it, so you can finish. I did the
opposite. I kept the ball down. Because you have to really good hands to
strip the ball. And I have really strong hands. If you reach and you get my
arm, that’s a foul 90 percent of the time. So I just used to it my
advantage. Now I see everybody is doing it. I see Demar DeRozan doing it,
Kawhi Leonard. I’m not saying I started it. But I think I definitely brought
it back to everyone’s attention.

答：在雷霆隊的時候，大概是我第二年球季結尾的時候。
隊上教我們在攻擊籃框時，要把球護好，再去終結。
我做的剛好相反，我把球伸出去。
你必須要手夠快才能搶下球，而我的手非常強壯。
如果你伸手但碰到的是我手臂，那有九成是犯規。
所以我善用這項優勢。
現在我看到越來越多球員用同樣的招式，
像是Demar DeRozan啦，Kawhi Leonard啦！
我不敢說是自己開創的先例，但現在越來越多人注意到這招了。

Do you think this hurts your perception in some sense, because people think
the refs give you too many calls?

問：大家說裁判給你太多哨子了，你覺得這會讓人對你觀感不好嗎？

Yeah, for sure they think the referees are helping me out. But that’s not
being helped out. That’s the same contact as when you’re going to the
basket and you get bumped in the air. A foul is a foul no matter how it’s
committed. I’m just using my brain and my IQ and finding different ways to
be crafty and get to the basket and score the basketball.

It’s not like I’m going to the basket looking for arms, and looking for
foul calls. I’m just going to the basket, looking to finish, and if you
reach, it’s a foul. That’s the perception most people have -- he goes to
the basket looking for fouls. No. I go to the basket with my arms out, and if
you foul me, then you foul me. It’s your fault. [Laughs]

答：確實，人們覺得裁判的哨子偏向我。但這不是裁判故意幫忙。
這就和你攻擊籃框時產生的身體接觸沒什麼兩樣。
犯規就是犯規，不管是怎麼犯的。
我只是善用自己的腦袋和球商，找到不同方式去靠近籃框得分。

我上籃的時候並沒有在找手臂接觸，或等哨聲響起。
我就是攻擊籃框、設法終結，如果你伸手了，那就是犯規。
大多數人都覺得：哈登上籃都是在找犯規。
錯！我只是把手臂伸出去上籃。
如果你對我犯規，那就是犯規。錯在你自己。[笑]

You were raised by a single mother in Los Angeles. In his book, former NBA
coach George Karl suggested that players without fathers in their lives were
prone to negative behaviors. Back in December Kenyon Martin, one of the
players singled out, had a strong response. What did you think of all that?

問：你由單親媽媽撫養長大。前NBA教練George Karl曾在書裡說過，
沒有父親的球員，在人生當中常有脫序行為。其中一個被指名道姓的球員
Kenyon Martin對此表達強烈不滿。你有什麼看法？

George Karl can’t come at people’s family like that. Because each
individual feels different about their situation and they react differently.
My dad was in and out of my life, in and out of jail. I was fortunate enough
to have a strong mom. Then I got to high school, coach Pera helped me with
that. So I didn’t go off the deep end. But some guys do.

That’s not your place. You can criticize and have an opinion about coaching
them. But personal lives, father figures and all that stuff, it’s best that
you just stay out of it.

答：Karl不能這樣攻擊別人的家庭。每個人的情況不同，處理的方法也不同。
我爸爸在監獄進進出出，在我生命裡也來來去去。我很幸運有個堅強的媽媽。
在高中時，我又遇到了Pera教練引導我，所以我沒有走上岔路。但有些人不同。

你沒有立場講這些。身為教練，你可以批評球員的打球方式。
但是球員的私生活、父親形象這些事，最好不要指指點點。

You dated Khloé Kardashian, and that relationship introduced you to tabloid
fame. What was that like?

問：你和卡戴珊交往過，這段關係讓你成為小報名人。感覺如何？

I didn’t like it. Everything I did was overthought. It was blown out of
proportion. For example, I signed my Adidas deal in August [of 2015], and wasn
’t able wear Adidas because I was with Nike until like October 1. So I still
had to wear Nike. But every time I went out and I had Nikes on: ‘Oh my God,
James Harden is wearing Nike, he just signed a deal with Adidas.’ I can’t
wear Adidas until October 1. Leave me alone. It was just too much. There was
just a lot of nonsense, just saying my name for no reason. It was a learning
experience, for sure. We all go through those.

答：很不喜歡。我的一舉一動都被過分解讀、小題大做。
比如說，我在八月和愛迪達簽約，但沒有穿愛迪達的鞋子，
因為我和Nike的合約十月一日才到期，所以我繼續穿Nike。
但每次我穿Nike出門被拍到，就會被說：
「天哪！哈登還在穿Nike，他不是和愛迪達簽約了嗎？」
十月一號前我就是不能穿愛迪達呀，少來煩我了。
一切都太過頭了，一堆胡說八道，無緣無故把我的名字扯進去。
當然，這是一次學習經驗。我們總會經歷這些。

You’ve had to deal with a fair amount of change in your career – going from
Oklahoma City to Houston, the partnership with Dwight, this move to point
guard. Do you have any advice for people dealing with new challenges and
responsibilities in a work environment, or anywhere else?

問：你的職業生涯經歷了不少變動：從雷霆到火箭，和DH的分合，改打控衛等等。
對於那些在職場或人生中必須面對新挑戰的人，你有什麼建議嗎？

Something bad things happen. Do you bounce back now? Or do you just stay down
there and allow it to take you down? You make a mistake, ok, don’t compound
one mistake with two mistakes. Having a bad day? OK, tomorrow is going to be
a better day. Like, we all have bad days in life, no matter what job you’re
in. Don’t let it compound. The next day is going to be better. Always have a
positive mindset. Just keep going, just keep going, just keep going.

答：壞事總會發生。你是要馬上反彈？還是陷在谷底、愈陷愈深呢？
就算你犯了一個錯，ok，但不要錯上加錯。
今天過得很糟糕？沒關係，明天會更好。
人生都會有不順的時候，不管你做什麼工作。
不要讓壞事累積。明天一定會更好。
永遠保持正面的心態。不斷前進、前進、再前進。


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