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Charles Barkley on Everything
老巴講故事

因為很長，我就擷取他講NBA的部分。

On today’s NBA 現在的NBA

SI: LeBron’s now the all-time NBA scoring leader. Conversation over? Is he
the best player ever now?
記者問：LBJ現在是史上得分總數最高的球員，所以那些討論結束了嗎？他是迄今最棒
的球員嗎？

CB: I don’t like that question because I think the best way to answer that
question is to say, “Is he the greatest player of this generation?” Because
I don't think it’s fair to Michael. ’Cause he was the greatest player of my
generation. Kareem was the greatest player of his generation. I mean, you
look at Magic and Bird. So, I don't know; it’s all perspective. I will say
this about LeBron. I think his story is the greatest story in sports history.


SI: Why do you say that?
記者：為什麼你會這樣說呢？

CB: What I mean by that is, you look at other great players who went directly
from high school to the pros. Kobe Bryant struggled, Kevin Garnett struggled,
Tracy McGrady struggled, Dwight Howard struggled. LeBron is the only one who
had success from Day One. He was really good Day One. He’s obviously up here
now. But the most amazing thing about him, in this 24-hour news cycle,
cellphones, internet, he’s never gotten in trouble.


SI: No scandal.
記者：他沒有醜聞過。

CB: No scandal. To be, number one, ready at 18, to where he is 20 years
later, the greatest scorer in NBA history. I think it’s the greatest story
in sports history. For a guy to be that good from Day One and never screw up
is amazing.


SI: Came in with crazy hype, exceeded that—
記者：進入NBA，大家對他有非常高的期待，而他超過了大家的期待--

CB: Yes. And lived up to it. Exceeded it. And, like I say, in our 24-hour
news cycle where people out here tryin’ to get you, people are tryin’ to
get you today. They got cellphones everywhere; they got the internet
everywhere. I tell people, his story is the greatest story in sports history.
老巴：是的，他符合大家所期待的，還超越了。所以，就像我說的，現在這樣快速的新聞
傳播時代，大家都想去找出一些不為人知的，大家手上都有手機，都有網路。我跟大家
說，他的故事是運動史上最棒的故事。

SI: You said, he’s nice.
記者：你說過，他是個好人。

CB: He’s a really nice man.
老巴：他真的是個好人。

SI: I’ll give you somethin’ else. His guys from Akron that came with him—
記者：我要跟你說些別的，他那些來自Akron的兄弟們--

CB: Yes. He gave them jobs. Well, that’s the difference with LeBron to
pretty much everybody else. He didn’t just give them money to hang around
with him. He gave them all jobs, which they have exceeded. They have
exceeded. In my generation, we just got the money and just started passin’
it out to friends. He gave them jobs. And like I say, they have exceeded all
those jobs and expectations. So, he deserves some kudos for that.


SI: If you had to do it again, would you have brought guys with you like that?
記者：如果有機會可以重來，你會像LBJ那樣對待你的兄弟們嗎？

CB: I would, [but] you have to factor in, like, the money’s different. My
first contract was four years, $2 million. Can’t bring many people with you
for that.
老巴：我會，但是得要考慮到，那時候跟現在的錢是不一樣的。我第一份合約是4年200萬
鎂，沒有辦法幫到很多人。

SI: Five hundred grand a year?
記者：一年50萬？

CB: Yeah. And I was the number-five pick in the draft. I mean, when I—when I
got to the NBA, the average salary was only $200,000.
老巴：沒錯，我那時是第五順位選進來，我的意思是，當我進入NBA的時候，那時候的平
均年薪是20萬鎂。

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老巴對LBJ讚許有加

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