Ric Bucher　傅婧瑛

Everyonewhohas everpicked up a ball has at least one id01.a gold standard personified.a player they grew up wishing to be.Theres often a commonality between the grasshopper and his imagined sensei-they come from the sameplace，went to the same school or look somewhat the Same，be it in appearance or build.

任何打過球的人都至少擁有一個(gè)偶像，一個(gè)具體化的黃金標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，一個(gè)從小到大自己夢想成為的人。凡人與他們想象中的老師通常存在共同點(diǎn)——比如出身同一個(gè)地方，上過同一所學(xué)校，或者外表，身形具有相似性。

The difference for？NBA？players is they often get the chance to face their personal demigod in real life and find out how they measure up.Its a moment of truth many young players across the league are now facing for the first time，thanks to another massive migration of superstars.Suddenly，they find the posters on their walls only a few years ago come to life in the locker next to theirs，lacing up the same signature shoes they wore in homage to the player on the poster.It is the rare chance for firsthand validation by their idol，something most people can only dream of.

對(duì)NBA球員來說，不同點(diǎn)在于他們通常有機(jī)會(huì)直面心目中的半人半神，了解真實(shí)的對(duì)方。隨著又一批超級(jí)明星的變動(dòng)，聯(lián)盟中的年輕人第一次遇到了這一“真相時(shí)刻”。突然間，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)幾年前還是墻上海報(bào)的人進(jìn)入自己的人生，坐在旁邊的更衣柜，穿著和海報(bào)上一樣的簽名球鞋。這是難得的獲得偶像認(rèn)可的第一機(jī)會(huì)，是大部分人只能夢想的事情。

So what happens if they dont get it？ Look no further than last seasons？Lakers？for an answer.

可如果得不到認(rèn)可，又會(huì)怎樣呢？不必回溯太遠(yuǎn)，我們從上賽季的湖人就能找到例子。

“I had been watching him my whole life，and I own his jerseys and everything，”Ball recalled.“…I was kind of on edge.like I didnt know how to be around him.Because I had never really been around someone I looked up to like that.Then I seen him in the locker room.and it was crazy.”You know the rest.The grins and a 20-14 start were replaced by injurles，crestfallen looks and a 9-18 finish.James，the favorite player of？most？of the young Lakers—Brandon Ingram aspired to be the next？Kevin Durant—insinuated？they were holding him back and that？his？favorite player？at the time was Pelicansforward Anthony Davis

“我一輩子都在看他打球，我有他的球衣和一切?！滨U爾回憶道，“我有點(diǎn)緊張，不知道該怎么跟他相處。因?yàn)槲覐奈凑嬲妥约撼绨莸娜嗽谝黄?。然后我在更衣室里看到了他，太瘋狂了?！苯酉聛戆l(fā)生的事，大家都知道了。笑臉和20勝14負(fù)的開局被傷病，垂頭喪氣及9勝18負(fù)的收官取代。作為年輕湖人最喜歡的球員——布蘭登·英格拉姆致力成為下一個(gè)凱文·杜蘭特——詹姆斯暗示隊(duì)友拖了后腿，而他當(dāng)時(shí)最喜歡的球員是鵜鶘前鋒安東尼戴維斯。

“It makes sense，”says？Celtics？forward Jayson Tatum of the young Lakers being rattled by a vote of no confidence from LeBron“For people my age，he was ‘the mangrowing up.I went to a LeBron camp and I had his jersey.I remember the first time Iplayed against him how nervous I was.”

“這說得通?！眲P爾特人前鋒杰森·塔圖姆談到湖人年輕球員因?yàn)闆]有得到詹姆斯的信任而心煩意亂時(shí)如是表示，“對(duì)于我這個(gè)年齡的人來說，從小到大他就是‘那個(gè)人。我參加過勒布朗的訓(xùn)練營，我有他的球衣。我還記得第—次和他交手時(shí)自己有多緊張?！?/p>

Tatum，however，earned James respect.After Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals between Tatums Celtics and James？Cavaliers，James raved about Tatum，Saying，“He boomed me，”a reference to？Tatum dunking on him.

不過塔圖姆卻獲得了詹姆斯的尊重。2018年東部決賽第七場，塔圖姆的凱爾特人和詹姆斯的騎士的比賽結(jié)束后，詹姆斯對(duì)塔圖姆贊不絕口。對(duì)塔圖姆在自己頭上扣籃的事，詹姆斯說，“他刺激了我。”

He was never that flattering about any of the young Lakers.After atrade for Davis failed to materialize before the trade deadline last season，James intimated that not all his teammates were cut outfor a playoff push.“If you are still allowing distractions to affect the way you play，”James told reporters in late February，“then this is the wrong franchise to be a part of，and youshould just come in and say，‘I cant do this.

他從未對(duì)湖人年輕人做出過這樣高的評(píng)價(jià)。上賽季交易截止日前交易戴維斯未果后，詹姆斯暗示，并非所有隊(duì)友都適合沖擊季后賽?！叭绻氵€讓分心的事影響你的表現(xiàn)，那這支球隊(duì)就不適合你?！闭材匪谷ツ甓逻@樣告訴記者，“你應(yīng)該說，‘我做不到?！?/p>

Those words from any team leader would be demorahzing，and？Sacramento Kings？forward Harrison Barnes says that coming from someone as revered by young players as James，they are the ukimate disparagement.

這番話出自任何團(tuán)隊(duì)領(lǐng)袖都會(huì)讓人士氣消沉，國王前鋒哈里森·巴恩斯表示，這番話出自被年強(qiáng)球員敬仰的詹姆斯是終極貶低。

“Everybody went to his camp！”Barness ays，laughing.“In high school，Nike structured it so his camp was the top camp.Youre always trying to be around the greatest player.When youre a young guy in the league，you dont have much background to draw from as far as trade talks You dont really understand.

“每個(gè)人都參加過他的訓(xùn)練營！”巴恩斯笑著說，“高中時(shí)，他的訓(xùn)練營是耐克組織的，所以屬于最高水準(zhǔn)。誰都想在偉大球員的身邊，當(dāng)你是聯(lián)盟中的年輕球員時(shí)，面對(duì)交易流言，你沒有太多可以咨詢的對(duì)象。你真的什么都不明白。”

Not that James stands alone as a superstar who has expressed dissatisfaction with teammates or admirers.？Kobe Bryant，one former player says，initially balked at being in the team picture of the 2014-15 Lakers21-win team，saying loud enough for everyone to hear，“I dont want to take a picture with these losers.”

詹姆斯并非唯一對(duì)隊(duì)友或仰慕者表達(dá)不滿的超級(jí)巨星。一個(gè)前球員表示，科比布萊恩特最初拒絕和2014-15賽季只贏下21場比賽的湖人隊(duì)友合影，他用足以讓所有人聽到的聲音說，“我不想和這些輸家一起拍照?！?/p>

Pacers？forward Myles Turner，as a highschool junior，made the three-and-a-half-hour drive from his home in？Dallas？to Austin for an unofficial visit to the University of Texas and ended up hanging out with fellow former Longhorn Kevin Durant，one of his idols.Durant happened to be visiting the campus at the same time，and Turner wound up as his teammate in a pickup game.

步行者前鋒邁爾斯·特納高三那年開了三個(gè)半小時(shí)車，從家鄉(xiāng)達(dá)拉斯前往奧斯汀，私下參觀德克薩斯大學(xué)，遇到前德州大學(xué)明星，他的偶像凱文·杜蘭特。杜蘭特恰好在同一時(shí)間拜訪大學(xué)，而特納成為他在野球賽里的隊(duì)友。

“I wasnt as adult as I am now，so I was kind of gangly and wasnt getting shots up，and he kind of looked at me sideways，“Turner recalls.”He was passing me the ball to score，and I was being super passwe，passing the ball back every time.I was just trying to fit in.”

“那時(shí)我還不是現(xiàn)在的成年人，所以我很瘦長，投不進(jìn)球，他有點(diǎn)斜眼看我的意思?！碧丶{回憶道，“他傳球給我讓我得分，我態(tài)度特別消極，每次都傳回去。我只是想融入進(jìn)去?！?/p>

Did he feel KDs silent scorn？

他能感受到杜蘭特沉默的蔑視嗎？

“Hell yeah，definitely，”Turner says.”If youve got your mentor looking at you a little sideways，youre going to be，‘Dang，I disappointed him alittle bit.。But I didnt let that determine my career.You just kind of rub it off and play better next time.”

“絕對(duì)的，肯定啊?！碧丶{說，“如果你的導(dǎo)師有點(diǎn)看不起你，你就會(huì)覺得，‘媽的，我讓他失望了。但我不會(huì)讓這件事決定我的職業(yè)生涯。你得想辦法忘掉這事，下一次打出好的表現(xiàn)。”

Years later，he credits KD for creating the template that has allowed him to flourish in the NBA as an inside-outside threat despite being listed as 6′11″and 250 pounds“KD opened thedoors for a big man who can handle it and shoot it，” he says.

幾年后，特納歸功于杜蘭特為自己創(chuàng)造了在NBA茁壯成長的模板，讓他在擁有2.11米的身高和113公斤體重的同時(shí)，還能在聯(lián)盟擁有內(nèi)外線雙重威脅?！岸盘m特打開了這扇大門，讓大個(gè)子也能運(yùn)球投籃。”他說。

立志成為某人和希望被某人看作和他同等水平的人，這完全是兩回事。

Derrick White had a more positive experience the first time he faced his idol and fellow Coloradan，Chauncey Billups，in a pickup game as a virtual unknown at Division Ⅱ Colorado-Colorado Springs.

德里克·懷特第一次見到偶像，同為克拉羅拉多人的昌西·比盧普斯時(shí)則有著更為愉快的經(jīng)歷。當(dāng)時(shí)懷特只是NCAA次級(jí)聯(lián)盟學(xué)?？屏_拉多-科羅拉多噴泉隊(duì)的默默無聞球員，他在一場野球賽里遇到了比盧普斯。

“Pretty crazy，personally，”says White，who would transfer to Billupsalma mater，the University of Colorado，for his semor year.“This is a guy Ive been watching play，and now Im playing against him？ I just wanted to compete and show what I could do.I was playing really well，and I could just tell it was different after that.”

“從個(gè)人角度看，相當(dāng)瘋狂?！彼笏哪悄贽D(zhuǎn)學(xué)到了比盧普斯的母?？屏_拉多大學(xué)，“我一直看他打球，現(xiàn)在我是他的對(duì)手？我只想競爭，展現(xiàn)自己的實(shí)力。我打得非常好，我能感覺到從那之后一切都不一樣了。”

But not every encounter happens in a pickup game.Barnes faced his basketball role model，Kobe，in his first preseason game as a rookie with the Warriors.

但并非所有遭遇都發(fā)生在野球賽里。巴恩斯第一次見到自己的籃球偶像科比，就是身為勇士新秀在季前賽中與湖人相遇。

“It was kind of surreal，”Barnes says.”I remember there was one play where it was the patented（Kobe）shot fake.Somebody said，‘Staydown！I remember he shot-faked once，twice，and the third time I left my feet.I was like，‘Dude，Ive seen this play a million times.How do I still fall for it？

“那是種不太真實(shí)的感覺。”巴恩斯說，“我記得有一球，是科比標(biāo)志性的假動(dòng)作。有人說，‘不要?jiǎng)?！我記得他做了一次，兩次假?dòng)作，第三次時(shí)我起跳了。我心想，‘這個(gè)動(dòng)作我都看過100萬次了，我怎么還會(huì)上當(dāng)？”

Not every idol-aspirant first encounter is harrowing;for？Brook Lopez，it was gratifying.

并非所有與偶像的第一次見面經(jīng)歷都很恐怖;對(duì)布魯克諮佩斯來說，那是一段讓人開心的經(jīng)歷。

“One of my first games agamst Timmy（Duncan）is where I got that we must be on the same wavelength，that this is definitely my guy.

It mustve been in the third quarter during a timeout.They were playing music in the arena，

‘Welcome to the Jungle.And he came up to guard me and he starts staging really low in my ear，‘Wel-come to the jung-le，and I was like，‘This is my guy，for sure.This is awesome.”

“我最初和蒂姆（鄧肯）交手的比賽，那時(shí)我意識(shí)到我們是同一類人，他絕對(duì)是我喜歡的人。應(yīng)該是比賽第三節(jié)的一次暫停，球館里在放‘Welcome to the Jungle這首歌。他過來防我，他開始在我耳邊低聲唱出‘Welcome to the Jungle的歌詞。我心想，‘這就是我喜歡的人，絕對(duì)的。這太棒了?！?/p>

Winning the approval of Jason Kidd was Richard Jeffersons holy grail.Jefferson grew up in Phoenix and played at the University of Arizona while Kidd was a perennial All-Star for the？Suns.“Jason was the next Magic，”he says，and when they became teammates with the New Jersey？Nets，“I was like a puppy dog Whatever he said，I soaked it all in.”

贏得杰森·基德的認(rèn)可是理查德·杰弗森的圣杯。杰弗森在菲尼克斯長大，后來進(jìn)入亞利桑那大學(xué)，同一時(shí)期，基德是太陽的全明星球員?！敖苌褪窍乱粋€(gè)‘魔術(shù)師。”他說。當(dāng)兩人在籃網(wǎng)成為隊(duì)友后，“我就像是小狗，無論他說什么我都會(huì)聽?！?/p>

nlike Ball，Hart and Ingram，Kuzma remams a Laker.“I can only speak for myself—Ive dealt with a lot，and Ive handled a lot，”Kuzma says.“The biggest thing was early childhood，makingit out of Flint（Michigan）.A lot of people dont make it out.Its a super violent place.Its hard to really make it to 21 where Im from.I made it out.Thats the hardest thing a kid can go through.”

與鮑爾，哈特和英格拉姆不同，庫茲馬留在了湖人?！拔抑荒軓淖陨沓霭l(fā)——我面對(duì)過很多，也應(yīng)對(duì)過很多。”庫茲馬說，“其中最難的是童年，離開（密歇根州）弗林特。很多人沒能從那里走出來，那是極端暴力的地方。我出身的地方，想活過21歲真的很難。我闖出來了，那是一個(gè)孩子所能經(jīng)歷的最困難的事?！?/p>

In short，a withering stare or two，even from an idol，isnt going to rattle a young man who has seen a whole lot worse.

簡而言之，即便是來自偶像的怒目相視，也不會(huì)擾亂一個(gè)見過更壞世界年輕人的心態(tài)。

Kuzma also doesnt count James as his only idol.“I had a lot，”he says.“Kobe Melo.Bron.MJ.Shaq.”

庫茲馬表示，詹姆斯并不是他唯一的偶像?！拔矣泻芏嗯枷瘛！彼f，“科比，安東尼，詹姆斯，喬丹，奧尼爾。”

Theres a difference between asptring to be like someone and wantmg someone to see you as being like them.Its an important distinction for Turner.He still admires Durant and？La Marcus Aldridge，but he says he isnt seeking their approval or anyone elses.“Youll never reach your potential or be successful if you rest your hat on what other people think of you，”he says.

立志成為某人和希望被某人看作和他同等水平的人，這完全是兩回事。對(duì)特納來說，兩者之間存在重要的區(qū)別。他仍然仰慕杜蘭特和拉馬庫斯·阿爾德里奇，但他表示，自己不會(huì)尋求他們或其他人的認(rèn)可?！叭绻蕾噭e人對(duì)你的看法，你永遠(yuǎn)不能兌現(xiàn)自己的潛力，無法取得成功。”他說。

No matter how highly you might think of them.

不管你多尊重這些人，都是如此。