---

http://www.12news.com/news/nation-now/lebron-james-defends-stephen-curry-from-
criticism-it-does-kind-of-suck/75722654


SACRAMENTO – LeBron James defended Stephen Curry on Wednesday, which was surp
rising because, well, their two teams didn’t play each other.


James星期三防守Curry，呃，這聽起來有點奇怪，因為他們球隊星期三沒有對上。


After James’ Cleveland Cavaliers downed the Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train A
rena, the four-time MVP, two-time champion and future Hall of Famer discussed
this phenomenon in which former players so often criticize current stars while
 claiming that they’d be never be this dominant in bygone eras. Curry has bee
n the most recent victim of this growing trend, with the likes of Oscar Robert
son and others marginalizing the historic accomplishments of the Golden State
Warriors star and reigning MVP with their self-serving commentary.



“Yeah, for me personally in my career I’ve done nothing but big-up the guys
who paved the way for us,” James told USA TODAY Sports. “I’m respectful to
all the guys who paved the way, the greats, guys who were role players, guys w
ho were part of a championship team or was not. I’ve always been respectful,
so it does kind of suck when you’ve got guys who played before us and paved t
he way for us (and) …they like to talk down on a lot of our players, saying,
‘Well if they played in our era it wouldn’t be the same.’”





James, who is widely known to have the memory of an elephant, instantly recall
ed a time in 2013 when he was the subject of such silliness.
“I heard Dennis Rodman say if I played in their era I’d just be an average p
layer – yeah, about me, that I’d be just an average player,” James said. “
And they say the same things about Steph, ‘If Steph played in our era, then w
e’d be more physical with him and we’d go at him.’ And it sucks because we
’re just trying to carry the torch for the next group to come behind us.




“I just want to be able to leave a mark personally, and be able to leave this
 game, this beautiful game, when I’m done with it for the next group of guys.
 I’m never one to talk down on a group of guys. If they can play, they can pl
ay.”

當我將火炬傳下去，離開這個美麗的比賽時，我將不會貶低之後的球員，如果他們打的很
好，他們就是那麼厲害。

This isn't the first time James went out of his way to speak highly of Curry,
whose Warriors downed the Cavs in last year's NBA Finals. When Curry tied the
single-game record for made three-pointers (12) while setting a new single-sea
son record for threes in a Feb. 27 win over Oklahoma City, James shared his ad
miration like so many others.

這不是第一次LBJ稱讚Curry了，就在上次Curry投進12顆三分球，James和其他人一樣展現
他對Curry的欣賞。


The timing of James’ comments couldn’t have been more fitting, as he will fa
ce retiring Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for the final time at the Staples Center
 on Thursday night. The two stars have a mutual respect for one another that h
as been well-chronicled for years, and James spoke glowingly about Bryant yet
again after the win over the Kings.

LBJ這番言論的時間點相當剛好，明天他就要最後一次對上Kobe,這兩個人彼此互相尊重，
在今天擊敗國王後James又再度談到Kobe。

Yet while James has never been shy to share his perspective, he swears he’ll
never become the get-off-my-lawn type when his playing days are done.
“Listen, if we know guys who can’t play at a high level, then you voice your
 opinion on it,” James said. “But when you get to talking (about players) li
ke Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron, ‘Melo (Carmelo Anthony), Steph, (James)
 Harden, come on. We’re doing our job. We’re doing our job to continue to ma
ke this game beautiful.
“So you hear about (the criticism), but you don’t let it affect you because
we understand that they paved the way for us. Then you’ve got (Tim) Duncan, K
obe, KG (Kevin Garnett). They paved the way for us. Now myself, D-Wade, ‘Melo
, Chris Bosh, CP3 (Chris Paul), we’re kind of paving the way for Steph, Klay,
 all those generations, and now they’re doing it for the younger guys. It’s
no biggie.”








--
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 114.136.28.63
※ 文章代碼(AID): #1MuMii7U (NBA)
※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1457613612.A.1DE.html