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恩師：LBJ曾說做不到左手上籃，為他驕傲

在LBJ 8歲的時候，他的啟蒙教練Frank Walker堅持要求他學會用左手上籃。那時候，
LBJ為此而不高興。

"He used to cry about it," said Frank Walker, James’ coach when he was
growing up in Akron, Ohio . "He used to say, 'I can’t do it.' But I told him
that you can’t play this game without using both hands. I told him, 'You’re
going to need a left-handed layup one of these days.'"


果真，在東部決賽的第一場，LBJ用了一記左手上籃絕殺了對手。賽後，詹姆斯也感謝了
恩師20年前的教誨。

"I give credit to my Little League coach, Frank Walker Sr.," James said after
that game about Walker's lessons 20 years ago.

"Frank Walker, my Little League basketball coach, taught me how to make a
left-handed layup," James said. "He wouldn’t let me dribble the ball until I
got the right steps down and the right (form) to make a left-handed layup
consistently. And so we used to do it before practice every day and during
practice, and he always told me, 'You know, you’ll be a much better player
if you learn how to make shots with both hands.'"


"Well, I told him he would need it," Walker said. "But I’m very proud at
what he’s done."



"We used to have one drill where you had to put your right hand in your
pocket and dribble with your left hand and another where you had to put your
right hand behind your back and dribble," Walker said. "Then we had a
chase-down drill. You would have to go in for a left-handed layup and another
player was chasing you so you wouldn’t learn to be bothered by that."




Through the years, James has continued to thank Walker for teaching him how
to use that hand so effectively. When James played for Cleveland from
2003-10, Walker regularly made the 45-minute drive from Akron for Cavaliers
home games.

這些年來，詹姆斯時時刻刻不忘感謝自己的啟蒙教練。2003-10賽季，詹姆斯在騎士效力
期間，每當騎士主場有比賽，沃克都會開45分鐘的車從阿克倫趕到騎士主場看球。

"If he made a move and he used his left hand, I’d be sitting courtside and he
’d just kind of give me a look," Walker said.


如今，詹姆斯在邁阿密效力，沃克無法來到現場了，但詹姆斯依舊可以用他的行動來感謝
他的恩師。


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