如果赛季竣事，MVP花落谁家？

如果赛季竣事，MVP花落谁家？

在三月七号之前，同盟里关于“谁才是MVP”的讨论并没有太多分歧：东部字母哥和他的雄鹿本赛季体现更佳，高于上个赛季也高于现在同盟的其他球队以及球员。一时间字母哥卫冕MVP宝座似乎是板上钉钉的事情。但三月七号湖人和雄鹿的角逐竣事之后，洛杉矶的谁人老头儿再度来到喧嚣之上，通过这场角逐，勒布朗詹姆斯可以像以前一样，不管是最后问鼎，还是露个脸喊一嗓子“Taco Tuesday”，都可以再和年轻人比划比划。

No player in history has dominated like LeBron James this late in his career, but few players have dominated like Giannis Antetokounmpo, period. We examine this year’s loaded race and break down our full (hypothetical) ballot.

历史上没有哪个球员能像勒布朗·詹姆斯在职业生涯的晚期还能拥有如此统治力，但更少少有球员能像字母哥那样主宰一切（2K及现实中）。我们考察了今年的选情，并分析了全部的(假设的)选票。

知识点：

hypothetical英 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl] 美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl] adj.假设的;假定的

I don’t have a ballot for the NBA’s year-end awards. If I did, though—and if we had to vote based on the roughly 80 percent of the season that we actually got to see—here’s how I’d have filled it out.So, without further ado, let’s hand out some hypothetical hardware. First up: the big one.

我没有NBA年终奖项的投票权。可是，如果我有投票权——那么我就必须凭据这个赛季我们实际看到的约莫80%的角逐来投票。那么，空话少说，现在让我分发一些我心中的硬货。根据老例，先发大头。

Most Valuable Player

1.GiannisAntetokounmpo, Bucks

2.LeBron James, Lakers

3.James Harden, Rockets

4.Anthony Davis, Lakers

5.Kawhi Leonard, Clippers

What LeBron did this season has no precedent in the annals of NBA history. No player age 35 or older has ever turned in a better box plus-minus. James topped them all in scoring (25.7 points per game) and assists (10.6), leading the league in dimes for the first time in his career while propelling the Lakers to the top of the Western Conference. And as he showed on more than one occasion—most notably during a four-gamestretchjust before the shutdown in which he powered signature wins over Zion Williamson’s Pelicans, Antetokounmpo’s Bucks, and Leonard’s Clippers—his best can still be better than anyone else’s. (I’m not sure I’d have picked anybody over a healthy LeBron-ADcomboin a seven-game series.) He absolutely deserves to be in the MVP conversation.

勒布朗本赛季的所作所为在NBA历史上是前无昔人的。35岁或35岁以上的球员从来没有像他一样交出这么好的答卷。詹姆斯在得分（场均得分25.7分）和助攻（场均10.6次）上都领跑全同盟，这也是他职业生涯第一次在助攻上傲视同盟，同时也领导湖人队登上西部的榜首。就像他不止一次地体现出来的那样——最引人注目的即是在本赛季停摆前的四场角逐中，他为湖人先斩胖虎领衔的鹈鹕队，再连克字母哥的雄鹿队和卡哇伊的快船——他的最佳状态仍然可以逾越任何人。(在七场系列赛中，我不以为有任何一个组合能阻挡康健的詹眉组合。)他绝对配得上MVP的称呼。

知识点：

stretch英 [stretʃ] 美 [stretʃ] v.拉长;拽宽;撑大;抻松;有弹性(或弹力);拉紧;拉直;绷紧n.一片;一泓;一段;(一连的)一段时间;服刑期

combo英 [ˈkɒmbəʊ] 美 [ˈkɑːmboʊ]n.小型爵士乐队;小型伴舞乐队;混淆物;(尤指食物的)杂烩，组合餐

Antetokounmpo has been the best player on the best team in the league—best by winning percentage, and best by a mile in net rating. Giannis’s 2019-20 ranks fifth all time in player efficiency rating and ninth in BPM. He followed up last season’s MVP run by cranking his usage up to Hardenian levels while maintaining Hardenian scoring efficiency, which seems pretty good for a guy who allegedly lacks skill and only scores because he’s big. And oh, by the way, he’s also the multipositional defensivemenaceat the heart of one of the best defenses in NBA history. He began his MVP encore by playing even better than he did last season, and he never stopped; he’s been the most consistent superstar in the NBA all year long.

字母哥是同盟中最好的球队里最好的球员——他们有着最精彩的胜率和最好的净胜率。本赛季的字母哥在历史球员效率榜上排名第五，同时在BPM榜上排名第九。在上赛季MVP之后，他将自己的使用率提高到了哈登的水平，同时保持和哈登一样的得分效率，这对于一个被公认为缺乏技术和得分能力的人来说是非极其惊艳的，因为他实在是太大只了。顺便提一句，他也是NBA历史上最具威胁的防守焦点之一。他打出了比上个赛季更好的体现，开始了他的MVP连任演出，他也从未停止过;他是今年NBA最稳定的超级巨星。

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menace英 [ˈmenəs] 美 [ˈmenəs] n.威胁;危险的人(或物);令人恐怖的气氛;危险气氛;烦人的人(或事物);引起贫苦的人(或事物) v.对…组成危险;危及;威胁到

Harden’s a lock. His individual production dipped a bit from last season, when he authored the seventh-highest-scoring campaign in NBA history on an unprecedented combination of usage and efficiency. Only a bit, though: Harden still averaged 34.4 points, 7.4 assists, and 6.4 rebounds per game, and led the league in VORP for the second straight season, points per game for the third straight, and win shares for the fourth in a row. He can run hot and cold, and he may rub some people the wrong way, on and off the court, but Harden’s undeniably one of the most prolific offensive forces the sport’s ever seen—a virtual guarantor of a top-five-caliber offense all by himself. He slots in third.

哈登亦是MVP的锁命名额之一。与上赛季相比，他的小我私家得分略有下降，其时他史无前例地将使用时间和小我私家效率联合在一起，缔造了自身在NBA历史上得分第七高的赛季。虽然得分只有一点点下滑:哈登仍然场均获得34.4分，7.4次助攻，6.4个篮板，而且一连第二个赛季领跑VORP，一连第三个赛季领跑得分榜，一连第四个赛季领跑胜利孝敬值。他手感时冷时热，他也可能在场上场下和某些人碰瓷摩擦，但不行否认，哈登仍是运动史上从未见过的最高产的进攻手之一，一个真正全靠他自己发动顶级前五进攻体系的放心丸。他应排在第三。

I’ll admit: I worried some about logical inconsistency when it came to Davis’s candidacy. After all, didn’t I, in this same space last season, drop both Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry off the five-man ballot due to their team’s “abundance of riches”? But these Lakers aren’t those Warriors—with two fewer All-Stars in thestarting lineup—and it’s impossible to ignore that both LeBron’s renewed interest in playing defense and L.A.’s rise to third in the league in defensive efficiency came once Davisgot to town. (Besides, teammates in the top five of MVP voting isn’t that rare; it’s happened a bunch over the years, from Bill Russell and Bob Cousy in Boston to Westbrook and Durant in Oklahoma City back in 2015-16.)

我得认可:当涉及到浓眉的候选资格时，我有些担忧逻辑上的纷歧致。究竟，上个赛季，在同样的情况下，我不正是因为勇士的“家里有矿”而把凯文·杜兰特和斯蒂芬·库里都从MVP五人候选名单中剔除了吗?可是这支湖人队与勇士有着本质区别——在首发阵容中少了两名全明星——而且我们不行能忽视勒布朗对努力防守重新拾起了兴趣。戴维斯一上场，湖人的防守效率就上升到了同盟的第三位。(此外，队友同时获得MVP评选前五名的情况并不少见，甚至可以说是屡见不鲜：从波士顿的二老比尔·拉塞尔和鲍勃·库西，再到2015- 2016赛季俄城双少威斯布鲁克和杜兰特。)

知识点：

starting lineup首发阵容got to town这里指 上场

I went with Kawhi, though, in recognition of both his own killer offensive season—career highs in points and assists per game, while acting as the primary playmaker for the NBA’s no. 2 offense—and his ability to make an impact on the other end of the floor that Doncic simply can’t match. Doncic turned in the flashier highlights and moreeye-poppingstat lines, but, as is his way, Leonard quietly and methodically went about his business, leading the Clips to the West’s second seed—5.5 games ahead of Doncic’s seventh-place Mavericks—with his combination of brute force, pristine footwork, a seemingly unerring line-drive midrange jumper, and a reemerging on-ball mean streak that made him one of the league’s most daunting defenders as the season wore on.

我选择卡子哥，既是认可他杀手级此外进攻赛季——场均生涯得分助攻最高，同时饰演着NBA第二进攻球队的主要控球手——也是认可他在球场另一端的影响力，这一点东（pang)契奇就不能与之相比。虽然东契奇交出了更醒目的高光集锦，更多令人受惊的统计数据，可是，正如卡哇伊自己的方式，他不苟言笑地，有条不紊地继续自己的事业，领导快船走到西部第二——领先东契奇排名第七的独行侠队5.5个胜场——随着赛季深入，卡子哥凭借他的气力，复古的脚步行动，顺着一条毫无偏差的直线—驾驭着中距离跳投，更别提他潜心打造的持球掷中率。这些都让他成为同盟最恐怖的防守者。

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eye-popping英 [ˈaɪ pɒpɪŋ] 美 [ˈaɪ pɑːpɪŋ] adj.使人瞠目的；惊人的

因为全球疫情盛行，NBA的剩余角逐被推迟。等到重返赛场时，一切又是未知。可能是字母哥和詹皇的较量，也有可能其它人的发作。但如果本赛季直接竣事，你心中MVP是谁呢？

Enjoy the Process

感恩，我们在一起，做优美的事物

素材：李浩翻译：马瑞龙编辑：王卓健

篮球英文堂提醒所有同伴不要过分恐慌，同时要做好防范，少出门，勤洗手，外出一定戴口罩。

相信政府，相信伟大的中华人民，相信伟大的前线医疗战士，我们必将打赢这场病毒战争。