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Kevin McHale continued his war of words with Houston Rockets star James Harden on Friday.
麥克海爾持續和哈登之間的口水戰
The former Rockets coach turned TV analyst had fired the opening salvo last week by declaring that Harden is "not a leader."
Harden responded by calling McHale "a clown" and questioning his character.
前火箭教頭轉戰球評圈於上週在節目中開砲："Harden不是一名領袖"，
而哈登回應："你是一名小丑"
"Calling me names is not going to change my opinion as to what I saw when I was there," McHale said Friday on TNT.
"It's hard to have credibility if you don't play defense."
麥克海爾："即便你這麼稱呼我，也不會改變我對你的看法。
如果你不防守，很難擁有領袖的威信"
McHale remained complimentary of Harden's basketball skills while explaining what he considers to be leadership.
麥克海爾在解釋他所認為的領袖時，並不吝於稱讚哈登的籃球技巧
"Harden is a hell of a basketball player, he really is," McHale said.
"And to James' credit, I will say this: He organizes guys in the summer.
He does a lot of stuff. He does a lot of those things.
When I was talking more about leadership is ... it's a tie game at half.
It's a playoff game, or you're playing another team that's tough and rumble, and they're going to get after you.
And all of a sudden, with four minutes to go in the third, you're down nine.
They're getting every loose ball, they're getting every rebound, they're doing all this stuff.
It's not about skill at that point. It's about will.
I gotta impose my will on you. James at that point gets a little bit ... that's not his personality.
Chris Paul, in turn, will get in your face, go nose-to-nose with you, say, 'Hey, let's go,' and I think that's what you need.
Draymond Green does a great job, whenever you need a spark.
He's out there going jawing with somebody."
"哈登是一個天殺的籃球好手，他的確是"
"值得讚揚哈登的地方在於：夏天時他著召集了大家，他做了很多事情想幫助球隊更好。
但當我談到所謂領袖時... 是在中場比賽平手時、是在季後賽時，
或是你所屬的球隊打得很掙扎時，他們想跟隨著你，希望你有所作為。
當第三節還有四分鐘時，落後九分，
隊友拚搶每一個球權、籃板、做了任何他們可以做到的事...
在這個時候不關乎能力了，是關乎『意志力』，隊友們會寄望你帶領大家，
在這一點上，哈登做得有一點... 這不是他的人格特質
然而，保羅會當著你的面、鼻子碰鼻子的那種距離，
跟你說："嘿 來吧 我們可以的" ， 我想這是哈登所需要做的。
當你在比賽中需要一點激勵、火花時，追夢綠在這部分做得很棒。
[...剩下的略過翻譯，大抵是重述先前的口水戰]
Houston acquired Paul during the offseason, and McHale has praised the move due to Paul's leadership abilities. "Chris Paul will have that leadership at those times where [Harden] gets a little bit introverted, a little bit quiet," McHale said Friday. "You saw the game with the Spurs, he gets to the point where he's just passive. And Chris Paul's not like that." McHale coached Harden for three-plus seasons in Houston.
"He's a clown, honestly," Harden said after the Rockets' open practice Saturday, following McHale's initial comments. "I did anything and everything he asked me to do. I've tried to lead this team every day since I stepped foot here in Houston. To go on air and just downplay my name, when honestly he's never taught me anything to be a leader. ... "But I've done a great job. The organization, my coaches, you can ask any of those guys how I've worked extremely hard every single day to better [myself],
obviously as a basketball player, but be a leader as well. To go on air and downplay my name like that, it just shows his character. I usually don't go back and forth on social media with anybody or with interviews, but I'm going to stand up for myself, and there it is. But you just don't go and do that. It shows what type of person he is." McHale was fired in November 2015 despite being only 11 games into a four-year, $12 million contract given to the coach in the wake of the Rockets' trip to the
Western Conference finals the previous season. Harden believes that bitterness about the firing played a significant role in McHale criticizing him. "Sure. And I had nothing to do with it," Harden said. "I'm just here to do my job, compete at the highest level I can. But when you're here, you're face-to-face, and you're telling me one thing