美國雜誌SLAM最新一期的封面 https://reurl.cc/K11e
Ben Simmons is Going to Take Over the NBA
西蒙斯即將接管NBA
Dwyane Wade first met Ben Simmons a few years ago. He can’t remember exactly
when, but what he does remember was that it was for a summer workout, and
that LeBron was there, too, and that Simmons at the time was a skilled but
shy Australian kid who had just recently come over to the United States to
play high level high school basketball.
Dwyane Wade第一次見到Ben Simmons是在幾年之前。具體時間已經記不清了，他只記得是
在一個夏季訓練營裡，LeBron James也在場，當時Simmons還是一個技巧嫻熟但青澀的澳
洲小孩，剛剛來到美國參加高水平的高中籃球比賽。
And also this:
此外，他還留下了這樣的印象：
“You coul
d see the way he looked at guys like ourselves and how we worked,
he was taking notes, mental notes,” Wade recalled prior to a recent practice
in his first-round playoff series against Simmons’ Philadelphia 76ers, a
series in which Simmons carved up Wade’s Heat and became only the fifth
rookie in NBA history to record a postseason triple-double. “To see him a
few years later and see where he is in his game, it’s impressive. He’s on a
different level.”
「你可以從他看著我們這些球員打球的樣子中看出，他一直在做筆記，用他的大腦，」
Wade在最近一次季後賽首輪訓練前回憶道，在這輪系列賽中，Simmons率領費城76人隊淘
汰了Wade的邁阿密熱火隊，並成為NBA歷史上第5位新秀賽季即在季後賽中砍下大三元的球
員，「幾年之後再見到他，看到他在比賽中的表現，真的讓人印象深刻。他已經達到了一
個完全不同的水平。」
But most of all, there’s that thing you see while watching Simmons play,
whether in person or on TV. If you’ve watched him you’ve no doubt
recognized it. The cliché would be to label it the “It Factor,” but doing
so would be an oversimplification.
但最重要的是，無論你是在現場還是通過電視觀看Simmons的比賽，你都能在他身上發現
某種東西。只要你看過他的比賽，你就能清楚地辨別出來。用一句老話來說，這是一種「
吸引力（It Factor）」，但僅僅是這樣還無法準確描述它。
Simmons is both aggressive and composed, both rousing and repetitious, and he
is forever effortlessly walking the tight rope that connects these two
worlds. It’s a trait rarely seen in players, let alone rookies (or, for you
Donovan Mitchell-loving sticklers out there, second-year guys playing NBA
games for the first time), and yet it’s the foundation of Simmons’
basketball DNA. And it’s all because he’s chasing something different than
most.
Simmons既侵掠如火又不動如山，既振奮人心又「重複乏味」，他總是可以毫不費力地在
兩種模式之間來回切換。這樣的特質很難在球員身上看到，更不用說是新秀了（或許對
Donovan Mitchell的粉絲來說，Simmons只是第一年打NBA的二年級球員），而這正是
Simmons的籃球DNA的基礎。這一切都源於他所追求的東西是那樣的與眾不同。
He’s asked why that’s important to him.
他也被問到為何這些東西對他來說如此重要。
“Because I can,” he says.
「因為我能做到。」他回答道。
Simmons, in other words, is chasing something that only a few athletes ever
find within their grasp.
換句話說，Simmons正在追求那些只有少數球員才能擁有的東西。
He’s chasing greatness.
他在追求偉大。
BY YARON WEITZMAN
https://www.slamonline.com/nba/ben-simmons-slam-cover-2/
https://reurl.cc/G22D 這期除了Simmons當封面也找兩個人 一個是 DeAndre Ayton
一個是Luka Doncic 他們兩個可能是2018選秀狀元