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2025-07-31 10:13:00ESPN報導連結: https://reurl.cc/qYZllN
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Dave McMenamin Jul 29, 2025, 07:40 AM ET
PEERING OUT OF a 27th-floor suite inside the Vdara Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas,
Bronny James takes in the panoramic view.
Bronny James 站在拉斯維加斯 Vdara Hotel & Spa 的 27 樓套房裡，眺望窗外的全景。
It's mid-afternoon on July 13.
當時是 7 月 13 日的午後。
He looks at the surrounding ARIA Resort & Casino grounds, where the Los
Angeles Lakers' young prospects and roster hopefuls are making their
temporary home.
他望向四周的 ARIA Resort & Casino，洛杉磯湖人隊的年輕潛力球員和爭取上陣機會的
球員暫時居住於此。
He points out Shadow Creek Golf Course on the extended property; then the
Bellagio fountains; then the bulbous Las Vegas Sphere, which hosted the
Backstreet Boys the night before.
他依序指出延伸區域裡的 Shadow Creek Golf Course、高聳的 Bellagio 音樂噴泉，以
及前一晚舉辦了 Backstreet Boys 演唱會的巨大球型建築 Las Vegas Sphere。
"I would go," James says, despite not being born during the pop icons' heyday.
「我會想去看演唱會，」James 說道，儘管他出生時這些流行偶像已過全盛時期。
"I know their stuff."
「我知道他們的歌。」
Three days earlier, the NBA made James another featured Las Vegas headliner,
pitting him and the summer league Lakers against the Dallas Mavericks and
their heralded No. 1 pick, Cooper Flagg.
三天前，NBA 再度把 James 作為拉斯維加斯的焦點球星之一，安排他和湖人夏季聯賽球
隊對上擁有備受矚目狀元 Cooper Flagg 的 Dallas Mavericks。
The Lakers lost.
湖人輸球了。
James scored eight points on 2-for-8 shooting, including 1-for-6 from 3, and
missed a potential game-winning trey in the closing seconds.
James 試投 8 次命中 2 球，三分球 6 投中 1，最終錯失可能致勝的三分球。
Two days later, in the Lakers' second game, he scored 14 points and had two
steals in a 94-81 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
兩天後的第二場比賽中，他攻下 14 分並抄截 2 次，幫助球隊以 94 比 81 擊敗 New
Orleans Pelicans。
"My head is all over the place," he told ESPN.
「我的腦袋一團亂，」他對 ESPN 表示。
"There's so much going on in Vegas.
「拉斯維加斯的事情實在太多了。
I personally don't like summer league at all.
我個人完全不喜歡夏季聯賽。
I like the competition and the games, but I don't like coming to Vegas and
being in Vegas ...
我喜歡比賽和競爭，但我不喜歡來 Vegas，也不喜歡待在這裡……
After this, I'm just doing nothing."
這場比完，我只想什麼事都不做。」
It's a decidedly different life approach than that of his father, LeBron
James, who wedged in a stop in Vegas for the weekend to see his son play
after a jaunt to Puerto Rico for a Bad Bunny show.
這種生活步調和他父親 LeBron James 截然不同——老詹剛從波多黎各參加 Bad Bunny
的演唱會後，特別在週末抽空來 Vegas 看兒子比賽。
LeBron will then cross the globe to Monaco for an E1 electric power boating
race.
接下來，LeBron 會飛往 Monaco 參加 E1 電動動力賽艇賽。
Bronny's bio, one that would fit on the back of a basketball card, says that
he was drafted less than a year after suffering a cardiac arrest during a
summer workout with the USC Trojans.
Bronny 的簡介——那種可以印在球員卡背面的類型——會寫著他是在心臟驟停一年內被
選進 NBA 的，那是在一次與 USC Trojans 夏季訓練中發生的事件。
That he was selected by the Lakers with the No. 55 pick in the 2024 NBA draft.
他在 2024 年 NBA 選秀中以第 55 順位被 Lakers 選中。
That he made history as part of the first father-son tandem to play in the
NBA together when he checked in against the Minnesota Timberwolves for the
last three minutes of the first half of the Lakers' season opener last
October.
他也締造歷史——與父親同場出賽，成為 NBA 史上首對同場出賽的父子檔，這發生在去
年 10 月對上 Minnesota Timberwolves 的開幕戰上半場最後三分鐘。
What it won't say is that James has never watched that game tape.
但球員卡不會寫的是：James 從來沒看過那場比賽的錄影。
He has never reviewed his two missed shots in the spot appearance that had
little consequence in the Lakers' 110-103 win.
他也沒有回顧那場比賽中的兩次失投——那場比賽最終 Lakers 以 110 比 103 獲勝，他
的出場並未影響大局。
"I just think that if you know me, I don't really like the spotlight in big
moments," he said.
「如果你了解我，你會知道我其實不太喜歡在重大時刻成為焦點，」他說。
"I mean, it was a great experience to be part of because it was the first
son-father duo.
「當然，能成為 NBA 首對父子同場是很棒的經歷，
But I'm a chill guy. I don't like [all that].
但我個性比較隨和，不喜歡那些關注。」
It comes with it. But yeah, I don't really like to go back.
這些都是難以避免的，但我真的不喜歡回頭看。
I mean, I'll watch my good performances where I have some minutes under my
belt, but I'm not going to go and watch that."
我會去看那些自己有較多上場時間、表現還不錯的比賽，但那場我不會看。」
It has been nine months since James' NBA launch in L.A., and two years since
his career and life were threatened on a practice court at USC.
自從 James 在洛杉磯展開 NBA 生涯已過去九個月，距離他在 USC 練習場上心臟驟停、
職業生涯與生命受到威脅，也已經兩年。
He has spent the past year working away from the spotlight to become a
meaningful player.
他在過去一年間遠離鎂光燈，默默努力，只為成為一位真正有貢獻的球員。
To be more feature than attraction.
他希望自己是球場上的核心，而不是話題焦點。
His goal is to crack coach JJ Redick's rotation, overcome lingering effects
from his heart condition, and leapfrog multiple veterans on the depth chart.
他的目標是打進教練 JJ Redick 的輪替名單，克服心臟問題帶來的後遺症，並超越多位
老將，爭取更多上場機會。
The question is: How realistic is it?
問題是：這個目標實際上有多可行？
THE MOST TALKED about No. 55 pick in NBA history, James played in just 181
minutes in 27 games last season.
作為 NBA 歷史上最受關注的第 55 順位新秀，James 上賽季僅在 27 場比賽中出賽共
181 分鐘。
He bounced back and forth from the Lakers' G League team.
他在 Lakers 與其發展聯盟球隊之間來回調動。
He was far more known for briefly making history than making plays.
他之所以為人所知，多是因為創下歷史紀錄，而非實際的場上表現。
There were very few high points.
他表現高光的時刻寥寥可數。
So few that before games, he watched clips of his high school highlights for
a confidence boost.
少到他甚至會在比賽前觀看自己高中時期的精華影片，來提升自信心。
But there was an unmistakable low point