Kobe Bryant Was Never Robbed
科比，关于MVP评选的不公与否
Consistency is key.
凝聚力才是关键。
In recent years, the outcry amongLakers and Kobe Bryant fans has been that Kobe Bryant has been robbedof MVP Awards that he rightly deserved. This year, with LeBron Jamesoften considered a front-runner in the MVP race despite his team’slackluster record, the indignant outcry has grown even louder: “Kobewas robbed the last two years!”
几年来，有个声音流在科比和湖人的粉丝中流传，科比似乎被剥夺了MVP的评选权利，而这个奖项本该是他囊中之物。而今年，当球队战绩暗淡的勒布朗·詹姆斯一度领跑 MVP排行榜时，这样的声音更大了：“科比过去两年都应该得到MVP奖杯的！”
No, he wasn’t.
可是，结果却反之。
Lakers fans, it’s time for a wake-upcall: When you claim that Kobe was robbed the last two years, youundermine your position that LeBron James doesn’t deserve it this year.By claiming that Kobe deserved the Award the last two years, you are,in fact, legitimizing LeBron’s candidacy for the Award.
湖人球迷们，是时候清醒了：当你抱怨科比在MVP评选中待遇不公平时，你忘记了勒布朗·詹姆斯也是有这个资格荣膺MVP的。在指责科比过去两年未获MVP奖杯的同时，你在事实上就承认了詹姆斯这一奖项的候选人资格。
The idea that Kobe deserved the awardfor the last two years was based on his league-leading offensiveproduction and his ability to carry a very weak team to the Playoffs.Based on a literal definition of the term “Most Valuable Player,” thiswould seem to make sense. However, if we hold to that definition of theMVP, then LeBron clearly fits the bill better than Kobe this year.LeBron’s offensive production this year eclipses Kobe’s, and he iscarrying a much weaker team than Bryant’s Lakers into the Playoffs.
过去的两年里，科比是当之无愧的MVP，不仅仅因为他在进攻一端的强势表现，还因为他凭借着一己之力将一只弱队拖进了季后赛。如果只看MVP的字面定义，科比的表现足以当选。但是如果是以这点来看的话，詹姆斯今年的数据更适合MVP这一称号。他今年的场均得分超过科比，而他带着一支比湖人更弱的球队进入了季后赛。
The argument for Bryant as thisyear’s MVP is not based on either of these criteria. Instead, it isbased on the criteria that prevented him from winning the award in thepast: his team’s record, and his role as the leader and most valuableplayer on one of the best teams in the league. It is based on thiscriteria that Bryant is the current favorite to win the award, whileJames is one loss away from no longer being a valid candidate.
科比今年能否获得MVP不是以此为基础的。相反的，而是以过去科比的弱点作为评选标准：他的球队战绩，他的领导能力，MVP往往出自联盟战绩最好的球队。而目前看来，科比的条件完全符合，而詹姆斯已经不再是一个具有相当威胁的竞争者。
More than anything else, consistencyis what I demand from Bryant’s critics. In fact, it’s what I demand ofeveryone. As such, it is only natural that I be held to the samestandard, and it should follow that I hold myself to the that standard.
球队的凝聚力，这是批评科比的那些专家们一直攻击科比的一点。事实上，也是我对每一个人的要求。但是，有一点，只有我们做到同样的事情才有资格要求别人做同样的事。
It is for this reason that, if theCavs defy their current pace and manage 50 or more wins this season, Iwould fully expect Cavs fans, LeBron James fans, and all those whoconsider James this season’s MVP to hold me to my own criteria for theMVP Award. And they would be justified in doing so. In fact, let metake a moment to do so right now: If the Cavs win every single one oftheir remaining games to reach the 50-win mark, I will consider LeBronJames a valid candidate for MVP consideration.
如果骑士延续着目前的节奏并且取得50场以上的胜利，那么我将支持所有骑士和詹姆斯的球迷，支持詹姆斯获得MVP，相信他们也会证明这一点的。现在我们来设想一下：如果骑士队拿到50胜，我将力挺詹姆斯作为MVP候选人。
Let’s bring this full circle, back toKobe Bryant. Nearly two months ago, I wrote an article entitled LeBron& Fans Experience the “Bryant-Nash Rule”, arguing that based on thecurrently accepted criteria for MVP — criteria that is thoroughlyreinforced by 25 years of precedence — James does not meritconsideration in the MVP debate. Lakers fans and Bryant fansemphatically agreed.
让我们重新把目光聚焦在科比身上。大概2个月之前，我写了一篇文章，《勒布朗及其球迷，诠释“科比——纳什”角色》，主要是讨论当前MVP的评选标准问题——目前使用的MVP标准是25年来不断修补而成的，詹姆斯在这场有关MVP的争论中并未占得任何上风。湖人和科比的球迷们非常赞同这一点。
Later that month, I wrote an articleentitled Kobe Bryant: MVP, in which I evaluated all four of theconcensus MVP candidates, and argued that Kobe Bryant is the clearchoice for this year’s MVP. In this article, I reiterated the pointthat the Cavs’ record “does not satisfy the minimum requirement for MVPcandidacy.”
那个月的末尾，我又写了一篇名为《科比——MVP》的文章，文章里我分析了四名MVP候选人的条件，也证明了为什么科比是今年MVP最好的选择。我反复申明骑士的队的记录“根本不符合MVP的最低要求”。
Throughout all of this, I never hearda single complaint from a Lakers fan regarding my assertion that LeBronJames does not deserve consideration this year. Not once did a KobeBryant fan suggest that because he felt Bryant had deserved it theprevious two years, James deserves it this year for all of the samereasons.
我说詹姆斯没资格参与今年MVP评选，自始至终我就没听到哪个湖人球迷抱怨过这个观点。科比的球迷更是从未提及，因为他们都觉得科比才是MVP。
So far, not one has been willing toconceed the point. And again, Lakers fans felt vindicated, claimingthat if LeBron’s advocates are unwilling to recognize Kobe’saccomplishments over the past two years, then they have no ground onwhich to stand for advocating LeBron this year. And they were correct.
迄今为止，没人愿意承认这一点。同样的，湖人球迷们也表示，如果詹姆斯的拥护者不承认科比近两年来的表现，他们也不会承认詹姆斯今年在MVP上的竞争力。事实证明，湖人球迷们是正确的。
But this is a two-way street, andBryant’s advocates must be held to the same standard they apply toothers. If they claim that Bryant deserved the MVP Award in 2006 and2007, then they must also conceed that James deserves it for 2008.
但是，事情是双方面的，科比的拥护者在对待其他球员时必须同等的对待。如果他们坚持2006年和2007年MVP的获得者是科比的话，那么他们也必须承认詹姆斯完全有资格获得2008年的MVP。
So I’ll say it again: Kobe Bryant wasnever robbed. Not in 2006, when he averaged over 35 points per game,including a historical 81 points in a single game, and led a terribleLakers team to 45 wins and a near upset of the Suns in the first roundof the Playoffs. Not in 2007, when he again led the league in scoringand carried a Lakers team made weak by endless injuries into thePlayoffs.
所以，我要再次重申一点：科比在MVP的评选中从未收到歧视。2006年，他场均35分，还得到了载入历史的81分，把湖人带到45胜，季后赛首轮也曾把太阳逼到绝境。2007年，科比再一次把一支伤病无数的湖人队带进了季后赛。这两年，科比在MVP的评选中都没有吃亏。
A statement I hear with increasingfrequency is that the MVP Award has been compromised and lost allcredibility. The idea is that MVP voting has been so arbitrary and soinconsistent that the validity and legitimacy of the award have beenundermined.
最近我又有听到一种愈演愈烈的声音，现在MVP奖项几乎失去了其可信度。MVP的投票是这样的武断和矛盾，其有效性和合法性遭到了极大的破坏。
I disagree.
这样的观点我是不同意的。
Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, inparticular, are cited as two primary reasons for which the award is nolonger “legitimate” — Nowitzki because he and his Mavericks disappearedin the Playoffs and were swept by the 8th seed Warriors, and Nashbecause many, especially Lakers fans, feel that there were betterchoices (namely, Bryant).
特别是德克·诺维茨基和史蒂夫·纳什，他们的获奖在两点上恰恰反应了人们对这一奖项合法性的质疑——诺维茨基和他的小牛在季后赛首轮就被排名第八的勇士队扫地出门，纳什则特别为湖人球迷所不耻，球迷们觉得有更好的选择（即科比）。
But this ignores the fact that theMVP Award is a regular season award. A player’s performance in thePlayoffs has absolutely no bearing on the MVP Award. During the regularseason, Dirk Nowitzki was unquestionably the best player on a team thatwon 67 games. To put that in perspective, this year’s Celtics are onpace for 65 wins.
但是这所有的一切都忽视了一个事实，MVP是常规赛的一个奖项。一个球员在季后赛中的表现确切的说与MVP评选是没有关系的。在常规赛阶段，德克·诺维茨基毫无疑问是队中最好的球员，而他所在的小牛队则取得了67胜的最好战绩。按照预测，凯尔特人今年也只能取得65胜。
Meanwhile, Steve Nash’s MVP seasonsalso adhered to the traditional NBA criteria for the MVP. In 2004-05,the Suns had the best record in the NBA with 62 wins. In 2005-06, onlyDetroit and San Antonio had better records, and the success of both ofthose teams was attributed more to their team-oriented system than to asingle player, whereas Nash rightfully deserved much of the credit forthe Suns’ success.
史蒂夫·纳什的表现同样符合传统MVP的评选标准。2004-05赛季，太阳的战绩是联盟最好的62胜。2005-06赛季，只有马刺和活塞的战绩超过太阳。后两者的成功要归功于其固有的战术体系而非某个球员。相反的，太阳的成功则很大程度上归功于对纳什的信任。
In fact, I would argue that MVPvoting over the past 25 years has been remarkably consistent. SinceMoses Malone in 1982, no MVP winner has led his team to fewer than 50wins (strike-shortened season not included, of course). In fact, onlytwice in that same time period has the MVP come from a team with fewerthan 55 wins: Michael Jordan with 50 wins in 1988, and Steve Nash with54 wins in 2005.
当然我也很反对现行的延续了25年的MVP评选方式。摩西·马龙没有获得过MVP，因为他的球队战绩一直低于50胜（不包括那个缩水的赛季）。事实上，只有2次MVP获得者的球队战绩是低于55胜的：1988年的迈克·乔丹，50胜；2004年的纳什，54胜。
Kobe Bryant was not robbed of the MVPAward in 2005 and 2006. He did not deserve it in either of those years.In fact, to have awarded it to him would have shown bias in his favor.Lakers fans have complained that many are attempting to “adjust thefinish line in LeBron James’ favor.” If Bryant had won the award ineither 2005 or 2006, the same assessment could correctly have beenapplied to him.
2005和06年的科比在MVP的评选中没有受到歧视。那两年他真的还不够资格获得MVP，其实那是要是把MVP颁给科比反而对他不利。湖人球迷们总抱怨说那些标准似乎都对詹姆斯很有利。如果科比在05年或者06年获得了MVP，那么同样的定律就会发生在他身上。
Lakers fans, I’m asking the samething of you that I require of those who advocate for James overBryant: some consistency, please. You are correct when you say thatLeBron James should not win the award this year for the same reasonsthat Kobe Bryant did not win it the last two years. But when you claimthat Bryant was robbed of the MVP Award in 2005 and 2006, you undermineyour own position.
湖人球迷们，对于那些鼓吹詹姆斯超过科比的人，我们应该这样看待：詹姆斯今年不会获得MVP，理由和科比过去两年没有获得MVP的理由一样。但是当你抱怨科比在MVP评选中受到不公待遇时，你就没有摆正自己的心态。
He was certainly the “Most ImpressivePlayer” over the last couple years — a term more and more people areusing these days — but Kobe Bryant was not the MVP in either of thelast two years.
他绝对是过去几年里“最令人印象深刻的球员”——人们现在越来越倾向于使用这个词——但是近几年，科比都不是MVP。
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PS：又一篇关于MVP之争的文章。觉得其观点还不错~~凑合看吧~~~ |
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