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　　In the summer of 2016, the Warriors made good on an unprecedented opportunity. An artificial spike in the salary cap left even the best teams in the league with the potential to create max-level cap room.

　　2016年的夏天，勇士队把握住了一个前所未有的机遇。工资帽的上涨让联盟中最强的队伍们都有了创造最大薪资空间的潜能。

　　Golden State had eyes for Kevin Durant, whose free agency was, in itself, a monumental event within the league.

　　勇士队的目光锁定了杜兰特，杜兰特成为自由球员本来就是联盟的一大事件。

　　Realistically, Golden State had but this one actionable opportunity to make use of its space; even if the Warriors hadn't spent a penny that summer, the imminent free agency of Stephen Curry (then among the league's most underpaid players) and Andre Iguodala would have swallowed Golden State's newfound flexibility whole.

　　现实点说，金州只有这一个可行动的利用他们薪资空间的机会，即便勇士队在那个夏天不花一分钱，但斯蒂芬-库里(当时联盟中薪水最低于实力的球员)和安德烈-伊戈达拉都即将成为自由球员了，这俩人也会吞下勇士薪资空间新的灵活性。

　　As such, the timing had aligned perfectly for the Warriors to offer Durant something that no other team could.

　　因此，去年夏天对于勇士来说是一个完美的时机，他们可以提供给杜兰特其他队无法给予的东西。

　　The appeal was obvious. But it was because Curry was so underpaid that the Warriors could logistically afford to add Durant to a team that already had three All-NBA players.

　　勇士队的吸引力是显而易见的。但这是因为库里的童工合同的福利使得勇士可以运筹帷幄，在队内已有三名全明星球员的基础上再引援杜兰特。

　　It was because of Draymond Green's playing style that Golden State became the unstoppable ball movers that they did, which in turn spoke to Durant's sensibilities. And it was through Klay Thompson, perhaps above all, that the entire arrangement made sense.

　　这也是因为德拉蒙德-格林的球风使得勇士又重新树立了不可阻挡球的风格，反过来这一点对杜兰特的情感产生了影响。这也离不开克莱-汤普森，也许是所有的这些安排结合在一起才发挥了作用。

　　That so much thought went into how Curry and Durant would coexist as teammates hints at why Thompson has been such a perfect fit for these Warriors: no matter the talent around him, Thompson's comfort—and success—can be fairly assumed.

　　很多人都在思考库里和杜兰特作为队友应该如何共存，这也暗示了为什么汤普森能够如此完美地适合勇士：无论身边的队友是谁，汤普森都可以舒适且成功地打球，这一点是完全可以设想到的。

　　Stars are often glorified for the ways in which their games scale upward. Russell Westbrook, in the wake of Durant's departure, took his superstar production to outlandish new extremes.

　　球星们常常会为以某种方式提升自己的比赛水准而感到荣耀。拉塞尔-威斯布鲁克，在杜兰特离开之后，特立独行地将自己打造成一个新极端的超级巨星。

　　James Harden made a legitimate MVP case by assuming even more creative responsibility than he had previously—quite a feat for a player who had already averaged 29 points per game.

　　詹姆斯-哈登，比以往更具创造性地承担了更多的责任，这让他理所应当地进入了MVP的讨论—这对于一个场均29分的球员来说是非常了不起的。

　　Thompson, by contrast, has shown the virtue of scaling down. There is no other team in the league for whom Thompson would be the fourth-best player.

　　相比之下的汤普森却有了一定规模的缩水。联盟中再也没有一支球队可以让汤普森做四当家了。

　　It is not a criticism to say that he is underutilized; the Warriors themselves won a title and mounted the winningest season in NBA history with Thompson playing a larger role. Still he found his footing once Durant arrived, all with an ease rare among players of his caliber.

　　这并不是在批评他没有得到充分利用，在勇士赢得冠军和创造了胜场最多NBA历史记录的那两个赛季，汤普森在队内都扮演了比现在更重要的角色。在杜兰特加盟之后他仍能找准自己的位置，这在他这个水准的运动员上是实属罕见的。

　　Thompson was made for the superteam era. The focus of his game locks him into a healthy, streamlined role.

　　汤普森是为超级球队时代而生的。他的比赛特点使得他担任的角色健康且合理。

　　What Thompson does with those touches is incredible; without ever dribbling the ball, Thompson flashes around screens to create shots that wouldn't be there otherwise.

　　汤普森的触球数是不可思议的，在几乎没有运球的情况下汤普森绕场掩护创造出不可思议的投篮。

　　Some shooters are made to be passive participants in the offense. What elevates Thompson is his activity. There is nothing in the league more dangerous than a shooter on the move, and Thompson works to make that danger ever present in the minds of his opponents.

　　有些射手则是被动参与进攻。提升汤普森的正是他的运动性。在联盟中没有比跑动中的射手更危险的了，而汤普森的工作就在于让对手们意识到这种危险。

　　It's a wonder that he never stops. Even when the ball doesn't find him (as is inevitable on a team with this much firepower), Thompson still runs. Even when his shot isn't falling, Thompson still pursues his openings as if it were. And no matter the course of Thompson's offense in general, he commits fully to checking the most dangerous opposing guards.

　　他从未停止跑动，这真是奇妙。即便球没有传给他(这在一支火力充足的球队中是难以避免的)，汤普森也仍在跑动。即便他的投篮命中率下降，他也一如既往地追求空位投篮机会。无论汤普森的进攻状态如何，他都会拼尽全力去防守对面的箭头后卫。

　　Basketball is fraught with very human complications. One aspect of the game—and all its rhythms and frustrations—cannot help but bleed through into others. Thompson weathers it in persistence. There is an unrelenting quality to Thompson's work that stabilizes everything around him.

　　篮球是一项充满人类复杂性的运动。比赛的一个方面—包括所有的节奏和挫折—都不得不影响到他人。汤普森是坚持不懈的。汤普森的比赛有着不屈不挠的特质，这一点能稳定他周围的一切。

　　Teammates know that when Thompson will inevitably clear into open space, and that when he does, the defense will fret. Fellow defenders can rely on the fact that even when Thompson is run into a screen, he will recover back into the play to badger the ball handler from behind. These are somehow givens for a star scorer underserved by his role.

　　队友们都知道汤普森总会得到空位，但他真的得到空位出手机会时，对面的防守就麻烦了。其他防守者们可以依赖的一个事实是，即使汤普森被对方挡拆者挡住，他依然可以通过从后面缠住对方持球人来完成防守。从某种程度上来看，这是一个做出牺牲的明星得分手的本职工作。

　　The importance of Thompson's disposition cannot be oversold. His possesses the kind of cool that can save the Warriors' season one night and blend seamlessly into the fabric of the team the next.

　　汤普森个性的重要性是不可忽略的。他是一个很酷的人，这种酷可以在一个晚上就拯救勇士的一个赛季并且在接下来的比赛中无缝融入勇士的体系。

　　Thompson is the sort who could average five fewer shots per game in this year's playoffs than last without raising the slightest stink. The structure of a basketball team relies on concession; what each player can do is only as important as what they choose not to. The players making the biggest concessions, however, aren't usually this good.

　　汤普森在今年季后赛的每场平均出手数比上年少了五次，但他没有任何怨言。球队的结构依赖于牺牲，每一名球员可以做什么和他们选择不做什么一样重要。常常牺牲最大的那名球员往往不是优秀的球员。

　　Thompson is one of the best players in the league, the fourth-best player on his own team, and a clearly prideful person. The perceived slights of everyday life tend to be amplified for those in industries as visible as professional sports, but not for Thompson.

　　汤普森却是联盟中最棒的球员之一，他在他的球队中四当家，同时他也是个很骄傲的家伙。职业体育运动行业中一些人斤斤计较每天小事的行为被明显放大了，而这对汤普森却起不了作用。

　　He is perpetually unmoved—part of the reason why the Warriors are as much a marvel of personality as they are of talent. What makes their dynamic work is Thompson's greatest gift: his acceptance of both the player he is and the player he's asked to be.

　　佛祖岿然不动—这也是勇士的性格和天赋一样让人惊叹的原因之一。汤普森极佳的天赋使得勇士的运转得风生水起：他知道自己实际上是多么优秀的球员，但他也欣然接受他被要求所担任的角色。