There had been rumblings earlier this season that James was not happy with Brown's offense, or that management hadn't brought in another point guard. But with the Cavs positioned where they are, the talk has quieted.

此前，在本赛季曾传出风声，说詹姆斯对布朗的进攻战术不满，也有传言说詹姆斯抱怨管理层一直未能引进另一位组织后卫。但是骑士的战绩摆在那里，谣言就此平息了。

Things can change quickly, though. In a home loss to the Nuggets March 25, James clearly expressed dissatisfaction with matchups Brown was drawing up.

尽管一切变化得很快。3月25日，在骑士主场输给掘金之后，詹姆斯明白无误地表达了自己对布朗阵容配置的不满。

Brown wanted to 2) go smaller because the Cavs were in foul trouble and Denver was running effectively. James insisted the Cavs needed to go bigger and broke from the huddle shaking his head in disagreement.

当时骑士陷入犯规陷阱，但掘金的跑位很有效，因此布朗想采用小个阵容。詹姆斯不住地摇头表示反对，他坚持认为骑士应该换上大个球员，打破场上的混乱局面。

Brown wouldn't elaborate, but he nodded his head in acknowledgment.

虽然布朗并不打算详细谈论这件事，但是他还是点头承认了。

"I'm open to those kinds of things," Brown said. "He's human. I'm human. We're going to have our times when we're in disagreement, but at the end of the day we both want to win. That's what makes it successful, but a lot of times it's just conversation. He'll get animated, but I don't sense disrespect or feel disrespect coming from him at all."

“对于这些事，我想得很开，”布朗说，“他是人，我也是人，我们意见不统一是常有的事情，但是最后，我们的想法都是为了赢球。这就是让我们成功的原因，但是很多时候意见相左仅仅限于言语。或许他反应有些过激，但我并没有感觉到他对我有任何不尊重的地方。”

Understood, but the concern is this: LeBron James is a supernatural athlete, but he has dumped 3) his agent who helped him to obtain multiple endorsement worth handred of millions, and 4) now has his boys handling his money. He is a huge part of the Nike generation, and he's very, very rich.

这一点谁都明白，但问题在于：勒布朗·詹姆斯是天赋超乎自然的运动员，但是他已经解雇了曾为他签下价值上亿美元赞助合同的经纪人，现在让他的几个小哥们管理自己的财务，他是耐克时代的重要组成部分，他已经非常非常富有了。

If he's openly jabbering with his coach, then fairly or unfairly, either those stiff-shirt moneybags paying to be entertained or sponsors and observers, will soon wonder whether James is heading down the path of a spoiled, rich athlete with a problem respecting authority.

如果他公开对其主教练喋喋不休地抱怨，那么那些西装笔挺、花钱找乐子的富翁、赞助商和观察家们，无论公正与否，很快就会产生疑问，詹姆斯是不是也走上了被宠坏了的富翁球员常常走过的那条“无视权威”之路。

In other words, will he be thrown in the box many of the league's younger players have been thrown into?

换句话说，他会不会像联盟很多年轻球员那样被人摒弃？

Commissioner David Stern doesn't need that when James might be the league's most marketable player.

当詹姆斯成为全联盟最有市场号召力的球员时，大卫·斯特恩总裁并不需要这些。

What LeBron James does with his money, who's handling it, or his personal off-the-court goals, is his business.

勒布朗·詹姆斯如何处理他的钞票，让谁来管理，或者他个人在赛场以外的各种目标，完全都是他自己的事情。

Making sure James handles his business as a respectful employee on the court is Brown's job, but in today's world the coach seldom rules with an iron fist.

确保让詹姆斯以一个尊重主教练的雇佣者身份出现在场上，则是布朗的工作。不过在如今这个世界，教练很少会用铁腕管理球队。

"It's a give and take, and that's life when you think about it," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Same thing in a marriage, same thing if you're the president of a company. If you're a good president, you've got to let your best employee have a voice, but then there are also times, even with his voice, you have to say, 'This is the way we've got to do it.'"

“这是给予与索取之间的关系，当你仔细思考，就会明白这就是生活，”凯尔特人主帅道格·里弗斯说，“结婚也是一样，要是你是一家公司的总裁也是如此。如果你是个好总裁，你一定会让自己最好的雇员拥有一定的话语权，但是那样，你就会时常遇到这种情况，对于他所说的话，你不得不说，‘我们确实就得这么办’。”

When Brown came to Cleveland, he had a plan on how he would handle the young man named LeBron, who came into the NBA in 2003 with perhaps more hype than any other player in history, including the man whose No.23 James wears as a tribute - Michael Jordan.

自2003年进入NBA以来，媒体在这个名叫勒布朗的年轻人身上倾注了史无前例般的关注，或许历史上从没有哪位球员能够比得上，即使是迈克尔·乔丹——詹姆斯球衣号码23所代表的象征也是如此。当布朗来到克里夫兰，对于如何调教詹姆斯，他心里早已有了计划。

Brown has stuck to the plan.

布朗一直在坚持这个计划。

"I went into this job saying my only thing is, I'm going to treat this guy with due respect. He's not a kid. He's not my child," Brown said. "We're working together, and I don't need to discipline a grown man. And if he is a good human being, he'd respect me back.

“我接受这份工作时就曾说过，我唯一问题在于，要在与他的相处中给予他足够的尊重。他不是一个孩子，也不是我的孩子，”布朗说，“我们在一起工作，我不需要过多管教一个成年人。如果他是个好人，他同样也会尊重我。”

"I shoot straight with him and if I see it, I call it. I even told him before we got started in this relationship, `There are going to be times when you come at me. I'm not going to take it personal, and there are times I'm going to come at you and I hope you don't take it personal.' But at the end of the day, I have to be the one to make the decisions."

“我对他坦诚相见，如果我发现了什么问题，就直接与他交流。在我们还没有开始师徒关系时，我就把这些告诉了他。‘总有某些时候你对我不满，但我并不会认为你是针对我，同样某些时候我也对你不满，但我也希望你也不要认为我针对你。’但最终，我必须是那个最终做出决定的人。”f