NBA權力榜:總冠軍爭奪者

The NBA season is only weeks away, and though there were a lot of changes this summer, most of the teams at the top remain the same. Every team is hopeful in preseason, but only a handful have realistic odds of a championship and even those are slight versus the Golden State Warriors.

有幾周新賽季就將拉開大幕。儘管這個休賽期並不平靜，但頂級強隊還是那幾家。雖然在季前賽很多球隊都展現了一定的競爭力，但真正有實力爭奪總冠軍的屈指可數。而在他們之中，金州勇士又是鶴立雞羣的那支球隊。

Our first power rankings of the year begin with a four-part look at the different tiers of NBA teams—starting with the title contenders:

我們今年的第一份權力榜將把30支球隊分成四檔，首先是第一檔，即總冠軍爭奪者：

en State Warriors

金州勇士

For most of last season, the Golden State Warriors seemed inevitable. Seventy-three regular season wins weren’t impossible; they were a birthright. An NBA championship seemed a mere formality.

在上賽季大部分時間裏，金州勇士都處於無敵狀態。他們閒庭信步般豪取73勝，冠軍似乎已是囊中之物，季後賽不過是走走過場。

So, even after a brilliant offseason partnered the reigning two-time MVP (Stephen Curry) with the previous one (Kevin Durant)—somehow upgrading the Warriors already considerable top end talent.

勇士的休賽期運作令人難忘，他們成功挖來前MVP得主凱文-杜蘭特，讓他和近兩年MVP得主斯蒂芬-庫裏組成搭檔，看起來原本就實力超羣的勇士似乎已經不是地球人可以阻擋的了。

the preseason is still too early to move this group atop the all-time hierarchy of NBA teams.

儘管從季前賽能得到的信息很有限，但勇士的奪冠可能性無疑是最大的。

But these Warriors certainly present more possibilities than any other we’ve ever seen. By comparison, the offseason that joined LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade was similarly potent, but—the uniqueness of James aside—in a more traditional way.

當年熱火湊齊三巨頭的時候也是盡顯冠軍相，但勇士的這次操作顯然更令人興奮（當然詹姆斯是獨一無二的）。

A dynamic point guard who combines unparalleled accuracy with infinite range, perhaps the best shooting wing pairing in NBA history and a power forward who can defend all five positions, space the floor and work as the primary playmaker.

一個投籃神準、射程近乎無限的控衛；一個可能是史上最強的側翼投手；一個能防守五個位置、可以拉開空間、並且擔當進攻發起者的大前鋒。

The skill sets from each position are so far off the map that even Don Nelson in his prime tripping on acid couldn’t have dreamed this group up.

當初沒有人想到這套陣容會有這麼大的威力，即便是“瘋狂科學家”老尼爾森在他的實驗室裏也不一定能調製出這樣的組合。

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