Reaves told the draft night story during an appearance on his summer league te
ammate Vic Law’s podcast, “94 & More”
The night before, the Lakers had called, and said if for some reason I go undr
afted, that they wanted to be the first place that said ‘hey, we’ve got a tw
o-way for you.’ And so going into the draft we knew that I was gonna have a t
wo-way contract in L.A., so we were in a good place with contract stuff and th
ings like that.
-选秀夜前夕，湖人告诉我如果基于某些因素你落选了，我们希望这里是你优先考量的地
方，并说：“我们已经为你留了一个双向位置”，所以在选秀进行时我已经知道至少有了
湖人的双向合约。
“So going into the draft we didn’t really press. I think Detroit called at l
ike 41 or 42 (Editor’s Note: The Pistons had the 42nd pick), whichever pick t
hey had, and were like ‘we’ll take him on a two-way,’ and it was really jus
t more a situation where I wanted to be where we saw the best fit.”
Reaves and his agent clearly felt like that spot was Los Angeles (and not Detr
oit), which is why they told the Pistons not to draft him, and he promptly sig
ned a two-way deal with the Lakers after the conclusion of the draft.
-因此选秀会时，我并没有感受太多压力，到了42顺位时，活塞告诉我的团队他们要选我
，但可能给我的也是双向合约，在评估适合程度后，我的经纪人告知活塞不要选我，随后
我们立即与湖人签下双向合约。
So far, their gamble is looking pretty smart, as Reaves impressed enough over
the totality of summer league and the offseason to earn a promotion from a two
-way deal to the team’s 14th guaranteed contract. By virtue of that two-year
contract, he will — much like Alex Caruso did with the Lakers before him — h
ave a chance to hit free agency and cash in earlier in his NBA lifecycle than
a drafted player who played well would.
-目前为止，这场赌注看起来非常聪明，从夏季联赛开始Reaves 就相当令人惊艳，并且为
自己争取到从双向合约被拔擢成为大名单第14人的正式合约、一笔两年合约，这个操作，
就有些像之前湖人对于Caruso的操盘一样，而Reaves 未来也有机会在生涯初期就能于自
由市场争取更多薪资、甚至比被选到的球员还要好。
Reaves and his representation clearly believed he could show enough to make up
for any financial risk they took by going undrafted, and so far that faith ha
s been rewarded with one guaranteed contract already. If Reaves can continue t
o impress as his career continues, their choice will look better and better in
retrospect.
Reaves 与经纪团队相信他的实力足以打出成绩，以弥补刻意落选这个冒险所可能导致的
损失，目前为止这样的自信确实得到报酬，他赢得了正式合约，如果Reaves 能持续在生
涯中打出亮眼表现，这个刻意落选的决定将会看起来更加明智、且成为未来能够加以回顾
的案例。
补充一些今日赛后访问：
LeBron James on Austin Reaves: "The kid is pretty good and we're happy to have
him here."
-这小子真的很赞，很开心我们能拥有他。
Frank Vogel on Austin Reaves: "He's done enough to earn my trust."
-还不确定是否让Reaves 进轮换，但他确实赢得我的信任了。
https://i.imgur.com/Ypw5i5s.jpg
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简单翻译一下，有误欢迎指正或补充。
球探慧眼、佩总给合约也毫不犹豫，选前就出手AR，虽然菜鸟开季应该很难在轮替，但单
就实力觉得AR是有资格进二阵的，能投能控防守判断佳、小卡秃既视感，期待未来身体进
化后Reaves的成长～～