The prolonged negotiations between the Cleveland Cavaliers and power forward
Tristan Thompson is starting to bother superstar LeBron James.
A night after James published a picture of himself with Thompson along with
the caption "get it done," James spoke to reporters after practice on Sunday
about the circus surrounding the holdout.
(这段这是在说James在Instagram的照片事件, 至于怎么解释这个贴文就看各位客倌的
立场囉)
James doubled down on his praise of Thompson's value, but he made a point to
dub the situation as a "distraction." James was careful to respect both the
autonomy of Thompson and of management, but James's message was directed at
both sides to, again, get it done.
"Right now it's the elephant in the room. Hopefully something can be resolved
sooner than later. I continue to say (Thompson's) value to us is extreme, as
we saw last year in the postseason and throughout the season," James said on
Sunday.
James在今天队内训练时终于说话了: "现在这个情形就像是"elephant in the room(意指
是大家都知道有个问题存在, 但因为太过麻烦而不去理会它), 我希望事情能赶快解决.
我要继续这么说, Thompson拥有的价值对我们来说极度的重要, 你可以看到他在季赛以及
季后赛(的表现)."
"I'm not here to talk about ... numbers - that's for both sides to figure
out," he continued. "But the last thing you need is a distraction when you're
trying to make a championship run and we have that right now.
"It's unfortunate from both sides, that we're going through it right now as a
team, and it's not an excuse - we will be ready to go - but hopefully
something happens in the near future."
James继续说: "我不会去对合约价码做评论, 那是双方必须解决的事. 当你在追求总冠军
的时候, 你会不想要的东西就是"distraction", 而我们现在就是这样."
"这对双方来说都是个不幸, 我们必须要以一个团队的身分来克服它, 然而这不是个借口,
我们将会准备好, 希望不久的未来很快就会有事情发生."
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