来源：Sports Illustrated
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Kevin Durant on increased price of his shoes: ‘I’m not a $88 player’
KD谈及他涨价的联名球鞋：“我不是一双鞋值88美金的球员”
Kevin Durant’s KD9 Nike shoe was released late in June, available to the
public for $150. While it is $30 cheaper than the KD8 that came before it,
the most recent version of Durant’s shoe is still far pricier than what
it used to be.
KD的最新一代联名鞋KD9已经在六月底上市,官方定价为150美金。比起上一代,
KD9的定价调降了30美金,但仍比系列最初的几代贵了许多。
Durant and Nike began selling the shoe at an affordable $88, and actually
dropped the price down to $85 for the KD2 and KD3 releases. Then, the price
began to climb, all the way to $180 for the KD8.
KD和Nike的第一代联名鞋售价是容易负担的88美金,KD2和KD3还调降到85美金,之后
系列球鞋的售价一路攀升至KD8的180美金。
When asked about this in a recent press conference, Durant was pretty blunt.
“As humbly as I can say it, I’m not a $88 player,” Durant said. “I’m an
elite player in the league. I wanted everything to be affordable, but I knew
we had to sacrifice some stuff. I just wanted the fans of the brand and of
the shoe to just stay patient with me. And stay patient with who I am as a
player, and the level I was trying to go to.”
当最近在记者会中被问及此事,KD的回答相当直率：“谦虚地说，我已经不是个只值
88美金的球员了。 我是联盟中的顶级球星,我当然希望所有东西都能容易负担,但我
知道我们有时候必须做点牺牲。我希望热爱nike和球鞋的粉丝们能有点耐心,一起期待
我身为一个球员我的实力能提升到什么程度。”
Durant is no longer an $88 player, he is now a $26 million-a-year player
after reaching a two-year agreement with the Golden State Warriors.
KD已经不是个一双联名鞋只要88美金的球员了,在跟金州勇士队签下两年合约后,
他现在是年薪2600万美金的超级球星。
A new black colorway of the KD9 will be released on Saturday.
新款黑色配色的KD9将会在这个星期六上市。
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心得：
印象中刚跟NIKE签约的时候,KD说过希望定价不要超过100美金,这样小朋友们才比较
有机会买得起明星球员的球鞋...
另外一篇外电内容更酸：KD的新合约只能买360,000双KD9,但可以买613,000双KD2