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Jimmy Butler Willing to Play Lou Williams 1-on-1 For $100K After All-Star Tweet
By DANIEL RAPAPORT February 23, 2018
Lou Williams was pretty public about his disappointment with not making the
All-Star team. When the All-Star reserves were released, he tweeted "Lol."
Then when Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler didn't play a single minute in the
All-Star Game to rest, Williams tweeted "u serious bruh? Lol" at Butler.
针对Butler选择在明星赛坐板凳的决定
前几日鲁长老发了推特质疑：“老兄，你认真的吗？”
Williams might have a point. The 31-year-old Clippers sixth man is having
arguably the best season of his career, averaging 23.1 points and 5.4 assists
entering Friday night, and he's a big reason the Clippers have hung around in
the playoff picture despite trading away Chris Paul before the season and
Blake Griffin before the deadline.
今年是鲁长老的生涯年 截至明星赛前单场平均23.1分和5.4助攻
是快艇在季初交易掉CP3 和 季中交易Griffin 之后
仍能竞争季后赛的重大关键
Butler, however, doesn't seem to have appreciated Lou-Will's call out. ESPN's
Cassidy Hubbarth spoke to Butler about both his decision to rest and about
his reaction to Williams' tweet. Here's what she had to say about the chat.
"He told me 'Look. I'm the one who has to guard James Harden for 40 minutes.
And I know the fans are upset, but they need to understand it's a long grind
of the season. And I'm not trying to cut my minutes, but when I have the
opportunity to take a break, I will.
And when I asked him his reaction to Lou Williams...Jimmy told me, 'My thing
is this. To Lou and whoever else thinks they're an All-Star. With all due
respect, LeBron and them got $100,000 for winning. So if you got $100k to put
up, and we play one another—you guard me, I guard you—I'm gonna show you
why. All this talk? Put $100,000 up and I'll show you why, and where I'm at.'"
吉巴似乎不能接受鲁长老对他的指教
针对明星赛选择坐板凳的决定，吉巴的解释如下：
“我是那个必须对位防守 Harden 40分钟的人，我明白球迷无法见我上场十分失望，
但整个赛季十分漫长，尽管我不会减少我的上场时间，但当有机会休息时，我会休息”
吉巴更进一步对鲁长老喊话：
“给Lou和那些觉得自己是全明星球员的人，恕我直言，LeBron和他的队友因为赢球赚了
10万镁，如果你愿意赌10万镁，我们可以来单挑，我会告诉你为什么，与其在那边呛声
，不如来赌10万元，我会用实力告诉你，为什么我可以入选明星赛。”
Couple things to unpack here. First of all, if there was any doubt as to
whether the $100,000 prize for winning the All-Star game matters to these
players, many of whom make more than $20 million per season, we can put that
to bed. Of course it does! It's $100,000! It seems like a big reason Butler
didn't give up his place on the team, even though he knew he wasn't going to
play, was to try and collect that cash. Can't blame him.
(以下为记者主观意见)
尽管这些明星球员动辄年薪超过2000万镁，赢家能获得的10万镁仍是一笔不小的数目
吉巴不主动退赛情有可原
Second of all, while it's highly unlikely, this would be incredible
television. A one-on-one matchup between one of the best iso players in the
league in Williams and one of the best perimeter defenders is awesome enough
on its own right, but when you add in the personal aspect? That's quality
pay-per-view content.
如能看见ISO界的高手鲁长老 和 防守专家吉巴 单挑 一定精采可期