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LeBron James says he will ‘be as active as I need to be’ in recruiting free
agents for the Lakers and that this summer is ‘critical’ because he wants
to win now
LeBron James说在为湖人招募FA上 只要有需要 他会"非常积极" 因为他想赢球
Up until this season, Lakers star LeBron James was the tide that lifted all
ships, no matter how cumbersome they might have been. As such, it wasn’t as
important for him to play the personnel game and try and get talent alongside
himself.
直到这一季为止，湖人球星LBJ都是扮演着一力带起整支球队的角色，不管这状况有多艰
难。也因此，对他来说，球队上的人事问题以及找有天赋的球员来身边对他来说并不重
要。
As a matter of fact, James would have you believe he never got involved with
such things to begin with (another matter altogether), but he told Howard
Beck of Bleacher Report that’s changing, and that he’s ready to help the
Lakers get him some help in any way he can this summer:
事实上，LBJ会让人以为他从来就不参与这类的事情，但是之前他告诉Bleacher Report的
记者，这一切将会改变，今年夏天他会用各种不同的方式帮湖人找帮手的：
“I’ve never played fantasy basketball,” James says. “But I will be as
active as I need to be for this franchise to get better. That’s why I came
here. I came here to win. And obviously, we need to get better, as far as our
personnel. We have an opportunity to get better. And there’s a lot of talent
out there, and a lot of guys that can help our franchise. So I’ll be as
active as I need to be for us to get better and go from there.”
“我从没玩过Fantasy Basketball，”LBJ说。“但是我今年夏天将会非常积极的帮助湖
人，使球队变得更好，那就是我来湖人的原因，我来这里就是要赢球的。很显然的，我们
在球员上需要变得更好，我们是有机会的。现在市场上有很多有天赋的球员，其中很多人
都可以帮助到我们。所以我会尽我所能的积极帮我们球队，然后继续向前。”
Look, I find it hard to believe that someone who cares about player
empowerment the way James does has yet to flex his muscle with the
organizations he was playing for before, but again, that’s besides the point.
很难想像像LBJ这样注重球员权力的人之前没有跟球队联手合作过，但是那不是重点。
All that really matters here is that James will play a role as a recruiter
this summer, because he knows he (and the Lakers) desperately need all the
help they can get:
现在最重要的是今年夏天他会扮演招募的角色，因为他知道他跟湖人迫切需要所有可以得
到的援助：
”It’s a critical summer for myself,” James says. “Obviously, the
franchise is going to live forever. But for me personally, it’s very
critical, because I want to compete and I want to compete now.”
“这夏天对我来说很重要，”LBJ说。“很显然地，球团会持续存在，但是我不是，因为我
想能竞争，我现在就要。”
He absolutely right on how important this summer is. Like it or not, his
legacy would take a hit if he has another couple seasons like this last one,
and then departs either in free agency or retirement with all of his prime
behind him. How large a hit is debatable given how incredible his career to
this point has been, but a hit nonetheless. Because of that, he told Beck he
can’t waste any more time:
他对今年夏天的认知是完全正确的，不管如何，若是LBJ之后几季的表现在像这一季的表现
的话，这会对LBJ历史传奇程度重重给予一击，之后可能在FA结束后离开湖人或者就是退
役，挥别他的光荣。基于他不可思议的生涯表现，这样的一击会有多大的影响还有待商
榷，但是这还是可能会有影响。也因此，他说他不会再浪费时间了：
”So it’s very critical to me and my future,” James says of acquiring
another star, as he stops midway down the Garden ramp. “And I’m positive
and very optimistic that Magic and Rob and the franchise will be great.”
“所以现在对我跟我的将来都非常重要，”LBJ讲到招募明星球员时说到。“我很正面乐观
的觉得魔术跟Rob以及球团都将会变得很棒的。”
When James and this front office agreed to work together, it was seen and
sold as a type of partnership., but we’ve heard how he felt about the roster
makeup this year. It’ll be interesting to see if Johnson and Pelinka accept
responsibility for that at their upcoming exit interviews, or roll with
injuries as the explanation for their experiment not working out.
当那时LBJ跟制服组同意一起合作时，那时候大家认为双方是一种伙伴关系，但是我们也听
过LBJ之前对湖人球员名单的感觉。所以，在湖人即将来临季末会议上，若是魔术跟
Pelinka承担了今年组成这样的球员名单以及一堆伤兵的责任的话，看他们如何解释今年失
败的实验会很有趣。
Either way, James promising to help in any we he can to acquire a second star
is a huge development, and whether or not he and Magic are successful will
mean quite a bit for how both are perceived moving forward. We already know
that James feels confident that it will be easier to recruit players to Los
Angeles than Cleveland, now we get to see if that’s enough to get some deals
done.
不管怎样，LBJ承诺要想办法帮忙找到第二位球星就已经是重大的进步了，不管他跟魔术是
不是有成功，这都相当程度被认为是有带着球队往进步的路上。我们已经知道LBJ认为要找
球星来LA比去克里夫兰简单，我们现在就等著看是否真的可以签到人了。