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L.A. tried to purchase a portion of the rights to Kawhi Leonard’s ‘Klaw’
logo from Nike
洛杉矶快艇尝试要从Nike公司购买一部分Kawhi Leonard "Klaw"的商标权
The Los Angeles Clippers will leave no stone unturned in their quest to
convince Kawhi Leonard to sign with his “other” hometown team this summer.
According to Marc Stein of The New York Times, the Clippers recently looked
into acquiring rights to the now-defunct “Klaw” logo from Leonard’s time
with Nike as a means of courting him in free agency.
洛杉矶快艇今年夏天会用尽各种方式说服Kawhi Leonard，签下他好让他加入。根据纽时
Marc Stein的报导，快艇最近在找方法买目前停产的Nike为Kawhi出的商标"Klaw"的权利，
想借由这样的方式把他从FA市场上签下来。
"The Los Angeles Clippers are said to have quietly looked into the feasibility
of purchasing the portion of the rights to Leonard’s “Klaw” logo that is
still owned by Nike. The Clippers did not immediately respond to a request
for comment Wednesday, but such an acquisition would theoretically enable
them to bestow full control of the logo upon Leonard as part of their
anticipated free-agency pitch meeting with the Toronto superstar."
“洛杉矶快艇被报说正在静静的研究要从Nike手上买Leonard的商标"Klaw"的可行性。目前
快艇对这消息没有评论，不过这样的动作理论上会让快艇在今夏与这为多伦多超级明星会
面时多了一张牌，因为这样理论上他们就会拥有Leonard商标的完整权利。”
The Times also notes that Nike has no intention of ever signing away the
rights to the logo to prevent New Balance, Leonard’s current endorser, from
using it in any marketing for the Toronto Raptors superstar. But the bigger
point here is that the Clippers went to such lengths despite the likelihood
that, if they were successful, implementation of Leonard’s old logo in their
recruiting efforts would surely have been a violation of league rules – that
is how bad Los Angeles wants to bring Leonard back to Southern California.
纽时也报导Nike目前没有意愿想要把这项商标权卖掉，这也让Leonard目前的代言New
Balance都不能用这个商标。但是重点是，快艇宁可冒违反联盟规定，若是真的成功的买到
Leonard的商标权，好让他们在招募Leonard上占到优势，这样费尽心机的举动，代表了快
艇有多想要把Leonard带回南加州。
Leonard, of course, has re-staked his claim as perhaps the best player in the
world during the playoffs after missing almost all of lost season, under
mysterious circumstances, with a quad injury. He’s averaging 31.2 points,
8.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.6 steals per game in the postseason, with an
elite true shooting percentage of 62.3. Perhaps his most valuable
contribution in Toronto’s hard-fought victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in
the Eastern Conference Finals, though, came on the other side of the ball,
when Leonard shifted onto Giannis Antetokounmpo in Game 3, helping propel the
Raptors to four straight victories.
而Leonard在因为大腿四头肌伤势几乎一整季没打球后，再次跟世界宣告这次季后赛他是联
盟最佳球员。在本次季后赛，他场均31.2分，8.8个篮板，3.8次助攻，1.6次抄截，真实命
中率高达62.3趴。但是，对于他在东冠赛率领暴龙击败公鹿的贡献上，可能还包括在防守
上，他在Game 3对位字母哥Giannis Antetokounmpo，帮助暴龙之后连赢四场击败公鹿。
Needless to say, the league’s landscape will be drastically altered no
matter what Leonard decides this summer. Of most concern to him now, though,
is dethroning the Golden State Warriors as a member of the Raptors in the NBA
Finals.
今年夏天不管最后Leonard的决定为何，都会彻底颠覆联盟生态。不过现在对他最重要的
是，要以暴龙球员身分在今年总冠击败卫冕军勇士队。