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Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O’Neal teaming up to form own sports agency
Tracy McGrady跟Jermaine O'Neal合组运动经纪公司
Former NBA superstars Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal are taking over the
sports agency world. The two successful all-stars are teaming up and planning
to start a player representation agency called Seven1 Sports Group and
Entertainment.
前NBA超级明星Tracy McGrady跟Jermaine O'Neal要跨足运动经纪领域了。这两位成功的全
明星球员要组队，计画要做球员经纪事业，公司叫Seven1 Sports Group and
Entertainment。
“We think it’s needed, and we have a passion for it,” McGrady said (per
nytimes.com). “We’re around kids every single day because we have youth
programs. It just makes sense. We see the lack of information that these kids
are getting, so we would be doing a disservice to our people if we don’t
lend our expertise of what we know and help guide them. This is a calling
that we have.”
“我们认为这是有需求的，我们也对此有热情，”McGrady说。“因为我们有青少年计画，
所以我们每天身边都是年青人。这样做是合理的，我们看到这些小孩们缺少这方面的资
讯，若是我们知道我们可以帮助到他们却不愿意把我们的专业拿出来，这对他们是会有损
害的，这是我们的使命。”
Both Tracy McGrady and O’Neal were drafted out of high school as top
prospects from their respective programs. Six-time NBA All Star O’Neal was
drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1996 NBA Draft while two-time
NBA Scoring Champ McGrady was picked by the Toronto Raptors the year after.
Tracy McGrady跟O'Neal都是高中就被以高选秀选进NBA的。六届全明星的O'Neal是在1996
年被拓荒者选进来，隔年则是两届得分王McGrady被暴龙选进NBA。
There were a lot of connections between the two early in their professional
careers and sitting down for the very first time in 1998 drew an instant
spark between the two and they’ve been basically brothers ever since. Come
this fall, they’re planning to take this collaboration even further and
provide young talents with much-needed guidance and assistance.
这两位在NBA生涯就已经是很好的朋友，在1998年两人一碰面就有了火花，之后两个就是哥
儿们。在今年秋天，他们计画把两人的合作提升到另外一个等级，要为年轻潜力新秀提供
所需要的指导与协助。
“There’s no magic wand for this,” O’Neal said. “We’re not trying to say
we’re the magic wand. But we’re going to be different. You can’t name
another pair of people who have had the level of success and the ups and
downs that we’ve had in our careers.”
“运动经纪不是像变魔法一样的，”O'Neal说。“我们不会说我们会变魔法。但是我们会
与众不同的，大家找不到像我们这样，有过这样的成功等级，但是生涯有过高潮也有低潮
的二人组合。”
If things fall into place for both McGrady and O’Neal, they are poised to
become the most successful NBA stars in history to make it to the highly
competitive sports agency business.
若是一切顺利的话，McGrady跟O'Neal将准备好成为史上最成功的NBA球星要踏入这个高度
竞争的运动经纪行业。