原文标题：
Polarising NBA star Russell Westbrook speaks after trade from Rockets to Wizards
原文作者：
Tim Reynolds from Wide World Of Sports
原文与翻译：
Russell Westbrook made a few things clear Saturday. He will remain a Dallas Cowb
oys fan even though he's now playing in Washington, he's not going to abandon hi
s policy against being friendly with opponents during games, and he doesn't thin
k a championship necessarily completes a player's resume.
Westbrook在这周六把几件事情讲了清楚，他虽然现在在华盛顿，但依然是达拉斯牛仔队(NF
L)的球迷；他不会放弃场上不对对手友善的做法；他仍然不觉得一个球员需要冠军才算成功
。
There's also one issue that he declined to clear up: Whether he forced his way o
ut of Houston or not.
但是有个问题他不愿意回答，就是他是否自己要求离开火箭。
"Obviously, I'm not the easiest guy to understand," Westbrook said.
“显然我不是好懂的。”Westbrook说道。
The Wizards clearly don't mind. Westbrook was at practice on Saturday with the W
izards, the team that sent former No.1 overall pick John Wall to Houston earlier
in the week to acquire the nine-time All-Star who'll now reunite with Washingto
n coach Scott Brooks — his former Oklahoma City coach.
巫师显然也不在意。Westbrook周六参与了巫师的训练，后者在本周稍早时候送出了John Wa
ll以换回九次明星赛经历的Westbrook。现在Westbrook和他之前在雷霆的教练Scott Brooks
再度合作。
Washington becomes Westbrook's third team in a year and a half: He was traded by
Oklahoma City to Houston after the 2018-19 season, spent just the one year with
the Rockets, and now joins the Wizards to play alongside Bradley Beal in what s
hould be an extremely potent backcourt.
这是Westbrook一年半来的第三只球队。他在2018-19赛季从雷霆被交易至火箭，而在火箭只
待了一年就来到了巫师，他和Bradley Beal应该会是非常有力的后场组合。
He was asked if he wanted a trade from Houston.
当他被问到是否希望被火箭交易。
"I'm here in Washington," Westbrook replied. "Happy about where I'm at and under
standing that this is a new journey for me and understanding how important it is
to focus on where I'm at, focus on the team, focus on the organisation, the com
munity, the people here."
“我现在在巫师了。”Westbrook说道，“很高兴我来到这里，这对我来说是个新的旅程，
专注在我现在的位置、球队、组织和这里的社区和人们是非常重要的。”
That obviously wasn't a yes or a no. To Westbrook, it's all part of the past now
anyway.
这显然没有回答到问题，但对Westbrook来说，那些都是过去式了。
Changes started happening in Houston on the team's first full day of the off-sea
son in mid-September, once its stint in the Western Conference playoffs ended.
事情发生在9月中，火箭在季后赛第二轮止步。
Before the team flight home from the bubble in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, had ev
en landed, Mike D'Antoni informed the Rockets that he wasn't returning as coach;
he became an assistant in Brooklyn under first-year coach Steve Nash. A month l
ater, Daryl Morey left his role as the Rockets' general manager; he ended up in
charge of the front office in Philadelphia.
在回家之前，Mike D'Antoni告诉了大家他不会再担任火箭总教练（现在在篮网当菜鸟教练S
teve Nash的助教）。一个月之后，Daryl Morey也辞去总管一职（现在在76人）。
And a month or so after that was when the stories first started emerging that We
stbrook and James Harden — the league's highest-scoring backcourt last season,
putting up a combined 62 points per game — were thinking about playing elsewher
e.
再一个月左右，Westbrook和James Harden考虑吹密的故事出来了，这两人上季才合拿62分
，是该季单场后场组合的最高纪录。
It seemed inevitable that at least one would wind up getting traded; that became
reality Wednesday when the Rockets and Wizards resumed their ongoing talks and
wound up finally making a deal in just a couple of hours that afternoon.
看来其中一人势必得走人。当周三火箭与巫师恢复讨论交易的可能性，并在当日下午就达成
协议后，这一切变成了现实。
"I think a lot of people don't realise is, basketball, you're only going to play
a short amount of time in your life," Westbrook said.
“我想很多人并不明白，篮球只是漫漫人生中的一小部分。”Westbrook说道。
"But the relationships you gain while you play, the people you meet along the wa
y, the people you impact along the way, those last for a lifetime. That's someth
ing that you think about. I've had to think about it as I've gotten older ... th
ere are so many great people here."
“但是当中你结交到的人、你遇见的人和你影响的人，那些会是一辈子的事情。那才是你该
思考的。我已经想过了，当我老了以后，这里将会有很多很棒的人。”
Westbrook spent his first 11 NBA seasons in Oklahoma City, the first seven of th
ose playing under Brooks, who'll now coach him again in Washington. The Wizards
used 23 players last season, only two of them having been All-Stars — Beal is a
two-time pick, as was Isaiah Thomas, who is not back with Washington this seaso
n.
Westbrook在雷霆打了11个球季，是Brooks最先执教的七个人之一，而现在他们在巫师重逢
了。巫师在上季用过23名球员，其中只有两个到达全明星等级，分别是Beal和Isaiah Thoma
s，而后者本季不会回归。
Westbrook is a nine-time All-Star, a two-time assist champion (Washington hasn't
had one of those since Rod Strickland in 1997-98) and a past MVP. Washington ha
sn't had a player win MVP since Wes Unseld in 1968-69, not only when the team wa
s called the Bullets but when it was also still in Baltimore.
Westbrook是九届全明星、两次助攻王（上次是1997-98的Rod Strickland），以及MVP（上
次是1968-69的Wes Unseld，当时不只是叫做子弹队，连球队都在巴尔的摩）。
The Wizards brought him in to be a winner. They also brought him in to be a ment
or.
巫师需要Westbrook来当赢家，也需要他来当导师。
"We do have 13 guys in training camp right now who've only been in the league th
ree years or less," Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard said.
“我们在训练营有13名年资少于三年的球员。”巫师的总理Tommy Sheppard说道。
"We've got nine guys 24 or younger. We've got to put some blocks around them, so
me guardrails to keep everybody together. ... Peer coaches are pretty effective
and I think that's something Russell will bring."
“还有9名小于24岁的球员。我们需要在他们周遭加一些障碍和一些护栏来凝聚他们。一个
随身教练会非常有效，我想这就是为什么我们需要Westbrook。”
He also brings an edge. Westbrook insists that his on-court motivation is solely
about finding ways to win.
Westbrook同时也带来一些优势，他坚信上场就是要赢球。
He believes he's often misunderstood, but rarely goes out of his way to clear up
those misconceptions. Off the court, he immerses himself in causes that have me
aning to him and said that won't change now that he's in Washington.
他相信自己常遭受误解，但他很少去辩驳，下场之后他只专注在做有意义的事上面，而在巫
师也不会改变这点。
"I'm all about trying to do things the right way, regardless of if anybody likes
it or not," Westbrook said.
“我只试着做对的事情，不管别人喜不喜欢。”Westbrook说道。
"My thing is making sure that I'm doing the right thing for the right people and
impacting as many people as possible."
“我就是确保我在为对的人做的事，并尽可能影响更多人。”
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不过巫师总管说：“We've got to put some blocks around them”跟“I think that's s
omething Russell will bring.”的言下之意是……