Report: Brooklyn Nets may be ‘willing to listen’ to Kyrie Irving trade offers
this offseason
Alex Barth
Could the Brooklyn Nets current superteam be over sooner than expected? That cou
ld be the case, according to an author close to the team.
天网是否会比预期更早结束？根据一位亲近篮网的作者表示，有可能。
Matt Sullivan just released the book Can’t Knock The Hustle: Inside the Season
of Protest, Pandemic, and Progress with the Brooklyn Nets’ Superstars of Tomorr
ow. On Tuesday, he appeared on the Celtics Lab podcast, and dropped some behind-
the-scenes info that didn’t make it into the final edition – regarding Kyrie I
rving.
作者Matt Sullivan刚发表了他的新书。周二的时候，他在Celtics Lab podcast上揭露一些
关于Kyrie Irving的幕后消息。
“Let me give you guys a little news, I’m not sure that’s been out there. I’v
e heard that Nets ownership was quite upset with Kyrie’s ‘pause,’ especially
that maskless party that turned his psuedo-paternity leave into more like a COVI
D suspension,” Sullivan told the hosts of the show. “In the last week I’ve he
ard rumblings – whispers, really, because cracking the Nets is kind of like bre
aking into the Kremlin, that Brooklyn GM Sean Marks would maybe, possibly, appar
ently be willing to at least listen to a trade offer for Kyrie this offseason.”
“让我给你们一些消息，我不确定这是否已经被透露。我听说篮网老板对于Kyrie的‘请假
’很不高兴，尤其是他请陪产假，结果去没戴口罩地去参加派对，搞得好像是因为武汉肺炎
而停赛一样。”Sullivan在节目上说道，“在上周，我听到了一些风声，认真说，要打听篮
网就好像要闯进克里姆林宫一样，篮网总管Sean Marks或许、可能、至少愿意开始在休赛季
听取Kyrie的报价。”
Sullivan pointed out that he believes the issues with Irving’s behavior exist w
ithin the front office, and may not extend to the locker room. “I think it’s b
een annoying some people in the franchise,” he explained. “I can’t speak to h
is teammates, who obviously want to play with one of the world’s best and get h
im back there.”
Sullivan指出他相信这问题只存在在办公室内，并不会延伸到更衣室去。“我认为制服组已
经有人感到不耐烦。但我不能去跟他的队友们聊聊，他们显然希望和这全世界最好的球员之
一继续打球。”
Would the Nets’ decision-makers risk alienating their other two superstars in K
evin Durant and James Harden, in order to ease the burden of having to deal with
Irving’s unpredictable nature. Even if they did, would the return be worth it?
Sullivan doesn’t think so, due mostly in part to the reasons the team would lo
ok to trade him in the first place.
篮网的决策者是否愿意冒着疏远队上另外两大巨星Kevin Durant和James Harden的风险，以
减轻Irvine那些不可预期行为所可能产生的负担呢？即使他们这么做了，那是否值得呢？Su
llivan并不这么认为，因为球队一开始就倾向直接交易掉他。
“I’m not sure what the market for Kyrie is at this point,” he pondered. “It
’s not like Ben Simmons giving you the headache on the court. It’s that comple
x personality that comes from off the court.”
“我不确定市场上对Kyrie是什么反应。”Sullivan思索著，“这不像是Ben Simmons在场上
让你头痛，这是更复杂的场外个人行为。”
Sullivan appeared on Toucher & Rich last week to discuss his book and time aroun
d the Nets. You can listen to that interview below.
上周Sullivan出现在Toucher & Rich上讨论他的新书和篮网。有兴趣者可以前往下方的内文
聆听。
https://bit.ly/3jawc3Y
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