威少与湖人的结局
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作者：Sam Amick Jovan Buha
After a tumultuous 18 months, the Lakers and Russell Westbrook have finally move
d on.
在经历了动荡的18个月之后，湖人队和威少终于开始各自前行
Two sources described the situation as “toxic”. And while Lakers owner Jeanie
Buss opposed the idea of waiving Westbrook, sources say the coaching staff was
confident it might be necessary if no trades were made.
两名知情人表示，在威少被交易前，湖人的情况已经有毒。虽然湖人老板娘珍妮不愿意裁掉
威少，但是知情人称，湖人教练组相信，如果无法交易威少，那么裁掉或许是必要的。
The Lakers’ coaches have been frustrated with Westbrook’s recent behavior, and
he’s known to be upset about being mentioned publicly in trade discussions. Bo
th sides were ready to move on from an imperfect partnership.
湖人教练组对于威少近期的行为感到失望，而威少对于自己卷入交易流言也感到不安，双方
都准备好结束这段并不完美的合作关系。
In the second quarter of Tuesday’s 133-130 loss to the Thunder, Westbrook and a
ssistant coach Phil Handy got into a verbal altercation on the sideline — the s
econd in about a month — that ultimately earned the Lakers a delay of game warn
ing. That disrupted the bench and led to a halftime altercation between Westbroo
k and head coach Darvin Ham, as first reported by ESPN on Wednesday.
在输给雷霆的第二节比赛中，威少和助理教练汉迪在场边发生了口角，这是大约一个月内的
第二次，如ESPN报导的那样，这扰乱了替补席，然后中场休息时还跟总教练哈姆发生争吵。
But when Ham turned the spotlight on Westbrook and his specific individual strug
gles, sources say the future Hall of Famer took it personally.
但当哈姆提到威少个人表现的挣扎时，消息人士说，这位名人堂球员认为这是在针对他。
While James often says running the roster now is the job of vice president of ba
sketball operations Rob Pelinka, the proverbial separation of church and state d
idn’t exist when that deal went down. From both ends of that spectrum — Westbr
ook maneuvering with Washington, James and Davis making an impact on the Lakers
— it was a superstar-driven deal if ever there was one.
虽然詹姆斯经常说管理球员名单是佩林卡的工作。 但是在这笔交易达成时，所谓的互不干
涉是不存在的，从两方面来看，威少与华盛顿的配合，詹眉对湖人的影响力-如果有的话-
，这是一笔由超级球星推动的交易。
As the games resumed, Ham followed through on his promise to hold Westbrook acco
untable. She developed a strong relationship with him upon arrival, then relied
on personal capital in all of their difficult conversations. He convinced Westbr
ook to come off the bench in mid-October, and that exploratory move went well en
ough over the next two months that the Lakers no longer focused on trading Westb
rook because he wasn’t seen as the main cause of their problems.
哈姆上任后就立即与威少建立起了牢固的关系，并且说服威少以第六人的身份出发，在接下
来的两个月里事实进行得非常顺利，以至于湖人不再专注于交易威少，因为他不再被视为是
主要原因。
But that would eventually change. The familiar discomfort of this Westbrook-Lake
rs dynamic returned when Davis’ extended absence brought their court woes back
to the fore. James’ social media posts of late made the off-court element with
Westbrook uncomfortable again.
但是随着一眉因为受伤而长期缺阵，威少与湖人不兼容的问题再一次浮上水面。 威少和湖
人之间熟悉的不适又回来了。 詹姆斯在社交媒体上的贴文让威少在这当中再次变的不舒服
。
When James began to publicly announce that he wanted to reunite with Irving, it
became clear that Westbrook’s feelings were not the most important thing for th
e franchise center. Everyone knew that trading Irving to the Nets would have end
ed Westbrook’s tenure with the Lakers, and he likely went to a third team becau
se the Nets didn’t want him, league sources say.
当詹姆斯开始公开宣布他想和KI重聚时，威少很明显的感受到，对这位球队核心来说，他并
不是最重要的，消息人士说，所有人都认为篮网将交易KI，威少结束在湖人的生涯，他可能
会去往第三方球队，因为篮网不想要威少。
But James sent it strikingly timed tweet on Friday, sharing wide-eyed emojis and
a crown of champions not long after Irving asked to be traded from Brooklyn. Th
e next day, when James was asked if Irving would help the Lakers, he made his st
ance more transparent, saying he would “duh” question. After Irving was traded
to Dallas on Sunday, he told ESPN’s Michael Wilbon that he is “disappointed”
The Lakers did not land their former teammate.
当KI吹密后不久，詹姆斯在这个时间点，分享了大眼睛和冠军王冠符号贴文。 第二天，当
詹姆斯被问到KI是否会帮助湖人时，他把自己的观点说得更清楚了，他认为这是一个废话般
的问题。 KI在周日被交易到达拉斯后，他告诉ESPN的Michael，他对湖人没交易来他的前
队友感到失望。
Among the Lakers’ walls, there was some sympathy for the position Westbrook was
put in as a result of James’ messaging, and confusion as to why James chose to
use his voice in such a way.
在湖人队内部，有人对威少因为詹姆斯的言论所导致的处境表示同情，也有人对詹姆斯为什
么选择用那种方式来发表言论感到困惑。
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