CJ谈交易截止日盛况：代表各队差距不大皆有夺冠机会，西3到西13差距非常接近
The West is definitely insane. I don’t think I’ve seen it like this in a long
time. Obviously, we are all reacting to trades, especially the big trade [Kevin
Durant to the Phoenix Suns] that occurred in the West that started the process o
f teams offering up everything they had under the sun trying to get more competi
tive and figure out ways to improve roster structure. But it’s good for basketb
all and it’s good for the sport. We always talk about player movement, and that
’s been a part of a lot of people’s conversations, is do players have too much
control, whatever the case may be. But our league is a terrific league in which
a trade deadline becomes a story arc where they talk about it on TV.
CJ：西区绝对是疯狂的。我想我已经很久没有看到这样的情况了。很明显，我们都在对交易
做出反应，特别是西区发生的大交易(KD被交易至太阳)。每支球队都试图在太阳之下提升竞
争力，改善阵容结构。但这对篮球来说是好事，对这项运动也是好事。我们总是谈论球员的
流动，这也是很多人谈话的一部分，就是球员是否有太多的控制权，不管情况如何。但我们
的联盟是一个了不起的联盟，交易截止日期成为他们在电视上谈论的故事情节。
It makes competitive markets more competitive. It makes markets that may not be
as competitive more competitive. And I think the fact that so many teams were ac
tive or looking to be active is a sign that there’s not a lot of gaps in our le
ague, from top to bottom. There’s a lot of teams that feel like they got a chan
ce. There’s a lot of teams that feel like they can compete, whereas in past yea
rs, a lot of teams were just like, ‘Nah, not going to make a move.’ Everyone’
s looking to try to get a little bit better because they feel like the gap isn’
t that wide and there’s a real shot at competing for a championship, which is a
sign of our growth and the fact that our league is improving. When you look at
[seeds] 4 to 14, 3 to 13, 3 to 10, it’s very close, especially in the Western C
onference.
CJ：这让有竞争性的球队更具竞争力，也让那些可能不那么有竞争力的球队变得更有竞争力
。我认为，这么多球队活跃或寻求活跃的事实表明，在我们的联盟中，从上到下没有那么大
的差距。有很多球队都觉得他们有机会。有很多球队觉得他们可以竞争，而在过去几年，很
多球队都只是说“不，不打算做点什么”。而现在每个人都想努力变得更好一点，因为他们
觉得差距没有那么大，有一个真正的机会去争夺冠军，这是我们成长的标志，也是我们的联
盟正在改善的事实。特别是在西区，当你看种子4到14、3到13、3到10时，差距都非常接近
。
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西13：确实