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But with the Feb. 6 trade deadline a little more than two weeks away, league
sources told ESPN that James and Davis are growing concerned about the
Lakers' ability to make significant roster upgrades with their two tradeable
first-rounders. James, a four-time champion, and Davis, a one-time champ,
have expressed that they want the franchise to make moves to contend for a
championship, with the co-stars believing the Lakers are potentially a piece
or two away, sources said.
随着交易大限靠近，消息来源告诉ESPN，LBJ跟AD逐渐开始对于湖人能否用手上有的2个
首轮去针对进行升级感到担忧，也都跟球队表达他们希望球队可以对阵容进行来冲击总冠
军，他们相信湖人距离冠军只差1-2个球员就有机会
James and Lakers head coach J.J. Redick made some very telling comments after
the team's road blowout loss to the LA Clippers on Sunday night.
在LBJ跟总教练Redick败给快艇后的发言也耐人寻味
"That's how our team is constructed, we don't have room for error," James
said. "We don't have a choice. That's the way our team is constructed. We
have to play close to perfect basketball."
LBJ:
我们队伍的建构就是这样，我们没有犯错的空间，我们别无选择，以我们队伍的建立
方式，我们必须要打出接近完美的篮球
The Lakers have been without Jarred Vanderbilt and Christian Wood, both
expected to be key members of the rotation, all season.
湖人这赛季一直缺少Jarred Vanderbilt跟Christian Wood，2名本来预期都会在湖人轮替
阵容的球员
"It just goes back to not having a huge margin for error and I think our
group is like, if one guy is gone from the rotation, there's an exponential
effect to that," Redick said. "When we're healthy, we're whole and we're
playing connected and we execute, I think we're a great basketball team."
Redick:
这又回到我们的阵容容错率非常低，如果我们的阵容少了一名轮替球员，就会对我们产生
连锁效应，但当我们健康时，我们打的团结且充满执行力，我想我们是一个好球队
The Lakers have done their due diligence in trade interest around the league,
and are open to using their tradeable first-round picks for players who are a
fit for this iteration of the Davis-James team as well as for several years
to come under Redick, sources said. Los Angeles has already made one trade
this season, sending D'Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round
picks to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. However,
Finney-Smith is still working to find his rhythm, seeing his 3-point shooting
drop from 43.5% to 36%, and Milton has essentially been out of the rotation
over the past two weeks.
消息来源透露，湖人已在联盟中积极寻找交易机会，而且愿意在交易符合AD跟LBJ的阵容
，且有机会可以替湖人长期效力的球员上付出首轮选秀权，他们这赛季也完成了一笔交
易，就是把Dlo+3次轮扔去换DFS+Mileton，前者看起来还在努力寻找他的节奏，3分球命
中率从43.5%下降到36%，而Milton过去2周则是常常不在湖人的轮替中
Still, the urgency remains for the Lakers, who won a championship in 2020
with James and Davis, but have won just two playoff series since (both in
2023). The Lakers currently have those two first-round picks (2029, 2031) and
two second-round picks (2025, their own and the Clippers') available to be
traded, in a league that is currently in the midst of its longest period of
parity in decades.
尽管如此，湖人还是有感受到球队的急迫性，他们在2020拿下冠军后，只在季后赛赢过
两个系列赛(都在2023)，湖人目前有29跟31首轮还有2025的二轮(他们自己的跟快艇的)
的可以用在交易中，且联盟的竞争强度正处在这几年来最高的一个赛季
后面就是说雷霆塞尔提克骑士被认为最有机会 但现在联盟的竞争很强人人都有可能
还有举例湖人当年交易Westbrook的下场就不翻译了
总之 又来到了似乎每一年固定的环节 双星还是认为湖人需要补强啊