Spurs’ Carroll says he ‘just didn’t jell’ with Popovich
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CHICAGO – It’s been a bust of a season for Spurs forward DeMarre Carroll.
芝加哥报导- 本季对于DeMarre Carroll来说是个糟糕的赛季
Yet there he was Friday night looking like the happiest guy in the world
while surrounded by family, friends and media at the launch of his colorful “
Amare” athleisure clothing collection at the high-end men’s apparel shop
Agriculture Custom Clothiers on Chicago’s Near West Side.
然而，在星期五晚上，他看起来像世界上最快乐的人，在芝加哥西区高档男装服装店的发
布会上，DeMarre被家人朋友和媒体包围着，推出了色彩缤纷的Amare运动服装系列 。
“This has helped me tremendously,” said Carroll, referring to how fashion
has provided refuge from his frustrating, perplexing situation with the
Spurs. “This season has been a blessing in disguise. It made me start
looking at things for my future and being part of the fashion world is
something I want to do.”
DeMarre说，这极大地帮助了我。他指的是时尚如何帮助他，摆脱与马刺令人沮丧和困惑
的情况。 “相反的，这个赛季使我开始着眼于未来的事物，成为时尚界的一员是我想要
做的。
But make no mistake: The 11th-year pro isn’t ready to retire.
但别误会：这位年资11年的职业球员还没有准备退休。
“Another opportunity will come for me,” said Carroll, 33. “San Antonio, I
don’t know where (it went wrong), what happened, what the hiccup was. But,
at the end of the day, I am totally healthy. I work out every day, twice a
day. When that opportunity comes, I will be ready to take advantage of it.”
今年33岁的Carroll说：机会将会来临的。在圣安东尼奥，我不知道哪里出了错，发生了
什么事，或是什么变化。 但总而言之，我完全健康。 我每天训练两次。 当机会来了，
我将会好好把握他。
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Signed by the Spurs in free agency last summer to a three-year deal worth
nearly $21 million, Carroll has played in just 15 of the team’s 54 games and
not at all since logging two minutes in a Jan. 8 win at Boston. He has been
inactive for the last 15 straight contest and was not with the team Feb. 2
when it embarked on the first portion of the eight-game rodeo trip.
去年夏天，马刺在自由球员市场与Carroll签下了一份价值近2100万美元的三年合约，但
Carroll只上场了54场中的15场，而且自从1月8日在波士顿出赛两分钟后，Carroll就
没上过场。他在最近的15场中都没被登入在球队的出赛名单中，且连八客场的牛仔之旅，
Carroll也没有随队出征。
“I don’t know what went wrong, what happened,” Carroll said. “I felt like
San Antonio was going to be a great place for me, for my talents, but it didn
’t work out.”
Carroll：我不知道出了什么问题，发生了什么事。我当时觉得圣安东尼奥将成为我的理
想的球队，一支适合我的球队，但事与愿违。
A 3-and-D specialist, Carroll indeed seemed like a good fit for the Spurs,
who struggled in both of those areas last season and continue to be
challenged defensively. He arrived in San Antonio eager to embrace coach
Gregg Popovich’s system after posting a double-figure per-game scoring
average in five of the previous six seasons, including averaging 11.1 over 67
games for Brooklyn in 2018-19.
身为一名3D球员，Carroll确实看起来适合马刺。马刺上个赛季，在三分和防守部分都
处于挣扎的状态，尤其是防守端一直受到严苛挑战。Carroll在过去六个赛季中，有五季
平均得分在双位数，包括在上个赛季效力于篮网能场均贡献11.1分，之后他来到了圣安东
尼奥，渴望成为Gregg Popovich体系中的一份子。
“Coach Pop is a great individual to me,” Carroll said. “Outside of
basketball, we talk about family, all kinds of stuff. But with the basketball
thing, we just didn’t jell.”
Pop教练对我来说是个伟大的人，Carroll说。 除了篮球，我们谈论的是家庭，各种各样
的事情。但谈到篮球，我们就没有交流了。
Popovich has offered little insight into the situation other than what he
told reporters in mid-December.
除了在12月中对记者所说的以外，Pop几乎没提供其他详细的情况。
“He’s good people,” Popovich said. “At this point, it’s a new program
for him and he’s got a couple guys ahead of him at that position. It’s been
tough for him to get minutes, but he’s been professional about it and done
everything I could ask.”
“他是好人，”Pop说。 此刻来说，这对Carroll来说是一个新计划，在同位置上，有不少
人上场顺位排在他之前，所以他很难获得上场时间，但他一直尽我所能的保持专业。
The Spurs explored trading Carroll, but the Feb. 6 league deadline for teams
to broker deals passed without any movement.
马刺队曾试着交易Carroll，但仍未在2月6号交易大限前有所动作。
Asked if he was surprised a trade didn’t happen, Carroll said, “Yeah, but
no. Me being 33 and being in the league 11, 12 years, I know the NBA. If you
really want to trade somebody, the biggest thing you have to do is maybe show
their value, play them a little bit. Not playing really hurt my value a lot.
It got a lot of teams probably second-guessing and saying, ‘Is he hurt? Is
something wrong with him?’ ”
当被问及是否对交易没有发生感到惊讶时，Carroll说：“没有。我33岁了，进入联盟11
、12年，我了解NBA。如果您真的想交易某人，那么你要做的事情就是展示他们的价值，
给他们点上场时间。不让我上场真的降低了我的交易价值。很多团队可能都在猜测，他受
伤了吗？他有什么问题吗？’”
The Spurs are paying Carroll $7 million this season and he’s set to receive
a guaranteed $6.65 million in 2020-21. Only $1.35 million of the $7 million
the pact calls for him to collect in 2021-22 is guaranteed.
Carroll本季薪资700万美元，他将在2020-21赛季获得665万美元的合约保证金。 但他在
2021-22年的700万美元中，只有135万是获得保障的。
Asked if a buyout is a possibility, a tricky situation given how much money
remains on his contract, Carroll said he visited with his agent, Mark
Bartelstein, in Chicago during All-Star Weekend.
当被问及是否有可能进行买断时，考虑到合同上还有多少钱，情况非常棘手，
Carroll说，他在全明星周末期间与经纪人Mark Bartelstein一起来到了芝加哥。
“He is handling that,” Carroll said. “Him and (Spurs general manager)
Brian (Wright) and all of them. I don’t know what direction we are going to
go. But at the end of the day, at 33, I don’t want to waste my talents just
sitting at the end of the bench, knowing I could help a team produce.”
“Mark正在处理，”Carroll说。 “ 他和马刺队总经理Brian Wright，他们所有人正在
处理。 我不知道我将往哪个方向走。 但33岁的我不想浪费自己的天份，只是坐在板凳席
的末端，因为我知道我可以帮助球队。”
Despite the downturn in his career, Carroll has remained positive and
supportive of his teammates.
尽管他的职业生涯低迷，但Carroll仍然保持乐观和支持着队友。
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