拓荒者可能让小李休息一年养伤
Lillard will not travel with the team on its upcoming six-game road trip, and he
is expected to meet with a specialist this week to determine the next steps in
managing the injury. Serious consideration has been given to Lillard taking sign
ificant time off to heal, effectively ending the Blazers' hopes at a playoff run
.
Lillard受到腹部肌腱伤势困扰，此前已连续缺阵三场。据此前报导，拓荒者主教练Billups
透露Lillard不会随队出征六连客，将在本周与专家会面商谈治疗方案。
"I think that's probably going to be the route that we go if he doesn't get some
kind of relief there," Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said last week when asked
directly about the possibility of shutting Lillard down for an extended period
of time.
上周当记者询问Billups，Lillard有没有可能缺阵比较长一段时间时间？Billups：如果他
还不能缓解自己的疼痛问题，我认为球队可能不得不走上那条路。
It's not only the likely path forward, it's also the logical one for both an ail
ing Lillard and a Blazers team that's looked utterly listless during the first h
alf of a season defined byorganizational turmoil.
这不仅仅是拓荒者可能走上的一条路，考虑到带伤作战的Lillard状态不佳，球队上下更是
失去了活力，让Lillard一直休战下去或许是球队眼前最务实的一条路。
Call it a gap year for Lillard, call it a one-year mini-rebuild for Blazers inte
rim general manager Joe Cronin. It's what theGolden State Warriorsdid two year
s ago, lettingStephen Currytake some time off after breaking his hand early in
the 2019-20 season, playing for a lottery pick and letting their young players
develop without the pressure of having to win games. The next season, Curry came
back in MVP form, and a year later, Golden State looks like the best team in th
e league again.
对Lillard来说，这一年是养伤休息的一年，也可以视为迷你重建，但无论怎样，拓荒者让
人看不到能争夺冠军的实力。 就像2019-20赛季的勇士对Curry做的那样，给他一整个赛季
的时间恢复和储备能量，同时争取拿到一个高顺位选秀权。 上赛季的Curry一口气重返MVP
模式，一年后勇士队又成为了联盟中最好的球队之一
Lillard's long-term health is the single most important factor in the Blazers' f
uture plans. He's eligible for a two-year, $107 million extension this summer, a
nd all indications are that he would sign it if Cronin (or whoever is running ba
sketball operations by July) offered it to him. He's said repeatedly since the s
tart of the season that heisn't looking to be traded, and that doesn't appear t
o be a route the team is considering, either. As hard as other front offices and
some media outlets have been working to will him into a trade request, a Lillar
d-Blazers divorce isn't in the cards right now from either side.
Lillard的长期健康或许是拓荒者目前最关键的问题，他有权在今夏提前延续一份2年1.07亿
的合约，只要管理层把合约摆在台面上，种种迹像都表明Lillard会在上面签字。 从本赛季
初开始，Lillard不断强调自己不想被交易离队，当然了，管理层怎么想是另一回事。 尽管
有一些球队高层和媒体一直想说服他提出交易申请，但Lillard和球队目前都尚未表示要分
手。
Cronin will have other decisions to make before the Feb. 10 trade deadline, up t
o and including whether to trade Lillard's nine-year backcourt partner, CJ McCol
lum. Starting center Jusuf Nurkic and veteran forward Robert Covington are free
agents at the end of the season, making them prime candidates to be moved in the
next month. Portland owes its 2022 first-round pick toChicagoif it's outside
the lottery; if the decision is made to shut down Lillard, they'll not only keep
that pick, it also will have a chance to be very high. Maybe even high enough t
o draft a new co-star for Lillard.
拓荒者管理层还有不少事项必须解决。 他们到底要不要拆散双枪送走CJ？ 球队先发中锋Nu
rkic和3D锋线Covington都将在本赛季结束后成为自由球员，他们的交易价值并不低。 如果
拓荒者2022年的首轮签掉出乐透区，则公牛会得到这个选秀权。 如果拓荒者让Lillard休战
接下来的所有比赛，他们不仅大概率能保住这个签位，还有机会争取在高顺位拿下潜力新人
。
Letting Lillard take time off to get right, trading their other veterans to get
younger, letting Anfernee Simons and Nassir Little develop, losing enough games
to get a high draft pick and coming back in the fall with a clean slate and a he
althy franchise point guard ready to take a serious swing at a late-career run i
s the best outcome for both Lillard and the Blazers.
让Lillard彻底养好伤，换走一些老将，继续培养Anfernee Simons和Little，输掉足够多的
比赛争取高顺位选秀权，然后在明年东山再起。 这对Lillard和球队来说都是最好的结果。
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