Westbrook had been telling those around him for weeks that he was finally co
ming home, but now those dreams seemed to be slipping away. So shortly befor
e noon on July 29, he asked his billionaire boss, Ted Leonsis, for a persona
l favor: Find a way for him to land with the Lakers. That passionate plea se
t off a chain of events that resulted in the Lakers assembling one of the mo
st star-laden and veteran teams in league history.
几个星期以来，威少一直在告诉他身边的人，他终于要回家了，但现在，那些梦想似乎
正在远离他，于是在7月29中午，威少向巫师老板Ted Leonsis求情，想办法让他加盟湖
人队，这最终促成了巫师和湖人的交易。
DeMar DeRozan He took part in two such meetings at James’ home and had sepa
rate ongoing phone conversations with James. His conversations with the Lake
rs co-stars had gone well There was genuine excitement shared in the player
meetings about how DeRozan would fit.
DDR在詹姆斯家中参加了两次会面，并与詹姆斯进行过电话交流，他和湖人明星们的谈话
进行得很顺利，在球员会议上，大家都对DDR的加盟计划感到兴奋。
Sources said Pelinka and his front-office group strongly considered executin
g a sign-and-trade for the 32-year-old DeRozan, giving up Kuzma and Caldwell
-Pope in the process, but couldn’t come to consensus terms with the Spurs i
n free agency or a suitable contract number for DeRozan. What’s more, sourc
es say the DeRozan option never advanced to the point that it was presented
to Buss.
消息人士称，Pelinka和他的管理层强烈考虑签下DDR，在此过程中放弃Kuzma和KCP，但
他们无法与马刺在自由球员市场先签后换达成一致，也无法为DDR找到一个合适的合约，
更重要的是，消息人士表示关于签DDR的计划进展没有到珍妮-巴斯认可的程度
While she has long since empowered Pelinka to be the final front office deci
sion maker, the impact of her family’s legacy remains strong. And the Westb
rook deal, quite clearly, was seen as the kind of move that would make her l
ate father, legendary Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, smile. If only they could
get it over the finish line.
虽然珍妮早已授权Pelinka成为管理层的最终决策者，但她认为相比DDR，威少显然是能
得到自己已故的父亲认可，只要他们能夺冠。
Even if Hield was a more natural fit for their structure, the Lakers believe
d Westbrook made them a more dangerous team in the postseason.
尽管Hield更适合湖人的球队架构，但湖人相信威少能让他们在季后赛中成为一支更危险
的球队
It was, in essence, the decision between a player they believed could be the
difference-maker in a 16-game title run vs. one whose talents had only been
utilized in the regular season.
从本质上来说，这是一个他们认为可以在16场季后赛比赛中发挥关键作用的球员和一个
只能在例行赛发挥才能的球员之间的选择。
The decision left Sacramento management steaming, sources said. The Kings ha
d no idea they were even competing with a Westbrook deal
消息人士称，这一决定令国王管理层非常愤怒，他们甚至不知道他们是在与威少竞争