为什么詹皇才是凯骑交易风波的中心

Four players and one draft pick exchanged hands Tuesday in a blockbuster trade between Boston and Cleveland, but make no mistake, as with so much of the NBA, this was about one guy who wasn’t directly involved... LeBron James。

波士顿凯尔特人队和克利夫兰骑士队于上周二完成了关于4位球员和1个选秀权的交易。和NBA的众多新闻一样，毫无疑问地这个重磅炸弹不可避免的将人们的目光聚向并不在此次交易中的勒布朗-詹姆斯。

The Cavaliers traded disgruntled star guard Kyrie Irving to Boston for guard Isaiah Thomas, forward Jae Crowder, young big man Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first-round draft pick that the Celtics owned. The Nets are expected to again struggle this season, meaning the selection has the potential to be in the top three of the draft.

骑士队交易走了早有去意的明星后卫凯里-欧文，从凯尔特人队换来了后卫以赛亚-托马斯，前锋杰-克劳德，年轻的内线安特-日日奇和2018年布鲁克林篮网队的首轮选秀权。篮网队下个赛季情况依旧不容乐观，这很有可能是个前三顺位的选秀权。

Boston got the best player in the deal, which is usually how NBA trades are judged. Cleveland, however, got a nice haul with great potential in exchange for a player who had demanded to be traded after he began feuding with LeBron.

凯尔特人队获得了目前交易市场上最好的球员。而骑士队也从中获益匪浅，毕竟欧文与詹姆斯在被传不合之后，欧文就一直寻求交易。

So what is to come over the next nine or 10 months is the immediate referendum. Is this enough to get the Cavs back to the NBA Finals for another crack at the Golden State Warriors? Is this enough to win it all?

所以这次突如其来的交易将会改变下个赛季的格局。但是这足够让骑士队重返总决赛赛场击败金州勇士队么？

Are there enough basketballs to go around for both James and Thomas, a diminutive but creative guard coming off a career season who needs to control possessions?

首先，詹姆斯和托马斯之间如何分配球权？托马斯在上赛季表现出他是一位虽矮小却有创造性的持球型后卫。

Mainly, is there enough potential in a group that should be better defensively and can add a highly skilled young player going forward to persuade LeBron James that Cleveland has a future worth sticking around to experience.

更主要的在于，想把詹姆斯未来留在骑士队，就要让他相信骑士队将来会有更好的防守，也会有更好的年轻球星加盟。

LeBron's ability to pursue free agency next spring will loom over everything this season, certainly everything in Cleveland.

詹姆斯明年夏天可以选择成为一名自由球员，这柄达摩克利斯之剑（代表拥有强大的力量非常不安全，很容易被夺走，或者简单来说，就是感到末日的降临。）影响着这个赛季骑士队的一切。

James turns 33 in December and has been to seven consecutive NBA Finals with the Cavs (2015-17) and Miami Heat (2011-2014). His team has won the Larry O'Brien Trophy in June of 2012, 2013 and isn't in this for anything other than everything. Moral victories and near misses have little, if any, value at this point.

詹姆斯今年12月就33岁了，连续7年挺进NBA总决赛（2011-2014年在热火队和2015-2017年在骑士队）并在2012年、2013年、2016年三次获得总冠军。总冠军才是他唯一的追求，无冕之王其实一点价值也没有。

He's still a dominant player, but the clock is ticking on his career. While he's still relatively young, he turned pro at 18 and the miles are piling up on his legs. He's entering his 15th season, most with lengthy playoff runs, not to mention another 68 games with USA Basketball across three Olympics and one World Championship.

詹姆斯依然是位具有统治力的球员，但是他的生涯也开始进入后半段了。即使现在他还保持着不错的状态，但毕竟他从18岁就开始征战NBA，经年累月，他马上就要开始度过在联盟的第15个年头，这些年一共参加了12次季后赛，更别说随美国队出征了3次奥运会和1次世锦赛，共计68场比赛。

Each spring is precious. With Irving in 2016, he was able to deliver Cleveland its first professional sports championship since 1964. After beating Boston in the Eastern Conference finals this past season, the Cavs were defeated by a superior Warriors team.

每个赛季都是值得铭记的。2016年，他与欧文一起为克利夫兰赢得了自1964年来第一座体育职业联赛的冠军。上个赛季在东部决赛击败凯尔特人队后，总决赛会师金州勇士队，遗憾不敌这支历史级别的强队。

And now?

现在呢？

With James and Irving unable to coexist, something had to be as is 5-foot-9 and a different player than Irving, although both thrive on driving to the rim and finishing in unlikely manners. Thomas, 28, is coming off a hip injury, though, with inevitable questions about whether he can duplicate his production from a season ago (28.9 ppg). He is also entering the final year of his contract and Boston is in store for a difficult decision on whether to max him.

因为詹姆斯和欧文之间相处的问题，球队必须做出交易，现在托马斯来了。28岁的托马斯，臀部有伤，只有1米75，他和欧文一样努力地在成长，和欧文是风格完全不同的球员。大家最期待的还是，他能否延续上个赛季场均28.9分的表现。他现在也是合同的最后一年，如果他还在凯尔特人，凯尔特人也面临着是否给他顶薪的两难选择。

Crowder is a classic glue guy who should improve the team's defense and rebounding. And chemistry is likely to improve – Irving and James were reportedly not even speaking during parts of last year's Finals.

克劳德是个典型的球队粘合剂，他能提高球队的防守和篮板能力，也许能粘合球队产生不错的化学反应——据传，欧文和詹姆斯去年总决赛时，几乎没有沟通交流。

The Warriors are still the Warriors, though. And Boston now has Irving to add to a young and deep roster. Irving, just 25, is a better all-around player than Thomas. Neither is a particularly great defender. He has three years remaining on his deal with the final year being a player option, and sources told Yahoo Sports there's confidence he'll be in Boston for the long term.

尽管勇士还是去年的勇士，但是凯尔特人现在有了欧文，球队更加年轻，阵容深度更强。只有25岁的欧文，是个比托马斯更强的多面手。不可否认，两人的防守也都不好。欧文的合同还有3年到期，最后一年有球员选项，而且有消息称欧文会长时间待在凯尔特人。

If nothing else, if these two teams meet again in the 2018 Eastern Conference finals, it will be a viciously fought series.

如果这两支球队明年在东部决赛相遇，不免又是一系列短兵相接的恶战。

Speculation on James' thinking will overwhelm much of the Cavaliers' season. Many have him pegged to leave unless Cleveland wins another championship, perhaps joining a Western Conference team with better firepower to take on the Golden State juggernaut. Some think his sometimes-contentious relationship with owner Dan Gilbert can't be salvaged.

对詹姆斯想法的考虑，极大的影响了骑士赛季的运作。普遍认为，如果今年骑士不能夺冠，他就有借口把天赋带到西海岸，加入一支火力更强的西部球队，挑战勇士的冠军地位。也有人提出詹姆斯和骑士队老板丹-吉尔伯特之间不和谐的关系已经无法挽回。

We'll see.

时间会证明一切。

James has time to judge the situation. Is this Cavs team better, or just more fun to be on? Is it worth staying at the expense of his dwindling prime? Is there really a better option out there?

詹姆斯还有时间去判断形势。现在的骑士队阵容变得更强了么？值得将自己最后的巅峰期赌在这里么？外面有更好的选择么？

Or, is he gone for sure, leaving Cleveland the way he did once before, in search of a title contender? In that case, could the Cavs be so bold that they try to trade him during the season?

另外，詹姆斯选择像上次一样去一个更有冠军相的球队的计划已经成型了么？若真是如此，骑士队敢在这个赛季对詹姆斯进行交易么？

It's Kyrie out the door now. Just more than a year ago, he hit the clutch Game 7 shot to clinch Cleveland's championship. That's ancient history in a deal that's all about the future.

现在，欧文离开了球队。就在一年多前，他在总决赛最后一场的关键绝杀为克利夫兰锁定冠军。那都是过去的历史了，这次交易，将书写新的故事。

Boston got the star, Cleveland got a nice return on a bad situation, but in the end, this always was about LeBron James and whether the dynamics can be changed enough to keep him around Ohio for the rest of his career.

凯尔特人得到了欧文，骑士队也通过这次收获颇丰的交易中从尴尬的境地里走出来了。但是这场交易风波最后还是要看詹姆斯。不知道他回故乡俄亥俄州度过最后的生涯的念头是否会这次交易而动摇？

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