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Jimmy Butler Willing to Play Lou Williams 1-on-1 For $100K After All-Star Tweet
By DANIEL RAPAPORT February 23, 2018
Lou Williams was pretty public about his disappointment with not making the
All-Star team. When the All-Star reserves were released, he tweeted "Lol."
Then when Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler didn't play a single minute in the
All-Star Game to rest, Williams tweeted "u serious bruh? Lol" at Butler.
針對Butler選擇在明星賽坐板凳的決定
前幾日魯長老發了推特質疑：「老兄，你認真的嗎？」
Williams might have a point. The 31-year-old Clippers sixth man is having
arguably the best season of his career, averaging 23.1 points and 5.4 assists
entering Friday night, and he's a big reason the Clippers have hung around in
the playoff picture despite trading away Chris Paul before the season and
Blake Griffin before the deadline.
今年是魯長老的生涯年 截至明星賽前單場平均23.1分和5.4助攻
是快艇在季初交易掉CP3 和 季中交易Griffin 之後
仍能競爭季後賽的重大關鍵
Butler, however, doesn't seem to have appreciated Lou-Will's call out. ESPN's
Cassidy Hubbarth spoke to Butler about both his decision to rest and about
his reaction to Williams' tweet. Here's what she had to say about the chat.
"He told me 'Look. I'm the one who has to guard James Harden for 40 minutes.
And I know the fans are upset, but they need to understand it's a long grind
of the season. And I'm not trying to cut my minutes, but when I have the
opportunity to take a break, I will.
And when I asked him his reaction to Lou Williams...Jimmy told me, 'My thing
is this. To Lou and whoever else thinks they're an All-Star. With all due
respect, LeBron and them got $100,000 for winning. So if you got $100k to put
up, and we play one another—you guard me, I guard you—I'm gonna show you
why. All this talk? Put $100,000 up and I'll show you why, and where I'm at.'"
吉巴似乎不能接受魯長老對他的指教
針對明星賽選擇坐板凳的決定，吉巴的解釋如下：
「我是那個必須對位防守 Harden 40分鐘的人，我明白球迷無法見我上場十分失望，
但整個賽季十分漫長，儘管我不會減少我的上場時間，但當有機會休息時，我會休息」
吉巴更進一步對魯長老喊話：
「給Lou和那些覺得自己是全明星球員的人，恕我直言，LeBron和他的隊友因為贏球賺了
10萬鎂，如果你願意賭10萬鎂，我們可以來單挑，我會告訴你為什麼，與其在那邊嗆聲
，不如來賭10萬元，我會用實力告訴你，為什麼我可以入選明星賽。」
Couple things to unpack here. First of all, if there was any doubt as to
whether the $100,000 prize for winning the All-Star game matters to these
players, many of whom make more than $20 million per season, we can put that
to bed. Of course it does! It's $100,000! It seems like a big reason Butler
didn't give up his place on the team, even though he knew he wasn't going to
play, was to try and collect that cash. Can't blame him.
(以下為記者主觀意見)
儘管這些明星球員動輒年薪超過2000萬鎂，贏家能獲得的10萬鎂仍是一筆不小的數目
吉巴不主動退賽情有可原
Second of all, while it's highly unlikely, this would be incredible
television. A one-on-one matchup between one of the best iso players in the
league in Williams and one of the best perimeter defenders is awesome enough
on its own right, but when you add in the personal aspect? That's quality
pay-per-view content.
如能看見ISO界的高手魯長老 和 防守專家吉巴 單挑 一定精采可期