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LeBron James says he will ‘be as active as I need to be’ in recruiting free
agents for the Lakers and that this summer is ‘critical’ because he wants
to win now
LeBron James說在為湖人招募FA上 只要有需要 他會"非常積極" 因為他想贏球
Up until this season, Lakers star LeBron James was the tide that lifted all
ships, no matter how cumbersome they might have been. As such, it wasn’t as
important for him to play the personnel game and try and get talent alongside
himself.
直到這一季為止，湖人球星LBJ都是扮演著一力帶起整支球隊的角色，不管這狀況有多艱
難。也因此，對他來說，球隊上的人事問題以及找有天賦的球員來身邊對他來說並不重
要。
As a matter of fact, James would have you believe he never got involved with
such things to begin with (another matter altogether), but he told Howard
Beck of Bleacher Report that’s changing, and that he’s ready to help the
Lakers get him some help in any way he can this summer:
事實上，LBJ會讓人以為他從來就不參與這類的事情，但是之前他告訴Bleacher Report的
記者，這一切將會改變，今年夏天他會用各種不同的方式幫湖人找幫手的：
“I’ve never played fantasy basketball,” James says. “But I will be as
active as I need to be for this franchise to get better. That’s why I came
here. I came here to win. And obviously, we need to get better, as far as our
personnel. We have an opportunity to get better. And there’s a lot of talent
out there, and a lot of guys that can help our franchise. So I’ll be as
active as I need to be for us to get better and go from there.”
「我從沒玩過Fantasy Basketball，」LBJ說。「但是我今年夏天將會非常積極的幫助湖
人，使球隊變得更好，那就是我來湖人的原因，我來這裡就是要贏球的。很顯然的，我們
在球員上需要變得更好，我們是有機會的。現在市場上有很多有天賦的球員，其中很多人
都可以幫助到我們。所以我會盡我所能的積極幫我們球隊，然後繼續向前。」
Look, I find it hard to believe that someone who cares about player
empowerment the way James does has yet to flex his muscle with the
organizations he was playing for before, but again, that’s besides the point.
很難想像像LBJ這樣注重球員權力的人之前沒有跟球隊聯手合作過，但是那不是重點。
All that really matters here is that James will play a role as a recruiter
this summer, because he knows he (and the Lakers) desperately need all the
help they can get:
現在最重要的是今年夏天他會扮演招募的角色，因為他知道他跟湖人迫切需要所有可以得
到的援助：
”It’s a critical summer for myself,” James says. “Obviously, the
franchise is going to live forever. But for me personally, it’s very
critical, because I want to compete and I want to compete now.”
「這夏天對我來說很重要，」LBJ說。「很顯然地，球團會持續存在，但是我不是，因為我
想能競爭，我現在就要。」
He absolutely right on how important this summer is. Like it or not, his
legacy would take a hit if he has another couple seasons like this last one,
and then departs either in free agency or retirement with all of his prime
behind him. How large a hit is debatable given how incredible his career to
this point has been, but a hit nonetheless. Because of that, he told Beck he
can’t waste any more time:
他對今年夏天的認知是完全正確的，不管如何，若是LBJ之後幾季的表現在像這一季的表現
的話，這會對LBJ歷史傳奇程度重重給予一擊，之後可能在FA結束後離開湖人或者就是退
役，揮別他的光榮。基於他不可思議的生涯表現，這樣的一擊會有多大的影響還有待商
榷，但是這還是可能會有影響。也因此，他說他不會再浪費時間了：
”So it’s very critical to me and my future,” James says of acquiring
another star, as he stops midway down the Garden ramp. “And I’m positive
and very optimistic that Magic and Rob and the franchise will be great.”
「所以現在對我跟我的將來都非常重要，」LBJ講到招募明星球員時說到。「我很正面樂觀
的覺得魔術跟Rob以及球團都將會變得很棒的。」
When James and this front office agreed to work together, it was seen and
sold as a type of partnership., but we’ve heard how he felt about the roster
makeup this year. It’ll be interesting to see if Johnson and Pelinka accept
responsibility for that at their upcoming exit interviews, or roll with
injuries as the explanation for their experiment not working out.
當那時LBJ跟制服組同意一起合作時，那時候大家認為雙方是一種夥伴關係，但是我們也聽
過LBJ之前對湖人球員名單的感覺。所以，在湖人即將來臨季末會議上，若是魔術跟
Pelinka承擔了今年組成這樣的球員名單以及一堆傷兵的責任的話，看他們如何解釋今年失
敗的實驗會很有趣。
Either way, James promising to help in any we he can to acquire a second star
is a huge development, and whether or not he and Magic are successful will
mean quite a bit for how both are perceived moving forward. We already know
that James feels confident that it will be easier to recruit players to Los
Angeles than Cleveland, now we get to see if that’s enough to get some deals
done.
不管怎樣，LBJ承諾要想辦法幫忙找到第二位球星就已經是重大的進步了，不管他跟魔術是
不是有成功，這都相當程度被認為是有帶著球隊往進步的路上。我們已經知道LBJ認為要找
球星來LA比去克里夫蘭簡單，我們現在就等著看是否真的可以簽到人了。