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Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O’Neal teaming up to form own sports agency
Tracy McGrady跟Jermaine O'Neal合組運動經紀公司
Former NBA superstars Tracy McGrady and Jermaine O’Neal are taking over the
sports agency world. The two successful all-stars are teaming up and planning
to start a player representation agency called Seven1 Sports Group and
Entertainment.
前NBA超級明星Tracy McGrady跟Jermaine O'Neal要跨足運動經紀領域了。這兩位成功的全
明星球員要組隊，計畫要做球員經紀事業，公司叫Seven1 Sports Group and
Entertainment。
“We think it’s needed, and we have a passion for it,” McGrady said (per
nytimes.com). “We’re around kids every single day because we have youth
programs. It just makes sense. We see the lack of information that these kids
are getting, so we would be doing a disservice to our people if we don’t
lend our expertise of what we know and help guide them. This is a calling
that we have.”
「我們認為這是有需求的，我們也對此有熱情，」McGrady說。「因為我們有青少年計畫，
所以我們每天身邊都是年青人。這樣做是合理的，我們看到這些小孩們缺少這方面的資
訊，若是我們知道我們可以幫助到他們卻不願意把我們的專業拿出來，這對他們是會有損
害的，這是我們的使命。」
Both Tracy McGrady and O’Neal were drafted out of high school as top
prospects from their respective programs. Six-time NBA All Star O’Neal was
drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1996 NBA Draft while two-time
NBA Scoring Champ McGrady was picked by the Toronto Raptors the year after.
Tracy McGrady跟O'Neal都是高中就被以高選秀選進NBA的。六屆全明星的O'Neal是在1996
年被拓荒者選進來，隔年則是兩屆得分王McGrady被暴龍選進NBA。
There were a lot of connections between the two early in their professional
careers and sitting down for the very first time in 1998 drew an instant
spark between the two and they’ve been basically brothers ever since. Come
this fall, they’re planning to take this collaboration even further and
provide young talents with much-needed guidance and assistance.
這兩位在NBA生涯就已經是很好的朋友，在1998年兩人一碰面就有了火花，之後兩個就是哥
兒們。在今年秋天，他們計畫把兩人的合作提升到另外一個等級，要為年輕潛力新秀提供
所需要的指導與協助。
“There’s no magic wand for this,” O’Neal said. “We’re not trying to say
we’re the magic wand. But we’re going to be different. You can’t name
another pair of people who have had the level of success and the ups and
downs that we’ve had in our careers.”
「運動經紀不是像變魔法一樣的，」O'Neal說。「我們不會說我們會變魔法。但是我們會
與眾不同的，大家找不到像我們這樣，有過這樣的成功等級，但是生涯有過高潮也有低潮
的二人組合。」
If things fall into place for both McGrady and O’Neal, they are poised to
become the most successful NBA stars in history to make it to the highly
competitive sports agency business.
若是一切順利的話，McGrady跟O'Neal將準備好成為史上最成功的NBA球星要踏入這個高度
競爭的運動經紀行業。