記者透露聯盟高管們對西門的看法：交易他來會害自己丟了飯碗
"Hopefully, I mean, just as basketball fans you hope that this guy can become th
e player that he's got the potential to be, because he was fantastic at LSU. Now
, there's the physical issues we've talked about. There are the mental issues, a
nd then you're talking to people around the league, there are questions about hi
s motor. Does he love the game? I've had a few people I spoke to last week about
Ben tell me – these are executives in the league – that you got to stay away
from him. He will get you fired, you know. Like trading for him will get you fir
ed.
記者：我的意思是，就像籃球迷一樣，你希望這個人能夠兌現他的潛力，因為西門在路易斯
安那州立大學表現出色。現在，我們已經談到了身體問題，還有精神問題 ，然後你和聯盟
內部的人交談，有關於西門打球的動力的問題。西門喜歡這項運動嗎？上週我和一些人談過
西門，這些人都是聯盟的高管。他們告訴我，你必須遠離西門，他會讓你被解僱，你知道的
，就好像交易他來會讓你被解僱似的。
So, there are those that wonder how much he loves the game. And they look at the
fact that he's not even to the point where he's taking jump shots yet. And they
look at that as he don't love it, he hasn't worked hard enough even to overcome
that mental block."
記者：所以，有些人懷疑西門到底有多熱愛這項運動。他們看到的事實是，他甚至還是沒有
在跳投，他們認為他並不喜歡這份工作，他甚至沒有付出足夠努力去克服這種心理障礙。
Thankfully, Simmons has found some sort of form over the last few games. If he c
an continue playing at that level, the Nets won't have to think about moving Ben
to another team, and they can simply hope that Simmons, alongside Kevin Durant
and Kyrie Irving, will lead the team to an NBA Championship.
慶幸的是，西門在過去的幾場比賽中找回一些狀態。如果他能繼續維持這樣的水準，籃網就
不必考慮把西門交易到另一支球隊，他們只需要寄望於西門能夠與KD和KI一起帶領球隊奪得
NBA總冠軍。
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高管：先不要