https://twitter.com/SIChrisMannix/status/1713939842244190327
Not just this season, either. For months Lillard watched pundits discuss his
onerous contract, the $216 million he’s owed over the next four seasons, the
$63 million he is scheduled to make in the last one. The narrative was that he
won’t be worth it, that, in his late 30s, Lillard will be in decline.
Perhaps. But as he exited Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Lillard dismissed any
suggestions that he is injury prone. And he had a message for those who don’t
think his game will age well.
不僅是這個賽季，幾個月來，小李一直看著球評們討論著他的鉅額合約，
他在接下來四個賽季中將獲得2.16億鎂，以及在最後一個賽季中將會入袋的6300萬鎂。
常見的陳述是他不值得這筆錢，
認為在30幾歲的某個時間點，他或許將會衰退。
但當他在星期天離開Crypto.com Arena時，小李否定了他容易受傷的說法。
並且對那些認為他的比賽會隨著年歲增長而衰退的人發出了聲明：
“I don't know why they would think that,” Lillard told me. “I don’t live a
hard life. I’ve shown no signs of slowing down. I saw people saying, Oh, he
gets hurt. I wasn't hurt last year. I was hurt the year before that. I chose
to have surgery. I don’t have an injury history. There’s a lot of people who
have been hurt a bunch of times. I’ve been healthy my whole career. So when
I see that stuff, it’s almost like they’re giving me an opportunity to show
that they’re wrong. I'm going to be 38, moving the same way I move right now.
I promise you. And shooting, that doesn’t go away.”
"我不知道他們為什麼會有這種想法，"
"我打起球來毫無罣礙。我一直沒有任何變慢的跡象。
我看到人們說：喔，小李又傷了。去年我並未受傷。前年我的確受傷，我選擇接受手術。
我並沒有多樣的傷病史。有許多球員是多次受傷，但我整個職業生涯都相當健康。
所以當我看到這些說法時，就像是他們給了我一個機會，來證明他們看錯人了。
我即使到了38歲，也能夠以現在的方式在場上移動。我能跟你保證。
而我的投籃，是不會消失的。"
不好說...號稱喝機油的生化人都會變慢了