[外絮] Kawhi:我降價來讓球隊有機會留下其他人

https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1745329405000638879 Asked Kawhi Leonard about his deal and Paul George and James Harden's futures with Clippers were a part of negotiating: "I think for the most part, everybody is coming back, so with me signing the extension, it gives us a chance to sign both players." 記者問了Kawhi Leonard他的合約以及Paul George與James Harden在快艇的未來是否是交 涉的一部分: 「我覺得大部分人都會留下，所以我簽下這份延長合約，這給我們更多機會簽下他們兩個 。」 https://twitter.com/joeylinn_/status/1745329782622245123 Why did Kawhi Leonard sign a contract extension at this particular time? Kawhi: “I don’t know. It was time, I guess. There’s nothing really to pinpoint. It was time to do it and it just happened.” 為甚麼Kawhi Leonard在這個時間點簽下延長合約呢? Kawhi:「我不知道。就時候到了我猜。並沒有一個決定的點。就只是時間對了就發生了。 」 https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1745333556556214612 PG: “I’m extremely excited and happy for Kawhi… we’ll see my situation when we get there… I know he wants to stay here, myself as well.” PG:「我對於Kawhi感到非常興奮與高興...我們會再看看我的情況...我知道他想留在這裡 ，我也想留在這裡。」 https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1745334413460988200 PG says that he is very optimistic something will get done and agrees that Kawhi extension was first step of that process. PG說他對於完成一些事情非常樂觀並同意Kawhi的延長是整個過程的第一步。 https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1745335275986035185 Massive paraphrase from Paul George in Kawhi Leonard on why they have worked out and stayed together for 5 years despite still searching for first championship: “No egos… We genuinely like each other.” PG對於他與Kawhi在一起即便仍在尋求第一個冠軍卻一起打拼了5年給出了大段的解釋:「我 們沒有自負...我們打自內心的喜歡對方。」 https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1745277353834496040 Tyronn Lue congratulates Erik Spoelstra on his contract extension, suggests that Steve Kerr is next, while shouting out Gregg Popovich and Monty Williams. Lue has one year left on his deal after this season. Ty Lue恭喜了Erick Spoelstra的延長合約並說了Steve Kerr將會是下一個，同時還讚揚了 Gregg Popovich和Monty Williams。 Lue在這季以後也僅剩下一年合約。 https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1745279520729682165 Lawrence Frank on how re-signing Kawhi Leonard made sense for both sides, Leonard wants to be a Clipper "for a very long time" and how he understands how restrictive new CBA is towards teambuilding "Not only does he want to be here and finish his career here… he's a partner" Lawrence Frank談到為何重新簽下Kawhi Leonard對於雙方都是合理的決定，Leonard想要 作為快艇球員"很長一段時間"而他也理解新的勞資協議對於建隊的限制。 "他不僅僅只想待在這裡並結束他的生涯...他是我們的夥伴。" https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1745258791241928739 Asked Lawrence Frank about committing a 3-year, $150M+ deal to Kawhi Leonard given the injury history: “Anybody can get injured. Not everybody can be a top 5 player.” 快艇記者問總管Lawrence Frank為何即使Kawhi Leonard有著豐富的傷病史仍給他3年150M 以上的合約 「所有人都會受傷。但不是每個人都能成為前五的球員。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 98.217.185.18 (美國) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1704957095.A.CFF.html