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During Wednesday's episode of Podcast P, Paul George was asked by his co-host
what his future will look like and what he's prioritizing as free agency
nears.
“I mean, for sure contributing to winning basketball,” Paul George said on
his podcast. “But, I mean at this point… I'm not even necessarily… It’s
not even about… Like… People are saying, ‘chasing a championship.’ Like,
it’s not that. But it’s playing the right style of basketball is what I’m
chasing.”
在週三(今天)發布全新一集的Podcast P中，Paul George被他的共同主持人問到他的未來
展望以及在自由球員市場逼近時他所重視的事情。
PG說:「肯定是為贏球做出貢獻。但在我現在這個時間點...不是像是有人說的'追求總冠軍
。'，不是這樣。我追求的是打出正確的籃球風格。」
片段:
https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1803494598704242940
https://streamable.com/jys01e
So not a championship. And no mention of the financial side of things. Only,
‘the right style of basketball?'
It's just another day where quotes from George leave everyone a little
confused and dejected.
所以不是要冠軍。更不是說為了錢。只是'打正確的籃球'?
這只是又一天George在Podcast上面發表讓大家困惑又沮喪的言論。
(對 又 他別集關於季後賽的言論也被噴了= =)
Earlier in the episode, George explained how different it was playing with
James Harden after losing a number of glue guys in Nicolas Batum and Robert
Covington. It resulted in other guys, including himself, having to do more of
the, ‘dirty,' work.
“We started the year off rolling, we started year off hot,” Paul George
admitted. “Everybody was playing well, there was the energy there. It was
kinda like the first time of us all being healthy with Russ now. It was the
emergence of what it’s like being with Russ now, with myself healthy, Kawhi
healthy, and Russ full-time here. It was kind of like a fresh start of what
we thought could work.
在這集更早的時間點，George解釋了在James Harden加盟之後，失去一些像是Nicolas
Batum與Robert Covington這些Glue Guys所帶來的不同。他們的離開導致其他球員，包括
他自己，需要做更多的Dirty Work。
Paul George承認:「我們開季表現非常出色，我們開季火熱。每個人都表現得很好，球隊
充滿了能量。這有點像我們和Russell (Westbrook)現在都健康的第一次相處。這是和
Russell在一起的新興時刻，我健康、Kawhi健康，而且Russell在這裡打全職。這就像我們
認為可行的新開始。」
“And then we traded to get James, and it’s not James’ fault of why I think
we struggled, but the lost part of that was we lost RoCo, we lost Nico. Those
were our glue guys. Those were our defenders. And we played small, so they
had the length to help us play small. So again, it had nothing to do with
grabbing James, it was moreso losing those guys. KJ Martin as well. That was
our energy, our young legs. So I think that's kind of where you get to late
in the year and we just weren't as good as we could've been, I think losing
those guys kind of hurt us. RoCo was huge for us. Nico was huge for us. They
would go get rebounds, they would block shots, they would rotate, they were
defensive guys. So you plug those guys around myself, Kawhi, and Russ, they
did a lot of the dirty work. And now you grab James, who is super talented
offensively, now myself, Kawhi, we become the dirty guys. Now we have to
score too. I think it was just a lot that we were trying to balance and
manage at that point.
“But again, it had nothing to do with James. James i thought was awesome for
us. One of the best passers I've played with, one of the best playmakers.
The way he just sees the floor, can take care of the ball, his ball security
is just impressive for just how much he's in pick-and-rolls and in tight
spaces.”
「然後我們就交易獲得了James (Harden)，而我認為我們遇到的困難不是James的錯，但失
去RoCo和Nico(MM:幹啊我咧)對我們來說是很大的損失。他們是我們的Glue Guys。他們是
我們的防守者。我們變小了，他們的長度幫助我們打小球。所以再次強調，這跟拿下James
無關，更多是因為失去了這些球員。KJ Martin也是如此(1;37;44mMM:洗咧靠)。他是我們的能量，我
們年輕的腿。所以我認為這是我們在賽季末表現不佳的原因，失去這些球員對我們造成了
傷害。RoCo對我們來說很重要。Nico對我們來說很重要。他們會搶籃板，他們會蓋火鍋，
他們會輪轉，他們是負責防守的球員。所以你在我還有Kawhi、Russ身邊安排這些人的話他
們會做很多骯髒的工作。而現在你拿下進攻非常有天賦的James，就變成了我和Kawhi要去
做這些骯髒的事情。我們還要去得分。我想這只是我們當時試圖平衡和管理的很多事情。
」
(MM你太苦了 打沒幾場的KJ Martin都比你重要)
「但再次強調，這與James無關。James對我們來說棒極了。他是我合作過最好的傳球手之
一，最好的Playmaker之一。他觀察場上局勢的方式、控球能力以及他在擋拆中狹小空間的
護球都很令人印象深刻。」
The Clippers had that well-documented 26-5 stretch where they ran through
everyone including the eventual NBA Champion Boston Celtics. Guys were
clicking together, the vibes were great, and it appeared as though the
Clippers could only get better.
Unfortunately, the team faced a rough patch after the All-Star break that saw
them go 10-12 between February 6th and March 26th. The team's identity was
questioned by both George and Harden, which was immediately refuted by Tyronn
Lue and a number of players behind the scenes. Many including Lue were irate
that comments like those were even made, asking, ‘did we not have an
identity when we went 26-5?'
快艇賽季中有一波26-5的高潮，這其中打敗了幾乎所有人包含最終成為NBA總冠軍的波士頓
賽爾提克。隊員們在場上配合很有默契，氣氛良好，當時快艇隊看起來似乎只會更強。
不幸地，這隻隊伍在明星假期後陷入了一段艱難時期並從2/6到3/26經歷了一波10-12。球
隊的個性被George與Harden質疑，但這立即遭到了Tyronn Lue和幕後眾多球員的反駁。許
多人，包括Lue在內，對於這樣的發言感到憤怒，他們問道，「當我們取得26-5的時候，難
道我們沒有球隊個性嗎？」
Once again, injuries derailed their season and they fell short against the
Dallas Mavericks due to the knee inflammation that Kawhi Leonard was dealing
with for the final month of the season. And whether it's fair or not, the
criticism for the Clippers falling short once again lays at the feet of the
stars.
Leonard has been unable to finish the season healthy for the fourth season in
a row. In his first postseason in three years, George was underwhelming and
couldn't deliver consistently when the Clippers needed him most. James Harden
was solid for the most part, but had too many ups and downs as a scorer where
the Clippers needed scoring with Leonard out.
So when George says it's about the right style of basketball, is he implying
he's not necessarily a fan of James Harden's heliocentric type of game?
George saw career-highs in efficiency in part because of the offensive
workload Harden took off his plate, both in scoring and playmaking.
又一次，傷病再次終結了快艇的賽季。快艇因為Kawhi Leonard賽季最後一個月要處理他的
膝蓋發炎而倒在了第一輪輸給達拉斯獨行俠。無論公平與否，快艇未能達成目標的批評再
次落在球隊的明星們身上。
Leonard連續4個賽季沒辦法健康結束。過去3年第一次打季後賽的Paul George表現平庸且
無法在快艇最需要他的時候保持穩定。James Harden在大部分時間表現穩定，但快艇需要
他填上Leonard的得分缺口的時候出現了不少起伏。
所以當George說是要打出正確的籃球時，他是在暗示他並不喜歡以James Harden為中心的
打法?George本季之所以在許多效率項目打出生涯新高，部分原因是Harden在得分和組織方
面分擔了他的負擔。
Saying a championship isn't the priority while also not mentioning the money
part of things is a strange answer to that question, to say the least. Just
after his extension in December 2020, George said he was committed and felt
he ‘owed' the Clippers a championship.
說冠軍不是首要目標，同時也不提到金錢方面的事情，這樣回答那個問題至少可以說是奇
怪的。在2020年12月續約後，George曾表示他對快艇有承諾，並感到自己「欠」快艇一座
冠軍。
https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1803495672311849074
https://streamable.com/ta1x3y
Four years later, the Clippers still don't have a championship and priorities
seem to have shifted.
Now, the look-ahead to free agency in what could be a wild offseason.
四年之後，快艇依然沒有拿到冠軍而他的優先事項已經改變。
現在我們可能要面對的是一個動盪的自由市場。
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