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But with the Feb. 6 trade deadline a little more than two weeks away, league
sources told ESPN that James and Davis are growing concerned about the
Lakers' ability to make significant roster upgrades with their two tradeable
first-rounders. James, a four-time champion, and Davis, a one-time champ,
have expressed that they want the franchise to make moves to contend for a
championship, with the co-stars believing the Lakers are potentially a piece
or two away, sources said.
隨著交易大限靠近，消息來源告訴ESPN，LBJ跟AD逐漸開始對於湖人能否用手上有的2個
首輪去針對進行升級感到擔憂，也都跟球隊表達他們希望球隊可以對陣容進行來衝擊總冠
軍，他們相信湖人距離冠軍只差1-2個球員就有機會
James and Lakers head coach J.J. Redick made some very telling comments after
the team's road blowout loss to the LA Clippers on Sunday night.
在LBJ跟總教練Redick敗給快艇後的發言也耐人尋味
"That's how our team is constructed, we don't have room for error," James
said. "We don't have a choice. That's the way our team is constructed. We
have to play close to perfect basketball."
LBJ:
我們隊伍的建構就是這樣，我們沒有犯錯的空間，我們別無選擇，以我們隊伍的建立
方式，我們必須要打出接近完美的籃球
The Lakers have been without Jarred Vanderbilt and Christian Wood, both
expected to be key members of the rotation, all season.
湖人這賽季一直缺少Jarred Vanderbilt跟Christian Wood，2名本來預期都會在湖人輪替
陣容的球員
"It just goes back to not having a huge margin for error and I think our
group is like, if one guy is gone from the rotation, there's an exponential
effect to that," Redick said. "When we're healthy, we're whole and we're
playing connected and we execute, I think we're a great basketball team."
Redick:
這又回到我們的陣容容錯率非常低，如果我們的陣容少了一名輪替球員，就會對我們產生
連鎖效應，但當我們健康時，我們打的團結且充滿執行力，我想我們是一個好球隊
The Lakers have done their due diligence in trade interest around the league,
and are open to using their tradeable first-round picks for players who are a
fit for this iteration of the Davis-James team as well as for several years
to come under Redick, sources said. Los Angeles has already made one trade
this season, sending D'Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round
picks to the Brooklyn Nets for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. However,
Finney-Smith is still working to find his rhythm, seeing his 3-point shooting
drop from 43.5% to 36%, and Milton has essentially been out of the rotation
over the past two weeks.
消息來源透露，湖人已在聯盟中積極尋找交易機會，而且願意在交易符合AD跟LBJ的陣容
，且有機會可以替湖人長期效力的球員上付出首輪選秀權，他們這賽季也完成了一筆交
易，就是把Dlo+3次輪扔去換DFS+Mileton，前者看起來還在努力尋找他的節奏，3分球命
中率從43.5%下降到36%，而Milton過去2週則是常常不在湖人的輪替中
Still, the urgency remains for the Lakers, who won a championship in 2020
with James and Davis, but have won just two playoff series since (both in
2023). The Lakers currently have those two first-round picks (2029, 2031) and
two second-round picks (2025, their own and the Clippers') available to be
traded, in a league that is currently in the midst of its longest period of
parity in decades.
儘管如此，湖人還是有感受到球隊的急迫性，他們在2020拿下冠軍後，只在季後賽贏過
兩個系列賽(都在2023)，湖人目前有29跟31首輪還有2025的二輪(他們自己的跟快艇的)
的可以用在交易中，且聯盟的競爭強度正處在這幾年來最高的一個賽季
後面就是說雷霆塞爾提克騎士被認為最有機會 但現在聯盟的競爭很強人人都有可能
還有舉例湖人當年交易Westbrook的下場就不翻譯了
總之 又來到了似乎每一年固定的環節 雙星還是認為湖人需要補強啊