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Kevin Durant on Thunder's chemistry: 'Look, we like each other'
Kevin Durant 談雷霆隊的化學效應：「你知道的，我們喜歡彼此」
(前略)
“Look, we like each other,” Durant told The Vertical. “We like playing
with each other. We like being around each other. Sometimes it comes down to
basketball. Sometimes, X’s and O’s are the reason you lose games. It’s not
always leadership issues or camaraderie issues; sometimes other teams just
play better basketball than you. But we love each other.”
「你知道的，我們喜歡彼此」Durant告訴媒體：「我們喜歡和彼此一起打球。
我們喜歡和彼此在一塊，有時候是打籃球。有時候，某些因素是你輸球的原因，
並不永遠是領導能力或團隊情誼；有時候就只是別的隊伍打出更好的籃球。
但我們喜愛彼此。」
(中略)
It’s as tough of a challenge as Durant has ever faced in Oklahoma City –
and one he says he is more than ready for.
“I think I’m playing a little more free than I used to,” Durant told The
Vertical. “I used to put a lot of pressure on myself. I’d think, ‘Maybe I’
m not being a good enough leader. Maybe I should change my personality.’ I
was always thinking what if I change this, what if I change that, instead of
just going out and being me. I’ve just been about playing the game at the
level I like playing at and playing with the level of joy I like playing with.
”
「我覺得我打球比我過去更自由了些」Durant告訴媒體：「過去我習慣在自己身上施加
很大的壓力，我會想說，『或許我沒表現像個夠好的領袖。或許我應該改變我的人格。』
我過去永遠在想如果我改變了這個或是那個會不會更好，而不是展現出真實的自己。
我剛開始在我喜歡的水平、以我最佳的心情打球。」
And what if that’s not enough? Would a second-round exit send Durant racing
for the door? Wherever Durant signs, it likely won’t immediately be for the
long term. Financially, it makes little sense. A nine-year veteran, Durant is
eligible for the Tier 2 max salary – $25 million annually – against a cap
estimated at around $90 million in 2016. In 2017, when executives predict the
cap could rise to $110 million, Durant would be eligible for a Tier 3 max
deal beginning at $34.5 million annually.
不管Durant選擇和哪一隊簽約，應該都不會立刻是個長約，因為在薪資上來說很沒道理。
身為一名九年生涯的老將，Durant在2016年可以獲得Tier 2的頂薪，
在薪資帽約9000萬的情況下約2500萬。
到了2017年，隨著薪資帽上升到1億1千萬，Durant可以取得Tier 3頂薪，
以約3450萬年薪開始。
There, Oklahoma City has a considerable carrot: The Thunder own Durant’s
Bird Rights, giving them the option to exceed the cap. Other teams could sign
Durant outright, but they would need to fit Durant’s salary without
exceeding the cap, potentially inhibiting a team’s ability to build a
contender around him.
雷霆有個優勢：Durant的鳥權。他們可以超過薪資帽。
Still, so much remains unknown. The lure of playing with Stephen Curry and
Klay Thompson has to be appealing, but would Durant really jump to a possible
two-time champion, to a team that will never be his? San Antonio has rebuilt
its dynasty, but rival executives believe the Spurs will explore ways of
adding Durant to the mix, and the franchise’s culture makes it intriguing.
加入勇士隊和Stephen Curry、Klay Thompson一起打球是個很誘人的選項，
但是去一個永遠不會是自己的隊伍?
馬刺隊已經重建王朝，但是其他隊伍的高層相信馬刺會嘗試延攬Durant，
該隊的文化讓此事相當令人好奇。
Yet in so many ways, a return to Oklahoma City remains the most logical, most
reasoned outcome. The Thunder are prepared to meet Durant’s contract terms,
to sign him to a one-year deal, if he seeks it, and then open the vault in
the years to come. Any tight-fisted fiscal days are over, replaced by a
free-spending strategy that would make Mikhail Prokhorov blush. Oklahoma City
has built a deeply desirable roster, one equipped to compete in the Western
Conference into the next decade. Durant is looking forward to being
recruited, to being courted, to being treated like the biggest free-agent
prize since LeBron James six years ago. The chances of Durant sending a
simple tweet again announcing his return are virtually nonexistent, but the
Thunder remain hopeful that his decision, regardless of how this season ends,
is the same.
無論如何，繼續待在雷霆是最合理的選項。
雷霆已經準備要回應Durant的新約條件，如果他想要的話可以只簽一年，
之後再換更大的約。
雷霆也已打造了一個很好的陣容，要競爭西冠直到下個十年。
Durant在期待被招募、招待、被當作自六年前的LeBron James後最大的自由市場頭獎。
Durant不太可能只用一個簡單的推特去宣告自己的續留，
但是雷霆還是很有希望無論本季結果如何，他都會維持原本的抉擇。
短評或心得：
暑假搶KD的大戲為什麼會出現馬刺的名字......
翻譯不好請見諒。