來源：Sports Illustrated
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Kevin Durant on increased price of his shoes: ‘I’m not a $88 player’
KD談及他漲價的聯名球鞋：“我不是一雙鞋值88美金的球員”
Kevin Durant’s KD9 Nike shoe was released late in June, available to the
public for $150. While it is $30 cheaper than the KD8 that came before it,
the most recent version of Durant’s shoe is still far pricier than what
it used to be.
KD的最新一代聯名鞋KD9已經在六月底上市,官方定價為150美金。比起上一代,
KD9的定價調降了30美金,但仍比系列最初的幾代貴了許多。
Durant and Nike began selling the shoe at an affordable $88, and actually
dropped the price down to $85 for the KD2 and KD3 releases. Then, the price
began to climb, all the way to $180 for the KD8.
KD和Nike的第一代聯名鞋售價是容易負擔的88美金,KD2和KD3還調降到85美金,之後
系列球鞋的售價一路攀升至KD8的180美金。
When asked about this in a recent press conference, Durant was pretty blunt.
“As humbly as I can say it, I’m not a $88 player,” Durant said. “I’m an
elite player in the league. I wanted everything to be affordable, but I knew
we had to sacrifice some stuff. I just wanted the fans of the brand and of
the shoe to just stay patient with me. And stay patient with who I am as a
player, and the level I was trying to go to.”
當最近在記者會中被問及此事,KD的回答相當直率：“謙虛地說，我已經不是個只值
88美金的球員了。 我是聯盟中的頂級球星,我當然希望所有東西都能容易負擔,但我
知道我們有時候必須做點犧牲。我希望熱愛nike和球鞋的粉絲們能有點耐心,一起期待
我身為一個球員我的實力能提升到什麼程度。”
Durant is no longer an $88 player, he is now a $26 million-a-year player
after reaching a two-year agreement with the Golden State Warriors.
KD已經不是個一雙聯名鞋只要88美金的球員了,在跟金州勇士隊簽下兩年合約後,
他現在是年薪2600萬美金的超級球星。
A new black colorway of the KD9 will be released on Saturday.
新款黑色配色的KD9將會在這個星期六上市。
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心得：
印象中剛跟NIKE簽約的時候,KD說過希望定價不要超過100美金,這樣小朋友們才比較
有機會買得起明星球員的球鞋...
另外一篇外電內容更酸：KD的新合約只能買360,000雙KD9,但可以買613,000雙KD2