Resilient Isaiah Thomas on Lakers role: 'I'm not no sixth man'
“I'm not no sixth man,” he declared in an interview with USA TODAY Sports th
is week. “And I won't be a sixth man (in the future). I just want everybody t
o know that, like clear as can be. I'm a two-time All-Star and a starter who h
as done things that a lot of people in this league haven't done (when) given t
hat opportunity.
“我不是一名第六人，我將來也不會是一名第六人。我只是想讓大家知道這一點。IT在這
週接受採訪時重申了這一點。
“我是兩屆全明星、一名先發球員，做到了一些這個聯盟中很多有相同機遇的球員沒能做
到的事情。”
“I got traded into a situation I can’t control. There’s nothing bad against
(Lakers coach) Luke Walton. There’s nothing bad against the Los Angeles Lake
rs. I’m taking advantage of the opportunity they’ve given me, and then (we’
ll) end the season off strong.”
“我被交易到一個我沒辦法控制自身狀況的地方。這並沒有冒犯Luke Walton以及湖人隊
的意思。我現在在好好把握他們給我的機會，然後我們將會強勢打完本賽季的比賽。
“I'm here to help,” Thomas said. “I'm here to continue to get better, and I
'm still – (expletive), I can reach levels that I know I haven't reached yet,
and I'm here to help along the way in whatever they need me to do, and I'm go
ing to be a professional."
“我是來這裡幫忙的，”他繼續說道，“我到這要持續變強，我還可以繼續進步，還可以
達到過去不曾達到的水準，我來這可以提供任何他們需要的幫助，我會變得更加職業。”
“Could he start?” Walton said of Thomas. “One hundred percent. Does he dese
rve to start? Yeah, with what he's done in his career. Absolutely. (But) we're
in a unique situation here. We have a young team. ... I kind of just challeng
ed (Thomas), that even though he fully wants to start, I said, 'Look, you've b
een out a long time, (and) to me there's only, however much, two months left i
n the season at the time - find the joy. Go find the (joy).
“他能打先發？”Walton在談到IT時說，“100%。他是否配得上先發？是的，基於他在職
業生涯裡取得的成就。但是我們這裡的情況很特殊，我們是一支年輕的球隊。所以我挑戰
了IT，即使他非常渴望打先發，但是我告訴他：“聽著，你因為傷病離開賽場已經很長時
間，例行賽還剩兩個月，我希望你能在場上尋找到快樂。”
“What you love doing is playing basketball, and whether or not I'm starting y
ou or not, that decision (is) out of your hands."
“我知道你喜歡上場打球，而不管我是不是會讓你先發，決定權都不在你身上"
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短評或心得：
感覺IT也不太會留湖人了，除非他改變心意，不知道哪隊願意讓他擔任先發？
也蠻好奇他今夏能得到什麼合約報價？