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Nets’ Kevin Durant claims teaming up with Kyrie Irving wasn’t planned, but
‘just came together’
籃網Kevin Durant稱說 與Kyrie Irving組隊一起打球不是計畫好的 "只是剛好一起"
No one was shocked when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving announced their plans
to play together going forward. Rumors of their interest in forming one of
the NBA’s most devastating scoring tandems in league history date back to
last year, and reached a fever pitch after the pair was recorded sharing a
hushed conversation at the NBA All-Star game in which many believed Irving
could be heard alluding to “two max slots.”
當KD與KI宣布他們要一起組隊打球的消息宣布時，大家並沒有太意外。在去年就已經有乳
摸傳出說這兩個NBA的得分機器有意願一起組隊，而在去年明星賽時兩個人交頭接耳講悄悄
話的時候，這乳摸的熱度達到頂峰；很多人據稱聽到KI說"兩個頂薪"。
Eight months later, it’s unclear if Irving was actually discussing financial
parameters of free agency with Durant. But if he was, the widespread
assumption was that he was referencing the New York Knicks, who had recently
created double-max space by offloading onerous salary in the Kristaps
Porzingis trade. The Brooklyn Nets would later create enough space to sign
both superstars, of course, but Durant is adamant he and Irving didn’t “plan
” on coming together this summer regardless.
而在八個月過後，那時不知道KI是不是有跟KD討論過FA的錢的部分；而若是有的話，大家
也是以為KI講的是尼克隊。尼克那時才把Kristaps Porzingis交易走，薪資空間可以容納
兩個頂薪球員。籃網在那之後也清理出薪資空間可以招募兩位超級球星，但是KD還是堅稱
他跟KI沒有事先計畫好要在今年夏天一起組隊的。
In a sprawling interview with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, the two-time
Finals MVP insisted that his partnership with Irving “just came together.”
在與雅虎運動Chris Haynes的訪問中，這兩屆FMVP得主堅持他與KI的合作，"就是剛好一
起"。
“I think the friendship part of the league has really grown, especially
since LeBron James and Dwyane Wade became such great friends and ended up
playing together,” he said. “People see friendship as the way guys are
teaming up. There’s nothing wrong with people speculating. That’s just what
it is, but we’re just good friends no matter what. We didn’t have to play
together. It wasn’t necessary. But, we were friends before anything, and we
just happened to want to hoop together. But it wasn’t a thing we planned. It
just came together.”
「我認為聯盟裡球員之間的友誼是逐漸成長的，尤其是在LBJ跟Dwyane Wade成為至交最後
組隊打球之後，」KD說。「大家會認為球員之間的友誼就是他們要組隊，大家要這樣猜想
也不是錯，不過事實就是這樣，不管如何我們都是好朋友。我們不需要一定得一起打，不
過，因為我跟KI之前就是朋友，就是剛好碰巧想一起打球；這不是事先就計畫好的，就只
是剛好一起。」
Durant is unlikely to play in 2019-20 as he recovers from the ruptured
Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Regardless, he’ll
have ample opportunity to continue developing his relationship with Irving in
time for their on-court debut with the Nets.
KD因為總冠Game 5時阿基里斯腱斷裂的關係，2019-20不可能會上場。不過，那之後他會有
很多在場上的時間繼續培養跟KI之間的友情的。