Spurs’ Carroll says he ‘just didn’t jell’ with Popovich
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CHICAGO – It’s been a bust of a season for Spurs forward DeMarre Carroll.
芝加哥報導- 本季對於DeMarre Carroll來說是個糟糕的賽季
Yet there he was Friday night looking like the happiest guy in the world
while surrounded by family, friends and media at the launch of his colorful “
Amare” athleisure clothing collection at the high-end men’s apparel shop
Agriculture Custom Clothiers on Chicago’s Near West Side.
然而，在星期五晚上，他看起來像世界上最快樂的人，在芝加哥西區高檔男裝服裝店的發
布會上，DeMarre被家人朋友和媒體包圍著，推出了色彩繽紛的Amare運動服裝系列 。
“This has helped me tremendously,” said Carroll, referring to how fashion
has provided refuge from his frustrating, perplexing situation with the
Spurs. “This season has been a blessing in disguise. It made me start
looking at things for my future and being part of the fashion world is
something I want to do.”
DeMarre説，這極大地幫助了我。他指的是時尚如何幫助他，擺脫與馬刺令人沮喪和困惑
的情況。 “相反的，這個賽季使我開始著眼於未來的事物，成為時尚界的一員是我想要
做的。
But make no mistake: The 11th-year pro isn’t ready to retire.
但別誤會：這位年資11年的職業球員還沒有準備退休。
“Another opportunity will come for me,” said Carroll, 33. “San Antonio, I
don’t know where (it went wrong), what happened, what the hiccup was. But,
at the end of the day, I am totally healthy. I work out every day, twice a
day. When that opportunity comes, I will be ready to take advantage of it.”
今年33歲的Carroll說：機會將會來臨的。在聖安東尼奧，我不知道哪裡出了錯，發生了
什麼事，或是什麼變化。 但總而言之，我完全健康。 我每天訓練兩次。 當機會來了，
我將會好好把握他。
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Signed by the Spurs in free agency last summer to a three-year deal worth
nearly $21 million, Carroll has played in just 15 of the team’s 54 games and
not at all since logging two minutes in a Jan. 8 win at Boston. He has been
inactive for the last 15 straight contest and was not with the team Feb. 2
when it embarked on the first portion of the eight-game rodeo trip.
去年夏天，馬刺在自由球員市場與Carroll簽下了一份價值近2100萬美元的三年合約，但
Carroll只上場了54場中的15場，而且自從1月8日在波士頓出賽兩分鐘後，Carroll就
沒上過場。他在最近的15場中都沒被登入在球隊的出賽名單中，且連八客場的牛仔之旅，
Carroll也沒有隨隊出征。
“I don’t know what went wrong, what happened,” Carroll said. “I felt like
San Antonio was going to be a great place for me, for my talents, but it didn
’t work out.”
Carroll：我不知道出了什麼問題，發生了什麼事。我當時覺得聖安東尼奧將成為我的理
想的球隊，一支適合我的球隊，但事與願違。
A 3-and-D specialist, Carroll indeed seemed like a good fit for the Spurs,
who struggled in both of those areas last season and continue to be
challenged defensively. He arrived in San Antonio eager to embrace coach
Gregg Popovich’s system after posting a double-figure per-game scoring
average in five of the previous six seasons, including averaging 11.1 over 67
games for Brooklyn in 2018-19.
身為一名3D球員，Carroll確實看起來適合馬刺。馬刺上個賽季，在三分和防守部分都
處於掙扎的狀態，尤其是防守端一直受到嚴苛挑戰。Carroll在過去六個賽季中，有五季
平均得分在雙位數，包括在上個賽季效力於籃網能場均貢獻11.1分，之後他來到了聖安東
尼奧，渴望成為Gregg Popovich體系中的一份子。
“Coach Pop is a great individual to me,” Carroll said. “Outside of
basketball, we talk about family, all kinds of stuff. But with the basketball
thing, we just didn’t jell.”
Pop教練對我來說是個偉大的人，Carroll說。 除了籃球，我們談論的是家庭，各種各樣
的事情。但談到籃球，我們就沒有交流了。
Popovich has offered little insight into the situation other than what he
told reporters in mid-December.
除了在12月中對記者所說的以外，Pop幾乎沒提供其他詳細的情況。
“He’s good people,” Popovich said. “At this point, it’s a new program
for him and he’s got a couple guys ahead of him at that position. It’s been
tough for him to get minutes, but he’s been professional about it and done
everything I could ask.”
“他是好人，”Pop說。 此刻來說，這對Carroll來說是一個新計劃，在同位置上，有不少
人上場順位排在他之前，所以他很難獲得上場時間，但他一直盡我所能的保持專業。
The Spurs explored trading Carroll, but the Feb. 6 league deadline for teams
to broker deals passed without any movement.
馬刺隊曾試著交易Carroll，但仍未在2月6號交易大限前有所動作。
Asked if he was surprised a trade didn’t happen, Carroll said, “Yeah, but
no. Me being 33 and being in the league 11, 12 years, I know the NBA. If you
really want to trade somebody, the biggest thing you have to do is maybe show
their value, play them a little bit. Not playing really hurt my value a lot.
It got a lot of teams probably second-guessing and saying, ‘Is he hurt? Is
something wrong with him?’ ”
當被問及是否對交易沒有發生感到驚訝時，Carroll說：“沒有。我33歲了，進入聯盟11
、12年，我了解NBA。如果您真的想交易某人，那麼你要做的事情就是展示他們的價值，
給他們點上場時間。不讓我上場真的降低了我的交易價值。很多團隊可能都在猜測，他受
傷了嗎？他有什麼問題嗎？’”
The Spurs are paying Carroll $7 million this season and he’s set to receive
a guaranteed $6.65 million in 2020-21. Only $1.35 million of the $7 million
the pact calls for him to collect in 2021-22 is guaranteed.
Carroll本季薪資700萬美元，他將在2020-21賽季獲得665萬美元的合約保證金。 但他在
2021-22年的700萬美元中，只有135萬是獲得保障的。
Asked if a buyout is a possibility, a tricky situation given how much money
remains on his contract, Carroll said he visited with his agent, Mark
Bartelstein, in Chicago during All-Star Weekend.
當被問及是否有可能進行買斷時，考慮到合同上還有多少錢，情況非常棘手，
Carroll說，他在全明星周末期間與經紀人Mark Bartelstein一起來到了芝加哥。
“He is handling that,” Carroll said. “Him and (Spurs general manager)
Brian (Wright) and all of them. I don’t know what direction we are going to
go. But at the end of the day, at 33, I don’t want to waste my talents just
sitting at the end of the bench, knowing I could help a team produce.”
“Mark正在處理，”Carroll說。 “ 他和馬刺隊總經理Brian Wright，他們所有人正在
處理。 我不知道我將往哪個方向走。 但33歲的我不想浪費自己的天份，只是坐在板凳席
的末端，因為我知道我可以幫助球隊。”
Despite the downturn in his career, Carroll has remained positive and
supportive of his teammates.
儘管他的職業生涯低迷，但Carroll仍然保持樂觀和支持著隊友。
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