我想要什么？
NBA交易市场简直就是一场精彩的舞台戏，你方唱罢，我登场。交易流言此起彼伏，球队和球员之间无时无刻的在进行着交流，同时也进行着较量。其中最吸引眼球的当属联盟球星的走向，顶尖段位球员的转会则可以改变整个联盟的格局。
他们的转会目标各异，有的为了钱，有的抱团为了总冠军，有的单飞为了成为球队领袖，有的为了回家乡。那么我们的德鲁大叔究竟想要的是什么？
What Exactly Does Kyrie Irving Want?
It’s often hard to figure out just what it is we want. Within oneself, there are competing desires, options that are simultaneously appealing, yet inherently contradictory.
凯里.欧文到底想要什么？
想清楚什么是我们真正想要的东西总是很难的。在我们内心深处，有对胜利的渴望，以及各种极具吸引力但又相互矛盾的选择。
simultaneously/saɪməlˈteɪniəsli/ adv.同时 ; 联立 ; 急切地
Do you want independence or community, stability or excitement, potential or actuality? There’s often a pull towards both simultaneously even as we know that one of these options must be chosen at the expense of the other.
你想要个人荣誉还是团队胜利，稳定平缓还是动荡激越，追求未来还是立足现实条件？在这二者间总存在着冲突，因为我们知道选择其中一个都意味着牺牲另一个。
stability/stəˈbɪləti/ n.稳定 (性); 稳固 (性)
For NBA players, these choices are no less acute or difficult than they are for the rest of us and free agency is a time for them to showcase what exactly they prioritize and value, what sort of life they want to live, and what legacy they hope to leave behind.
对于NBA球员来说，做出以上的选择并不比我们更简单，自由球员阶段对于他们是一段捋清楚这些东西的时间：什么是排在首位的，最具价值的？他们想要过什么样的生活？他们想要留下些什么？
legacy/ˈleɡəsi/ n. 遗产 ; 遗赠财物 ; 遗留 ; 后遗症
球队基石到绝对领袖
作为詹姆斯走后的第一位骑士高顺位球员，欧文被赋予了太多的期待，一进联盟就作为球队基石，到詹姆斯的回归，再到联手拿下克利夫兰队史的第一个总冠军，欧文可谓如他的偶像科比般年少得志。然而他也像他的偶像一般想要证明自己，所以毫不犹豫的提交了交易申请。
Kyrie was drafted by Cleveland in 2011, and looked to be the franchise’s future cornerstone until the return of LeBron James three years later. Pretty much everyone in Northeast Ohio was thrilled with this development apart from Irving himself, whose feelings were pretty consistently ambivalent.
凯里在2011年被克利夫兰选中，在三年后勒布朗回归骑士之前的这段时间被视为球队未来的建队基石。差不多俄亥俄州东北部的每个人都对这一发展（勒布朗与欧文联手）感到震惊，而只有欧文没有，他的感受十分复杂。
ambivalent/æmˈbɪvələnt/ adj.(忧喜参半、好坏参半等) 矛盾情绪的
Even as he experienced previously unattainable success with James as a teammate -- making three consecutive runs to the Finals and solidifying his place in NBA lore and in the hearts of Cavaliers fans by making the championship clinching shot in the 2016 Finals -- these mixed feelings remained.
尽管作为詹姆斯的队友，他取得以往难以企及的成就——连续三次杀入总决赛，并且在2016年的总决赛中投入致胜一球从而确立了在NBA和骑士球迷心中的地位——但这些复杂的感觉依然存在。
the championship clinching shot拿下总冠军的致命一投
clinching/ˈklɪntʃɪŋ/
v.成功取得 ; 赢得 ; 提供解决办法 ; 解决 ; 确定
clinch 的现在分词
After the 2017 Finals, they overflowed and he demanded a trade, seeking his own team where he could be the undisputed leader. He got what he wished for, becoming the Celtics’ primary star, but contentment remained elusive.
2017年总决赛后，球队满员，欧文要求交易，寻找属于他自己的球队——在那里他会是无可争议的领袖。他如愿以偿成为了凯尔特人的首席巨星，但他没有获得想要的满足感。
elusive /iˈluːsɪv/ adj.难找的 ; 难以解释的 ; 难以达到的
这是我想要的？
如愿以偿，但是有时候未必如自己想象的那般美好！！！
Sometimes, after getting what we want, we realize that we were misguided in wishing for the very thing we had spent so much time hoping for, and that seems to be what happened with Irving in Boston.
有时候，在得到我们想要的东西后，我们会发现自己被渴望已久的东西误导了，这好像就是在凯尔特人的欧文身上发生的事。
misguided/ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/
adj.(因理解或判断失误) 搞错的
v.指导错误 ; 带错方向 ; 使误入歧途
misguide 的过去分词和过去式
While Irving could have possibly recognized his younger self in Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, empathizing with their own plight, he vacillated between tacit expressions of empathy and aloofness.
虽然欧文可能在杰伦・布朗和杰森・塔图姆身上看到年轻的自己，他对他们所处的困境充满了同情心，但他在默契的同情心和冷漠之间摇摆不定。
vacillated/ˈvæsəleɪtɪd/
v.观点 (或立场等) 摇摆 ; 动摇
vacillate 的过去分词和过去式
Despite claiming that he would re-sign with the Celtics last fall, it quickly became clear that this partnership would not last. Irving may not have known exactly what he wanted, but he knew it was not whatever was happening in Boston.
尽管去年秋天欧文宣称他将会和凯尔特人续约，但现在这个组合很明显不会持续太久。或许欧文还无法确切地知道自己想要什么，他只知道在凯尔特人得不到自己想要的。
再组三巨头
从詹姆斯、欧文、乐福的骑士三巨头到杜兰特、欧文、小乔丹的篮网三巨头，欧文要比以前更为成熟、球技要更精进、经验更为丰富，然而这次他的总冠军之路可能更为艰难。
The irony of Irving’s move to the Nets is that he now finds himself in a similar situation to the one he was so eager to leave two summers ago. Again, he is teammates with an older, more accomplished star, and the similarities raise questions about just makes this different.
讽刺的是，欧文来到篮网后发现自己面临着两个夏天前他曾渴望摆脱的相同境遇。他再一次和一位更加成熟，更有成就的巨星成为队友。这种相似性引起的问题使他对此次交易感到有些异样。
teammates /ˈtiːmmeɪt/ n.同队队员 ; 队友
Will he establish himself as a player capable of singlehandedly rallying his teammates as he was unable to in Boston, leading them deep into the playoffs even as Durant rehabs from injury, or will the same anxieties and discomforts that undermined his tenures with Cleveland and Boston resurface?
即使杜兰特最后从伤病中恢复过来，他能否成为一名仅靠一己之力整合队友的球员，正如他在凯尔特人没有做到的那样，带领球队在季后赛中走得更远。又或者，那种削短了自己和克利夫兰和波士顿合作时间的焦虑和不安会再次出现？
undermined /ʌndərˈmaɪnd/
v.逐渐削弱 (信心、权威等); 使逐步减少效力 ; 从根基处破坏 ; 挖… 的墙脚
undermine 的过去分词和过去式
Irving is still just 27 years old, and will likely be a free agent again in just three years assuming his four year deal includes a player option, so this is not likely to be the final destination or chapter of his career. However, considering he is now in his prime and still has much to prove regarding his ability to lead a team, it may be the most important.
欧文年方27，假定他的四年合同包含了一个球员选项，他有可能会再次成为自由球员。所以篮网可能不是他职业生涯最后的归宿。然而，考虑到他现在正处于巅峰状态，对于他领导一个团队的能力还有很多需要证明的地方，这可能是最重要的。
Enjoy the Process
感恩，我们在一起，做美好的事物
素材：Lone Wolf 素材审核：21Terence
翻译：孔子东游 校对： Embrace it
编辑：Alex 管理人员： Enba
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