文章相当长，ChatGPT翻译+手动润稿。 简单讲，CP3就是个砸念的阿嬷，然後又公然挑战教练团，球队受不了了。 https://tinyurl.com/mr2fp6kv 2025/12/16 07:00 AM ET THE WIRELESS INTERNET worked well on the private plane Chris Paul flew in from Atlanta to Los Angeles the morning after he was unceremoniously sent home and into an uncertain basketball future. Chris Paul 在被毫不留情地送回家、未来充满不确定性的隔天早上，搭乘私人飞机从亚 特兰大飞回洛杉矶。幸好，飞机上的无线网路运作得相当顺畅。 Only a few hours had passed since LA Clippers president Lawrence Frank informed Paul that the organization was parting ways with the best player in franchise history -- just 21 games into what was supposed to be a karmically and narratively pleasing retirement tour. Instead, the season had devolved into disaster, for the 40-year-old future Hall of Fame point guard and for the team. LA was 5-16 and 14th in the Western Conference. 就在几个小时前，洛杉矶快艇总裁 Lawrence Frank 才刚告知 Paul，球团将与这位队史 最佳球员分道扬镳——而这发生在原本被期待能在情感与叙事上画下完美句点，仅仅进行 了 21 场退休巡回比赛之後，取而代之的是一场全面性的灾难。对於这位 40 岁、未来 名人堂等级的控球後卫而言如此，对球队亦然。快艇战绩 5 胜 16 败，西区排名第14。 Confusion bubbled across the league. What was so bad that the Clippers needed to urgently send Paul home from a road trip in the middle of the night? What had gone so wrong so quickly that the team couldn't wait one more week to make this move at home? 整个联盟都陷入困惑。究竟发生了什麽严重到必须在半夜、客场行程中，紧急把 Paul 送 回家？又是什麽事情在如此短的时间内急转直下，让球队连多等一个星期、回到主场再处 理都无法接受？ The move bewildered many in the NBA, including a man Paul had barely spoken to since the two led the Lob City Clippers, an era that had ended in 2017. 这个决定让许多 NBA 圈内人士感到错愕，其中也包括一名 Paul 几乎多年未曾交谈过的 人，自从他们一同领军的「Lob City」快艇时代在 2017 年结束之後。 Blake Griffin's relationship with Paul was frosty at the best of times. But over the past few years there had been signs of it thawing. Nice comments about each other through the media. Griffin even contributed to a tribute video when Paul moved up to second on the NBA's career assists leaderboard last season. Blake Griffin 与 Paul 的关系，在最好的情况下也稍嫌冷淡。但在过去几年，双方关系 似乎逐渐解冻：透过媒体互相给予正面评价；上个赛季 Paul 在 NBA 生涯助攻榜升至史 上第二时，Griffin 甚至还参与了他的致敬影片。 Griffin sent a text to Paul that morning as he flew home. He knew he might be the only person who could really understand what Paul had experienced: a cold dismissal by a franchise that had once celebrated him too. Paul called Griffin as soon as his plane landed. Via FaceTime, they added the third co-star of Lob City, DeAndre Jordan. 那天早上，当 Paul 飞返洛杉矶时，Griffin 传了一则简讯给他。Griffin 知道，自己或 许是少数真正能理解 Paul 此刻感受的人——那种被一支曾经高举他、歌颂他的球队冷酷 抛弃的经历。飞机一降落，Paul 立刻回拨给 Griffin。透过 FaceTime，他们又把「Lob City」的第三位核心人物 DeAndre Jordan 拉进通话。 It marked the first time the three had been together in eight years, not since their Clippers era ended with Paul being dealt to Houston and Griffin's shocking trade to Detroit just six months after he had signed a maximum contract extension. 这是三人睽违八年首次同框，自从快艇时代结束以来， Paul 被交易到休士顿，而 Griffin 在刚签下顶薪延长合约仅六个月後，就震撼性地被送往底特律。 The irony that this trauma bonding buried whatever had been between them all these years was not lost on any of them. Paul posted a screenshot of the FaceTime on Instagram showing all three former Clippers smiling. They laughed at the absurdity of it all. 这种「创伤式重聚」反而掩埋了多年来彼此之间的所有心结，这份讽刺感谁也没有忽略。 Paul 将这场 FaceTime 的截图贴上 Instagram，画面中三位前快艇球星都露出笑容。他们 笑着谈论这一切的荒谬。 Griffin has retired and moved on to a thriving career in television. Jordan is winding down his career at the end of the bench for the woeful New Orleans Pelicans. Paul had thought he was doing the same with the Clippers until the night before, when Frank told him that the decision to send him packing had already been made and that none of his arguments to stay mattered anymore. It was a nice story until it wasn't. Griffin 已经退休，并在电视圈开创出成功的第二职涯；Jordan 则在战绩低迷的纽奥良 鹈鹕板凳末端，逐步走向生涯尾声。Paul 原以为自己也正与快艇走在同一条道路上—— 直到前一晚，Frank 告诉他，送他走的决定早已拍板定案，而他所有想留下来的理由，都 已不再重要。这原本是一个美好的故事，直到它不堪回首。 What transpired instead was a toxic combination of miscalculations, miscommunication and shocking underperformance from a team many had picked as a dark horse in the loaded Western Conference. 取而代之的是一场由错误判断、沟通失灵，以及令人震惊的低迷表现交织而成的有毒组 合，而这支球队原本被许多人视为竞争激烈的西区中的黑马。 Everyone went in with good intentions: an opinionated future Hall of Fame player at the end of his career hoping for one final ride with his former team; that team, which is near the end of its largely disappointing, hugely pressurized Kawhi Leonard experiment -- which has resulted in exactly one conference finals appearance in six seasons -- hoping its former front man could address a leadership vacuum it has struggled to fill. 所有人一开始都是出於善意：一位个性鲜明、即将进入名人堂的老将，希望能在生涯终点 与老东家再拚最後一程；而那支球队，正处於备受压力、成果多半令人失望的 Kawhi Leonard 实验尾声——六个赛季只换来一次分区决赛——寄望这位昔日门面人物能填补他 们长期无法解决的领导真空。 But endings are rarely clean or painless in the NBA. And this one -- for player and team -- was born out of the most flammable combination in sports: misconceptions and dysfunction. The Chris Paul reunion in Los Angeles was more than simply doomed from nearly the beginning; it might also serve as foreshadowing of a future for the Clippers even more challenging than their present. 但在 NBA，结局很少是乾净或不带痛感的。而这一次——对球员与球队而言——正是诞生 於体坛中最具爆炸性的组合：误解与失序。Chris Paul 重返洛杉矶的这次重聚，不仅几乎 从一开始就注定失败；它甚至可能成为一个预告，暗示着快艇未来所要面对的挑战恐怕会 比现在更加艰难。 THE CALL WITH Paul, Griffin and Jordan lasted about 90 minutes, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversation, mostly because it took Paul that long to try to make sense of the events that led the Clippers to discard him. 根据多位知情消息人士透露，Paul、Griffin 与 Jordan 之间的那通电话大约持续了 90 分钟，Paul 花了这麽多时间是为了理解，究竟发生了什麽事才会让快艇决定抛弃他。 There were a few arguments with head coach Tyronn Lue and especially associate head coach Jeff Van Gundy. There had also been multiple meetings with Frank about being more positive and not engaging in activities the organization perceived as "divisive." 这段期间确实发生过几次与总教练 Lue 的争执，尤其是与助理总教练 Jeff Van Gundy 的冲突。此外，Paul 也曾多次与 Frank 会谈，被要求更加正面、避免做那些球团认定 为「制造分裂」的行为。 "There really wasn't one thing," said one source close to the situation. "This isn't like JR Smith throwing the soup in Cleveland." 「这真的不是某一次单一事件，」一位接近内情的消息人士说。「这不像 JR Smith 当年 在克里夫兰把汤洒掉那种明确的导火线。」 But there was a wild divergence in expectations of what Paul's role on the team would be when he signed as a free agent on a one-year, $3.6 million contract this summer, multiple sources said. The team envisioned Paul's role as an end-of-the-bench, veteran leader who needed little maintenance, sources said. 不过，多位消息人士指出，真正的问题在於当 Paul 今夏以一年 360 万美元的自由球员 合约签约时，双方对於他在球队中应扮演的角色存在极大的落差。球队想的是 Paul 成为 一名坐在板凳末端、几乎不需要额外管理的资深领袖。 As brilliant as stars James Harden and Leonard can be on the court -- both are generally well-liked by teammates and respected -- neither has ever been regarded as a vocal leader. No one on the current Clippers roster fits that description except Paul, which seemed to be part of the appeal of signing him. 尽管 James Harden 与 Leonard 在场上都是才华横溢的明星——两人普遍受到队友喜爱 与尊敬——但他们从来不被视为擅长发声的领袖。目前这支快艇阵容中，唯一符合这种描 述的人只有 Paul，而这似乎正是签下他的吸引力之一。 In the release announcing Paul's signing, Frank said Paul would play a "reserve" role. Multiple sources said Frank described Paul's role as very limited to multiple players who were concerned about how Paul's presence might affect their own roles. 在宣布签下 Paul 的新闻稿中，Frank 表示 Paul 将担任「替补」角色。多位消息人士指 出，Frank 曾向多名担心 Paul 会影响自身定位的球员指出 Paul 的角色将非常有限。 Over the course of several discussions during the summer, Paul, who started 82 games last season for the San Antonio Spurs, had said he was OK with the outlines of that role, sources said. But he had also stressed that he wanted a chance to compete and that he'd do the best he could to be an extension of the coaching staff. 在夏天的多次讨论中，消息人士表示，上季为圣安东尼奥马刺先发 82 场的 Paul 对这样 的角色轮廓表示可以接受，但他也同时强调希望能有竞争的机会，并愿意尽其所能，成为 教练团的延伸。 The reunion began with alignment. Paul flew to Phoenix directly from Carmelo Anthony's Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts, to attend an offseason camp with Harden and other teammates, sources said. Once he returned to L.A., he invited players to his workouts and to his suite at SoFi Stadium to watch Los Angeles Rams games. 这次重聚一开始的步调是一致的，Paul 从麻州斯普林菲尔德参加 Carmelo Anthony 的名 人堂入选仪式後直接飞往凤凰城，与 Harden 及其他队友一同参加训练营。回到洛杉矶後 他也邀请球员参加他的个人训练，并到他在 SoFi 体育场的包厢一起看洛杉矶公羊队的比 赛。 At media day, Paul was put forth as a credible voice as the franchise dealt with the fallout from a salary-cap-circumvention investigation. It was precisely the type of role it seemed he'd been brought back to play. 在媒体日上，Paul 被推出来作为一名值得信赖的代表人物，协助球团面对规避薪资上限 调查所引发的後续风波。那正是他看起来被重新签回来所要扮演的角色。 But once Paul began playing it, the Clippers seemed to recoil. When he offered suggestions to a player about training methods, he was warned not to undermine the staff, sources said. When he'd challenge players on or off the court, or tell them how to run a play, there were complaints from players and coaches that he was abrasive. 但当 Paul 真正开始扮演这个角色时，快艇却似乎开始退缩。消息人士指出，当他向球员 提供训练方式的建议时，会被提醒不要削弱教练团权威；当他在场上或场下挑战球员，或 指示他们如何执行战术时，球员与教练都抱怨他态度过於强硬。 "That's how Chris is," one executive with another team said. "He wears you out. He's convinced he's right -- and he often is right, which kind of pisses you off -- and he'll go around to everyone until you agree with him." 「Chris 就是这样的人，」一位其他球队的高层主管表示。「他会把你磨到受不了。他深 信自己是对的——而且他往往真的就是对的，这反而会让人很不爽，然後他会去说服所有 人，直到你同意他的看法为止。」 All this became even more pronounced in training camp, as Paul quickly became a standout as the leader of the second unit, which was routinely beating the starters. 这一切在训练营期间变得更加明显。Paul 很快成为第二阵容的领袖，而这套阵容经常击 败先发球员。 "We were kicking their ass," forward John Collins recently told ESPN. "Every day, we were kicking [the starters'] ass." 「我们真的把他们打爆了，」前锋 John Collins 近日告诉 ESPN。「每天我们都在痛宰 （先发阵容）。」 Paul played 19 minutes a game during the preseason, averaging 8.3 points and 5.3 assists. It was a much heartier role than had been discussed in the summer. Paul 在季前赛平均每场上场 19 分钟，缴出 8.3 分、5.3 次助攻的成绩。这个角色份量 远比夏天讨论时要吃重得多。 "I think that's where Ty went wrong," said one source close to the situation, "because that really empowered Chris and changed the expectations." 「我觉得 Ty 就是从这里开始走错的，」一位接近内情的消息人士说，「因为那真的赋予 了 Chris 更大的权力，也改变了大家对他的期待。」 Lue liked Paul's competitive spirit, and he played well in the time he was given. And the team needed him with Leonard, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Bradley Beal nursing injuries coming into the season. It was then, multiple sources said, that the schism began to develop. Lue 欣赏 Paul 的竞争心态，而 Paul 在获得的上场时间里也确实打得不错。再加上开季 前 Leonard、Bogdan Bogdanovic 与 Bradley Beal 都有伤在身，球队确实需要他。多位 消息人士指出，也正是在这个时候，裂痕开始逐渐形成。 "If all they wanted was a cheerleader," the executive said, "why did they sign Chris Paul? I mean, they had him before. They knew what he was like." 「如果他们只是想要一个啦啦队，」那名高层主管说，「那为什麽要签 Chris Paul？ 我是说，他们以前就拥有过他，他们很清楚他是什麽样的人。」 AFTER THE TEAM was blown out in its season opener against the Utah Jazz, sources said Paul attempted to get players to talk about the loss as they came into the locker room. 在球队於开幕战被犹他爵士痛击之後，Paul 试图在球员走进休息室时拉着大家一起讨论 这场失利。 It was the kind of thing Paul would routinely do on other teams. But the Clippers' locker room, full of veteran players and coaches, is not particularly active, even after wins, sources said. So Paul's attempt to encourage dialogue fell flat. 这类事情 Paul 在其他球队时经常做，但快艇的休息室里充满资深球员与教练，即使在 赢球之後气氛也不算热络，因此 Paul 试图促进对话的努力并未奏效。 A few nights later, after a win over New Orleans, Paul and his wife hosted a Halloween party for players and staffers in a club at the Intuit Dome. It was meant as a culture-building exercise, and afterward Frank and others commended Paul for doing it, despite only a handful of players attending, sources said. 几天後，在击败纽奥良之後，Paul 与他的妻子在 Intuit Dome 的俱乐部替球员与工作人 员举办了一场万圣节派对。这原本是作为一项建立球队文化的活动，事後 Frank 与其他 人仍对 Paul 的用心表示肯定，尽管实际到场的球员只有少数几人。 Then the Clippers didn't win a game for almost two weeks. 接着，快艇将近两个星期一胜难求。 Three of those losses (two against the Phoenix Suns, one against the Oklahoma City Thunder) came against teams Paul had recently played for, and at one point, sources said, he asked a member of the coaching staff why he hadn't been consulted on how those teams -- and particularly their star players, Devin Booker and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander -- operate. 其中三场败仗（两场输给凤凰城太阳，一场输给奥克拉荷马雷霆）是败给 Paul 最近才效 力过的球队。Paul 曾在某个时刻询问教练团成员，为何在面对这些球队－－尤其是他们 的明星球员 Devin Booker 与 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 时，没有徵询他的意见。 The question, or perhaps its delivery, was not thought to be constructive, sources said. 这个问题，或是他提出问题的方式，被认为并不具建设性。 Paul was benched for the second half of a game in Phoenix on Nov. 6, despite both Harden and Leonard being out of the lineup that night. The next morning, Paul went to the facility early to get in a workout. 11 月 6 日在凤凰城的比赛中，Paul 在下半场被冰在板凳上，尽管当晚 Harden 与 Leonard 都未列入出赛名单。隔天早上，Paul 提早前往球队训练基地进行训练。 The first person he encountered was Frank, and the two agreed to talk. During the meeting, sources said Paul raised concerns about the team's culture -- noting the lack of conversation in the group text chat and the lack of time the players spent together off the court. 他遇到的第一个人是 Frank，两人随即同意谈一谈。在会谈中，Paul 表达了对球队文化 的忧虑，包括群组简讯聊天室缺乏互动，以及球员在场下相处时间不足。 Frank, for his part, stressed that Paul's style wasn't in line with what they needed it to be -- that his leadership was being perceived as subversive rather than helpful. Frank 则强调，Paul 的行事风格并不符合球队的需求——他的领导方式正被视为在暗中 破坏，而非真正提供帮助。 Later that day, Paul and Lue talked on the phone for 40 minutes. It was their final substantive conversation before Paul was sent home nearly a month later, on Dec. 2. (Every other interaction was short or via text, sources said). 当天稍晚，Paul 与 Lue 通了 40 分钟的电话。这是 Paul 在将近一个月後、12 月 2 日 被送回家之前，两人最後一次具有实质内容的对话。（之後的互动不是很短，就是透过简 讯进行。） The call began with Paul asking Lue why he'd been benched for the second half of the Clippers' game the night before, a game in which the Clippers led by three points at the half only to lose by 13. 这通电话一开始，Paul 询问 Lue 为何他在前一晚的比赛中，下半场被弃用。那场比赛快 艇在半场还领先 3 分，最终却以 13 分之差落败。 Paul suggested having a meeting among team leaders and holding more practices on off days. Paul 建议召集球队领袖开会，并在休兵日安排更多训练。 Lue told Paul he was coming across as too critical of players and coaches and needed to understand -- and own up to that. Lue 告诉 Paul，他对球员与教练的批评显得过於严苛，他必须理解并承认这一点。 A call that was meant to resolve festering issues and clarify roles ultimately did neither. Later that day, Lue informed Paul he would not be in the rotation for the next game. 这通原本是为了解决长期积压问题、厘清角色的电话最终两头空。当天稍晚，Lue 通知 Paul，下一场比赛他将不会进入轮替阵容。 He did not elaborate, but with the team struggling defensively -- LA's top-five defense from a season ago had struggled against younger, faster offenses -- something had to be done to change the dynamic. Lue 并未多作说明，但在球队防守表现持续挣扎的情况下——洛杉矶上季名列前五的防守 ，本季却屡屡被年轻、速度更快的进攻打穿，显然必须做些什麽来改变球队的运作。 The next day, Nov. 8, during the game against the Suns, tensions spread to the bench. Paul and Van Gundy somehow found themselves shoulder to shoulder on the bench. It was the first game of what would be five consecutive DNP-CDs. For a long time, neither man said a word. 隔天，11 月 8 日，对太阳的比赛中紧张气氛蔓延到了板凳席。Paul 与 Van Gundy 不 知为何肩并肩坐在一起。那是他连续五场「DNP-CD（教练决定未上场）」的第一场。很长 一段时间里，两人一句话也没说。 Eventually Paul broke the awkward silence, snarkily asking Van Gundy if he wasn't talking to him. 最终，Paul 打破了尴尬的沉默，语带讽刺地询问 Van Gundy 是否不打算和他说话。 Van Gundy scoffed in response, multiple sources who witnessed the exchange said, and questioned Paul's earnestness. 多位目击该互动的消息人士表示，Van Gundy 对此嗤之以鼻，并质疑 Paul 是否真诚。 The next day at the facility, Paul had another long meeting with Frank, sources said. In it, he gave Paul a "final warning" about being divisive. Paul also had another tense meeting with Van Gundy that day, trying to resolve the previous night's exchange and other issues that had caused friction between them. 隔天在训练基地，Paul 又与 Frank 进行了一次长时间的会谈。Frank 在会中给了 Paul 「最後警告」，提醒他不要再制造分裂。Paul 当天也再次与 Van Gundy 进行了一场气氛 紧绷的会谈，试图化解前一晚的冲突，以及其他造成彼此摩擦的问题。 Both meetings ended well enough that Paul asked for and was granted permission to talk to the team. Frank also said he'd try to facilitate a meeting with Lue. On Nov. 11, an off day after a loss to the Atlanta Hawks, Paul stood in front of the team and apologized if he had come off as too negative or divisive. 两场会谈的结果尚称圆满，Paul 因此请求并获准向全队发言。Frank 也表示，他会尝试 安排 Paul 与 Lue 的会面。11 月 11 日，在输给亚特兰大老鹰後的休息日，Paul 站在 全队面前，为自己若表现得过於负面或造成分裂而道歉。 WHATEVER THE TENTE WAS achieved through Paul's mea culpa didn't last long. The Clippers went just 2-13 in November, continuing to lose even after Paul returned to the rotation and Leonard returned from a foot injury. 无论 Paul 透过道歉所换来的任何短暂停战，都没有维持太久。快艇在 11 月仅拿下 2 胜 13 败；即便 Paul 回到轮换阵容、Leonard 也从脚伤中复出，球队仍旧持续输球。 During that stretch, on Nov. 22, Paul announced this would be his final year -- officially turning the rest of this season into a retirement tour. He had tried to inform team owner Steve Ballmer of his impending decision before he announced anything, but sources said they didn't connect until afterward and that conversation ended up being their final one. 在这段期间，11 月 22 日，Paul 宣布这将是他职业生涯的最後一个赛季——正式把本季 剩余赛程变成一趟退休巡回。他曾试图在公开宣布之前告知球队老板 Steve Ballmer 这 项决定，但两人直到事後才联系上，而那次对话也成了他们之间的最後一次。 The Clippers wanted to honor him with a tribute video, but Paul told them it was the wrong message to highlight in the middle of a losing streak. So on Nov. 28, before what would prove to be the third to last game of his time with the Clippers, the team released a video. 快艇原本希望以一支致敬影片来表扬他，但 Paul 告诉球队，在连败期间强调这样的讯息 并不合适。因此在 11 月 28 日，也就是他在快艇生涯倒数第三场比赛之前，球队仍发布 了这支影片。 The caption said Paul would "end his Hall of Fame career at home." It took less than four days for that to prove false. On Nov. 30, tensions between Paul and Van Gundy came to a head on the team's flight to Miami. 影片的文字写说 Paul 将「在主场结束他名人堂等级的职业生涯」。不到四天，这句话就 被证明并不属实。11 月 30 日，在球队飞往迈阿密的班机上，Paul 与 Van Gundy 之间的 紧张关系终於全面爆发。 Van Gundy had been upset the night before that Paul had openly questioned how the coaching staff had used Leonard's limited minutes toward the end of the team's loss to the Dallas Mavericks, their seventh in eight games. Leonard was coming off a minutes restriction and was defending a red-hot Klay Thompson, known for his movement without the ball. That took a lot of energy, Paul had argued. 前一晚，Van Gundy 对 Paul 公开质疑教练团在输给小牛的比赛中，如何运用 Leonard 有限的上场时间感到不满。那场比赛是快艇八场比赛中的第七败。Leonard 当时仍有上场 时间限制，却被安排防守状态火烫、以无球跑动闻名的 Klay Thompson，Paul 当时主张 ，这样的安排非常耗费体力。 Van Gundy accused Paul of changing the coverage without approval. Paul responded that he had only "suggested" switching Leonard's defensive assignment because he had bumped up against his minutes restriction. Van Gundy 指控 Paul 未经许可就改变了防守策略。Paul 则回应他只是「建议」调整 Leonard 的防守对位，因为 Leonard 已接近上场时间限制。 To prove his point, Paul stood up and walked down the aisle of the plane to Leonard and Kris Dunn and asked them whether he had suggested a change or actually changed the coverage, multiple sources who witnessed the interaction said. 为了证明自己的说法，Paul 走向 Leonard 与 Kris Dunn，直接问他们自己是提出建议， 还是真的改变了防守。 Both players affirmed that he had suggested it, sources said. The interaction was brought up again to other players on the team during the flight, and sources said that subsequently got back to the coaching staff and front office. 他们都说 Paul 只是提出建议，这段互动後来还提及其他球员，最终传到教练团与管理层 耳中。 That night, the team decided it had finally had enough. "He was a pain in the ass when he was a great player," another executive with a different team said. "And now he's not a great player." 球队觉得受够了。「他在巅峰时期就是个麻烦人物，」另一支球队的高层说，「而现在， 他已经不再是那样的球员了。」 Frank wanted to deliver the news to Paul in person, which meant he had to either tell him Monday before the team's game against the Heat or Tuesday in Atlanta. Frank 希望亲自向 Paul 传达这个消息，这表示他必须在周一对热火的比赛前，或周二在 亚特兰大告诉他。 Frank chose Atlanta, but the meeting got pushed back because the team's flight out of Miami was delayed by six hours, after another loss. Around 11 p.m., inside Frank's hotel room at the Four Seasons, he told Paul of the team's plans to send Paul home, adding that he hoped to work with Paul on how the statement would be announced and that he hoped the team could still retire Paul's jersey one day, sources said. Frank 选择了亚特兰大，但由於球队在迈阿密又输了一场，班机延误了六个小时，会面因 此被迫延後。晚上约 11 点，在四季饭店 Frank 的房间里，他向 Paul 说明了球队将他 送回家的决定，并表示希望能与 Paul 协调对外声明的方式，也希望未来某一天仍能退休 Paul 的球衣。 Paul was stunned, sources said, and tried to plead his case. At one point, he brought teammate Brook Lopez into the room as something of a character witness. Paul 当场感到震惊，并试图为自己辩解。他一度把队友 Brook Lopez 带进房间，希望作 为品格上的证人。 Lopez and Leonard were Paul's most ardent supporters on the team, sources said. Paul reminded Frank that he had asked him to facilitate another meeting with Lue and that hadn't happened. Frank acknowledged that but held firm. The decision had been made. With that, it was over. Lopez 与 Leonard 是 Paul 在队中最坚定的支持者。Paul 提醒 Frank，他曾请求安排 与 Lue 的再次会面，但始终未能成行。Frank 对此表示认同，但立场依旧坚定。决定 已经做出，一切画下句点。 In the days since, Paul has been home, waiting for the team to trade him or buy him out. He's working out at the team's old facility in Playa Vista, which, sources said, was recently acquired by the NBA Players Association, of which Paul was president from 2013 to 2021. He attended the NBA Cup semifinals game between the Spurs and Thunder, two of his former teams. 在那之後的几天里，Paul 一直待在家中，等待球队将他交易或买断。他在 Playa Vista 的球队旧训练基地进行训练；该设施近期已被 NBA 球员工会收购，而 Paul 曾在 2013 年 至 2021 年间担任球员工会主席。他也到场观看了马刺对雷霆的 NBA 盃四强赛，这两支都 是他过去效力过的球队。 While the conversation around his departure has died down, the question of why the team exposed itself to criticism by the timing and fashion in which it did it remains. 尽管外界对他离队的讨论逐渐平息，但球队为何选择以这样的时机与方式行事、让自己暴 露在批评之中，这个问题仍然存在。 "I don't even like him that much," said one source close to a current Clippers player. "But this isn't a G League guy. This is Chris Paul. There's ways to do it where he can save a little face." 「说实话，我也没那麽喜欢他，」一位接近现役快艇球员的消息人士说。「但他不是什 麽 G 联盟球员，他是 Chris Paul。处理这件事其实有方式，至少能让他有点面子。」 The Clippers won their first game they played without Paul, a 115-92 win over the Hawks. But then dropped three in a row to the Grizzlies, Timberwolves and Rockets. On Monday at home, they lost to the Grizzlies 121-103, falling to 6-20. On Thursday, they'll play the 24-2 Thunder, the league's best team. 快艇在没有 Paul 的情况下赢下第一场比赛，以 115 比 92 击败老鹰；但随後又接连输 给灰熊、灰狼与火箭三场。周一在主场，他们以 103 比 121 不敌灰熊，战绩下滑至 6 胜 20 败。周四他们将对上 24 胜 2 败、联盟战绩最佳的雷霆。 Games against the Thunder always stir talk about the trade that sent each franchise in wildly different directions. Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning regular-season MVP and Finals MVP, used to be a Clipper. Jalen Williams, the Thunder's All-NBA swingman, was drafted with a pick that was acquired from the Clippers in the ill-fated trade for Paul George in 2019. 与雷霆的比赛总会再度掀起关於那笔让两支球队走向截然不同命运的交易的讨论。现任年 度例行赛 MVP 与总冠军赛 MVP 的 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander，曾经是快艇球员；而雷霆 的 All-NBA 侧翼 Jalen Williams，则是透过 2019 年那笔失败的 Paul George 交易、 用从快艇取得的选秀权所选进的。 And of course, the Clippers' pick in the 2026 draft is unprotected and owed to the Thunder as part of that deal. Which means each loss this season increases the chances that, after 14 straight seasons of winning records, LA could be sending a high lottery pick to the reigning champions. 此外，作为交易的一部分，快艇 2026 年的首轮无保护选秀权也归雷霆所有。这意味着， 本季每输一场比赛，都在提高一个残酷的可能性：在连续 14 个赛季胜率超过五成之後， 洛杉矶可能会把一个高顺位乐透签送给卫冕冠军。 There is no easy way to swallow that. There's also no easy way out of the Clippers' current predicament, with two aging superstars trying to rally a roster that is older, slower and overmatched most nights. The team believes its recent improvement on defense will generate more wins in the near future. But mostly the biggest difference after Paul was sent home is how much quieter things are. . 这种结果没有人能轻易吞下，而快艇目前的困境也没有简单的解方。两位年事渐长的超级 球星，试图带领一支在多数夜晚都显得年老、缓慢且实力不足的阵容。球队相信近期防守 端的改善将在不久的将来带来更多胜利，但最明显的改变，还是 Paul 被送回家後，球队 变得安静许多。 "He's intense, man," Collins said. "He's a leader. Somebody that wants the best for everybody. Somebody that wanted greatness, and that's what he demands. "It's definitely a lot quieter without him here." 「他真的很强势，」Collins 说。「他是个领袖，是那种希望所有人都变得更好的人，是 追求伟大、也要求别人同样如此的人。没有他在，真的安静很多。」 It's quieter in Paul's world too. Many of his teammates sent messages of support to him afterward. Leonard, in particular, has stayed in close touch. But he hasn't heard from any of the men who decided to send him away. Not Ballmer or Van Gundy. Not Frank or Lue. Paul 的世界也同样变得安静。事後许多队友都传讯息表达支持，尤其是 Leonard 一直与 他保持密切联系。但那些做出将他送走决定的人，他一个都没有收到消息，不论是 Ballmer、Van Gundy，还是 Frank 与 Lue。 At a Clippers practice last week, Lue was asked why he hadn't reached out to his former point guard. Lue responded bluntly. "Yeah, well, he hasn't called me either." 在快艇上周的一次训练後，Lue 被问到，为何没有主动联络这位前控球後卫。Lue 的回答 相当直接：「对啊，但他也没有打给我。」 --

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