标题打不完 那个掏空阵容的交易对留下来的爵士球员造成了骚动 The plucky, fun, overachieving team had its heart ripped out less than an hour before tipoff Wednesday night. The players still here are now balancing sadness for those gone with the need to move on. 这只勇敢、有趣且超出期待的队伍，在周三晚上开打前的不到一个小时内心被撕裂。 这些还在的球员现在正在为那些已经走掉的球员的难过，以及必须要放下这一切找出 平衡中。 Feb. 10, 2023, 1:13 a.m.| Updated: 6:28 a.m. The impending NBA trade deadline had clearly been weighing on many of the Utah Jazz’s players over the past few days. 显然最近这几天，在爵士球员心里，快要到的 NBA交易大限对他们造成了很多 焦虑不安。 “I mean, if you haven’t noticed, there’s been a cloud hanging over us for a little while,” Rudy Gay said late Wednesday night. Gay周三晚上说：「我指得是，如果你还没发现的话，我们上面最近有一朵云一直 飘在上面。」 And when the Jazz swung a three-team trade that shipped out four of their players an hour before tipoff against Minnesota — including beloved locker room leader Mike Conley — that cloud became a downpour. 而当爵士展开了那个三队交易，那个送出了四个球员的（包含休息室领袖Conley）的 那个对明尼苏达开打前一个小时的交易的时候，这朵云就直接变成暴雨了。 Those who remained played a mostly lifeless, shellshocked game, which resulted in a 143-118 loss to a Wolves team that was no less short-handed but apparently far less dispirited. 那些还在的球员打了一场几乎是了无生气，被炸过的比赛（按：其实上半场还好） 最後是个143比118的大比分落败给一样也是缺人手，但显然没有那麽沮丧的灰狼。 Postgame, in the locker room, with whatever game-time adrenaline they had mustered now worn off and the reality of an immediate future sans Conley, Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker setting in, the vibes were less than immaculate. 赛後，在休息室里面，在不管怎样比赛的肾上腺素退去，要面对马上就一定要面对的 四位球员：Conley、Beasley、Vandy还有NAW都离开了，整个气氛显然是不可能完美的。 The plucky, fun, overachieving team had just been gutted. And even if they all were all fully expecting something to happen, perhaps even knew on some level that something was going to happen, they nevertheless all appeared thoroughly unprepared for it when it did. 这个勇敢的、有趣的且超乎预期的球队被整个掏空了。而就算他们一整的都预期这样 的事情会发生，他们无论如何都看起来在真正事情发生的时候，完全没有准备的样子。 Rookie center Walker Kessler, experiencing his first NBA trade deadline, was visibly shaken postgame. The normally gregarious 21-year-old gave perhaps his shortest interview of the season, though arguably his most emotional. 菜鸟中锋 Kessler，是第一次遇到交易大限，他是用眼睛就看得出来的被影响了。 这位一般而言都侃侃而谈的21岁小将的访问可能是本季最短，即便可能是最被情绪 影响的一次。 “They’re all great guys, and you get close with them, but it’s the NBA, so I understand,” he said. “… You know trades are a legitimate thing, but to go through it … I’m a very empathetic person, so you feel for them. But I’ m not calling anybody out or saying anything was done wrong, because it’s part of the business, but it’s definitely a hard thing to go through.” 「他们都是好人，而且你是跟他们很接近，不过这就是 NBA，所以我了解」他说。 「你知道交易是个很正常的事情，不过当你真的要经历这件事的时候，....我是个非常 感性的人，所以你对他们会有感情。我没有说有人做错或怎样批评，因为这就是 生意的一部分，不过这当然是很难承受的事情。」 Kessler’s youth was undoubtedly a factor in his visceral reaction. Then again, Gay, the most grizzled player on the team, was equally shaken by both the departure of his close personal friend, and the sudden bottoming out of the roster. Kessler的年纪当然毋庸置疑的是他发自内心的反应的因素之一。再一次，Gay身为 对上最资深的球员，一样对於两件事感到心里一震：他的好朋友离开，还有整个 球队阵容被掏空。 “It’s a tough one because Mike is somebody I’ve known for 20 years — that ’s not gonna go anywhere, but …” he said, trailing off. “He’s the guy who got everything together. … I think everybody was thrown off a little bit. He’s been the guy that’s kept me sane for the past year and a half.” 「对我来说很难受，因为 Mike 是我认识 20 年的朋友了，这件事不会离开，但..」 他越讲越小声。「他是那种把大家都兜起来的人，..我想每个人都有点分心了。 他是那个让我这一年半可以继续下去的人。」 The Jazz wound up not making any additional moves before Thursday’s 1 p.m. MT trade deadline. But Wednesday’s trade — in which the Jazz acquired former MVP and current Sixth Man of the Year frontrunner Russell Westbrook, forward Juan Toscano-Anderson, center Damian Jones, and a top-four-protected 2027 first-round pick from the Lakers — was impactful enough. 最後爵士在中午一点的交易大限没有在做出什麽交易。不过周三的那个，爵士弄来 了前MVP与当前的最佳第六人热门人选西河，Juan Toscano-Anderson以及中锋 Damian Jones，还有2027年前四保护的湖人选秀全，就已经够震撼的了。 Jordan Clarkson, now the team’s longest-tenured player, and Conley’s backcourt mate in the starting lineup this season was recalling some of their best moments from their four years together — bonding in the Orlando bubble a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, helping the Jazz to the best record in the NBA. 作为现在爵士待最久的球员的 Clarkson，同时也是Conley的後场先发搭档，在回忆 包含了在奥兰多爵士打出了例行赛最佳战绩的那个因为 COVID-19而出现的泡泡球季。 He’s been traded a few times himself, he knows the business component of the league. That doesn’t make it any easier, though, when a guy who’s not only a crucial component of the roster but also one of your good friends is suddenly not there anymore. 他自己也被交易很多次，他知道联盟生意归生意的那个部份。不过这也没有让他比较好 过就是了，当一个人不只是阵容中很重要的一部分，同时也是好朋友的就这样不在身边 的时候。 “It’s definitely tough losing a guy like Mike — that leader, great point guard, the guy that makes everybody’s life easier on the court, and his energy off the court and what he brings to the team, a guy who was never down, I never thought he had a bad day, a guy who just took everybody for who they were. It’s a big loss,” said Clarkson. “… The guy was like Yoda, honestly. He had so many stories and had an enlightened [sense] about him that you’d just listen to him. … Those things, you don’t take for granted in this league, especially how he was as a person.” 「失去像 Mike 这样的人当然是非常难受的，领导者、好的控卫，那个让每个人都 变得更轻松的球员，还有他在场下的活力、他带给球队的一切，他从来不丧气、 我从来不认为他有难受的日子，一个能够接受每个人自我的人。这是个很大的损失。」 Clarkson说。「...他就像犹达大师，老实说。他有好多好多的故事，而且都是看透的 那种，你就会听他的。...那些东西，你不会把这些事情当作理所当然，特别是因为 他这个人的关系。」 The timing of the deal coming as close as it did to tipoff was all the more jarring. Just a short time before, with the trade rumored but not yet official, coach Will Hardy had spoken of trying to create an atmosphere of normalcy, of trying to get players to buy in to the idea that it was just another average, ordinary day with one of 82 games on the schedule about to take place. Having one starter, two rotation guys, and a deep bench player suddenly pulled for “personal reasons,” as it appeared on the updated injury report, quickly scuttled that notion. 这麽接近比赛开打的教义让这一切更难受。 就在一下子之前，有很多交易的传言但还没确定的时候，Hardy教练试着要说话并 创造一个正常的氛围，一个想要让大家能够认为这就是只是另一场联盟82场比赛 之一另一场比赛的想法。 不过当你看到一个先发，两个常上场的，一个板凳末端的人被写成「个人因素」而 被拉下来丢进不上场名单，显然这种想法就被打爆了。 “I came back from my [pregame] shooting time, and those guys were in street clothes, so I kinda figured something happened,” said All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen. “… It’s crazy. It’s part of the NBA — we all understand that. I’ve had teammates get traded after the pregame meeting, even closer to the game. It’s always tough, you’re not gonna get used to it. It’s the human side. … The human part kicks in.” 「我从赛前随便投篮时间回来，这些人都穿着便服，我大概就知道有些事情要发生了。」 明星球员马坎南说。「有点疯狂，这就是 NBA的一部分，我们都了解。我有队友在 赛前会议之後才被交易，更接近开赛。这一直以来都很难受，你不会适应的。这是 人性，人性这时候就跑进来了。」 Talen Horton-Tucker, already a fourth-year vet despite being just 22 years old, found himself balancing absolute shock and also, somehow, the total normalcy of just another component of life as a professional basketball player. THT，虽然才22岁但已经在联盟第四年了，发现他在（努力的）平衡完全的惊吓， 还有就只是一个职业篮球员的日常而已。 “It was surprising, but it’s the NBA, so you’ve got to be ready for any situation. But getting close to guys, it’s always going to be hard,” he said. “We all dapped up, said our goodbyes to each other. I told Mike ‘I appreciate you’ for the type of person he is, being really open with the younger guys and teaching them, being a super-vet.” 「这让人很讶异，不过这就是 NBA，你必须要在任何状况下准备好。不过在他们附近 ，事情总是更难以接受。」他说「我们都碰拳，互相说再见」我告诉Mike「我欣赏你， 对於你的人也好，对於我们年轻球员完全敞开心胸而且教导他们，作为一个很棒 的老将。」 Gay, meanwhile, was trying to convey the weight of experiencing the trade deadline to those asking him about it, and effectively concluded that the average person simply couldn’t ever properly appreciate the gravity of the experience. Gay在此时，试着要对那些问他的球员们传达交易大限的重量的经验，并且有效的 做出一般人并没办法简单处理这种经验的严重性。 “I really, honestly don’t think y’all understand how hard it is. I don’t think any of you guys are moving your families,” he said. “It’s definitely tough. It is something we signed up for and it’s part of the league. [But] that’s more what we’re worried about — people as people.” 「我真的，不认为你们了解这有多困难。我不信你们会把整家拔起来搬走。」他说。 「这真的很难，这是签约的时候就会知道的事情，这是联盟的一部分。（不过） 这就是我们更担忧的：人就是人。」 Now, those who remain will turn their attention to trying to carry on. 现在，这些留下来的人必须要将注意力转开然後继续下去。 A few of them put on a brave face and spoke rationally about keeping on keeping on. 有些球员把他们勇敢的脸装扮起来，并且理性的说出继续继续继续这种话。 Markkanen noted that while it was tough to be in the locker room just then, because they all missed the “great dudes” now gone, there would be an emphasis on getting things figured out: “I still like our group of guys. We can get a lot better with this team — I believe that this team can do big things.” 马坎南提及即便在休息室里面很难过，因为他们都想念那些已经离开的「好人」。 在当中仍然有认为要好好处理现在的状况的努力：「我还是喜欢我们这群人。 我们还是可以把这一队弄起来，我相信这对可以做出大事。」 Clarkson, meanwhile, insisted that the team’s existing imperatives would not change, even if the personnel did. The Jazz will continue to focus on, “ Building good habits, trying to compete still, trying to win games. … I don’ t look at this game tonight as doing justice on what’s going to happen in terms of us competing and trying to win.” 同时，Clarkson坚持这队急迫需要的仍然不会改变，即便人变了。爵士仍然继续要 聚焦於「建立好的习惯，继续试着竞争，试着要赢球。....我不认为我们今天晚上做的 事情是我们未来会针对赢球这件事会继续做的事。」 There’s no doubt that will be a tall order, though. Probably even an unrealistic one. 当然无论如何会有个艰钜的任务，甚至是个不切实际的那种。 In trading away four players for a likely buyout candidate and two players on the fringe of the rotation for a Lakers team that frankly had been worse than the Jazz for most of the season, Utah’s front office made its intentions clear. The priority in this deal was shedding future salary and taking a swing at a potentially very good future draft pick. 在交易了四个球员，换来一个在今年老实说大部分时间都比爵士烂的湖人队的， 应该会被挥弃掉的球员还有两个根本不太上的球员，爵士的办公室很明显了。 这个交易主要就是要把未来的薪水抖掉，然後把未来的选秀权弄来。 Gay was not in a mood to toe the company line about still trying to win, noting that there was time still before the deadline to make yet more moves. Gay没有在那个要跟公司「沆瀣一气」号称我们还要赢，提及了在交易前其实 还有一些时间。 Asked if he was now considering his own future, he didn’t bother to deflect or equivocate. 在被问到他有没有在想自己的未来，他也没有讲什麽躲开的或模凌两可的。 “I’d be crazy to say no. With that move, we know where the organization is going,” Gay said. “I don’t know. I mean, I think at this point in my career, I do want to win and be a part of a team that’s trying to get to the promised land, so to say. But no matter what I’m gonna be a professional.” 「我要是说没有就是疯了。这个交易，我知道我们的整个组织是要干嘛。」Gay说。 「我不知道，我指得是，我认为在我的生涯的这个点上，我还是想要赢球而且在一个 可以去应许之地（按：应指冠军）的球队之类的。不过不管怎样我还是会保持职业精神。 --

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