可愛加入快艇隊的幕後-西河先要求組隊 - NBA

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此外：ESPN 記者Ramona Shelburne也有在Lowe Post Podcast上談到此事，可以聽聽

以下擷取重要片段

So in the summer of 2019, while the rest of the NBA world fretted over who rei
gning NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard would choose between the Toronto Raptors an
d his hometown Los Angeles Lakers or LA Clippers, Westbrook was coming up with
a plan to collaborate with him on a homecoming.

2019年夏天，整個NBA關注著總冠軍賽MVP Kawhi Leonard要選擇暴龍隊還是家鄉加州的，
湖人隊或快艇隊的時候，Westbrook有個計畫可以讓他回到洛杉磯。

Westbrook had become a father of three the previous November, and while he'd m
ade a home and carved a Hall of Fame legacy in Oklahoma City, the chance to li
ve and play in Los Angeles, where grandparents and his large extended family a
nd friends could visit every day, held deep appeal.

西河在前一年11月才成為三個小孩之父，在他追求他在雷霆隊的成就的同時，一個可以回
到他祖父母和其他親戚和親朋好友所居住的洛杉磯效力的機會，對他有很大的吸引力。

Teaming up with Leonard would be the fastest way there, so he placed the call,
according to multiple sources. But Leonard didn't just take the call as one n
ative son of Los Angeles to another, ponder it and file it away.

和可愛組隊是最快速的方法，因此他打給可愛。根據多個消息來源指出，但可愛不只接起
了這通同鄉的電話。

He used it.

他利用了這通電話

According to multiple sources, Leonard then called Westbrook's teammate in Okl
ahoma City, Paul George, and told him he'd rather team up with him on a homeco
ming.

可愛之後打給西河在雷霆隊的隊友Paul George，並告訴他，比起跟西河組隊他更想跟喬
治同隊。

George had always longed to play in front of his family as well but had formed
a close bond with Westbrook in their two seasons together in Oklahoma City an
d was content to stay.

喬治一直希望可以在家人周圍打球，但他跟西河建立起很好的關係並且開心繼續留在雷霆
隊。

Leonard's call upended all of that, though. And within a week, Leonard was tea
ming up with George -- not Westbrook -- for their hometown LA Clippers.

可愛的電話改變了這一切，在一週後可愛與喬治組隊而不是西河，一同效力他們的家鄉球
隊快艇隊。

心得：蠻勁爆的內幕

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