沒有在想延長合約 Kuzma:怎樣我都會有錢拿 - NBA

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Kyle Kuzma isn’t thinking about extension talks with the Lakers this summer:
‘I’m going to get paid regardless’
今年夏天Kyle Kuzma沒有在思考有關與湖人的延長合約: 怎樣我都會拿到錢

Before the league descended on Orlando to restart the NBA season, Kyle Kuzma
was part of a group of third-year players — along with Bam Adebayo, De’
Aaron Fox, Donovan Mitchell, and Jayson Tatum — who met with league
leadership to secure some sort of insurance protection for their upcoming
contract extensions.
在聯盟開始在奧蘭多復賽前，Kyle Kuzma是聯盟裡數位三年級生的其中一位--其他包括Bam
Adebayo，De'Aaron Fox，Donovan Mitchell跟Jayson Tatum--這些都是達到聯盟領先標準
對於他們延長合約會有一些保障的球員。

It’s not clear if any agreement emerged from those talks, but Kuzma also
doesn’t seem to be worried about his looming extension, which can be signed
this offseason.
目前對於這些合約是否有達成共識並不明朗，但是似乎Kuzma對於對於即將來臨可以在休賽
季簽的延長合約並沒有很擔心的樣子。

“I mean, I’m gonna get paid regardless so I don’t really care,” Kuzma
told the media on Wednesday. “It’s gonna happen one day. So I don’t think
about that.”
「我的意思是，怎樣我都會拿到錢的，所以我真的不在乎，」Kuzma星期三的時候跟媒體說
到。「總有一天會發生的，所以我不會去想這些。」

Kuzma hasn’t made that much money, relatively speaking, in his NBA career
thus far after entering the league as the 27th pick in the 2017 draft. At the
end of this season, he will have earned about $5 million in salary (though he
likely makes a substantial amount in endorsements), so he is still waiting on
the first contract that earns him life-changing money.
從他在2017年以第27順位進入NBA後，相對來講，他並沒有賺很多錢。到本季結束，他的薪
資可以賺到500萬鎂(雖然很有可能在代言上他賺了很多)，所以他仍在等那份可以改變他人
生的第一份大約。

The third-year Laker isn’t projected to get a maximum extension like the
other players who were seeking insurance, but he is highly valued by the team
and governor Jeanie Buss. The Lakers kept Kuzma over all of their other young
players in the Anthony Davis trade this past offseason, and the front office
clearly has remained bullish on Kuzma’s star potential.
這位三年級的湖人球員並不被預期會拿到其他球員想要得到保障的頂級合約，但是球隊老
闆Jeanie Buss則是很重視他。在上個休賽季，湖人留下了Kuzma，把其他的年輕小將交易
走，換來了Anthony Davis，制服組對於Kuzma的潛力始終看漲。

So yes, Kuzma will get paid eventually, and most likely by the Lakers. It
probably won’t be this offseason as the Lakers keep their salary cap space
for the summer of 2021, when the older brother of a certain two-way player
will be a free agent. In due time, however, Kuzma stands to earn a pretty
penny.
所以是的，Kuzma最終會拿到錢的，而且很有可能是湖人給的。不過應該不會是這個休賽
季，因為湖人要把他們的薪資空間留下來，給某個雙向球員的那位快要變FA的哥哥的。不
過等時間到了，Kuzma是可以準備大賺一筆的。

His teammate Jared Dudley spoke to The Athletic about how Kuzma can prove his
value as a role player:
他的隊友Jared Dudley在接受The Athletic訪問時講到Kuzma如何證明他在角色球員上的價
值：

“I always tell Kuz about the money,” Dudley said. “Players want to get
paid.... The question is, how can you fit in with these two players? You’re
not always going to get 18 points a game.
「我一直跟Kuz講到錢的事情，」Dudley說。「球員想賺錢...但問題是，你要怎麼跟這兩
個球員配合？你不可能每場都可以拿18分的。」

“They think you’re going to shoot the ball every time. And when your shot
is not going, can you get to the free throw line? What can you bring to this
team? And, once we win? I’ve seen Otto Porter get a max contract (averaging)
13 points a game. And he’s better than him. Kuz is more talented than Otto
Porter. He’s more athletic, there’s more stuff he can do with it. But Otto
Porter stars in his role.”
「他們認為你每次都得出手，但是手感不好投不進去時，你能夠拿到犯規拿罰球的分數
嗎？你到底可以為球隊做甚麼呢？然後一旦球隊贏了，我看到Otto Porter場均13分但是拿
到頂薪，而且Kuz比Porter好，Kuz比Porter更有潛力，他體能更好，他可以做更多的事，
但是Otto是在他的角色裡發光發熱的。」

Kuzma hasn’t yet proven that he can be a star as a role player, and his best
moments have come when one or both of Davis or James is out. If he wants to
guarantee his financial future, he’ll have to be more consistent during the
Lakers’ playoff run and show that he fits on this Lakers team moving
forward. He’s been good enough over the first two years of his NBA career to
“get paid regardless,” as he said, but he has the potential to earn much
more.
Kuzma還沒有證明他在角色球員上也可以成為明星，他最好的表現的時刻是在LBJ或是AD其
中一位或是兩位都不在場上的時候。所以若是他想要確保他將來的財富自由的話，他在湖
人接下來的季後賽得要更穩定，展現出他是湖人繼續向前所需的人。他過去兩年在NBA的表
現是很好，如同他所說的"怎樣都會拿到錢"，但是他有潛力可以拿得更多的。
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