NBA大牌自由球員們的新策略

Kevin Durant hasn't signed a long-term deal since 2010. Kyrie Irving and Kawhi Leonard both demanded trades when they grew unhappy during their current long-term deals.

凱文·杜蘭特自2010年以來一直沒有簽下長期合約。當凱里·歐文和科懷·倫納德在目前的長期合約中變得不滿球隊現狀時，他們都要求了交易。

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will both be unrestricted free agents this summer. All three have also been willing to leave significant guaranteed money on the table in the past, which is part of the deal when opting to go short-term.

凱文杜蘭特和凱里歐文今年夏天都將成爲非限制的自由球員。 這三個人過去在談判時都非常看重保障合同，這也是他們選擇短期合同的原因之一。

Durant has passed on max contracts each of the past two years and did so last summer to make sure he'd be a free agent again this year. Irving voided his chance at a supermax extension with the Cleveland Cavs when he asked out.

杜蘭特在過去兩年都放棄籤頂薪合同的機會，並在去年夏天也這樣做了，以確保他今年再次成爲自由球員。當歐文要求交易時，歐文失去了獲得騎士頂薪的機會。

Leonard turned down a supermax extension with the San Antonio Spurs last summer, though it was offered after his trade request, when he'd already made up his mind.

去年夏天倫納德拒絕了與聖安東尼奧馬刺隊的超級合同，雖然這是在他的交易請求之後提出的，但當時他已經下定決心。

Once traded, both Irving and Leonard lost the ability to get supermaxes and the roughly $80 million extra it would've meant.

一旦被交易，歐文和倫納德都不能獲得頂薪，這意味着大約8000萬美元的損失。

Having control is clearly important to all three. Teams act differently when star players are free-agents-to-be. Often, there's an undercurrent to all major moves with the star's happiness being protected.

把握主動權對這三者來說顯然都很重要。 當明星球員是自由球員時，球隊的行爲會有所不同。 通常情況下，表面上球星被視爲球隊的掌上明珠，但實際上暗藏着球隊與球星之間的合同博弈。

How much that's worth to them might be a factor in how free agency in 2019 — and, for that matter, 2020 — plays out. It's also important to note that all three have dealt with serious injuries that have knocked them out for long periods, making short-term deals somewhat of a risk.

對他們來說，薪金可能是影響2019年 以及2020年自由球員的一個因素。同樣需要注意的是，這三個人都已經受過嚴重的傷病，這些傷病已經讓他們長時間休戰，這使短期合同成爲一種風險。

When James started this concept in 2014, it wasn't totally about a power play. With large forecasted jumps in the salary cap in 2015 and 2016, he didn't want to be locked into a deal and pass on maximizing his earnings.

當詹姆斯在2014年開始這個想法時，它並不完全是關於權力的遊戲。 由於2015年和2016年工資上限大幅上漲是可以預見的，所以他不想用籤長約的方式錯過大合同。

It worked. Had James taken a four-year deal in 2014, as he was able to, he'd have made roughly $18 million less than he did by refreshing his contract three times in the four-year run back in Cleveland.

事實證明他是對的。如果詹姆斯在2014年獲得了一份爲期四年的合同，那將會比他現在三次與克利夫蘭簽約的方式大約少賺1800萬美元。

It had the ancillary benefit, though, of keeping the Cavs on their toes. And there's no question that there was a value to that, as the team repeatedly pushed deeper and deeper into the luxury tax to surround James with as much talent as it could find.

除此以外，它還有一個額外的好處，就是讓騎士管理層信守爲詹姆斯配備奪冠陣容的承諾。 毫無疑問，這招很管用，即便深陷奢侈稅泥潭他們也在不斷爲詹皇尋找有天賦的帶刀侍衛。

The league is projecting about a 9 percent bump in the cap for 2020 — nothing like the so-called 35 percent "cap spike" of 2016. A short-term deal this summer would likely be more about maintaining control and leaving options open than it would be about maximizing paychecks.

聯盟預測2020年的工資帽上限將大約增加9％ - 與2016年所謂的35％“上限峯值”完全不同。今年夏天的短期合同可能更多關注的是保持控制權和選擇權的開放性而不是薪水的上限。

But there's something else to consider: Pending free-agency questions and speculation have been thorns in the sides of Durant and Irving all season, unnerving them.

但還有其他一些事情需要考慮：在歐文和杜蘭特耳邊整個賽季都充斥着他們成爲自由球員問題的討論，這讓他們感到不舒服。

Both have staged their own version of a media boycott — Durant didn't talk to the press for more than a week, and Irving went through a period in which he'd give only terse answers — after getting irritated by questions and stories about their futures.

兩人都上演了他們自己的媒體抵制之道——杜蘭特已經有一個多星期沒有和媒體交流，歐文有一段時間，在被問到關於他們未來的故事被激怒之後，他只給出了簡短的答案。

Leonard has avoided some of the unpleasantness, though part of his strategy has been to avoid certain media requests.

倫納德則避免了與媒體的不愉快，他的方法是直接回避媒體的具體問題。

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