勒布朗·詹姆斯震驚球隊主帥布拉特下課

LeBron James stressed Saturday that he did not influence the Cleveland Cavaliers' coaching change, saying he was "surprised and caught off-guard" by the decision to fire David Blatt.

勒布朗·詹姆斯在週六強調，他並沒有影響到克利夫蘭騎士隊的教練更換工作。他表示，大衛·布拉特被解僱這個決定讓他感到“驚訝和猝不及防”。

James addressed the media after the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers fired Blatt and replaced him with assistant Tyronn Lue.

在東部領頭羊騎士隊炒掉布拉特、選擇助理教練泰倫·盧接替之後，詹姆斯出現在了媒體面前。

Cavaliers general manager David Griffin on Friday disputed the notion that James was part of the franchise's decision-making process regarding Blatt, saying the four-time MVP "doesn't run this organization."

週五，騎士隊的總經理大衛·格里芬否認了詹姆斯參與換掉布拉特的決定，並指出這位四屆常規賽MVP“並沒有在運作球隊。”

James echoed those comments Saturday. He said he is not worried about the perception of his impact on coaching decisions.

對此，詹姆斯於週六表達了同樣的看法。他表示自己並不關心外界對他影響換帥決定的評論。

"That's not my concern," James said. "I found out about it just like every other player on this team at 3:30 yesterday. I think Griffin was right on everything he said. Like it or love it or hate it, we got to respect it."

“這不是我要關心的。”詹姆斯說道。“和其他騎士隊球員一樣，我也是在昨天下午3:30才知道這個消息的。我認爲格里芬說的任何事情都是正確的。不論你喜歡這個決定或者不喜歡，我們必須尊重它。”

A source close to James told ESPN that the Cavs star "didn't know this was coming" before Griffin gathered the players at the practice facility to inform them that Blatt had been fired.

據ESPN得到的消息，在格里芬召集騎士隊球員開會並告訴他們布拉特被解僱的消息之前，這位騎士隊的球星對此並不知情。

"For me, I can't get caught up and worried about what other people are thinking," James said. "I stopped doing that a long time ago in my career. The only thing I can worry about is how I can get these guys better prepared and we can play better basketball."

“作爲我來說，我不能陷入和擔心別人在想什麼，”詹姆斯說道，“很久以前，我就已經停止這麼做了。我現在唯一關心的事情是如何讓這些球員更好地準備比賽，並讓我們打出更好的籃球。”

James addressed his relationship with Lue, who also spoke to the media Saturday.

在週六的採訪中，詹姆斯還談到了他與泰倫·盧的關係。

"We've been friends since I was 17 years old, he's the coach and I'm underneath him," James said. "He will coach me and push me, and I'll listen to everything he has to say and go from there. Don't try to make it a story of why me and Coach Lue are so tight. I think it's a lot of coaches and players that's close in this league. It just happened to be me."

“自打我17歲起，我們就成爲了朋友，但是現在他是教練，我得聽他的。”詹姆斯說道。“他將會指導我，敦促我，我也會聽他作爲教練員的所有指導。不要去試着編爲什麼我和盧教練關係如此緊密的故事了。我想這個聯盟中許多教練和隊員之間都有這種深厚的感情。只不過現在發生在我身上了。”