It has been almost exactly a month since you were traded to Brooklyn.

自從你被交易到布魯克林後，已經差不多整整一個月了。

You said when the deal was made that you wanted to lean into your skills as a playmaker.

你在交易的時候說過，你想靠自己的技術來打球。

But I'm not sure that everyone believed you.

但我不知道大家是否相信你。

He's not gonna stand around and watch Kyrie and Kevin like I want the ball.

他不會站在旁邊看著凱里和凱文，就像我要球一樣。

How aware are you or were you at the time of that perception?

你或你在那個認知的時候有多大的覺察力？

And how do you think things have actually gone?

那你覺得事情的實際進展如何？

There's always gonna be some kind of negative perception on James, but that's when you go out there and just, you know, continue to prove people wrong situation that I was with Houston consistently every single night happening to get 40 points to give ourselves a chance to win for a long stint of years is draining on DSO.

總會有一些對詹姆斯的負面看法，但這是當你走出去，只是，你知道，繼續證明人們錯誤的情況下，我是與休斯頓持續每天晚上發生得到40分，給我們自己一個機會，以贏得長時間的年是耗費DSO。

Just to be able to have a skill set of guys, that you can be a playmaker and you can get guys involved and not have unnecessarily worry about scoring each possession, it's a little bit relieving for me.

只要能有一技之長的人，你可以成為一個打球的人，你可以讓人参與進來，而不用不必要地擔心每次進攻都要得分，這對我來說就有點放心了。

It's also, of course, been a month since you left Houston.

當然，你離開休斯頓也有一個月了。

Now that you've had a minute to catch your breath and look back on things.

現在，你已經有了一分鐘的時間來喘息和回想事情。

How do you feel about the way things went in a month or two before you got traded?

在你被交易之前的一兩個月，你覺得事情的發展如何？

I don't like it at all.

我一點也不喜歡。

Uh, because that's not who I am.

呃，因為那不是我的本色。

Um, the drama of the extra whatever you wanna call it?

嗯，額外的戲劇性，不管你想叫它什麼？

The negativity.

負性。

Um, for me, I don't really, you know, like, negative energy is draining.

嗯，對我來說，我真的不，你知道，喜歡，負能量是排水。

So I don't like how it necessarily, you know, happened.

所以我不喜歡它如何必然，你知道，發生。

I feel like it could have happened a lot smoother, a lot easier, but, you know, it is what it is.

我覺得這一切本來可以更順利，更容易發生，但是，你知道，這就是事實。

We knew going in that the offense with you guys was gonna be spectacular.

我們知道和你們一起進攻會很精彩。

The defense clearly is still a work in progress.

防守顯然還在進行中。

What conversations do you Kevin and Kyrie have about that?

你們凱文和凱里有什麼對話？

That, you know, in order for us to get to where we wanna go, we're gonna have Thio B B.

你知道，為了讓我們到達我們想去的地方，我們會有Thio B B。

We don't have to be amazing.

我們不一定非要做得驚天動地。

We just have to be solid.

我們只需要穩紮穩打。

And right now we don't We're not, you know, solid enough this schedule so hectic that we're playing four times a week, you know, and not really time No time to practice.

而現在我們還沒有，你知道的，我們還不夠穩定 這個日程表太忙了，我們一週要打四次，你知道的，沒有真正的時間來練習。

So it has to be throughout the course of the game where we learning, you know, And and I think we're gonna use this season for that 62.

所以必須在整個比賽過程中，我們學習，你知道的，我想我們會用這個賽季的62。

You guys were playing the Warriors this weekend on ABC.

你們這週末在ABC電視臺對陣勇士隊。

Steph Curry has been on one lately.

斯蒂芬-庫裡最近一直在一。

This is also gonna be Kevin's first game back in the Bay Area since he left as a free agent.

這也將是凱文以自由球員身份離開後回到灣區的第一場比賽。

What do you expect from him?

你對他有什麼期望？

This isn't Kevin's first time going back to his former team, you know.

這不是凱文第一次回到他以前的球隊，你知道的。

So I'm sure he's gonna go out there and be Kevin Durant.

所以我相信他一定會去那裡，成為凱文-杜蘭特。

It's different because there's no fans.

它的不同之處在於沒有粉絲。

It would have been a lot different if we're fans on.

如果我們是粉絲上，那就大不相同了。

You could hurt some booze and Cem Cem cheers or whatnot.

你可以傷害一些酒，岑岑歡呼什麼的。

But I expect Kevin to go out there and be Kevin.

但我希望凱文能去那裡做凱文。

I'm gonna ask you, Thio, do a little predicting the future just before we go.

我想請你，Thio，在我們走之前，做一下未來的預測。

Do you feel like you guys have enough to win a title this year?

你覺得今年你們有足夠的實力奪冠嗎？

Off course, we're more than confident that it's gonna be difficult, for.

當然，我們更有信心，這將是困難的，因。

It seemed to be this four times in the best of seven series, so I'm excited about it, and it's only been a month all of us is, uh, you know, trying to get to one goal.

在7個系列的最佳比賽中，似乎有4次是這樣的，所以我很興奮，這才過了一個月，我們所有人都是，呃，你知道的，想達到一個目標。

And that's the N B A championship.

而這就是N B A冠軍。

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感謝您在YouTube上觀看ESPN的體育直播和優質內容。

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訂閱Thio、ESPN，加。