[外絮] KI為何變卦?Perkins:因聯盟說KI不能去迪士尼

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Kendrick Perkins: What changed with Kyrie Irving? NBA told him he couldn’t
go to Disney World
甚麼改變了Kyrie Irving? Kendrick Perkins說：因為聯盟跟KI說他不能去迪士尼

A timeline:
時間表：

May 26: Protests seeking racial justice emerge (and have continued through
today) in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd
5/26: 在George Floyd的死亡之後對於種族正義的抗議開始(一直持續到現在)

June 4: NBA owners approve resuming the season with 22 teams at Disney World
6/4: 聯盟球團老闆同意22支球隊在佛州迪士尼復賽。

June 5: Kyrie Irving – out for the season due to injury – reportedly
expresses interest in joining the Nets at Disney World to support his
teammates
6/5: 據報導，因為傷勢退出本季賽事的Kyrie Irving表示有興趣到迪士尼加入他的隊友們，表示對他們的支持。

June 5: The National Basketball Players Association – which counts Irving as
a vice president – approves the restart format
6/5: 球員協會--包括身為副主席的Irving--同意復賽的模式。

June 10: ESPN’s Brian Windhorst – who co-wrote a blueprint on how the NBA
could resume in a bubble and is well-connected throughout the league – says
“No, Kyrie, you’re not going in there, because the whole point of this is
to keep it to as few people as possible” (though acknowledged Brooklyn could
bump someone else from its limited travelling party for Irving)
6/10: ESPN記者Brian Windhorst--在聯盟人面極廣同時也是幫忙聯盟規劃復賽模式的人--他說，「Kyrie，你不行去那邊，因為這次復賽的重點就是人越少越好。」(雖然籃網仍然可以把要去的人員去掉一個好讓KI也可以去)

June 12: Leading a video call with other players, Irving reportedly says he’
s against resuming play in Orlando
6/12: KI與其他一些球員召開會議，據報導KI反對在迪士尼復賽。

Kendrick Perkins on “Golic and Wingo:”
Kendrick Perkins在"Golic and Wingo"節目上說：

"What changed over the last nine, 10 days? What changed was – from what I
strongly believe and what I heard – is that the NBA and the players’
association told Kyrie that, no, you can’t go."
「到底過去9-10天發生了甚麼改變了KI? 我強烈的認為，也根據我聽到的消息，是因為聯盟以及球員協會跟KI說，『不行，KI你不行去迪士尼。』」

I hope Perkins isn’t just supposing Irving’s motivations. That’s a major
charge to suggest disingenuousness from Irving, who reportedly cited
systematic racism as central to his stance.
希望Perkins不是只是在猜想KI的動機，因為這樣的指控是在暗示KI的動機不純，最近據報導KI有說他的立場是針對整個系統性的種族主義。

The NBA is limiting the number of people in the bubble, which is good for
safety and bad for standard of living. Players should be concerned with theirwork conditions as the season continues. Likewise, Irving deserves room to
reconsider his priorities.
聯盟目前對於閉門比賽的人數有所限制，對安全上是好的，但是對於生活標準是不好的。隨著球季重新開始，球員是應該要對他們工作的狀況擔心的。同樣的，KI也應該要有他的空間好去想說那些對他來說才是重要的。

But Irving and Lakers center Dwight Howard (at least Howard’s statement more
than his agent’s follow-up) don’t sound like they’re merely making
personal choices. They sound like they’re suggesting players band together
to sit out to fight racism. Other players ought to consider Irving’s and
Howard’s interests before following their lead.
但是KI跟湖人中鋒Dwight Howard(至少Howard原先發的聲明比他的經紀人講得多)聽起來不僅僅單純只是做選擇，他們的說法聽起來像是暗示球員們應該要團結起來與種族歧視對
抗。在加入他們之前，其他球員應該要想一下KI跟Howard的立場。

Irving and Howard have career earnings far above most players. For other
players, the money earned by continuing to play can be transformational.
KI跟Howard生涯所賺的錢比很多球員都要賺得多很多，對於其他球員來說，繼續打比賽所賺的錢可能會是改變人生的。

Even directly with combatting racism, players can use their spotlight to makea difference.
即使要直接與種族歧視對抗，球員可以利用媒體曝光來造成影響。

There are reasons to play. There are reasons not to play. But there’s a
whole mess of considerations for players weighing the competing arguments.
有理由支持續打，也有理由支持不打。但是現在球員考量兩邊陣營的說法時，目前整個是一團亂。
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還沒開打就很熱鬧

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