歐文為什麼要離開騎士和詹姆斯？

想必歐文要離開騎士的事情你已經知道了，那麼問題來了，騎士雖然今年沒成功衛冕，但他們已經稱雄東部，去年他們也是創造歷史地為克利夫蘭贏得了隊史首座總冠軍獎盃。當人們還在幻想接下來幾年總決賽還會一直是勇騎大戰的時候，沒想到在這時歐文卻主動提出要離開騎士，他不想繼續在這裡打球了。那麼，到底是什麼原因導致的歐文想要離開球隊呢？

今天我們不做點評和分析，我們來看Woj神在ESPN寫的一篇文章，如果你英文不好看不懂，請直接拉到下邊的中文翻譯即可：

Why KyrieIrving's trade request isn't a betrayal of LeBron James

Forrescuing his career from the depths of the draft lottery and delivering himinto the championship chase, Kyrie Irving willbe forever grateful to LeBron James. Together they made history in Cleveland.Titles last forever, but history shows that partnerships are temporaryarrangements.

As much as anything, James has taught everyone -- includingIrving -- that the best players on the planet can influence, shape and evencontrol their fates and futures. James is responsible for the empowerment ofthe modern basketball superstar, which speaks to an important lesson that'sresonating with Irving: Dictate terms before they're dictated to you.

Irving has watched the way James has leveraged the Cavaliers forcommissions on the contracts of his agency's clients, watched the way James'signing of short-term contracts has bent the will of an organization. Jamesinspires a perpetual state of unrest and uncertainty, and everyone -- ownershipand management, coaches and players -- is left scrambling to satisfy him. Thisstrategy has been profitable in important ways, including winning at thehighest level.

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Kyrie Irving -- one part of Cleveland's Big Three that hasreached three straight NBA Finals -- has asked the Cavaliers to trade him so heno longer has to play alongside LeBron James, sources told ESPN.

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LeBron James has told the Cavaliers he is focused on hisoffseason workout regimen and is planning to report to training camp with theintention of leading his teammates to a fourth consecutive Finals no matter whothose teammates are, sources told ESPN.

In so many ways, James has created the template for modern freeagency, deal-making and profit-taking. From Cleveland to Miami and back again,James has taught an NBA generation to share the ball, the wealth and, maybemost of all, the ownership of self in a billion-dollar industry.

This is why Irving's declaration of independence isn't abetrayal of LeBron James but an honoring of him. James isn't committed to theCavaliers' future, and now neither is Irving. James has educated his starrypeers: Never lose your leverage. And now Irving gathers his on the way to thedoor.

In registeringhis preference for a trade, league sources said, Irving divulged to Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert that he's becomeincreasingly uneasy about a future that includes a roster constructed tocomplement LeBron James -- a roster that could be devoid of James come freeagency in 2018.

With Jamesrefusing to commit to Cleveland beyond the coming season, and with the growingverdict that James is intrigued with pursuing a Los Angeles Lakers exit plan, Irving has become proactivein controlling his own career arc. The Cavaliers are constructed to play aslow, half-court game around James, personnel ill-suited to transition into anup-tempo style with Irving as the centerpiece. The Cavs are paying TristanThompson and J.R. Smith, James' Klutch Sports clients, for significant deals,and those contracts won't easily leave the Cavaliers' books.

The Cavaliers have a singular tradeable asset: Kyrie Irving.Which he knows because Cleveland had included him in trade talks around the NBAdraft, league sources told ESPN. Long before Irving voiced his desire to bemoved, Cleveland had considered the possibility, too -- and perhaps did so witha nod from James.

Irvinghas little, if any, voice on the franchise's present -- never mind its future.He has ideas, and he has come to understand: There's one voice. It's LeBronJames. In a lot of ways, Irving understands it. James is the greatest player ofhis time, maybe ever, but everyone feels the end coming in Cleveland, and noone wants to be left to sort through the rubble. Dwyane Wade, a close friend, didn't know until thefinal hours that James was leaving Miami. So what chance does Irving have tofind out James' plans before July 2018?

Why not waituntil next year to request a trade? Why not wait until James leaves -- orperhaps decides to stay? Because now Irving has two seasons left until he canopt out of his deal, and it is harder to get traded with one season left on acontract. Paul Georgediscovered this truth. Teams have to knowthey can re-sign you -- or believe they can sell a future -- or it shrinks thetrade market. A dozen-plus teams are in hot pursuit of Irving, and those talkswill only intensify over the next days and weeks.

Irving doesn'thave a no-trade clause, but potential trade partners do need to know his long-terminterest if a team is planning to unload assets to acquire him. Irving has hispreferred list, and there's no coincidence that includes elite coaches: GreggPopovich, Erik Spoelstra and Tom Thibodeau. It includes home too: the New York Knicks andMadison Square Garden. Yet Irving is open to big ideas and big visions acrossthe league. He isn't chasing a market as much as an environment.

The Cavaliers' championship season liberated James to leaveCleveland in free agency, if he so chooses. He can declare his job done andchase a closing act in Hollywood. Things change, though. Who knows how it allturns out? For one, Irving does not -- and that leaves his future inprofessional peril.

Irving had wanted todiscuss the trade scenarios with the Cavs ownership and management at the endof the NBA Finals, league sources said, but that meeting was difficult to setsince GM David Griffin was on the way out and Koby Altman has come into focusas GM in only the past seven to 10 days.

For now, Irving knows what's coming in the public arena, and itwon't be pleasant. Perhaps James is unhappy with him, but better than anyonealive, he should understand: Irving isn't waiting on a tomorrow to be dictatedto him; he's taking control himself.

The power belongs to the players now, a lasting legacy of LeBronJames.

歐文將要永遠感激勒布朗-詹姆斯，因為他們一起創造了克里夫蘭的歷史。冠軍是永恆的，但歷史表明他們的合作只是短暫的。

同樣重要的是，勒布朗教會了包括歐文在內的所有人：這個世界上最優秀的球員就必須要牢牢掌控他們的命運和未來。勒布朗是當代籃球巨星之典範，他教會了其他人一件事：凡事要先發制人。

歐文已經觀察到勒布朗利用騎士隊為自己經紀公司球員提供合同的做法，他也觀察到勒布朗利用短合同來威脅團隊。是勒布朗，製造了一種不安定和不確定的狀態。球隊的每個人，包括管理層、教練和球員，都要爭先恐後地去滿足他。

在很多方面，勒布朗都堪稱模板。從克里夫蘭到邁阿密再到克里夫蘭，勒布朗教會了NBA的新一代如何分享球，如何分享財富。最重要的是，如何掌握主動權。

因此，歐文的獨立宣言絕對不是對勒布朗的背叛，而是對他的致敬。勒布朗並未忠於騎士的未來，如今歐文也沒有。勒布朗教育了其他明星：永遠保持影響。如今歐文只是有樣學樣。

據聯盟消息人士透露，騎士老闆吉爾伯特也越來越擔心球隊未來，包括一旦勒布朗選擇2018年離隊，他們該如何彌補球隊陣容。

勒布朗拒絕做出續約承諾，越來越多的人認為勒布朗對於加盟洛杉磯湖人很感興趣。在此背景下，歐文希望主動掌控自己的職業生涯。

騎士隊的陣容都是圍繞勒布朗而打造的，完全不適合歐文的快節奏打法。而包括JR和湯普森等人，其實都是勒布朗經紀公司的客戶。

早在選秀之前，騎士就把歐文擺上了談判桌，歐文也知道這一點。而據知情人士透露，在歐文主動要求騎士交易之前，騎士已經在NBA選秀時與其他球隊商談過關於歐文的交易。在歐文想離開之前，騎士也已經在考慮種種可能性，可能詹姆斯的一個點頭，騎士可能就把歐文送走了。

當年，即便是勒布朗最親密的朋友韋德也是最後幾個小時，才得知勒布朗要離開邁阿密。那麼，在2018年7月份之前，歐文又有什麼機會知道勒布朗的未來計劃呢？

為什麼不等到明年才要求交易？為什麼不等到勒布朗離去——或許自己就可以留下來了？因為歐文的合同還剩下兩年，如果他等到還剩下一年再要求離隊，那將會很難。保羅-喬治就是一個先例。

歐文沒有交易否決權，但他也列出了自己優先考慮的地方。他希望為優秀的主帥效力，包括波波維奇、斯波爾斯特拉和錫伯杜，他也希望去紐約這樣的大球市打球。

聯盟消息人士透露，選秀前歐文也曾想與騎士管理層商討交易事宜和自己的相關需求，但是當時騎士管理層局勢動蕩，沒有人與他談。

權力屬於球員，這是勒布朗-詹姆斯的不朽遺產。

所以，你理解了歐文想要離開騎士和勒布朗的緣由了么？

一旦歐文和詹姆斯全部離開騎士，估計最慘的就是樂福了，他會重走波什的路線么？

對於這件事情，你是什麼看法呢？