小刺客托馬斯 第四節之王的迴歸之路
Thomas was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Kyrie Irving deal, and he did not return to action from the hip injury until Jan. 2. He played in only 15 games with the Cavs before he was dealt at the trade deadline, along with Channing Frye and a protected first-round pick, to the Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr.
小托馬斯在歐文的交易中被送到克利夫蘭騎士隊，直到1月2日他才從臀部的傷勢恢復過來並重歸賽場。在交易截止日前，他僅給騎士隊打了15場比賽，就與錢寧·弗萊和一個受保護的首輪選秀權被打包送到湖人。而騎士則得到湖人的喬丹·克拉克森和拉里·小南斯。"First of all it was frustrating for him to work six, seven months, trying to get back on the basketball floor," said Miami's Dwyane Wade, who was with Thomas in Cleveland before both were traded at the trade deadline. "And then when you finally get out there, it's going to take you time obviously and you've got a 15-game experiment and it doesn't go right and it's not all your fault, but everyone's going to point at your fault.
邁阿密熱的德懷恩韋德說:“首先，他在六、七個月的時間裏試圖回到籃球場上，這本身就是一件令人感到沮喪的事情。”（韋德和托馬斯在交易截止日期前被克利夫蘭騎士隊交易）。“然後當你最終離開的時候，很明顯會浪費你很多時間。你有15場比賽的試錯機會，比賽沒有往好的方向發展，也不全是你的錯，但每個人都會歸咎於你。”There's a lot of reasons things didn't go right. But the biggest thing is everything happens for a reason too and I liked the way that he's playing out there, he's free, he's got a different bounce in his step. He will continue to get his confidence back in his body, and his game."
事情不順利的原因有很多。但最重要的是，所有事情都是由於某種原因而發生的。我喜歡他打球的方式，他是自由的象徵，他的步伐變幻莫測。他將繼續找回他的自信，融入到他的身體以及比賽中去。”
In Los Angeles, Thomas is trying to rebuild his value while coming off the bench and adjusting to the Lakers. He says he is healthy but still not 100 percent, and he is focused on doing what he can to help the young Lakers.
在洛杉磯湖人隊，托馬斯正努力在替補席上調整自己並重塑自己的價值，去適應湖人隊的節奏。他說他很健康，雖然還沒有百分之百的康復，但他會專注於盡自己所能幫助年輕的湖人隊。"Whatever opportunity they give me, I am going to take advantage of it," Thomas said. "But I mean, it depends on what you are asking for. Like if you want me to go score 29 a game, I am definitely going to need more minutes, but I am not sitting here begging for more minutes. Whenever my name is called, I am going to be ready and take advantage of my opportunity."
托馬斯說:“不管他們給我什麼機會，我都要好好利用。”但我的意思是，這取決於你要求的是什麼。就像如果你想讓我一場比賽拿29分，我肯定需要更多的出場時間，但我不是坐在這裏乞討更多的時間。每當我的名字被叫到的時候，我就準備好把握我的機會。Entering the Lakers' win at at Miami, Thomas was averaging 13.1 points and 4.3 assists while shooting 10-for-32 (31.2 percent) from the 3-point line off the bench in six games with the Lakers.
在湖人隊客場拿下邁阿密熱的比賽後，托馬斯場均得到13.1分和4.3次助攻，而在湖人隊的前六場比賽中替補出場的三分線外命中率爲32投10中（31.2％）。For the season, Thomas was averaging 14.3 points, 4.5 assists and shooting 26.9 percent on 3-pointers in his first 21 games.
賽季截止目前，托馬斯打了21場球，場均14.3分，4.5次助攻，3分球命中率26.9%。Wade says if anyone can return from a hip injury and get back to All-Star MVP-candidate form, it's Thomas.
韋德說如果有人能從髖關節傷病中恢復過來，並且回到全明星MVP候選人名單中，那這個人就是托馬斯。"Unbelievable year last year, him being a competitor and a warrior, he made his injury worse," Wade said. "InsTead of putting his stock up there, feeling injury and said I'm done, let me get ready for the next season so I can get a max deal, he kept trying to fight and fight and fight for the city that he was playing for.
韋德說：“他去年打出了令人難以置信的成績，他既是一名求勝慾望極強的球員又是一名鬥士，從而導致他的傷勢更加嚴重。不要把所有的資本都放在一個籃子裏，受傷後覺得自己完蛋了，只能讓自己重新準備下個賽季而爭取最大的合同。他繼續努力奮鬥，爲他所效力的城市而戰。”
So it's a tough situation man, but one thing I know about him, you don't become a household name at 5-foot whatever he is without having grit, without having toughness, without knowing that you can overcome anything. I definitely know that he can overcome anything that he's dealing with because he wouldn't be here today, we wouldn't be talking about him if he couldn't."
所以這是一個很艱難的處境，但有一點我必須提及，如果他沒有勇氣，沒有韌性，不知道自己能克服任何事情，很難以5尺的身高在NBA中脫穎而出。我當然知道他能克服他所面對的一切，因爲他不具備這樣的能力，他今天不會在這裏，我們也不會談論到他。With the odds of landing a max contract probably gone, Thomas could be staring at the possibility of signing a one-year contract like JJ Redick did last summer when he joined the Sixers on a one-year, $23 million contract.
隨着簽下最大合同的可能性微乎其微，托馬斯可能會開始關注籤一份一年合同的可能性，就像去年雷迪克夏天以一年二千三百萬美元的合同加盟六人隊時所做的那樣。ESPN's Bobby Marks estimated that Thomas could fetch a one-year deal in the range of $15 million to $20 million.
ESPN的鮑比·馬克斯估計托馬斯可以拿到1500萬到2000萬美元的一年合同。There are teams with cap space, but Atlanta, Chicago, Brooklyn, Dallas, Philadelphia and Phoenix all either do not need a point guard, are rebuilding or could draft a point guard.
有一些球隊有薪資空間，但是亞特蘭大，芝加哥，布魯克林，達拉斯，費城和菲尼克斯都不需要一個控球后衛，他們正在重建或者可以通過選秀來得到控球后衛。Thomas could also opt to go the midlevel route for a short-term deal and continue to try to rebuild his value, which is probably the least appealing option.
托馬斯也可以選擇走中間路線，進行短期交易，並繼續努力重塑自己的價值，這可能是最不吸引人的選擇。On this night in Miami, Thomas showed flashes of being the same prolific scorer he was last season in Boston.
在邁阿密的這個夜晚，托馬斯展現了他上賽季在波士頓時優秀的得分能力。"I could do it, I've done it before," Thomas said of playing the way he did in Boston if given the opportunity. "I'm a scorer, I'm a guy that makes plays. So when given that opportunity, I can do it, I've showed I can do it but there's no other way around it. I'm not here to prove to anybody I can do it, the world knows what I bring to the table and my job is just to help this team get to the next level and win.
“我可以做到，我之前這樣做過，”托馬斯說，如果有機會，他會像在波士頓那樣打球。“我是一個得分手，我是一個會打比賽的人。”所以當有機會的時候，我可以做到，我已經證明了我可以做到，但是沒有其他辦法。我並不是要向任何人證明我能做到這一點，全世界都知道我能給球隊帶來什麼，而我的工作就是幫助球隊達到更高的水平並取得勝利。"I was given more opportunity, coach put me in a position to be who I am," Thomas added. "Teammates set good screens to get me open and I got the easy part putting the ball in the basket. It all came together tonight."
“我得到更多的機會，教練幫助我打出自己的感覺。”托馬斯補充說。“隊友爲我做了高質量的擋拆拉開空間，讓我更容易地把球打進。所有的一切在今晚回來了。”更多精彩內容請關注微信公衆號、新浪微博：籃球英文堂
