上个赛季

失败的故事

去年在詹姆斯身边，堆集了一些投篮较差的控球者，也因此错过了一些不错的大个子，因为考虑到詹姆斯可能会更多地出现在禁区，为了给詹姆斯留出空间。

It was a plan, ratified by James, that included playing up-tempoand taking playmaking pressure off himas he moved into the later stage of his career.

随着詹姆斯步入职业生涯的晚期，他也开始认可了这样一种打法，那就是加快进攻节奏并减轻其组织进攻的压力。

up-tempo [ˈʌptempəʊ] adj. 快节奏的；

take pressure off sb 减少某人的压力；

It did not work. The Lakers couldn't shoot and the floor shrunk on James. They ended up goingon a monthslongquest for big men.

但是这种打法没有奏效。湖人队在场上缺乏投篮进攻点，全部重任集中到詹姆斯一人身上。最终，他们不得不花上足足一个月的时间寻找大个子。

end up doing sth 最终做某事，以……收尾；

quest for 追求，寻找

Point guards Lonzo Ball and Rajon Rondo got hurt. James took overthe majorityof the ballhandling anyway; he played the fastest pace of his career at age 34; and two months in, he suffered the worst injury of his career.

控球后卫郎佐·鲍尔和拉简·隆多因伤缺阵，詹姆斯因此揽下了大部分的控球重任。他在34岁的“高龄”打出了职业生涯最快的比赛速度。两个月后，他遭遇了职业生涯最严重的伤病。

take over 接管

majority [məˈdʒɒrəti] n. 大部分，大多数

The Lakers finished 37-45 and missed the playoffs.

湖人队最终以37胜45负的战绩结束上赛季，无缘季后赛。

下个赛季

将会有不同的故事

詹姆斯将作为主要的进攻组织者。

因为休赛季引入了浓眉哥，好几个3D球员，还有可能加入的老将，像一哥！

The Lakers want to write a new story. It goes like this: James will be the primary playmaker.

湖人队决心叙写新篇章：詹姆斯将在下赛季担任主要的进攻组织者。

The roster now has a spate of 3-and-D players, with Danny Green, Avery Bradley and Jared Dudley joining a re-signed Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.

球队目前的名单中有好几位3D球员，包括新引进的丹尼·格林、埃弗里·布拉德利和贾里德·杜德利，以及与湖人队达成续约协议的肯塔维厄斯·考德威尔·波普。

Throw in the possibility of adding a champion such as Andre Iguodala and another veteran role player along the way -- perhaps even another shooter such as Kyle Korver -- and the formulais there.

再加上可能引进像安德烈·伊戈达拉这样的冠军球员，亦或是另一位富有经验的角色球员——甚至可能是像凯尔·科沃尔这样的优质射手——如此一来，湖人队新赛季的争冠阵容便组建完毕。

formula [ˈfɔːmjələ] n. 配方，处方；

A blockbustertrade for Anthony Davis, the return of Kyle Kuzma and the addition of DeMarcus Cousins will give the Lakers a dramatically morerobustfront line, with Davis there to share James' scoring and playmaking load.

安东尼·戴维斯的重磅交易、凯尔·库兹马的回归以及德马库斯·考辛斯的加盟势必会给湖人队带来更加强大的锋线。戴维斯将会成为詹姆斯的左膀右臂，分担其得分和组织进攻的压力。

blockbuster[ˈblɒkbʌstə(r)] n. 一鸣惊人的事物，重磅消息；

robust [rəʊˈbʌst] adj. 强大的，稳健的；

Put James and Davis in a pick-and-roll, spread the floor with those shooters (who also will work hard at the other end) and let the magic happen.

将詹姆斯和戴维斯置于挡拆位置上，其余的射手在场上拉开空间（他们在防守端也倾尽全力），这样一来，奇迹便水到渠成。

湖人总冠军

不管如何，有了浓眉的加入，在很多联盟的内行人士看来，湖人已经脱胎换骨，成为强力的竞争者，如果运营得当，染指总冠军也不奇怪啊！

"There's no question this is a much stronger team that fits around LeBron better." said one league executive.

“毫无疑问，这是一支更加强大的球队，更适合勒布朗。”一位联盟高管说道。

"They added Anthony Davis; if they did something else, they were going to be way better," said another league executive.

“他们引进了安东尼·戴维斯；倘若他们在此基础上更进一步，势必会变得更好。”另一位联盟高管说道。