It was a plan, ratified by James, that included playing up-tempo and taking playmaking pressure off him as 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。
It did not work. The Lakers couldn't shoot and the floor shrunk on James. They ended up going on a monthslong quest 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。
Point guards Lonzo Ball and Rajon Rondo got hurt. James took over the majority of 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。
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 formula is 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。
A blockbuster trade for Anthony Davis, the return of Kyle Kuzma and the addition of DeMarcus Cousins will give the Lakers a dramatically more robust front 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。
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。
"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。

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