Lance Stephenson:「Magic Johnson 告訴我 LeBron 希望我加盟!」
今年休賽期之前很難想像到 Lance Stephenson 與 LeBron James 效力同一支隊伍,結果他們兩人今夏加盟湖人。過往他們在場上刷出很多火花,Stephenson 曾經在比賽時吹 LeBron 的耳朵成為球迷討論的熱話。近日,Stephenson 接受訪問時提及他加盟湖人的決定,他表示當時 Magic Johnson 致電給他,並告訴LeBron 對於他很感興趣,最終經過數小時的考慮後決定加盟湖人。
引用“Magic (Johnson) called me and he told me LeBron was interested, very interested in me,” Stephenson said. As a teammate.
Stephenson told Johnson, “Give me a few hours to make this decision.”
“I decided to go there and, hopefully, we will win a lot of games and have fun,” he said.
Stephenson 最終在七月份與湖人簽下一份為期一年價值445萬美元合約。除此之外,湖人今夏亦簽下多名經驗老到的球員,包括Rajon Rondo,Michael Beasley 及 JaVale McGee。Stephenson 去季效力溜馬場均攻入9.2分,5.2個籃板及2.9次助攻,季後賽首輪面對 LeBron 所帶領的騎士被淘汰出局,且看來季兩人合作能否帶領湖人擊敗勇士。