库普·切克说他工作以后最艰难的时期就是2004年的夏天,那时湖人交易走了奥尼尔,但当时科比还没有做出决定到底是继续留在湖人,还是加盟快船队。
Kupchak said his toughest time on the job came in the summer of 2004, when the Lakers had traded o 'neal, but Bryant had not yet decided whether he would stay with the Lakers or join the Clippers.
当时是和圣地亚哥快船队交手,库普·切克在中场运球,发现快船的乔-布莱恩特(科比的父亲)挡住了他的路线,他伸出他的左腿试图突破以避免发生冲突。
Facing the San Diego Clippers, Kupchak drove the middle, found Clipper Joe Bryant (Kobe's father) blocking his path, and planted his left leg in an attempt to pull up and avoid the charge.
但有些事情是可以确定的,自从2013年与跟腱断裂后的科比签订了2年的巨额合同以后,库普切克就已经知道了。
What's more certain is something that Kupchak has known since the day he signed Bryant, coming off of an Achilles tear, to a whopper of a two-year contract extension in 2013.
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