Opening night Oct. 17, when the Boston Celtics visit the Cleveland Cavaliers, just got a more interesting.

　　10月17日新赛季揭幕战，波士顿凯尔特人将客场挑战克里夫兰骑士队，这会是一场有趣的比赛。

　　The Cleveland Cavaliers have found a taker for Kyrie Irving — the Boston Celtics. The deal is done, according to Shams Charania of The Vertical at Yahoo Sports.

　　克里夫兰骑士队为凯里·欧文找到了波士顿凯尔特人队这个新东家。据雅虎体育Vertical栏目的记者夏姆斯·查拉尼亚爆料，双方已经完成了交易。

　　Amazingly, the Cavaliers and Celtics just traded the No. 1 and No. 60 (dead last) picks in the 2011 NBA draft.

　　两队互相交易的球星恰好是2011年选秀大会的状元和第60顺位球员(即当年选秀的最后一位)，这不免让人称奇。

　　The sides had discussed this trade in the past but Cleveland demanded Jayson Tatum in the deal, and that was the end of it. Things moved fast now because the Cavaliers came off that demand.

　　双方此前曾探讨过类似交易，但是骑士队要求在交易中加入贾森·塔图姆，谈判因此停止。由于骑士队后来放弃了加入贾森·塔图姆的要求，交易得以迅速推进。

　　This is an emotional blow to a lot of Boston fans — they embraced the underdog, undersized Thomas as one of their own. They got back a younger player on a better contract who will age better, but Thomas is still a fan favorite. With good reason. He will be loved in Cleveland. But Celtics fans will come around.

　　波士顿球迷在感情上无法接受这笔交易，在他们眼中，遭人看扁，体形矮小的小托马斯是自己人。凯尔特人队得到了一位年纪更轻，合同更好，前景更佳的球星，但是球迷有充分的理由爱戴小托马斯。小托马斯在克里夫兰会受到克里夫兰球迷的喜爱，但是凯尔特人球迷仍然会支持他。

　　Cleveland did as well as they could have realistically hoped for in an Irving trade — which is why this is a win for them. They get an All-NBA point guard in Isaiah Thomas with numbers similar last season to Irving to put next to LeBron James, and they add a quality wing defender in Jae Crowder who can help them against Boston and Golden State (plus Crowder is on a great contract). Cleveland remains the team to beat in the East and can make another run at the Warriors and a ring, then if LeBron leaves after the season as a free agent the Cavaliers can decide whether to tear it down and rebuild or bring Thomas back (on less than max deal).

　　克里夫兰得到了他们期望从欧文交易中所获得的一切，他们在这场交易中是赢家。骑士队在交易中得到了全明星控卫以赛亚·托马斯，小托马斯的数据与欧文相近，可以辅佐勒布朗·詹姆斯;侧翼增添了贾伊·克劳福德这位防守悍将，足以对抗凯尔特人和勇士(而且克劳福德的合同非常不错)。骑士队保留了足以在东部称霸的阵容，而且足以与勇士队一较长短。如果下赛季结束后，成为自由球员的勒布朗·詹姆斯选择离队，骑士队可以推倒重建，或(以低于顶薪的价格)签回小托马斯。

　　Boston may like this deal, but Cleveland remains the team to beat in the East today — and they will have a very high pick in the upcoming draft (which is deep with quality bigs).

　　波士顿可能很满意这笔交易，不过克里夫兰仍在东部称霸，并且在下届选秀大会中手握高顺位选秀权。

　　Boston’s starting five is very good but more focused on the future — Kyrie Irving, Jaylen Brown, Gordon Hayward, Marcus Morris, and Al Horford, with Marcus Smart and Jayson Tatum coming off the bench. And they still have the Lakers’ first round pick next year (protected). That is not enough to beat a healthy Cavaliers team next season, but if LeBron leaves in 2018 Boston is the team poised to take charge in the East. Danny Ainge and the Celtics have been playing the long game and this fits with that.

　　波士顿的首发阵容为凯里·欧文、杰伦·布朗、戈登·海沃德﹑马库斯·莫里斯和艾尔·霍福德，这套阵容很好很强大，但却更多地着眼于未来，此外板凳席上还有马库斯·斯玛特和贾森·塔图姆。凯尔特人的手中还握有明年湖人队的首轮受保护选秀权。下赛季，凯尔特人难以击败健康的骑士队，不过如果詹姆斯在2018年离开骑士队，凯尔特人将接过东部的霸权。丹尼·安吉和凯尔特人谋划多年，如今终见曙光。

　　Boston can argue they won the trade because they got the best player in Irving — and he is going to look even better in Brad Steven’s system. After next season this can work for Boston. For next season, Boston got a player in Irving who put up marginally better numbers than Thomas, is a marginally better defender, and they gave up a lot of assets to do it. Short term this is a win for Cleveland, and maybe long term depending on the Brooklyn pick. But Boston has to like where they are sitting — especially if they can re-sign Irving in 2019.

　　凯尔特人也可说是交易中的赢家，他们获得了最好的球员欧文，在史蒂文森教练的体系下他的表现会更加如鱼得水。下赛季后波士顿会从中获益。下赛季，波士顿得到了欧文，相比于小托马斯，他的数据更佳，防守更好，波士顿为了得到欧文放弃了许多资产。克里夫兰是短期赢家，而是否成为长期赢家要取决于布鲁克林的选秀权。但是波士顿应该满意自己目前所处的位置，尤其是他们在2019年可以和欧文续约。