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亚特兰大——周二，当华盛顿奇才队对阵亚特兰大老鹰队时，一切都与特雷·杨有关。这是杨被交易后第一次回到亚特兰大，整个晚上他都受到了起立鼓掌，因为他在过去八年里为球队所做的一切。

两天后，奇才队再次对阵老鹰队，但这一次，是关于杨被交易来的两个人：CJ·麦科勒姆和科里·基斯珀特。复赛两人均发挥出色，帮助老鹰队以126-96获胜。

赛后，两位球员都谈到了自己在奇才队的时光，每个人对于自己的经历都有不同的表述。

基斯珀特在 2021 年 NBA 选秀中于首轮第 15 顺位被奇才队选中。从那时起他就一直在球队，直到一月份被交易到老鹰队。

“我的整个职业生涯都在训练中与这些人竞争，”基斯佩特赛后对记者说。 “现在穿着不同的制服做这件事感觉很有趣，尤其是两天前。今天感觉正常一点了。我和另一边的人有着令人难以置信的关系。我感觉就像是见到了自交易以来我一直想念的老朋友。”

基斯珀特能够看到仍在球队中的球员的发展和成长，对他来说，与他们比赛并打一场精彩的比赛对他来说是一个苦乐参半的时刻。

另一方面，麦科勒姆在上个休赛期被交易到奇才队，只在球队效力了几个月。讽刺的是，他作为奇才队最好的一场比赛是11月对阵老鹰队的比赛，当时他拿下46分。这可能是他在那段任期内唯一记得的事情。

“这只是另一场比赛，”麦科勒姆说。 “我在那里呆了120天，但那是一段美好的时光。我很享受在那里的时光。这个组织对我来说很棒。工作人员、前台、球员都很棒，但我已经前进了，我认为他们也已经前进了，我只希望他们一切顺利。但这只是我们需要赢得的另一场比赛。”

这是麦科勒姆13年职业生涯中第二次被交易。他曾担任过美国国家篮球运动员协会主席，因此了解这项运动的业务。对他来说，这次交易可能就像在办公室又度过了一天。

“我认为这场比赛更重要的是 [Corey]，他已经在那里待了很长时间，”麦科勒姆说。“对我来说，我在那里喝了一杯咖啡和茶。我必须弄清楚如何在没有 GPS 的情况下到达设施的路线，然后我就被交易了。”

对于基斯珀特来说，这是他职业生涯的第一笔交易，随之而来的是一些情绪。

“与已经建立了四年半关系的人说再见真的很困难，”基斯珀特说。 “一眨眼的功夫，我就到了一个新的城市，和一支新的球队打球。我感觉自己好像在消防水带里喝了很长一段时间。”

可以肯定地说，基斯珀特在交易一个月后感觉更舒服了，今晚他在对阵老东家的比赛中打出了职业生涯最好的一场比赛，最终拿下 33 分。有趣的是，除了基斯珀特本人之外，没有人知道他在比赛中已经接近职业生涯最高点。

“我没想到有人会知道，我想保持低调。敲木头之类的东西，”基斯珀特说。

对于这两名球员来说，他们已经离开了球队专注于培养年轻球员的局面，这对他们来说将是过渡年。他们现在的球队也在围绕年轻球员进行建设，但也希望能够参与竞争。麦科勒姆和基斯珀特提供了同一枚硬币的两面，他们对现在的处境感到满意。

ATLANTA – It was all about Trae Young when the Washington Wizards faced off against the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. It was Young’s first time in Atlanta since being involved in the trade, and he was given a proper standing ovation throughout the night for everything he had done for the franchise over the past eight years.

Two days later, the Wizards faced the Hawks again, but this time, it was the two guys who were traded for Young: CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. Both played well in the rematch and helped the Hawks win 126–96.

After the game, both players spoke about their time with the Wizards, and each gave different expressions on how they felt about the experience.

Kispert was drafted by the Wizards with the 15th pick in the 2021 NBA draft. He had been with the team since then before being traded to the Hawks in January.

“I spent my entire career competing against these guys in practice,” Kispert told reporters after the game. “And doing it in a different uniform feels weird now, especially two days ago. Today felt a little more normal. I have incredible relationships with the guys on the other side. I felt like it was seeing old friends that I’ve missed since the trade.”

Kispert was able to see the growth and development of the guys who are still on the team, and it felt like a bittersweet moment for him to play against them and have a good game.

McCollum, on the other hand, was traded to the Wizards last offseason and only played with the team for a few months. Ironically, his best game as a Wizard was in November against the Hawks, when he scored 46 points. This is probably the only thing he remembers from that stint.

“It was just another game,” McCallum said. “I was there for 120 days, but it was a great time. I enjoyed my time there. The organization was great to me. The staff was great, the front office, the players, but I’ve moved on, and I think they’ve moved on too, and I wish them all the best, but just one more game that we needed to win.”

This was the second time in McCallum’s 13-year career that he was traded. Having once been president of the National Basketball Players Association, he knows the business of the game. The business probably felt like just another day at the office to him.

“I think this game means more than that [Corey]“He was there for a long time,” McCallum said. “For me, I had a cup of coffee and tea there. I had to figure out how to get to the facility without GPS, and then I got to work.”

As far as Kispert is concerned, this was the first trade of his career and there were some emotions associated with it.

“Saying goodbye to people you’ve had relationships with for four and a half years is really hard,” Kispert said. “In the blink of an eye, I’m in a new city and playing with a new team. I felt like I’d been drinking from a fire hose for a long time.”

It’s safe to say Kispert is more comfortable a month after the trade, and he had the best game of his career tonight against his former team, finishing with 33 points. The funny thing is that no one except Kispert knew that he was close to his career high during the game.

Kispert said, “I didn’t expect anyone to know, I wanted to keep it low-key. Knock on wood kind of thing.”

For both players, they leave a situation where the organization’s focus is on developing their youth, and it was going to be a bridge year for them. Now he is with a team that is competing based on its young players. McCallum and Kispert presented two sides of the same coin, and they may be satisfied with where they are now.