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The Kings had the opportunity to offer Jason Thompson a contract extension by
Jan. 25.
國王在一月25號之前有機會延長JT的合約。
The deadline passed without an extension for the fourth-year power forward.
That didn't go unnoticed by Thompson.
但並沒這麼做，小湯也不是沒注意到。
"That was on my mind, but it wasn't on my mind," he said. "It was just about
playing consistently."
「我有注意到，但並沒有太在意，就只是要打的穩定些」小湯說。
Thompson has done that and become a player the Kings want to keep.
小湯已經變成一名國王想要留著的球員了。
By reaching a buyout agreement and waiving forward J.J. Hickson on Monday,
the Kings showed Thompson is someone they see playing a part in their future.
國王用買斷JJ來展現他們將小湯視為未來的一部分。
Hickson and Thompson were in position to receive qualifying offers and become
restricted free agents this offseason. The Kings would be able to match any
offer to their restricted free agents.
JJ和小湯都是可以接受QF的時候，國王可以match任何給RFA的offer。
"At some point, if you go back to the beginning of the season, we were going
to have to make a decision on both of those players in regards to a
qualifying offer or not to give them a qualifying offer," Kings basketball
president Geoff Petrie said.
「你回去看球季開始的時候，我們要做出一個決定，看是要給這兩個球員QF還是不要」
Petrie說。
"We felt we were going to qualify Jason, and his play continues to be in the
home improvement aisle."
「我們感覺我們會留下小湯，而且他的表現持續進步」Petrie說。
For the season, Thompson is averaging 8.4 points and 6.6 rebounds, but as a
starter, he was averaging 9.5 points and eight rebounds entering Tuesday's
game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
小湯目前平均8.4分和6.6籃板，但在先發時，平均9.5分和8籃板。
Thompson beat out Hickson for the starting job after Chuck Hayes was injured
in January.
小湯擊敗JJ。
After acquiring Hickson from Cleveland last June, the Kings expected him to
be a major contributor. Instead, Hickson shot a career-low 37 percent before
being waived.
在獲得JJ後，國王預期他會有很大的貢獻。但JJ命中率是生涯高低的37%。
Thompson used Hickson's acquisition as motivation.
小湯利用JJ的到來當作是動力。
"That just shows how the NBA is a business and it's about competition,"
Thompson said. "For teams to be elite, they have to bring in different guys
to see what works. That just made me want to go harder and work harder in the
offseason and not slack off."
「那展現了NBA就是個business，競爭至上，球隊要變好，他們必須加入不同人來看怎樣
能成功。那就讓我想要更努力」小湯說。
Kings set to add Williams – Free-agent swingman Terrence Williams was at
Tuesday's game and is expected to sign a 10-day contract today.
TW和國王簽下10天約。
Williams was released by Houston last week after averaging 4.5 points in 12
games this season.
TW上週被火箭釋出，本季打了12場比賽，平均4.5分。
After starring at Louisville, Williams was drafted 11th overall in 2009 by
New Jersey, which traded him to Houston last season. His career scoring
average is 7.4 points.
在Louisville發光後，TW在09年被籃網在11順位選中，上個球季將他交易到火箭。他生涯
得分是7.4分。
Deflection game – The Kings count on creating turnovers to get them into
their transition offense, which they had done very effectively in their last
two wins before Tuesday.
國王現在依靠製造失誤讓他們可以快速反擊，前兩場勝利他們在這方面非常有效率。
The Kings scored 58 points off turnovers against Boston and Minnesota, their
highest two-game total this season.
前兩場總共利用失誤得了58分，本季最高的兩場總合。
Coach Keith Smart credited players creating deflections partly by getting to
where they're supposed to be on the floor early and disrupting passing lanes.
聰明哥稱讚球員在製造失面方面是由於他們早早就站到他們該站的位置，然後去阻斷傳球
路線。
Entering Tuesday, the Kings were averaging 17.8 points off turnovers,
sixth-best in the league.
國王平均利用失誤得了17.8分，聯盟中排第六好。
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