LeBron James sets his sights on owning an NBA team in Las Vegas
set one's sights on 着眼于；力求；看上了；决心Newly minted billionaire and basketball star LeBron James has long expressed an interest in becoming an NBA owner and he reveals his plans in the latest episode of the talk show "The Shop."
newly minted 新晋；新出现的；刚完成的have long done 长期以来都…reveal [rɪˈviːl] 透露the latest episode 最新一集"I wanna own a team. Yeah, I wanna buy a team, for sure. I want a team in Vegas," James said in a promotional video for the show ahead of its airing on Friday.
for sure 确实；当然promotional 广告宣传的ahead of 在…之前airing 播出He later shared the clip on his Twitter feed alongside the caption, "Speaking it into existence!"
clip 视频片段caption (图片、漫画等的)说明文字Currently, there isn't an NBA franchise in Las Vegas, but there have been multiple reports of the league expanding in the future.
franchise [ˈfræntʃaɪz] (公司授予的)特许经销权；获特许权的商业(或服务)机构；there have been 曾经有；已经有multiple 多个Last week, ahead of the start of the NBA Finals, commissioner Adam Silver said, "At some point, this league invariably will expand, but it's not at this moment that we are discussing it."
commissioner (委员会的)委员，专员，特派员；警察局长；警长；(政府部门的)首长，长官；总干事，主管人at some point 在某个时刻invariably 始终如一地；一贯地"Las Vegas, where we will be at our Summer League in July, has shown itself to be a great sports market as well," Silver later added. Currently, the city is the home of the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders, the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights and, perhaps most significantly for the future of the NBA in the city, the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces.
Summer League NBA 夏季联赛most significantly 最重要的是During his illustrious 19-year career, James has won four NBA championships and been named the league MVP four times. He will return to the court next year, looking to bounce back from a disappointing season for the Los Angeles Lakers where the team missed the playoffs with a 33-49 record.
illustrious [ɪˈlʌstriəs]显赫的；杰出的；著名的；卓越的bounce back 卷土重来；反弹；恢复；复原；重整旗鼓playoff 季后赛Alongside his playing career, the 37-year-old has gathered experience in team ownership as a part-owner of Liverpool FC since 2011 and the Boston Red Sox since 2021.
alongside 与…同时；与…一起gather experience 获取经验"I've got so much to give to the game. I know what it takes to win at this level. I know talent," James told reporters in March 2021. "I also know how to run a business as well. And so, that is my goal. My goal is to own an NBA franchise, and it will be sooner than later."
sooner than later 尽早，及早，越快越好- 随机文章
