底特律雄狮近端锋 Sam LaPorta 谈续约：球队没展现出爱意
位于密歇根州 Detroit 的底特律雄狮队近端锋 Sam LaPorta 于10月21日公开表达了对续约谈判停滞的不满。这位25岁的球员在当天播出的 Pardon My Take 播客中说，被牵动心弦、再加上从事的是一项暴力的运动，这很糟，你每周都出去拼，冒着受伤的风险。他提到上赛季自己遭遇椎间盘突出并接受手术，缺席了8场比赛：我去年第9周、第10周左右，为了这支球队拼断了背；今年我打得这么好，他们却好像没展现出爱意，这很让人失望。
LaPorta 目前处于4年947万美元新秀合同的最后一年，赛季结束后将成为不受限制自由球员，雄狮队届时可使用特权标签留人。他本赛季出战5场全部首发，完成27次接球、推进316码、达阵3次，其中10月11日对阵亚利桑那红雀一战5次接球全部成功、推进88码并有一记38码达阵。他2023年以二轮秀身份加盟雄狮，新秀赛季即入选最佳阵容二队。他表示会继续打出高水平，如果三个月后我不能再穿着雄狮队的浅蓝色战袍效力，那也没关系，我会去别处拿高薪。
Lions Tight End Sam LaPorta on Contract Talks: Team Not Showing the Love
Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta of Detroit, Michigan vented his frustration on October 21 over the lack of progress in his bid for a contract extension. The 25-year-old said on the Pardon My Take podcast that aired that day that the combination of getting his heartstrings twisted and playing a violent sport sucks, and that it is disappointing to go out every week bearing the risk of getting hurt. He noted that last season he missed eight games after sustaining a herniated disc that required surgery: around Week 9, Week 10 last year, he said, he broke his back for this team, and this year he is playing well but the team is not showing the love.
LaPorta is in the final season of his four-year, $9.47 million rookie deal and is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the season; the Lions would have the franchise tag at their disposal. He has 27 catches for 316 yards and three touchdowns in five games, all starts, this season, including catching all five passes thrown his way for 88 yards, with a 38-yard touchdown, in the October 11 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Selected by Detroit in the second round of the 2023 draft out of Iowa, he was named second-team All-Pro as a rookie. He said he will continue to play at a high level, and if in three months he no longer gets to wear the Honolulu blue for the Lions, he will go get paid somewhere else.
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图片来源：图：底特律雄狮近端锋 Sam LaPorta 本人照（大学时期效力爱荷华大学鹰眼队、身穿 84 号球衣）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，作者 Maize & Blue Nation。
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