[外絮] 六度分離之離別：Jeremy Lin - 第三章：「火箭」

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翻譯by akainorei & sibannac （本譯文不接受任何形式的轉錄） http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8179196/nba-jeremy-lin-six-degrees- separation-houston-rockets http://0rz.tw/jTXZK How happy are the Rockets that Jeremy Lin is back in Houston? They feel like they won two lotteries. 圖: 能把Jeremy Lin帶回來，火箭有多開心咧？就像中了兩張大樂透！　 == Funny thing about the contract that introduced the mighty, famously extravagant New York Knickerbockers to the bottoms of their pockets for the very first time in the James Dolan era: (翻譯 by akainorei) 這個合約最好笑的是在杜蘭這個年代, 第一次讓威猛, 有名奢華的尼克第一次覺得 “靠 , 口袋沒錢!” The three-year offer sheet worth just over $25 million that the Houston Rockets bestowed upon Jeremy Lin wasn't even the most lucrative deal they could have presented to Lin. 休士頓給林的差不多2500萬美金的三年合約還不是休士頓可以提供的最大約咧! If the Rockets wanted to be as aggressive as the rules allowed, they actually could have signed Lin to a four-year offer sheet worth $40 million. 如果火箭想要在規則範圍內作出最猛烈的攻勢, 他們可以丟出四年四千萬喔 But a deal that rich, they decided, was too aggressive. Too rich to contemplate even in what they saw as the extremely unlikely event that Dolan would let emotion trump reason and let an incredibly valuable asset (as ESPN.com's own Larry Coon and John Hollinger so adroitly explained here and here) just walk. 但是這個好康的約連火箭都覺得太扯了 (直翻: 太積極). 這約太大, 大到你不得不考慮在Dolan 完全不可能會放走他最有價值的資產, 也說不定會讓情感征服理性而放林走 (重新詮釋一下, 就是這約大到就連死腦筋的杜蘭嘴硬說不放也可能鬆口放林走) So they opted for the three-year offer, laced with what is known in the NBA as a "poison pill" in Year 3, and hoped for the best. 所以火箭退而求其次給三年約, 然後在第三年丟了一個毒藥合約, 然後希望得到最好的回報 And now? 結果咧? The Rockets suddenly feel like they've won two lotteries. 火箭突然覺得自己中了兩個大樂透 Because ... 因為… ‧ After a wait of just seven months, they've managed to undo one of the great regrets in franchise history by reacquiring Lin. They've wanted him back pretty much ever since Lin was waived in December when the Rockets needed a roster spot to sign Samuel Dalembert and felt they had no alternative but to ditch their most inexperienced point guard -- whose contract wasn't fully guaranteed -- with Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragic on the roster. 等了七個月以後, 他們總算彌補了整個球團歷史上最大的遺憾, 重新簽了林. 事實上, 自從在12月因為火箭需要隊裡清出空間來簽Samuel Dalembert 並覺得他們只能丟掉最沒有經驗的PG – 非保障合約的林 – 來讓Dalembert加入Lowry, Dragic. 從那時候起他們就覺得做錯了想要林回來 (這馬屁拍太大了…) ‧ The Rockets brought back Lin on their terms, which is a welcome departure from what happened in December. That, remember, is when NBA commissioner David Stern stepped in -- acting as the league-owned Hornets' lead decision-maker at the time -- to cancel a three-team Chris Paul blockbuster trade that was poised to deliver Pau Gasol to Clutch City ... and also keep Lin in Houston as the No. 2 point guard because Dragic, in that deal, was bound for New Orleans. 火箭用他們的條件迎回林, 也跟12月的不愉快說掰掰. 記得嗎? Stern 跳進來 – 把自己當成聯盟擁有的黃蜂隊的決定者 – 取消了Chris Paul 的交易, 間接取消Gasol 來休士頓 – 也間接抹滅了林有可能成為隊上第二控衛的機會 (那時候交易會把Dragic 丟去 New Orleans) Team insiders, though, insist that the Rockets' strategy when it came to the recent change of terms in Lin's official offer sheet was pretty transparent. Amid charges that the unspoken ethics of NBA negotiations were somehow violated when a four-year offer sheet valued at just under $29 million suddenly became the most onerous three-year offer possible under the rules (worth $25.1 million), Houston has scoffed at that suggestion from the start, as well as the notion that gouging the Knicks was ever a serious consideration. 火箭隊裡的內部人士堅稱火箭在給林的合約改變中的策略是非常透明的. 雖然有些人指控把四年稍稍低於2900萬的合約突然換成三年規則內最毒的合約 (2510萬)是違反大夥默認的NBA交易談判倫理. 休士頓從一開始就對這些指控一笑置之, 也從來沒有認真考慮要刨尼克的底 (以上的翻譯感謝專業的akainorei大!) "We think he's a very good player [and] still surprisingly underrated," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told TrueHoop TV on Wednesday. "I think there's a feeling that he was a flash in the pan. Obviously we don't agree. I think it's fair to say that it would be hard for anyone to sustain what he did, but he really doesn't have to. He just needs to be the quality player we think he is. I think his intelligence, his work ethic, his character and his underrated athleticism give him a real shot to be a very good player going forward. 「我們覺得林是個非常好的球員，而且他很大程度上還是被低估」，本周三，火箭GM Morey在TrueHoop TV的訪談中這樣表示，「有人說Lin的表現不過是曇花一現，顯然我們火箭不同意，的確，要一直維持(林來瘋那樣的數據)對任何人來說都很難，不過那其實也不是必須的，只要Lin像我們所想的，是個夠資格的好球員就好了，Lin有天份，有訓練的態度，很棒的人格，還有被低估的身體素質，這些要素都讓他有朝一日能成為超讚的球員。」 "To expect him to sustain what he did, especially that one run, would be unfair to anyone to expect that," Morey continued. "Few have ever attained that level. We don't need that. What we need is a quality point guard that we feel what we're getting. We feel he's a guy we can build around with our other young players that have been playing well and we're excited about. We like the future." Morey又說：「不管如何，去期待他維持一樣的數據是不太對的，過去也很少人能達到這種水平，這也不是必需，我們需要的就是一個夠格的控衛，我們認為Lin就是那個對的人，期待他和火箭其他的年輕球員會打的很棒，我們愛這種未來性。」 Yet even the Rockets, eager as they were to bring Lin back to town, had their limits. They were only prepared to do a three-year deal, highlighted by the well-chronicled spike from $5.2 million in Year 2 to almost $15 million in Year 3, just in case Dolan -- who sources say made the call based on his dismay with the process as much as anything -- surprised them and let Lin go. 然而即使火箭這麼想把Lin召喚回休士頓，他們還是有個上限，火箭準備的是一份三年約，合約上的爆點就是從第二年的520萬衝到第三年的接近1,500萬，這個上限是因為，畢竟凡事有萬一，火箭是說萬一這個Dolan真的出人意料地，不跟進合約，把Lin放走了呢 Make no mistake, though. They genuinely are surprised. 儘管結果真的是如此，他們還是滿驚訝的。 The Rockets, deep down, never expected this outcome with Lin. 老實說，火箭隊的內心深處，其實沒預料到這個結果。 Again. 如同Lin的爆發，火箭又一次的沒料到。 Like most teams in the NBA, they were sure that the Knicks would match an offer to Lin at virtually any number. Even when the Knicks tried so hard Friday and Saturday to avoid delivery of the Rockets' offer sheet -- requiring the intervention of representatives from the league office and NBA Players Association to get the three-day clock started Saturday night, according to sources close to the process -- Houston officials struggled to imagine any other outcome but the Knicks ultimately matching no matter how the contract was structured. 其實就像NBA其它的隊伍一樣，火箭也覺得尼克一定會匹配林的合約，不論金額為何，儘管尼克在週五和和週六兩天用力的跑給火箭追，想盡辦法阻止火箭把合約交給他們，以爭取匹配期限前的運作時間，甚至聯盟辦公室和球員公會，都得出面干預，這才讓事情順利進行，從周六晚上開始倒數為期三天的匹配期限。就算這樣，火箭這邊還是很難想像，任何尼克不跟進合約的可能性。 How pleased they were to be wrong. Again. 不過這一回，「意料之外」的發展，對火箭來說是很開心的。 "We've always been very high on him," Morey told ESPN.com, after finally letting it sink in that Lin was indeed back on his roster. "We just weren't high enough on him the first time." 在一切塵埃落定，終於讓Lin回到火箭的球員名單的此刻，Moreye告訴ESPN.COM：「一直以來我們都很期待Lin，畢竟上一次，我們只是缺了那一點點的信心。」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.136.110.175 ※ 編輯: sibannac 來自: 220.136.110.175 (07/21 01:41)

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其實就是說，四年4000萬的約是條款的上限提是可以提但也實在太毒了即使火箭原本預期杜蘭一定會跟但假使這約大到讓放話杜蘭鬆手那火箭就要自己簽這張offer sheet 這個數字他們也不一定能/願意承擔所以最後的結果火箭有想過三年2500萬左右是一個，可以對尼克造成威脅的報價然後就算尼克不跟，火箭自己用這數字跟豪哥簽約也OK沒問題的 ※ 編輯: sibannac 來自: 220.136.110.175 (07/21 02:56)

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