[外電] 火箭老闆仍然支持MM

[hiten (御姉流)]

Owner still likes 1-2 punch of Yao, T-Mac
         火箭老闆仍然支持MM              

(註:稍微查了一下，1-2 punch是網球用語，
    意思是兩次擊球(發球+回球)即打敗對手，
    在這裡應該是指MM強大的破壞力吧XD
    小弟對網球沒有研究，有錯請不吝指正)

Rockets owner says he is confident his strategy is working
火箭老闆表示他確信他的建隊策略是有用的
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By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 17, 2008, 5:53PM
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After 25 games marked by injuries, rapidly changing lineups and wildly
inconsistent results on the court, the position of the Rockets owner has
remained constant.
在經過了25場傷兵不斷，先發換來換去，戰績起伏不定的比賽後，
火箭老闆的立場還是維持不變。

Determined after last season and heading into this season to build around Yao
Ming and Tracy McGrady, Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said Wednesday he
remains firmly behind that plan.
在休賽期確定要以踢妹和姚為中心來建隊後，
火箭老闆亞歷山大說他仍然支持這個策略。

"I am committed to them being healthy and building a team around Yao and
Tracy," Alexander said Wednesday. "Nothing's changed.
亞歷山大說:
"我承諾要給MM健康的身體，並且要圍繞他們倆來打造球隊，毫無改變。"

"The plan really depends on Yao and Tracy's health. Yao looks like he's
gotten healthy and is playing well. Tracy had the leg problem which he seems
to be overcoming. You can see how great he is. I mean, the guy isn't playing
at his full capacity and he gets 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists
(Tuesday against the Nuggets). Try to replace that with somebody at one
position."
"這項計畫是確立在MM的健康上沒錯。
 姚看起來恢復良好而且打得很不錯。
 踢妹的腳有傷，但他也在克服。
 你看得出來他有多棒，我的意思是，
 這傢伙沒有打出全力，
 卻還是在對金塊的比賽中拿下了20分14籃板10助攻。
 你可以試著拿其他人來取代他，
 看還能不能有這種數據。"

Alexander spoke Wednesday at the naming of the Yao Ming Foundation and the
Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery Fund as the beneficiaries of the 13th Tux and
Tennies Charity Gala Feb. 18 at Toyota Center. He said he would not have
reason to change his plan based on McGrady's injury because McGrady's injury
is not new since Alexander determined the plan. He added that he agreed with
McGrady's decision to sit out seven games to strengthen the leg.
亞歷山大今天於豐田中心，
作為第13屆Tux and Tennies慈善晚會的受益人
出席姚明基金會和Bush-Clinton Coastal Recovery基金會時這麼表示。
他說他不會因為踢妹的傷勢而改變計畫，
因為打從他決定這個計畫時，踢妹的傷病早就不是新聞了。
他也同意踢妹為了復原腿部傷勢而缺席七場比賽的決定。

Alexander said there have been no efforts to even test the market on a trade
involving one his stars and that the Rockets have received no inquiries.
他說我們根本就沒有試著把球隊的任一位球星丟到交易市場，
而且火箭至今也沒收到任何交易提案。

"Nobody's called," he said. "I'm trying to think — no, nobody's called."
As steadfast as he was in support of the current course, he said the happy
accident of having so many contracts coming off the Rockets' books in time
for the celebrated free agency class of 2010 would make the team a
significant player that summer.
LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Manu Ginobili, Steve
Nash and McGrady are scheduled to be free agents that summer. Yao has the
option to become a free agent.
"沒有人被指名，"
"我試著想想--沒有，沒有人被指名到交易提案之中。"
如此堅持目前策略的亞歷山大說2010年的夏天，
火箭陣中會有不少到期合約，
球隊也會在熱鬧的自由球員市場取得大牌球星。
LBJ，典偉，Bosh，阿嬤，馬妞，Nash還有踢妹都會在那年夏天變成自由球員。
姚明也可以選擇跳脫合約。

"That's the way things worked out; it wasn't carefully done," Alexander said.
"That will be one of the most interesting summers in the history of the game.
You can't predict the future. I think we'll be in that game. We'll be in that
hunt in some way."
"事情就是這樣，難以預測。"亞歷山大說，
"那會是NBA歷史上最有趣的夏天之一，
 你無法預測未來。我想我們會參加這場爭奪戰，
 我們會在這場狩獵之中。"

Until then, the Rockets would look to improve but are determined to move
under the luxury tax threshold, he said.
亞歷山大說在那個夏天之前，火箭會試著尋求進步，
不過前提是不能超過豪華稅門檻。

He said the Rockets would still like to bring back Dikembe Mutombo but will
not unless they can first move enough salary to avoid paying a luxury tax.
They would have to cut slightly in excess of $2.5 million to sign Mutombo
without incurring the tax.
他說火箭仍然想把穆大叔找回來，
但是首先得要先空出薪資空間，以避免支付豪華稅。
要簽下穆大叔，我們得空出稍微超過250萬美元的空間，
不然就要多付稅金。

Alexander said the luxury tax threshold of $71.15 million is in effect a hard
cap for the Rockets with the exception of any opportunity to land "a great,
great player."
亞歷山大表示7,115萬美元的豪華稅門檻
事實上對火箭要得到"一位非常非常偉大的球員"的機會來說
是很強硬的限制。

"I'm firm," Alexander said. "I always say unless you can show me a great,
great player that I definitely think will change the course of the team.
"I love Dikembe. I love him as a player and as a person. I said a 'great,
great player.' He's a terrific guy and a good player, but he's not a great,
great player, anymore."
"我很堅持，"亞歷山大說，
"除非你可以給我一位我認為能夠改變球隊體系的非常非常偉大的球員，"
"我愛穆大叔。不論是身為一個球員或是一個人我都愛他。
 但我指的可是'非常非常偉大'的球員，
 穆大叔是個了不起的球員，一個很棒的球員，
 但是他已經不再是'非常非常偉大的球員'了。"

Mutombo took over at center when Yao was hurt last season, but the centers
played in the same game only 14 times. In the 55 games both were active,
Mutombo averaged fewer than two minutes per game.
穆大叔去年在姚明受傷後頂替了球隊的中鋒位置，
不過這兩位中鋒同場出賽的場次只有14場。
兩個人都被登錄的比賽有55場，
而穆大叔平均一場出賽還不到2分鐘。

Alexander said he is still trying to learn more about his 16-9 team with
information so limited by injuries that disrupted the rotation.
亞歷山大說他仍在試著瞭解他這隻16勝9敗的球隊，
這隻被傷病破壞輪換陣容的球隊。

"Ron (Artest) has always been a pretty healthy player," Alexander said.
"Shane (Battier) has been a healthy player. With Rafer (Alston), thank God
right now we have a really good backup (Aaron Brooks). And Rafer, for the
salary he makes ($4.9 million this season) in this league to have a starting
point guard as good as him is a terrific value. Point guard and center are
the two hardest positions to find. I'm not going to get a better point guard
than him
"阿泰一直都很健康，"亞歷山大說，
"八爺也很健康。
 感謝老天，雖然街球王傷了，
 不過我們現在有著小AB這位不錯的備胎。
 說到街球王，以他的薪水(本季490萬美元)來看，
 有一位這麼好的先發控衛實在是物超所值。
 當今好控衛、好中鋒難尋，
 我並不會想去得到一個比他更棒的的控衛。"

"I need to see the team play at least 10 consecutive games with the whole
team. How can you judge? You don't know. There is no way of knowing. You have
to see Tracy healthy. You have to see Yao healthy. Ron has played the whole
season with a bum ankle.
"我想要看到這支球隊用完整的陣容打至少連續10場比賽。
 不然你要怎麼評斷這支球隊? 不知道。這根本沒辦法知道。
 你必須要看到健康的踢妹，健康的姚。
 而阿泰本季都是瘸著一隻腳在打球。"

He liked the showing at home on Tuesday night.
亞歷山大很喜歡昨天球隊在主場的表現。

"We didn't have our starting point guard. Give me a chance to see my team in
full over a span of a few games to see what they'll do," he said.
"咱們的先發控衛無法上場。
 拜託給我個機會讓我看個幾場全員回歸的比賽，
 看他們打得怎麼樣。"亞歷山大說。

For all his determination to stay the course, the owner said he would change
direction if the Rockets found the right opportunity.
火箭老闆堅持目前的方針，
不過他也說如果球隊找到合適的機會的話，
他會改變球隊方向。

"As an organization for 16 years, I and we have always tried to improve this
team at all times," Alexander said. "We never stop looking. We never stop
working. No matter who the players are here, no matter who the players will
be, that will always be our philosophy. It's not as if we're not looking.
We're never standing still and we'll never stand still. If we won 20 games in
a row and everything looked great as was perfect, we would stand still. Until
that happens, we're searching."
"這16年來，作為一個組織，
 我們隨時都在想辦法讓球隊更加進步，"亞歷山大說，
"我們不會停止尋求進步，我們不會停止努力
 不論有哪些球員在這兒，有哪些球員會來，
 都是我們的建隊哲學。
 這並不是代表我們沒有在尋求進步。
 我們絕不會停下腳步，以後也不會。
 當我們能夠20連勝，而且一切看起來都很完美的時候，
 我們會停歇下來。
 但在這之前，我們都在尋求進步。"

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老闆出來澄清交易謠言了
不過他也沒把話說死...

然後老穆回歸情況不樂觀...

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推 homocat:唉，老木不上場還不是以為A帥不相信他的實力，不給機會？
推 peterander:合作了4年了 如果拆開MM 相信有不少人傷感
推 Azile:我不傷感.
推 Lanternfox:.. 說來說去還是為了豪華稅不肯簽老穆....
→ Lanternfox:說話還要這麼難聽 (雖然是真話 但很刺耳..)
推 fox0922:不想花錢就直接說不想簽就好了 季初講到現在都在講廢話
→ fox0922:降到豪華稅以下? 也沒看有動作阿 等被簽走再降跟屁一樣
推 barkleyc:推一個 今天本來想翻這篇的 不過太忙了 囧rz
推 barkleyc:看到Les講那種話實在很不爽
推 wxynod:1-2 punch翻譯成組合拳就好﹐挺達意的。
推 mixco:曖昧讓人受盡委屈  老木你還是去超塞吧
→ kendle:小氣老闆不肯砸錢   如果我們老闆是Cuban就好了
→ brianlin23:我比較希望我們老闆是P.Allen = =
→ brianlin23:雖然簽老木象徵意義比實質意義大 但是感覺就是不好...
→ brianlin23:亞力山大講這種話 還蠻傷老木的心的(雖然是在商言商)
推 fox0922:但是又不是簽很多年 一年約有需要考慮到那麼多?
推 chrisaner:樓上，簡單的說，就是不想付豪華稅　＝　＝
推 SMALLZCH:推～
→ fox0922:明年有沒有這陣容都是問題 今年不砸還有更好的機會?
推 tenka92417:其實火箭老闆靠姚已經撈不少了,找個老木保護姚算甚麼?
→ tenka92417:姚如果這樣被操翻然後受大傷回大陸吃自己,倒楣的是誰?
推 amax0147:推火箭老闆敢直敢言~我們也要相信火箭阿!!!
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