[情報] Kings to Holt: No reason for doubt

[ALegmontnick (一隻腳的蒙特尼克)]

Kings to Holt: No reason for doubt  "王"者之鑑:無庸置疑

Web Posted: 12/10/2009 12:00 CST

Maybe Peter Holt feels better after Wednesday night. Then, Richard Jefferson
played like the investment he was supposed to be.

禮拜三晚上之後,Peter Holt或許會覺得開心點. 因為RJ終於打出身價來了



Or maybe Holt wonders if he made the right decision last summer. He splurged
on a roster that is currently 10-9, and this went against what he once
believed in.

But if doubt is going through his mind, someone has a message for him.

或者霍特會想他上個夏天做的決定到底對不對.他大手筆砸出了現在這個10-9的陣容,但是
這跟他所期待的差很大

但是如果他真的有所懷疑的話,有個人想給他個忠告



This person once splurged, too.

“And I don't regret a thing,” said Gavin Maloof, one of the owners of the
Sacramento Kings.

這位先生也曾經凱過:
國王隊老闆之一的"加溫馬洛夫".但他說他一點也不後悔



The Spurs can still recover this season, especially if Manu Ginobili ends a
few more games as he did against Maloof's Kings. Holt has always been
optimistic; he stuck by Gregg Popovich in the early days, and he certainly
will now.

Still, the Spurs are currently ninth in the West, and the financial outlook
is worse. Holt and his fellow investors will lose millions no matter what
follows.

刺刺本季還是有機會起死回生的,尤其是如果馬妞能多表現.
霍特向來(對馬刺)都很樂觀,但是他幾天前很相信波波,他現在還是很相信.......

刺刺現在還是西區老九(還好現在回到第七了Orz),而收益的情況更慘QQ
霍特跟他的好夥伴們不管怎樣都會虧個好幾百萬鎂吧



Maloof knows all about this. There was a time when he thought, if he just
paid more, the Kings could be the Spurs.

There was also a time when he and his brother, Joe, almost bought the Spurs.
The Maloof family had earlier owned the Rockets, and Gavin knew San Antonio
well. He attended Trinity.

So, with the late Gen. Robert McDermott as his ally, he and his family bid
for the Spurs in 1996. Holt edged him in a close vote by the ownership group.

“I think it was a fear of the unknown,” Maloof said Wednesday. “They
didn't know who we were.”

馬洛夫完全了解這種囧感.他曾經想過如果他掏多點出來,國王可以像馬刺一樣成功.

事實上,馬洛夫兄弟也曾經幾乎買下了刺刺.在那之前馬家搭過火箭飛向太空(誤)
而"加溫"很懂SA也來參一腳,成了馬洛夫(買馬刺)三兄弟

找了Robert McDermotty作為他們的盟友,馬洛夫家族在1996出價想買下刺刺.
而霍特就只是多出了那麼一點支持

"我想那是他們怕不熟的人吧"馬洛夫說到."他們根本不曉得我們是誰"



In those days, before the AT&T Center was built, there was reason for fear.
Relocation was a real issue.

But the years suggest the Maloofs would have been Holt-like had they owned
the Spurs instead. They would later buy the Kings, and they've been patient,
involved owners in another small market. They are also still waiting for a
new arena in Sacramento.

在那個AT&T中心還沒蓋好的年代裡,(馬刺)是很有理由擔心的.
因為搬家是個硬梆梆的大問題.

然後本來可以很霍特的馬洛夫們就棄馬保王了(咦!?)
他們很有耐心,和另一個小市場(球隊)的老闆合作




The Maloofs didn't mind spending money, either. In the summer of 2001, they
kept Chris Webber with a $120 million deal, and the team peaked the next
season. The Kings won 61 games only to lose a heartbreaking Western
Conference finals to the Lakers.

Getting that close, the Maloofs felt they had no choice. They leaped into the
luxury-tax world by giving Mike Bibby a 7-year contract worth more than $80
million.

馬洛夫們(跟Holt一樣)也不怕花錢.01年的夏天他們給了韋伯一張1.2億鎂的合約,然後國王
就登頂了.
國王隊贏了61場只是很哀桑的在西區冠軍賽輸給了湖人.

因為差那一步,馬洛夫就覺得他們一定要衝一發!
他們用畢比的7年八千多萬鎂的合約加入了豪華稅俱樂部


The Spurs were winning their second title then, and with the league's
18th-highest payroll. That's when Holt made his vow to avoid the luxury tax.
He said he would not join the “insane.”

What followed confirmed Holt's fear of fiscal risk. Webber suffered a knee
injury in 2003, and the Kings were stuck.

但是,刺刺卻用全聯盟第18名的薪資第二次奪冠.
這讓霍特發誓不加入豪華稅俱樂部.
他說他不會與"瘋子們"為伍的

2003韋伯的膝傷和跟著囧掉的國王隊 坐實了霍特對賭一把的恐懼




Still, those in the Spurs' front office saw what the Kings did then, and they
liked the reasoning: When you have a chance to win — when you have a special
group — don't you have to spend what it takes?

“That's it,” said Maloof. “You owe it to the fans, but mostly to yourself.
Winning is the motivating factor.”

然而,場邊的觀眾看到了,
他們喜歡這個想法:"當你有機會贏球,花錢有很過分嗎?"

"事實就是如此"馬洛夫說."這是你該給粉絲的,而大部分更是自己欠自己的.
勝利才能激勵人心"



The Kings were never the same after Webber's injury. Their record dropped
incrementally year by year, until they were the worst in the league last
season. Maloof said the drop was “painful and disheartening,” and here's
another message for Holt.

“Maybe we held on to the dream a little too long,” Maloof said. “Maybe
should have started rebuilding a little earlier.”

但在韋伯受傷以後,國王再也不是那隻國王隊了.
他們的戰績一年比一年差,直到去年終於觸底.(終於要重建的意思)
馬洛夫說這真是椎心刺骨.

第二個教訓來了:
"我們大概抱著同一個夢太久了點"馬洛夫說:"我們應該早點重建的"



Maybe, on bad nights, Holt thinks about this.

But there's no going back now. Holt has already committed. He's losing
millions on a roster that needed a fourth-quarter surge to beat the Kings at
home to stay above .500.

Insane?

Maloof says it's the only way to go.

老闆大概會在輸球的晚上好好想想這種問題.
但是木已成舟,他已經栽進去了.
他已經在一個需要第四節大爆發來K掉國王以保持五成勝率的陣容上損失幾百萬了

老闆瘋了?
馬洛夫說 這是我們唯一的路

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◆ From: 140.112.212.42
→ ALegmontnick:不太有趣的文,但是可以反映出決策者的困境XD
推 hichung:只能說加油了
推 Kshatri:鎂XD..原波有逛某版XD  薪資帽的增加不見得能顯現在戰績上
→ Kshatri:但也正是如此 運動比賽才更為有趣
推 Alfred:Maloof兄弟1996年買馬刺時是在原股東會的投票中輸給Holt
→ Alfred:該投票的差距很少，事後Maloof認為是因為股東們對他們陌生
推 Alfred:Maloof兄弟通常是講Joe跟Gavin，Gavin熟悉馬刺因為大學讀：
→ Alfred:http://web.trinity.edu/  就在聖城附近
→ ALegmontnick:囧~那我修一下好了
※ 編輯: ALegmontnick    來自: 140.112.212.42       (12/20 19:33)
→ ALegmontnick:不過這樣可能要請高手出來解一下Orz
推 PeterHolt:這不是花下去了嗎...(攤手)
→ ALegmontnick:樓上要繼續花阿XDDDD
※ 編輯: ALegmontnick    來自: 140.112.212.42       (12/20 19:55)
推 bryant780113:老闆說話了XDD
推 jack0124:一可有兩支球隊喔?
推 uxormania:看不太懂翻譯
→ ALegmontnick:樓上的意思是?文章沒邏輯還是文句不通順?
※ 編輯: ALegmontnick    來自: 140.112.212.42       (12/20 20:59)
→ ALegmontnick:下次我一定要找簡單的QQ
推 jack0124:nba球隊老闆可以有兩隊以上的嗎?XDDD
推 uxormania:不通順，並且掉了太多哏
→ ALegmontnick:囧.....那下次我會確定找一篇比較上手的來翻的Orz
推 ponkd:大意是Maloof跟Holt搶馬刺失敗，跑去買國王砸大錢想拿戒指，
→ ponkd:結果也沒拿到，對照現在Holt花大錢，馬刺的戰績卻還是不理想
推 PeterHolt:重點是時機到了就該賭一把了　雖然我曾經花少少的錢就成
推 PeterHolt:功了　不過就像Maloof講的You owe it to the fans, but
→ PeterHolt:but mostly to yourself.　而且眼前還是有機會的
推 hc1118:沒想到連老闆的帳號都有  那GM也快出來一下吧XDD
推 Kshatri:RCBuford之前文章有出來過
推 NanFong:he stuck by Gregg Popovich  應該是「他忠於pop」的意思
推 RonArtest93:可以借轉KINGS版嗎?  感謝
→ ALegmontnick:樓上不嫌棄的話請拿去配XD
※ 編輯: ALegmontnick    來自: 140.112.212.42       (12/21 20:33)
※ 編輯: ALegmontnick    來自: 140.112.212.42       (12/21 20:50)
推 RonArtest93:KINGS
※ RonArtest93:轉錄至看板 Kings                                    12/21 21:16
→ RonArtest93:感謝 !
→ sneak: 沒想到連老闆的帳號都有 https://daxiv.com