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來源: The Mercury News
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver weighs in on Warriors’ dominance
NBA主席Silver: 超強的勇士不一定是壞事
LAS VEGAS –Is the Warriors’ recent dominance and influx of talent bad for
the NBA? The league’s most influential official does not buy that argument.
近期的勇士王朝以及收集了天賦滿滿的球員對NBA是壞事？聯盟最具影響力的官員對那種說
法並不買帳。
“I don’t think it’s necessarily per se bad that the Warriors are so
dominant,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a press conference here on
Tuesday. “I’m not trying to create some sort of forced parity. What we’re
really focusing on is parity of opportunity.”
「我不認為勇士稱霸聯盟一定就是壞事，」NBA聯盟主席Silver在星期二的記者會上說
到。「我不會試著去創造某種硬喬出的平衡，我們應該要專注的是機會上的平等。」
So even if Silver praised the Warriors once again for winning their third NBA
title in the past four years, the NBA commissioner and the league’s owners
addressed competitive balance during the Board of Governors meeting.
所以即使Silver再次稱讚勇士的四年三冠，在球團老闆會議上，主席及球團老闆們還是提
到了競爭的平衡性上。
It might not be surprising considering what just happened this month during
NBA’s free agency. LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Los
Angeles Lakers, dramatically furthering the divided talent between the
Western and Eastern Conference. With depressed interest in DeMarcus Cousins
because of his left Achilles’ injury, the Warriors acquired the All-Star
center using their taxpayer midlevel exception ($5.3 million), which gives
them a starting lineup full of All-Stars. Silver had already entertained such
questions about competitive balance when the Warriors and Cavaliers met in
the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive year.
當看到這個月的FA市場發生了什麼，會有這樣的反應也就不意外了。LBJ離開騎士降臨湖
人，讓東西兩聯盟的天賦差距更加明顯。Cousins因為阿基里斯腱傷沒有太多球隊有興
趣，所以勇士可以用中產特例(530萬鎂)拿到一個全明星中鋒，讓勇士的先發可以是上一屆
的全明星。當勇士跟騎士連續四年總冠對決的時候，Silver就已經用一種比較輕鬆的方式
來回答有關競爭平衡性的問題。
“There’s a fair point to be made in a tax system when certain teams are
spending significantly more than others, that’s not parity of opportunity,”
Silver said. “Also, certain teams have advantages other teams don’t based
on their resources and market and the wealth of the market. They may be in a
position to go deeper into the tax than another team does.”
「在有奢侈稅的制度裡，當有些球隊比其他球隊願意花更多的錢然後說這是不公平的，這
算是中肯的論點，」Siliver說。「所以，若是根據球團資源以及球隊所在的市場大小，某
些隊伍會有優勢，有些隊伍則無。有些隊可能會繳更多的奢侈稅，但是其他隊不會。」
The Warriors are in that position. Though they were limited toward acquiring
players on a taxpayer midlevel exception and veteran’s minimum deals, the
Warriors have around a $142 million payroll because of their five All-Stars
in Cousins, Stephen Curry ($37.4 million), Kevin Durant ($30 million), Klay
Thompson (nearly $19 million) and Draymond Green ($17.5 million). The
Warriors are nearly $19 million over the luxury tax, and, therefore, owe an
additional $61.75 million in luxury tax penalties.
勇士就是繳稅的球隊。雖然他們只用中產特例跟老將底薪去找球員，勇士整體薪資還是高
達1億4200萬鎂，就是因為他們的五星陣容