來源：ESPN http://tinyurl.com/nbbo5kg
作者：Marc Stein
Summer Scoop: New Orleans Pelicans
Five burning questions and answers about the New Orleans Pelicans' immediate
future in the wake of their season-ending loss at home Saturday night to
top-seeded Golden State that completed a first-round sweep:
在被第一種子金州勇士於季後賽第一輪橫掃後，五個關於紐澳良鵜鶘亟需解決的問題：
1. Wasn't the playoffs, for these Pelicans, just about getting to the playoffs?
1. 對鵜鶘來說，這季的目標是否只是能進入季後賽？
Of course it was.
當然是。
You were never going to hear any of the Pels admit such a thing while they were
still engaged with the Warriors, but a sweep doesn't really diminish the most
notable achievement of the season, which was catching and then overcoming
Oklahoma City for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
你當然不會聽到任何鵜鶘的球員在和勇士的系列賽期間承認這件事，但是即使慘遭勇士剃
光頭，依然不會減損鵜鶘本季最大的成就，就是在季賽最後關頭擊敗雷霆取得西區老八的
位置晉級季後賽。
They couldn't have done it without OKC's many injuries, true, but don't forget
that the Pels had their share. Jrue Holiday missed 42 games during the regular
season and Game 2 of this series. Ryan Anderson missed 21 games. The
otherworldly Anthony Davis missed 14 for a franchise that had to bring a halt
to mighty San Antonio's 11-game win streak on the final night of the regular
season just to claim its first playoff berth since Chris Paul's farewell season
in town in 2010-11.
確實，如果不是雷霆傷兵一堆，鵜鶘也無法拿到季後賽門票，但是別忘了鵜鶘的傷兵問題
也不比雷霆少。Jrue Holiday錯失了42場季賽和第二場季後賽。Ryan Anderson錯失了21
場季賽。Anthony Davis也錯失14場季賽，但最後他們在例行賽最後一場擊敗了11連勝氣
勢正旺的馬刺，是自從10-11球季後且是Chris Paul離開後第一次打進季後賽。
In Davis' third season, New Orleans found a way into the NBA tournament and
played the Warriors tougher than the series scoreline would suggest. They'll
have to live with pain that lingers from squandering that 20-point lead in the
fourth quarter of Game 3, but make no mistake: The 67-win Warriors had to work
to shake these guys.
在Davis的第三個球季，鵜鶘總算進到季後賽，他們和勇士打了四場計分板上看不出來的
艱苦比賽，且要承受Game 3原本領先20分最後卻敗光的痛苦。
They had to work even on a night like Game 4, which saw Stephen Curry shoot a
ridiculous 5-for-5 on contested 3-pointers. The Pels, even with their spirit
presumed to be broken after the Game 3 heartbreaker, scrapped to within eight
points of Golden State in the fourth quarter after falling behind by 21.
他們也要在像Game 4這樣的狀況下打球，Curry在這場有鬼神般的三分命中率。即使鵜鶘
可能早在Game 3後就因為20分大逆轉而心碎，他們在一度落後21分後依舊可以在第四節緊咬
勇士8分。
They got broomed, in the end, but they battled.
最後他們還是被橫掃了，但他們曾經奮戰過。
2. Will the Pelicans sign Davis to a max contract extension this summer?
2. 鵜鶘是否會在今夏以頂薪合約續約Davis？
That is most certainly the plan.
這應該是鵜鶘最確定的計畫。
League sources say that the Pels will be as aggressive as possible on July 1
in presenting Davis with a five-year maximum contract that makes him New
Orleans' designated player.
league source說鵜鶘在7/1會給Davis一份五年的最頂薪合約來留住這位鵜鶘指標球星。
Given that the 22-year-old was voted to start in February's All-Star Game and
will likely earn All-NBA first-team status when voting results are announced
in coming days, Davis would be in line to start his max deal at 30 percent of
the league's salary cap as opposed to a mere 25 percent as long as he earns
just one of those same honors next season