來源: Miami Herald
網址: https://tinyurl.com/y9re3yzl
No basket, no problem. Jimmy Butler has basketball hoops sent to Heat
teammates and coaches
沒籃球架可以練球？沒問題，Jimmy Butler送隊友及教練籃球架
Jimmy Butler has made sure his Miami Heat teammates at least have a basket to
work with as team facilities around the NBA are closed indefinitely amid the
NBA’s coronavirus shutdown.
因為中國武漢肺炎導致停賽，聯盟球隊練習場關閉，但是Jimmy Butler確保他的熱火隊友
們至少有籃球架可以練球。
With Goran Dragic as the only Heat player who entered the shutdown with a
basket at his home (a portable hoop at his Miami house), according to the
team, Butler and the rest of Miami’s roster were left without the necessary
resources to get shots up.
熱火Goran Dragic本來是唯一一位在停賽期間熱火球員在自己家裡有籃球架的人，Butler
跟其他熱火球員在家裡是沒有需要的設備可練球的。
But Butler decided enough was enough and bought a basketball hoop for himself
to work with at his home in the San Diego area. As first reported by the
Miami Herald, the All-Star wing then had portable baskets sent to each Heat
player and coach to make sure they had one, too, as they wait out the NBA
hiatus.
但是Butler覺得受夠了，決定自己買一座籃球架，好讓他在他San Diego的家裡也可以練
球。而後邁阿密當地報紙Miami Herald報導，這位全明星球員後來幫所有隊友以及教練買
了移動式球架，好讓他們在停賽期間可以用。
The baskets from Lifetime, a company based in Utah that manufactures various
products, were delivered to Heat players and coaches a few days ago. Even the
players living in condominiums and two-way contract players living in a Miami
hotel received them, with the option to have them then sent to their
offseason homes.
這移動式球架是由一家在猶他州的公司Lifetime所製造，他們有一系列的產品，幾天前把
球架送至熱火球員以及教練家中。一些住在公寓的球員以及一些住在飯店的雙向合約的球
員也有收到，他們可以選擇把球架送到他們休賽季所住的家中。
“Two days ago I received a big box, I opened it and it was a basketball hoop
from Jimmy,” Dragic said Sunday in an Instagram Live discussion with Heat
television host Jason Jackson. “My first hoop [that I have] is for kids. So
basically, it was not a real hoop for me. Yesterday [Saturday] I was putting
together all these pieces and finally I made it. I already shot some shots to
take advantage of that. Jimmy, thank you brother. I appreciate it.”
「兩天前我收到一個大箱子，我打開了，裡面是一座籃球架，是Jimmy送的，」星期天
Dragic在IG上接受熱火電視節目主持人Jason Jackson訪問時說到。「我第一座原先有的球
架是給小孩用的，所以基本上不是真的籃球架。昨天星期六我把那籃球架組裝起來了，我
已經好好用了它一下，投了一些球。Jimmy，謝謝你兄弟，我真的很感謝。」
In addition, Butler will donate a number of the same portable baskets to
schools and youth centers around Miami once children are permitted to return
to those areas after the peak of the pandemic.
此外，Butler也捐了一些同樣的移動式球架給邁阿密附近的學校以及青年活動中心，好讓
這些小朋友們在中國武漢肺炎疫情和緩下來後回去就可以用。
The baskets should help Heat players avoid getting too rusty, with still no
clear timetable for a potential restart to the 2019-20 season. June is
believed to be the earliest games will resume, but there’s also the
possibility that the season won’t restart and the next NBA game played will
be as part of the 2020-21 season.
目前2019-20賽季還沒有明確的時間表說何時可能會重啟，所以這些籃球架可以幫助熱火球
員身手不至於生疏。據信六月會是最早可能可以重新比賽的時間，但是很有可能本季就沒
有辦法打，真的到能打球的時候已經會是2020-21球季的時候了。
During a conference call with reporters Friday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver
said the league is “not ready to set a date of how long we can wait before
we can no longer continue the season. Everything is on the table, including
potentially delaying the start of next season. We are not in position to make
any decisions [about the status of this season] and it’s unclear when we
will be. We still don’t have enough information to make a decision.”
在星期五與記者開會時，主席Adam Silver說，目前"聯盟還沒有準備要設好要等到哪時候
本季就不打的日期，所有的選項都會考慮，包括下一季會延遲開季等。我們還沒到要做任
何決定的時候，目前也不清楚會是何時。目前的資訊還不夠，沒辦法做決定。」
The NBA playoffs were scheduled to begin Saturday, with the Heat owning
home-court advantage in a first-round series against the Indiana Pacers based
on the current standings.
這星期六本來會是季後賽開打的時間，若是按照目前戰績，熱火會有主場優勢，會在季後
賽首輪面對溜馬。