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Victor Wembanyama blasts tanking NBA teams: ‘It’s a weird strategy’
Victor Wembanyama批評NBA坦隊：‘這是一種奇怪的策略’
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Victor Wembanyama is expressing confusion over reports that teams are tanking
games in an effort to improve their chances of acquiring him in the 2023 NBA
Draft.
Victor Wembanyama對於各隊想要盡可能的坦，以求在2023NBA選秀會增加得到他的機會的
報導感到困惑。
During an interview with Le Parisien, Wembanyama offered his thoughts on a
number of topics, including the thought process of teams that might be
considering the tanking approach.
在接受Le Parisien的採訪中，Wembanyama提出了他對於一些話題的想法，包括各隊可能
正在考慮開坦的想法。
“Tanking? It’s a weird strategy,” Wembanyama said. “I find it unreasonable
, and I try not to think about it. I also heard that the NBA considered
changing a few rules for me, but that doesn’t concern me.”
坦？這是一種奇怪的策略“Wembanyama說。我覺得這不合理，而我試著不去想它。我也聽
說過NBA有考慮為了我而改變一些規則，但那與我無關。
Barring a catastrophe, Wembanyama, a native of France, will be the top overall
pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. That virtual certainty is because of the
combination of size and skill possessed by a player who only turns 19 next
week.
除了發生悲劇，否則法國人Wembanyama將會成為2023年NBA選秀會的第一順位。此種確定
性是基於這位球員身材與技巧的結合，而他下週才準備要滿19歲。
Wembanyama already stands over 7-feet tall, yet possesses the ability to play
any position on the court. That helps explain why one agent predicted that,
barring injury, Wembanyama will end his basketball career as the greatest
player ever.
Wembanyama的身高已經超過7呎了，還擁有在場上打每個位置的能力。這有助於一位經紀
人預測除非受傷，否則Wembanyama在生涯結束之時會成為史上最偉大的球員。
One indication of the NBA’s excitement about adding a player of Wembanyama’s
ability is the fact the league paid for the streaming rights to his games
this season. That amount, a surprisingly low $138,000, allows viewers to watch
the prospect play with his current team, Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92.
一個跡象表明，NBA對於多了Wembanyama這種能力的球員是興奮的，聯盟支付了他本季比
賽的轉播權。138000$，一個讓人出乎意料的低價，讓觀眾能觀看這位新秀在他目前所在
隊伍“Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92”的比賽。
Undoubtedly, the most avid viewers of those broadcasts figure to be executives
of the NBA’s worst teams this season. That’s because one team will
eventually be awarded the top pick in June’s 2023 NBA Draft.
毋庸置疑地，最熱衷的觀眾就是那些本季最差的隊伍中的管理層。因為有一支隊伍最終將
會在2023年6月的選秀會獲得第一順位選秀權。
Entering Thursday’s games, four teams are in the best position to get that
top pick, though that list may get more competitive as the season progresses.
That quartet is currently headed by the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets,
who have each won just nine games thus far.
隨著進到星期四的比賽，四支隊伍將很有機會獲得狀元籤，雖然隨著賽季的進行可能會變
得更加競爭。這四支隊伍的領銜者是底特律活塞和夏洛特黃蜂，它們迄今為止只贏了九場
比賽。
Not far behind that pair are the Houston Rockets with just 10 wins and the San
Antonio Spurs with just 11 victories. It was the Rockets nearly 40 years ago
whose actions at the time sparked the start of the NBA draft lottery in 1985.
緊隨其後的兩支隊伍是10勝的休士頓火箭和11勝的聖安東尼奧馬刺。而就是火箭隊在近40
年前的做法引發了1985選秀會樂透抽籤的開始。
In that instance, the questionable lineup decisions of then-Rockets head coach
Bill Fitch allowed the team to finish with the worst record in the Eastern
Conference. After then winning a coin flip for the top pick, the Rockets chose
future Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon.
在那種情況下，當時火箭隊主教練Bill Fitch以不確定性的陣容以西區(文章可能有錯，
當時火箭隊是西區隊伍)最差的戰績結束了賽季，而後以擲硬幣獲得了狀元籤並選中了未
來的名人堂球員Hakeem Olajuwon。
The fact that talk has already arisen about possible tanking by teams should
make the final weeks of the current regular season interesting. If any teams
appear to be blatantly trying to tank games, the NBA is likely to deliver some
severe discipline in response.
各隊打算要坦的討論或許會在例行賽最後幾週變得更有趣。但如果有任何隊伍坦得太明顯
，NBA很可能會祭出一些嚴厲的罰則做為回應。
However, given the prospect of acquiring a once-in-a-generation player like
Wembanyama, it’s possible that teams might be willing to pay that price.
然而，有機會得到像Wembanyama這種千載難逢的球員，各隊可能會願意付出代價。