若有错误恳请指正。 http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/07/anatomy-of-a-deal-how- the-rockets-landed-jeremy-lin/ Anatomy of a deal: How the Rockets landed Jeremy Lin by Jonathan Feigen 交易剖析：火箭如何获得林书豪 The meeting was no different from so many others, but it would change everything. Playoff hopes that had swelled with a four-game sweep of a road trip a week before had crashed. Another offseason was certain to come early. 那场会议跟其他会议没什麽不同，却改变了一切。 一波客场四连胜带来冲进季後赛的希望，在一星期之後宣告破灭。另一个休赛季 再度确实提前到来。 The Rockets’ front office — including general manager Daryl Morey, vice president for player personnel Gersson Rosas and vice president for basketball operations Sam Hinkie — gathered in the conference room on Toyota Center’s second floor April 17 to begin mapping out the team’s free-agent strategy. 4月17日，火箭队管理阶层——包括GM Daryl Morey、球员人事副总裁 Gersson Rosas、篮球营运副总裁Sam Hinkie──聚集在Toyota中心二楼会议室 内，为招募自由球员制定计画。 Talks continued over the coming months, but one decision never changed. The Rockets had decided they would pursue guard Jeremy Lin as a restricted free agent. They would not ignore the likelihood that the Knicks would match any offer he received but would instead try to come up with a way to get him back. 讨论一直延续到往後数月，但有一个决定从未改变。火箭决定追求受限制自由球 员Jeremy Lin。虽然无法忽略尼克跟进任何报价的可能性，他们仍要找出一个方 法争取他重返火箭。 “We planned the free-agent targets we were going to go after at that meeting,” Morey said. “He was high on the list. We thought that strategically moving (Kyle) Lowry might be the right choice because we thought we could get the most for him. We thought turning him into a lottery pick would be the right thing. We did anticipate we might lose Goran (Dragic) because we knew he was going to be pursued by multiple teams and if it was a deal we were not comfortable with, we knew we’d have to walk away. We were going after Jeremy no matter what.” 「我们开会时列出了欲招揽的自由球员目标，」Morey说道。「他在名单上名列 前茅。在战略上交易Lowry或许是个正确选择，能够从中获得最大回报换来一张 乐透签。我们还预测到可能会失去Dragic，因为将有多支球队竞相争取他，开 价若超出预期只能选择放手。无论情况如何，我们都会追逐Lin。」 早在这名6尺3寸的哈佛後卫打出统治常春藤联盟的表现起，火箭队便开始关注 他。2010年拉斯维加斯夏季联赛上，火箭队在场目睹为达拉斯小牛出赛的Lin表 现压倒巫师队的John Wall，试过想签下他。 “He was great,” Morey said. “We were pretty solid at that position. We do have to prioritize what we’re looking at. We talked to them about potentially doing a deal. Golden State outbid us — a larger guarantee. They beat every team in the league to get him and did a great job signing him. I still think to this day they deserve the most credit of quote-unquote finding Jeremy Lin. They were the highest on him early.” 「他十分出色。」Morey说道。「但我们的控卫阵容充实，必须优先补强球队缺 乏的人手。我们讨论过签约的潜在可能性。金州勇士出价高过我们──给了他更 大的保障。勇士击败其他所有球队漂亮地签下了他。我至今依然认为勇士发掘Lin 的眼光值得赞赏，在Lin生涯初期给予他最高的评价。」 Acting fast 迅速行动 When the Warriors waived Lin before last season to free salary-cap room to sign DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet, the Rockets “immediately put in a claim” and brought him to camp. They cut him after 12 days. 勇士上季为腾出薪资帽空间签下DeAndre Jordan裁掉Lin之後，火箭「立刻索赔」 找他加入训练营，但随即在12天後裁掉他。 With no idea of how Lin’s career would take off, Morey said there were thoughts that he would not be difficult to bring back as a free agent. 鉴於无从得知Lin的职业生涯即将起飞，Morey以为等他成为自由球员再重签回 来不会有多困难。 “When I talk about us making a mistake, it wasn’t a mistake about him being good,” Morey said. “We thought he could be an NBA player. The mistake was we didn’t anticipate how good. Even though our analysis indicated he could be great, probably not this great, we did not anticipate he could be as good as he was in that stretch. That was the mistake.” 「我们所犯的错并非没料到他表现优秀。」Morey说。「我们认为他将成为称职 的NBA球员。我们错在没料到他究竟能好到什麽程度。即使分析师表示他会打得 很不错，但无人料到他竟能表现得像那段热潮期间一样杰出。那是我们的错。」 Talks of trading Lowry picked up in the days before the draft, but a deal was not completed and the Raptors focused their attention on signing Steve Nash. Morey had decided that if not for that deal he happily would bring back Lowry as the starter despite Lowry’s stated issues with coach Kevin McHale. Lowry的交易协商自选秀前即展开，但条件尚未谈妥，暴龙队的注意力放在签下 Steve Nash上。如果那笔交易没有谈成，Morey很乐意让Lowry继续担任先发控卫 ，尽管他和总教练Kevin McHale之间明显有些问题。 When free agency began, Morey met with Bulls restricted free agent Omer Asik in Los Angeles. The next morning, he began talks with Lin’s agents — Roger Montgomery and Jim Tanner — about bringing Lin back. 自由市场开市之後，Morey到洛杉矶与公牛队的受限自由球员Omer Asik会面。 隔天早晨，他接触Lin的经纪人──Roger Montgomery与Jim Tanner──商议如 何带他回归火箭。 “We said, ‘Hey, we can see how this might go where we might have a need at point guard,” Morey said. “I walked them through how we might have a big enough need. We thought he was worth that money, but to have it, we probably needed other things to happen.” 「我们聊到：『嘿，依情势发展，我们可能需要控球後卫』，」Morey说。「我 向他们解释火箭为什麽可能有需求补进控卫，我们认为Lin值得那笔薪资，但还 需要其他状况推动才有机会得到他。」 Morey and McHale met with guard Eric Gordon the next day and a day later met with Dragic. Talks ended with the Rockets unwilling to give Dragic a player option for the fourth season of his contract, virtually assuring he would move on. Morey和McHale隔天先与後卫Eric Gordon碰面，一天後和Dragic会谈。由於火箭 不愿意给Dragic合约第四年的球员选项，他的离去已成定局。 A meeting with Lin was set up for July 4. McHale had a previous commitment but spoke with him that day by phone, telling him again how impressed he had been with him, how he enjoyed his success in New York and how he would be used if he returned. 火箭与Lin的会面安排在7月4日。McHale当天打电话给他，再次声明先前承诺过的 ，表示他对Lin印象深刻也很欣赏Lin在纽约创造的成功，Lin若重返火箭後将怎样 为他安排战术。 While they talked, Nash agreed to go to the Lakers in a stunning sign-and-trade deal with the Suns. Morey knew then the Raptors would renew talks to land Lowry, but he insists he would have continued the pursuit of Lin even if Nash had gone to Toronto and Lowry remained a Rocket. 双方谈话期间传出惊人消息，Nash同意先签後换加盟湖人。Morey知道暴龙将重新 启动Lowry交易协商，但他坚持即使Nash去了暴龙，Lowry留在火箭也会继续追求 Lin。 “I’d have loved having Kyle back,” Morey said. “If we could get something fantastic for Kyle, we had to do it. I’m all about positioning ourselves to contend for a title. That’s not BS. Kyle I think is a fantastic player. We were going to trade him if we could get something great, but having him back as the starting point guard I was perfectly fine with.” 「我会很高兴看到Kyle归队。」Morey说道。「如果能够让Kyle获得更好的发展， 我们应该去做。我的目标在於打造一只总冠军竞争者，不是随便说说而已。我认 为Kyle是很出色的球员。若能从中获益，我们会交易他，但让他归队担任先发也 毫不成问题。」 That night, Morey, Hinkie, Rosas and assistant coach Brett Gunning met Lin, Tanner and Montgomery in a private room at Fleming’s Steakhouse and began the pitch to bring him back. “The presentation was easy,” Morey said. “Great franchise. Multiple titles. Top five winning percentage. No income tax.” 当天晚上，Morey、Hinkie、Rosas及助教Brett Gunning在Fleming's牛排馆包厢 与Lin及他的两名经纪人会晤，招揽他重返火箭。 「我们对球队的介绍很简单。」Morey说。「一只好球队、得过几座冠军、胜率居 前五名。德州不收州所得税。」 After dinner, Morey and the agents met at the Four Seasons and agreed to an offer sheet worth $29.8 million over four seasons, with the fourth partially guaranteed. As they met, Dragic finalized his agreement with the Suns. 晚餐过後，Morey和经纪人在四季酒店敲定四年2980万的报价单，第四年部分保 障。双方协商期间， Dragic也跟太阳队达成协议。 The Rockets knew that with Toronto unable to land Nash, the Lowry trade probably would go through. The Rockets finalized the agreement to send Lowry to Toronto the next day, July 5, leaving the Rockets with no experienced point guard and increased urgency to sign Lin. But it seemed certain the Knicks would match any offer he would get. 火箭知道暴龙得不到Nash，Lowry的交易应可过关。 7月5日，火箭队达成协议将Lowry送到暴龙，队上有经验的控卫全部离开，促使火 箭队更迫切需要签下Lin。但尼克队看来会跟进任何他收到的报价。 Alexander weighs in 老板出手 “After we came to a rough agreement on that deal (with Lin), Goran (leaving) became certain,” Morey said. “We were all concerned about not having a point guard. It was Mr. (Leslie) Alexander’s idea to get more aggressive.” 「我们和Lin达成大致协议之後，Goran确定转队。」Morey说。「我们都很担心队 上没有控球後卫的情形。采取更具侵略性的行动，是Alexander先生的意思。」 In the next few days, the Rockets reworked the offer to $25.1 million over three years, all guaranteed. Heavily back-loaded, it would force the Knicks to pay $14.9 million in the third season of the contract, the first season of the more punitive luxury tax. For the Rockets, each season will count roughly $8.4 million toward the salary cap and luxury tax. 接下来几天，火箭重新开出一份为期三年总价2510万的全额保障合约。沉重的背厚 式结构将迫使尼克队在第三年，即更具惩罚性的豪华税制度实施後首年支付Lin 1490万。对於火箭来说，每季算入工资帽和豪华税的薪资约为840万。 “We talked about it internally for a while,” Morey said. “We brought it up to his agents, asking if they would be OK with more money, and shockingly, they were open to it.” 「经过一段时间的内部讨论，」Morey说道。「我们联络他的经纪人，询问他们是 否接受合约加码。令人惊讶的是，他们对此保持开放态度。」 More than a week later, on July 13, Lin flew to Las Vegas to meet with Morey and McHale for four hours in a suite at the Golden Nugget and sign the offer sheet. 一个多星期後，Lin於7月13日飞往拉斯维加斯，到Golden Nugget饭店与Morey及 McHale会面了四小时并签署报价单。 Within hours, it became clear that delivering the offer sheet to Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald would be a challenge. Grunwald refused to answer the door to his room at the Mandarin Oriental or come to the front desk to accept the offer sheet. The Rockets sent representatives to Knicks practice and later to their game, but Grunwald did not attend and would not set up a time to meet. 几小时後，火箭发现要将报价单送达尼克GM Glen Grunwald手中是个艰钜挑战。 Grunwald躲在他於文华东方酒店下榻的房间内拒绝应门，也不肯走到柜台签收报 价单。火箭队派代表前往尼克队的训练地点及比赛赛场，但Grunwald没有出现也 不愿意约时间碰面。 Having just completed the sign-and-trade that sent Marcus Camby to New York, the Rockets had the contract information ready for the Knicks’ attorneys and emailed Lin the offer sheet, also sending it through overnight delivery to the Knicks’ offices in New York. Still, they tried to get a ruling from the NBA about when the offer sheet would be considered to have been received, starting the three-day period for the Knicks to match. 火箭刚与尼克完成先签後换送Marcus Camby前往纽约，已备妥合约资讯交予尼克 的律师。报价单透过电子邮件传送给Lin，并利用隔夜交货快递送往尼克位於纽约 的办公室。同时，火箭试图请联盟裁定何时为正式收到报价单的时刻，好让三天 倒数计时启动。 “We asked the league for help,” Morey said. “They gave us advice. We did what they suggested. They say they consider it a team-to-team issue.” 「我们寻求联盟协助，」Morey说。「他们提供了一些建议，我们照办。他们说， 那是球队之间的问题。」 The Rockets took the position the sheet was received at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The Knicks did not dispute it, but at the time they were completing talks to acquire Raymond Felton, indicating they would not match the offer sheet. 火箭设定报价单送达时刻为美东时间下午11:59，尼克没有异议。当时他们已谈妥 换来Raymond Felton的交易，说明他们不会跟进报价。 But Morey was skeptical. “I knew about that two nights before,” Morey said, “but I absolutely thought they would match the whole way.” Reports surfaced that Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan had signed off on letting Lin walk. Morey did not believe it. That night, before the deadline, a Knicks spokesman sent text messages to media confirming the decision. Morey still was not sure. Grunwald called Lin, 23, and told him, in a conversation that lasted less than a minute. Tanner texted Morey with the news. “I had seen the reports,” Morey said, “but the only thing I thought was concrete was when Glen told Jeremy. I knew then they wouldn’t tell Jeremy unless it was done. That was the first time I really thought it. We got him.” 但Morey抱持怀疑态度。 「我两天前听说了消息，但在倒数过程中一直认定他们会跟进报价。」 新闻报导MSG主席James Dolan决定放Lin离开，Morey简直不敢相信。 当晚，尼克的发言人在截止时限前传简讯给媒体证实这个决定。Morey依然不敢确 定。Grunwald打电话通知Lin球队放弃了他，通话时间短短不到一分钟。接着 Tanner传简讯告诉Morey这则消息。 「我看过那些报导，」Morey说道。「但我一直到Glen通知Jeremy时才敢确信。我 知道事情必定已成定局，他们才会告诉Jeremy。那时第一次我真正觉得，我们得到 了他。」 -- 这是火箭随队记者的报导，看看火箭方对交易过程的观点。 --

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