League says it helped Mavericks' White House effort ByEddie Sefko / Reporter 2:03 PM on Tue., Jan. 3, 2012 http://ppt.cc/Gl6C While the NBA disputed that the Mavericks had to set up their own visit to the White House to celebrate their championship with President Barack Obama, the players were just glad it got done. "I was nervous," Terry said. "I thought he'd be out of office or trying to be re-elected by the time we get a chance to go see him. Fortunately, he's still in there. It's definitely special for this group." 当联盟还在争执说小牛队应该要自己搞定造访白宫的行程时，球员们很高兴一切都安排好 了。Terry说：「我很紧张！我以为当我们有机会去见他的时候，总统有可能会不在家或者 忙着竞选连任。好险他还在！这对球队来说是很特别的。」 Meanwhile, a league spokesman issued a statement in response to owner Mark Cuban saying Mavericks' president and CEO Terdema Ussery had to do all the legwork to make next Monday's appearance happen and that the league was "stupid" for not scheduling the Mavericks to play in Washington during the lockout-shortened season. "Our jurisdiction doesn't extend to scheduling the president, and scheduling the Mavericks against the Wizards would have been no guarantee that the president would be in town and available," said the NBA's Tim Frank. "We learned that he would be available on Jan. 9 and began working with the Mavericks to accommodate that availability and the Mavericks' schedule. Fortunately we were able to make it work." 同时，联盟的发言人发表了一份声明，回应库班先前说「联盟没有安排华盛队的赛程，让 小牛的CEO自己跑腿搞定行程实在很蠢」的呛声。 「安排和总统见面不在我们管辖的范围，而且就算安排小牛在华盛顿比赛，也不保证总统 有空能和球队见面。我们得知他1月9日有空，然後着手安排行程，幸好一切都很顺利。」 Cuban maintained the league was lax in not simply scheduling the Mavericks to play in Washington."In a season with few days off, while there is no certainty that the President will be available around a scheduled game, there is absolute certainty that it would be far more difficult to meet him if we are not scheduled to be in D.C.," Cuban said. 库班坚持，联盟没有安排小牛在华盛顿的比赛，实在是过於散漫。 「如果说有安排赛程在华盛顿都不能保证可以见到总统了，那联盟既没有排去华盛顿比赛， 球季又只有一点点放假的时间，要见到总统岂不是更加困难吗？蠢蛋。」 (最後两个字是自己加的，纯粹推测库班心中的OS....) --

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