原文出处： http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2556933 -- The Indiana Pacers, after a seemingly interminable wait, appear to be closing in on a deal that formally secures the return of swingman Al Harrington. 印地安那溜马在经历了漫长的等待後，哈宝宝凤还巢的交易案似乎已经是指日可待。 Arn Tellem, Harrington's new agent, told ESPN.com on Monday night that the Pacers are "very close" to finalizing a sign-and-trade arrangement with the Atlanta Hawks that's been weeks in the making. 哈宝宝新聘的经纪人A.Tellem星期一晚上向ESPN达康表示溜马和亚特兰大老鹰间持续 数个星期之久的先签後换交易案已经相当接近最後定案的阶段。 Harrington, according to NBA front-office sources, is expected to sign a four-year contract worth $35.3 million with the Hawks, who will then deal him to Indiana. It's believed that the Pacers will complete the swap without making a cash payment to the Hawks, who originally sought the maximum $3 million that teams can add to trades. 根据NBA高层消息指出，哈宝宝被认为将与老鹰签下一份为期四年，总值3,530万美元 的合约，被被交易回印地安那。普遍认为溜马应该能顺利与老鹰完成交易，而不需支付老 鹰一开始所要求最多达300万美元的现金。 Atlanta would receive a future first-round pick in exchange for Harrington. It was not immediately known if Indiana will also acquire third-year center John Edwards, whose departure would remove an extra $1.1 million from the Hawks' payroll. 亚特兰大将会自印地安那获得一个未来的第一轮选秀权作为交换哈宝宝的条件，但目 前没办法立即得知溜马是否还会要求老鹰要把如果离队将能使球队增加110万美元的薪资空 间的三年级生中锋J.Edwards一并奉上。 The most Harrington could have received from the Pacers is a six-year contract worth $57 million. But the fourth season of Harrington's new contract, sources say, will be at his option, meaning that the 26-year-old will have the opportunity to return to the free-agent market in the summer of 2009 if he chooses. 哈宝宝最多可自溜马得到一份为期六年，总值5,700的合约，但根据消息来源指出，在 哈宝宝新合约的第四个球季，他将握有是否要续留球队的球员选择权，那意味着如果这名 现年26岁的前锋愿意，他在'09年暑假就可以跳脱合约回到自由球员市场待价而沽。 On the Pacers' team Web site, club CEO Donnie Walsh was quoted Monday as saying that the framework for the trade is in place, with the final details of Harrington's contract still "in negotiation." 球队执行长D.Walsh星期一所说的话被节录在溜马官方网站上面，他说这笔交易的架构 很恰当，只差最後哈宝宝新合约的细节部份仍在磋商阶段。 "I think we're coming down to it," Walsh said, "and we'll either get it or we won't." Walsh说"我认为我们已经快要达成共识了，而我们有可能真的和老鹰交易，但也可能 不这麽做。" Harrington's return to the team that drafted him 25th overall in 1998 was considered inevitable in front offices leaguewide for much of July, prompting interested teams to gradually drop out of the bidding. As negotiations dragged on, Harrington severed ties with agent Andy Miller and hired the high-powered Tellem to re-start the process. Yet reports over the weekend that the Pacers had squandered their chance to re-acquire Harrington proved unfounded because of Indiana's $7.5 million trade exception. 七月绝大部分的时间联盟中所有球队高层都认为哈宝宝回归'98年选秀会上以第一轮第 25顺位将其挑选入队的老东家溜马几乎是必然的事，那也导致大部分对於哈宝宝有兴趣的 球队渐渐退出了竞标的行列。在协商停滞不前的情况下，哈宝宝愤而将原经纪人A.Miller 解雇，另外聘请了作风强势的Tellem重新开始协商过程。周末的报导指出溜马即将错过了 重新获得哈宝宝的机会，但被证明只是空穴来风，因为印地安那手中握有750万美元的特别 交易条款(TE)。 That exception -- created in July when Indiana convinced the New Orleans Hornets to participate in a sign-and-trade for Peja Stojakovic instead of simply signing Stojakovic away outright -- has established the Pacers as the only Harrington suitor that could complete a sign-and-trade without forcing Atlanta to take back significant salary. Other interested teams include Golden State, Denver, New York and the Los Angeles Lakers. 该交易特别条款是溜马在七月时说服纽澳良黄蜂同意Peja的先签後换交易案时所获得 ，那除了让溜马避免当时Peja直接与黄蜂签约而血本无归的窘境，也让他们成为唯一一个 能与老鹰完成的哈宝宝交易案，但却可以不必迫使老鹰接收另一份巨额合约的球队。其他 对哈宝宝有兴趣的球队还包括金州勇士、丹佛金块、纽约尼克以及洛杉矶湖人。 NBA front-office sources say that Atlanta's teetering ownership group, in the midst of a legal battle with former partner Steve Belkin to keep control of the franchise, has insisted from the start on taking back draft picks and/or cash as opposed to a player or two from Indiana's roster (such as center Jeff Foster ) or a more expensive veteran. The Warriors, for example, offered power forward Troy Murphy to the Hawks last month as part of a sign-and-trade that would have netted Harrington something closer to the six-year, $66 million contract he was originally seeking. But Murphy, who averaged a double-double in his past three full seasons, has nearly $51 million left on his contract over the next five years. 根据NBA高层消息指出老鹰颟顸且正深陷与前合夥人S.Belkin间法律风暴的经营团队， 一开始就已经表明球队希望以哈宝宝为交易条件从溜马的球员名单中换回一到两名球员(例 如中锋佛爷)或一个比较有价值的老将，而次要的选项才是选秀权或现金。以勇士为例，他 们上个月提出大前锋T.Murphy为先签後换的交易条件，而哈宝宝也将可以获得他原本寻求 的，为期六年，总值6,600万美元的合约。但过去三个完整球季单场平均得分和篮板都达到 双位数以上的Murphy的合约，还剩下五年，将近5,100万美元。 The Hawks eventually backed off their cash demands and told the Pacers they'd make the trade so long as Indiana sent them a first-round pick and agreed to absorb Edwards' salary. Atlanta's reluctance to deal with the other teams chasing Harrington maintained Indiana's position as the favorite to land the versatile forward, with the Pacers now hoping that the increasingly fast pace in today's NBA will permit Harrington -- at 6-foot-9 and 245 pounds -- to play plenty of power forward in an athletic frontcourt setup alongside Jermaine O'Neal and Danny Granger. 老鹰最终还是放弃了要溜马支付现金的要求，并告知他们说只要他们送出一个未来的 第一轮选秀权并且愿意吸收Edwards的合约，那这笔交易就成交。由於老鹰不愿与其他角逐 哈宝宝的球队交易，使得溜马仍是最有希望获得这名多才多艺的前锋的球队。在现今比赛 节奏持续增快的NBA当中，溜马希望能让6尺9寸高，245磅重的哈宝宝和由小欧及D.Granger 所构成活动力十足的前场一同分摊大前锋的工作。 Acquiring Harrington is doubly crucial because he'd ease the burden on Granger when it comes to replacing Ron Artest. The Pacers' $7.5 million trade exception thus looms as one of the most valuable assets of the NBA offseason. 能否获得哈宝宝对溜马来说至关重要，因为他的加入能有效减轻Granger必须扛下阿泰 离队後小前锋重任所造成的沉重压力，溜马750万美元的交易特别条款也将因此成为今年夏 天最具影响力的重要资产之一。 When Stojakovic gave the Hornets a verbal commitment to sign with them mere hours into free agency on July 1, Indiana faced the very real threat of having nothing to show for January's trade of Artest to Sacramento. But a payment to the Hornets believed to be in the $250,000 range -- coupled with the Hornets' knowledge that they'd likely be keeping Harrington away from a fellow West playoff hopeful like Golden State or the Lakers -- turned the Stojakovic deal from an outright free-agent signing into a sign-and-trade, thereby creating the trade exception that set up Harrington's return. 七月一日自由球员市场启动不过数个小时时间内，Peja就已经口头允诺黄蜂，将和他 们签约，溜马面对了相当严重的威胁，因为他们在一月份好不容易策动以阿泰向沙加缅度 国王盘来Peja的交易可能会变成一场空。据信，溜马双手奉上最多约25万美元以内的现金 -- 而且黄蜂虑及这麽做或可避免同样身处西区，一起竞争季後赛门票的队伍如勇士或湖人 能争取到哈宝宝的加盟 -- 所以同意与溜马进行先签後换的交易而非直接与Peja签约，溜 马则因此获得了能让哈宝宝凤归巢的750万美元交易特别条款。 It's believed that the Pacers did also explore the idea of making a sign-and-trade run at Indiana native Bonzi Wells earlier this summer, but Harrington was always their first choice. Wells, looking for a new team after Sacramento signed John Salmons in late July, would supplant Harrington as the best player left on the NBA's open market once Harrington-to-Indiana is consummated. 普遍认为溜马在暑假开始没多久也曾考虑策动印地安那土生土长的B.Wells的先签後换 交易案，但哈宝宝仍是他们的首选。一定哈宝宝回归印地安那的戏码落幕，七月底国王签 下J.Salmons後积极寻找新东家的Wells将取代他成为自由球员市场最大的一条鱼。 "Obviously, Indiana, I'm more comfortable there because I've been there, I've been in the East," Harrington told ESPN.com during last month's Vegas Summer League, making it clear then that he expected to wind up with either the Pacers or the Warriors. 哈宝宝在上个月拉斯维加斯夏季联盟期间向ESPN达康表示"很明显地我还是比较喜欢印 地安那，因为我曾待过这里，我曾隶属於东区联盟，所以我在这里会觉得比较自在。"，这 让大家很清楚地知道溜马和勇士之间，他希望能加盟哪支球队。 "Going into free agency, obviously you think, 'I'm going to be at the bottom of the screen [on ESPN's Bottom Line ticker] like Ben Wallace and the rest of the guys.' But everyone's telling me to be patient, so that's what I'm trying to do ." "投身自由球员市场，很明显地你会这麽想'我一定要登上新闻头条[成为ESPN的新闻头 条]，就像大班或其他人那样。'但每个人都告诉我要低调一些，所以我一直尝试不要太过 招摇。" --

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