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标题[外电] Deal Tinsley and O'Neal
时间Fri Apr 18 22:10:02 2008
http://0rz.tw/6b3Zz
By Bob Kravitz
Deal Tinsley and O'Neal
处理(交易?!解决?!)丁丁二人组
Posted: April 17, 2008
It's great that Herb Simon has chosen to transform himself from a hands-off
owner to a hands-on kind of guy. And it's great that Simon hired Jim Morris,
the noted businessman and philanthropist, to run the company's off-the-court
operation. If Morris can survive Darfur, he can survive the Indiana Pacers.
老板"西门草药"选择亲自下海掌管人事大局真是太好啦～而他要雇用着名的生意人兼
慈善家Jim Morris帮忙运作球队场外的工作更下了一步漂亮的棋！如果说Morris能够
拯救达富尔，那他也应该可以拯救溜马队！
(按：这里的涵义很深！Darfur:达富尔是苏丹共和国西北部一省。
而联合国粮食计画署WFP的执行长名叫James Morris，之前大力救助达富尔的难民
这是04年当时的新闻:http://0rz.tw/b53WW)
(刚刚上网又查了一下，原来Jim Morris就是James Morris本人呀。)
Probably.
也许可以吧。
But all of the front-office shuffling will be rendered meaningless if the
guy running the basketball operation, Larry Bird, doesn't accomplish two
things this summer:
然而，要是大鸟在暑假没有完成两件事情的话，这些种种的高层更动都只是毫无意义
之举。
He must get rid of Jamaal Tinsley. Trade, buyout, set him adrift on an
Arctic ice floe. Whatever.
他必须除掉小汀！不管是交易、买断、或甚至是把他送到北极的浮冰上随海漂流都行！
He must trade Jermaine O'Neal.
他得交易小欧。
If those two players are still here when we meet again in October, the
Pacers will have made no progress toward rebuilding this team, and the
leash on Bird will become dramatically shorter.
如果我们在十月份还可以看到这丁丁二人组在球队中，那麽溜马的重建工程进度就是
零，而大鸟所受到的限制会突然变大！
(按：又一个比喻！ leash指的是栓着狗项圈的狗链，变短的意思即为自由度减少。
放在人身上的意思就是受限更多。)
Tinsley's act grew stale about four years ago. It doesn't matter how his
various off-court issues have been resolved by the courts. The perception
of him is never going to change, not here.
小汀个人行为在四年前就开始变质，这和他在场外惹出的种种问题都能否在法院解决
无关，重点是他的认知从来不改正。
(烂泥扶不上墙，狗肉上不了席！对吧～)
And to think, one pick after Tinsley was chosen 27th in the 2001 draft,
the San Antonio Spurs selected a point guard named Tony Parker.
再想想看，该年小汀下一顺位，那个被马刺选走名叫Tony Parker的控卫。
What's French for "Ouch!"?
法文的"Ouch"是啥?
(按：这句我不大懂确切的用意，不过我认为这是反讽的意思，嘲笑溜马队不会欣赏
法国货，选了个麻烦给自己……)
With O'Neal, it's not a personality or perception issue; it's his salary.
When he was given the maximum contract in 2003, most of us applauded that
deal, viewing O'Neal as the team's new centerpiece and Reggie Miller's
heir apparent.
至於小欧，他的人格和认知不是问题，问题是他领的薪水。当在2003年和小欧签下了
顶级合约时，我们大多拍手叫好，将他视为球队未来的台柱；神米在印城的接班人。
Now, though, he's a $40 million albatross who, if he stays in Indiana,
destroys any Pacers hopes for future cap flexibility.
可是现在，他却是个四千万的沉重负担，如果他继续留在印城，将会"摧毁"溜马未来
薪资空间的弹性与希望。
(按：这里又一个值得注意的单字。 albatross除了是负担之外，也是海鸟信天翁的
复数型。信天翁除了可以飞的很久很快，也可以趴在海面上睡觉!这也许暗示了
小欧可以很强，却也可以很爱装死～)
Can a brother make a suggestion? How about sending O'Neal to the Knicks
for Stephon Marbury. Yes, Marbury is a waste, but he has only one year
left on his deal. If the Pacers are willing to bite the bullet for one
season, more than $20 million will come off the books in 2009-10.
有哪位老兄建议一下？把小欧送到大苹果去换"天下第一控卫"如何？当然，马大少是
个Ｘ渣(尼克迷们对不起,但是waste的确可以这麽翻法，而且翻"浪费"怪怪的)，但是
他只剩下一年的合约。如果溜马愿意忍痛一个球季，那麽在09～10球季团队薪资将会
减轻超过两千万以上。
(按：bite the bullet，咬子弹，也就是强忍痛苦的意思)
During a Wednesday afternoon news conference to announce the team's front-
office changes, Bird fell short of saying he would trade O'Neal, but he made
it abundantly clear that he's going to try. And that would be best for both
of them. Face it: O'Neal doesn't fit with coach Jim O'Brien's style, and
both parties know it. Add to that the fact that O'Neal and Bird have had a
contentious relationship since Bird fired Isiah Thomas, and you have a bad
marriage that's headed for a divorce.
在礼拜三宣布高层人事变动的记者会中，大鸟并无如大家预期的宣布将交易小欧，但
他澄清他将会尝试看看，而这对双方都好。面对现实，小欧并不适合欧比教练的风格
这是高层和球员双方都知道的。再说，小欧和大鸟间的矛盾关系早在大鸟炒掉笑笑汤
的时候就开始了，这正如任何糟糕的婚姻关系都会以离婚为收场一样。
(按：卡帅：小俩口子生不出孩子来却怪我这个媒人！更!)
O'Neal didn't want to talk about his future or whether Wednesday's game
might be his last as a Pacer.
小欧并不想对他的未来发表任何意见，尽管礼拜三的比赛可能是他身为溜马球员的最
後一战。
When a deal gets done, it's not important whether Bird gets full or even
partial value for O'Neal, whose injury problems make him a tough sell.
What Bird and this franchise need is cap flexibility. They need to take
on an expiring contract or two, giving them freedom to make some moves in
the next few years.
一旦交易完成，重点不在於大鸟能从小欧这个卖像不佳的痛痛人换回多少价值。大鸟
和球团需要的是薪资空间，他们需要更多的自由度去处理一些到期的合约，好让在未
来几年的几年方便操作。
This franchise has got to accept the fact that getting better might mean
getting worse, a lot worse, first.
这个球团得认清一个事实，那就是要让球队变的更好就先得让球队变烂，而且还得是
很烂！
(按：真有趣的逻辑~)
"I think at the small forward and two guard, we're pretty well set with
Danny (Granger), Shawne (Williams) and Mike (Dunleavy)," Bird said. "Any
time you go into the draft, you look for point guards and you look for big
guys. It's according to what's going to be there. If there's a point guard
we really like, we have to look at him. But if there's a big man there,
you always like the bigs.
"我认为咱们家的小葛、小邓和小威在侧翼组的搭配相当的好"大鸟说道。 "每当你在
选秀的时候，都会考虑控球後卫和大个子，这将视情形而决定。如果有我们非常喜欢
的控卫，我们会去观察他。但若是有个优质长人，长人通常会是优先的选择。"
"At the four position we could use another guy. We've got a lot of holes
to fill.''
"四号位置我们可以找其他人，而且我们有很多洞得捕。"
Does that sound like O'Neal is in Bird's plans?
这听起来是不是说小欧在大鸟的计画中呢？
"I'm sure he (O'Neal) will look at all his options, and we'll look at ours,"
Bird said. "Throughout the summer, we'll probably be talking to some teams
and seeing what kind of interest they have in him. He hasn't told us if he
wants to stay here or if he wants to go somewhere else, but there comes a
time in any player's basketball career that you want to try to do what's best
for yourself and for your team."
"我确信小欧会审视他的选择权，而我们也一样" 大鸟说道。"整个暑假我们会跟些球
队谈谈看，看他们是否对小欧有兴趣。小欧还没跟我们说他想要留在队上或是到哪里
去，不过任何球员在生涯中都将面临如何才能做出自我和球队都最有利的抉择择。"
(按：大鸟真会打官腔呀～)
Goodbye, Jermaine.
小欧掰。
Good guy, good representative of this franchise. But it's time. It's just
time.
你是个好人( ′▽`) -o▊、优秀的看板人物。不过时势不对，这就是时势。
Time, finally, to rebuild.
终该是重建的时候了。
There will be exit interviews today between Bird and the players, and you
would think, and hope, it will mark the last time several enter the
Fieldhouse as members of the home team.
大鸟和球员们今天将有个检讨面谈。而如你我想，这其中将会有许多家伙是最後一次
以主场球员身份来到溜马的Fieldhouse。
(按：这又有个双关。exit interviews 除了可以按照 exit poll 选後民调的意思翻
做赛季的检讨面谈之外，也可用 exit visa 出境签证的意思翻做离队前的一别)
Tinsley is gone. Marquis Daniels is on the chopping block. David Harrison
is history. Kareem Rush was relegated to the bench the last few weeks.
Shawne Williams? You wonder. He's still young, cheap and talented, but . . .
And O'Neal has almost certainly played his final game as a Pacer.
小汀出局、阿丹现被放在砧板之上、大哈的问题有段历史了，Rush在过去的几周也被
冰起来、小威呢？你可能很好奇，他还很年轻，很便宜又有天份，但是………而小欧
应该已经打完了他身为溜马的最後一场比赛了。
(按：这里又一个双关。chopping block 字面上直译是砧板，有等着待修理的意思，
而他也可以和trade block--正待交易名单--做联想)
The franchise made some strong and necessary front-office moves Wednesday
afternoon. Simon needed to get more involved in this business. Morris, who
told WFNI-1070, "We will not have bums here," seems to have the right idea.
But ultimately it's about winning, and second, it's about winning with
palatable players.
球团在周三下午作出重大且必要的人事更动，西门老板得多多参与其中。而Morris则
告诉WFNI-1070电台说:"我们不会让游手好闲的人留在这里！" 这看起来是正确的！
但是最终，球队是要追求胜利的，而且是让快乐的球员赢得胜利！
That leaves it up to Bird.
这任务会交给大鸟处理。
If Tinsley and/or O'Neal are still here in October, the clock on Larry
Legend's reign starts ticking.
如果丁丁二人组在十月还在的话，大鸟传奇的执政期将会开始倒数计时。
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呼~翻的好累! Bob-K的文章酸归酸,但是看完学到的东西还不少哩!
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一马离了～～
西‧凉‧界～～
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