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." 當聯盟還在爭執說小牛隊應該要自己搞定造訪白宮的行程時，球員們很高興一切都安排好 了。Terry說：「我很緊張！我以為當我們有機會去見他的時候，總統有可能會不在家或者 忙著競選連任。好險他還在！這對球隊來說是很特別的。」 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." 同時，聯盟的發言人發表了一份聲明，回應庫班先前說「聯盟沒有安排華盛隊的賽程，讓 小牛的CEO自己跑腿搞定行程實在很蠢」的嗆聲。 「安排和總統見面不在我們管轄的範圍，而且就算安排小牛在華盛頓比賽，也不保證總統 有空能和球隊見面。我們得知他1月9日有空，然後著手安排行程，幸好一切都很順利。」 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. 庫班堅持，聯盟沒有安排小牛在華盛頓的比賽，實在是過於散漫。 「如果說有安排賽程在華盛頓都不能保證可以見到總統了，那聯盟既沒有排去華盛頓比賽， 球季又只有一點點放假的時間，要見到總統豈不是更加困難嗎？蠢蛋。」 (最後兩個字是自己加的，純粹推測庫班心中的OS....) --

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