因为总版的有点断章取义, 故, 自翻
我边照顾小孩边翻, 翻得有点简单, 见谅
For Lakers, 'Wait 'til next year' is more, 'Wait, what comes next year?'
对湖人来说, 等待明年比较像是, 明年会有啥?
The Lakers won't be sweeping confetti from their hair next June. Figueroa will
be bereft of purple and gold.
今年湖人队没有彩带拉, Figueroa街上会是对紫金的失望居多
That over-30 wins wager you made last month? Doesn't look so solid right now.
上个月你觉得会有30胜? 现在看来不怎么靠谱
These are sad times for Lakers fans who, at the risk of sounding like Clippers
followers over the decades, can already adopt rueful "Wait 'til next year"
smiles.
总是有这些时候当湖人迷, 感觉有点像这十几年来的快艇迷一样, 已经开始幻想
"我们等待明年"
But what exactly is in store for them? Certainly sunnier skies, no?
但明年有啥好物? 应该更阳光吧, ya?
It's only a maybe. Call it partly cloudy with time needed for hailstorms to
clear. Patience and luck required too for a franchise that turned four players
into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, morphed Kwame Brown into Pau Gasol and took a gamble
on a 17-year-old from Philadelphia for veteran Vlade Divac.
但只是可能, 应该要说是偶而多云然后需要一个大冰雹来让天空便晴朗.
对一个球团来说, 耐心跟luck也需要才能让四个球员变成天钩,
让Kwame Brown 变成姐姐, 然后换走Divac把希望放在一个17岁的费城小伙子身上
As the Lakers sit with a dilapidated 3-10 record, their finances already look
pretty crunched next season.
但是当现在3-10, 球团的资金运作看起来就碎碎的
Bryant will make $25 million at 37 years old while Nick Young, Julius Randle
and Ryan Kelly take up another $10 million. Various player options (Ed Davis)
and team options (Jordan Clarkson, Robert Sacre) could add another $3 million,
though Davis could opt out and drive that number even higher. Leave room for an
estimated $5 million for their likely two first-round draft picks.
老大, 37岁, 会赚$25M, 小老大, Randle, Kelly会在加个$10M
各种球员选择权(Ed) 或球队选择权 (Clarkson, Sacre) 可能要加上$3M.
但Ed可以选择跳出合约然后要求更多的薪水. 记得留下$5M因应明年可能的两个一轮签
It's easy to see the Lakers allocating $43 million toward only nine players
amid a conservatively estimated salary cap of $66 million for 2015-16. Throw in
troublesome mandatory things called "cap holds" and the Lakers have only $21.5
million to spend next summer on free agents.
所以你看, 九个球员就有$43M, 明年的薪资帽大概在$66M, 你再把cap holds 放进去
(就是球团预计会签的球员), 湖人只剩下$21.5M来追逐自由市场
More troubling thoughts — there's no guarantee they get who they want, as
they've found out the last two summers.
还有更糟的, 他们不一定能得到他们想要的球员, 就像上季一样
They'll have enough money next July to offer a maximum contract to one free
agent. They could also try offering contracts starting at about $11 million
annually to two non-maximum players.
明年七月湖人有足够的钱去给自由市场上的一个球员顶薪.
或者是给两个不是顶新的球员各$11M的薪资
For the dreamers, some of the notable high-end free agents are Marc Gasol,
LaMarcus Aldridge, Rajon Rondo and Goran Dragic. Kevin Love could also decide
to not return to Cleveland.
给梦想家, 明年有Gasol弟, LMA, Rondo, Dragic, 爱神也有可能不想回骑士
Other free agents include Paul Millsap, Greg Monroe, DeAndre Jordan, Omer Asik
and Wesley Matthews, but even $11 million may be under market value.
其他球员有Millsap, Monroe, DeAndre Jordan, Asik, W. Matthews.
但对这些人来说$11M太少了
It's not fair, you say. What else can be done?
不公平对吧, 有啥可以做的?
could pursue a maximum-contract player — two if they don't spend much money
next summer. Kevin Durant is the potential leader of the 2016 class unless
LeBron James opts out of his contract.
可以追求一个(两个如不要求高薪)顶新球员吧? 像是K. Durant, 除非LBJ也跳出合约拉
For the temperamental, the Lakers can always try to improve their hand soon
with an in-season trade.
对没耐心的人来说, 湖人也可以作季中交易
For the record, it won't be easy. There just aren't many pieces.
FTR, 不容易, 因为手上没多少东西
Bryant has a no-trade clause, is shooting only 38% and is not being considered
for a trade by the Lakers. He's too valuable at the ticket office, and in
maintaining at least a passing interest in the team.
老大有霸王条款, FG%目前只有38% 而且对湖人来说不可动摇
对票房来说她太重要了, 而且让球团有话题性
It gets bleak from there.
然后, 没了
As per NBA rules, Carlos Boozer cannot be traded because he was acquired via
the amnesty bidding process.
Boo能交易因为特赦条款
Jordan Hill can't be dealt until Jan. 15 and has some veto power to block a
trade because the second year of his contract is a team option. Xavier Henry
and Wesley Johnson can also block a trade because they signed one-year deals to
return to their team.
Hill到1/15号前不能交易, 而且交易有点话语权因为第二年是球队选项
Henry, WJ 也可以要求不交易因为他们为了回到球队签一年约
The contracts of Kelly, Davis, Sacre and Ronnie Price are too small to bring
back anybody of significance. The Lakers might have some explaining to do if
they deal their future — Julius Randle or Jordan Clarkson.
Kelly, Ed, Sacre, Price的合约则是太小号了.
湖人也不太可能交易它们的未来, Randle and Clarkson
Young is probably staying because he is beloved by Lakers fans and makes $5
million, a relative bargain in an era where the average salary is $5.3 million.
老尖会留下因为湖人迷爱他而且值$5M, 算是划算了因为平均是$5.3M
Steve Nash's $9.7-million expiring contract is available for anybody who wants
to dump salary for a 40-year-old who will never play again. If traded, Nash
will also receive a bonus that could reach an additional $1.2 million.
老衲, $9.7M到期合约则是对所有人开放如果想要丢薪资, 但这40岁的球员可不会
打球, 如果交易了, 老衲还有Bonus 可拿($1.2M)
It pretty much leaves Jeremy Lin and his whopping $14.9-million salary as the
Lakers' main trading chip (because of one of the many complicated NBA rules, he
counts as $8.4 million against a team's books). He is averaging 11.8 points and
4.8 assists. Not exactly numbers that delight general managers and excite fan
bases.
所以只剩下林, 他的14.9M (但是复杂的NBA规则中他的薪资是$8.4M)
目前是11.8pts/4.8ast, 并不太能让总经理高兴或让球迷兴奋
On the good side for the Lakers, they are quickly headed toward keeping the
first-round pick they are supposed to give Phoenix for the Nash trade. That
means a legitimate chance at Duke's Jahlil Okafor.
对湖人好的方面来说, 它们快速接近一轮签(太阳那只).
也就是说有机会拿到Okafor.
They retain it if they hold a top-five spot after the draft lottery, an
important distinction because Detroit lost its first-round pick last season
when it fell from eighth to ninth in the lottery. Cleveland unexpectedly
vaulted over the Pistons, whose pick was only top-eight protected and went to
Charlotte for the Corey Maggette trade two years earlier.
如果是前五顺位他们就留下这支签. 底特律去年因为掉到8-9th就失去签了
In other words, the Lakers must finish among the NBA's bottom two records to
completely ensure themselves of keeping the top-five pick. Under draft
guidelines, if you finish with the second-worst record, three teams at most can
pass you on lottery night, and those chances are low.
也就是说, 湖人要掉到power taking top 2 来完全确定可以保住这top 5 pick.
为power taking top 2 = 只有三支球队可以赢过你, 机率来上说很难
In addition to likely keeping their own pick, the Lakers get Houston's
first-rounder next June as part of the Lin trade.
除了这个签, 林的交易还有一个一轮签
Internally, the Lakers aren't panicking. They blame a lot of this season on
injuries to Nash, Randle and even Kelly. They sometimes imagine what could have
been had everybody stayed healthy, even though a mere playoff berth would have
been a stretch.
湖人内部并没有惊慌, 它们觉得今年的失败是因为老衲, Randle, 甚至Kelly的伤.
他们有时候会想如果全员健康会怎样? 虽然说季后赛应该还是很难拉
Just the same, Coach Byron Scott recently stepped out of the Lakers' day-to-day
doldrums to peek into what was ahead.
同一时间, 拜总最近也走出每天的失败阴霾往前看
"No. 1 thing, you've got to get players," he said. "We've got a franchise with
a great history and we feel that we can draw players here to Los Angeles that
would love to play in this organization. Obviously, the process is ongoing
right now and then when the season is over, we'll start trying to take some
bigger steps to achieve those goals."
首要的第一件事你要穰球员知道是, 我们有一个伟大历史的球团
我们觉得我们可以吸引球员来LA, 为这球团打球
很明显的, 现在正在运作, 球季结束也会运作. 我们开始为了要达到目标
迈出更大的步伐
Between now and next summer, it's mainly speculation. It might be the best the
Lakers can offer right now.