David Stern downplays Lakers' recent struggles
2013年07月20日 洛杉矶每日新闻报 （原文：http://ppt.cc/ykOZ）
Plenty of Laker fans have openly wondered about Stern's intentions toward the
Lakers, what with the nixed Chris Paul deal and the recent labor day that
calls for more revenue sharing and more penalties for high-spending teams.
很多湖人球迷都对联盟主席 David Stern最近的一些做法感到生气，
他先是回拒了 Chris Paul的交易案，然后又颁布豪华奢侈税政策去处罚联盟里
花钱大手笔的球队。
"I expect that the Lakers aren't thinking about the premise of your question,
which implies on that they're not going to do better next year than they did
the last year," Stern said during a meeting with reporters Thursday at the
Wynn hotel in Las Vegas. "I don't want to speculate beyond that, but I can
tell you that's not the basis upon which the Lakers are functioning.
They expect to have a much better year."
“我期待湖人球迷们不要再去假设你们的那些问题了，
这意味着湖人明年做得不会比今年好，” Stern说道，
“我不想去猜测，但是我可以告诉你们这是基于湖人正常运转的基础上的结果，
他们期待着明年比今年要好很多。”
"Amnesty is reflective in the fact that teams are not only eliminating the tax
payment due with particular contracts, but they're also keeping from going
into even a higher bracket by those contracts being in place to get with
other contract that's they might sign," Stern said. "With respect to the L.A.
market, whenever somebody wins, somebody loses. It's a fact here. We've had
the Knicks down for a while, the Bulls down for a while, the Lakers were down
this past year. But that is the beauty of what we do. All of our teams today
are undefeated, and they're all plotting to improve their lot, thinking
they're getting a lot better.
“特赦的运用不仅仅是一支球队想去减少开支的这个事实的反映，
而且他们通过去免除掉他们不想要的合约，能让他们去签下更大的一个合约，”
Stern说道，“我很尊敬洛杉矶的市场，但是有人赢，就会有人输，
公牛沉寂了一段时间，湖人去年打得也不好，这就是我们（ＮＢＡ）的美丽之处，
我们今天（ＮＢＡ里）所有的球队都是不可被击败的，
他们都去图谋证明他们的价值，认为他们变得更好了。”
资料来源：http://voice.hupu.com/nba/1464502.html