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NBA Reportedly Pursuing Vote on Draft Lottery Reform
联盟要修改选秀乐透制度
Having failed to institute reform in the NBA draft lottery process before,
the NBA is again addressing the topic and could have a solution approved
prior to the start of the 2017-18 regular season, ESPN.com's Adrian
Wojnarowski reported Thursday.
过去联盟尝试想改变选秀乐透制度但是失败，但是星期二沃神报导，联盟最近又想在把这
个议题提出，想在2017-2018球季开始前找到个解决方式。
According to Wojnarowski, the NBA's Competition Committee could send a formal
recommendation to the Board of Governors next week in order to gain final
approval. But it's unclear whether the new rules would go into effect with
the 2018 draft or at a later date.
据沃神报导，联盟的委员会已经送正式的建议案给联盟高层，希望可以获得同意。现在是
不确定新规定会是在2018选秀就生效还是要之后才施行。
Wojnarowski wrote that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is a proponent of
lowering the odds the NBA's worst teams have to gain the top draft picks.
Rather than the team with the worst record having the best chance of getting
the No. 1 overall pick, the three worst teams would have the same odds of
landing the top selection.
沃神说，联盟总裁Silver也是支持改变选秀乐透制度的人，希望降低战绩最差的队伍拿到
好签的机率。不是让最烂队拿第一顺位签，而是让最烂的三队都有一样的机率拿到最好
签。
There would also be a wider variance of possibilities in terms of picks:
而且拿到高顺位的签的顺序也可能要改。
"Presently, the NBA team with the worst record can drop no lower than No. 4
from No. 1, but the NBA's currently proposed legislation could allow that
team to drop from first to fifth in the lottery, league sources said. This
would include a domino effect through the lottery, where the second-worst
record presently dropping no lower than fourth, could fall to sixth. Then,
the No. 3 team could drop as far as seven, and on down, league sources said."
“目前联盟是战绩最差的队伍可以拿的乐透签是不可以低于第四顺位；但是消息来源指
出，目前规划是不可以低于第五顺位；第二烂的队本来是不可以低于第四，现在会到第六
顺位；第三烂的可能可以低到第七，甚至更差。”
In addition, a team couldn't have a top-three selection in back-to-back years.
另外，一个队伍不可以连续两年拿到前三顺位签。
During an interview on Mike & Mike in April, Silver said he thought the
lottery process needed to be addressed. He also spoke of his affinity for
European soccer, where underperforming teams are relegated to lower leagues,
while admitting that that approach will never come to the NBA.
Silver在四月的时候接受访问，认为乐透制度必须有所改变。他认为像欧洲足球是他倾向
的方式，表现不好的球队就会被下放到次级联盟，但他也承认这种方式在NBA是不可能可以
施行的。
The trend of tanking to get the best possible draft position has been
especially prevalent in the Eastern Conference of late.
最近联盟里的东区球队为了拿到好签有开始坦的风气。
The Philadelphia 76ers have spent years as one of the NBA's worst teams,
while three playoff teams from last year have essentially signaled a
full-scale rebuild this past summer. The Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers
traded away their best players, while the Atlanta Hawks dealt Dwight Howard
and lost Paul Millsap to free agency.
费城76人队花了好几年成为联盟最烂队之一，去年的三支季后赛球队也开始表示进入全队
打掉重练的重建期。芝加哥公牛跟印地安那遛马把他们的明星球员给交易掉，亚特兰大老
鹰则是把DH交易调，也没把自由球员Millsap留下来。
For smaller-market teams unable to attract marquee free agents, tanking is a
sensible approach to building a title contender, but it also increases the
stratification in the NBA and creates a race to the bottom. Finishing between
fifth and eighth in the conference standings is essentially the worst place a
franchise can be, since the team is neither a true title contender nor a
lottery team.
对于小市场球队，没办法吸引到明星级的自由球员，利用“坦”来重建球队，打造有竞争
力的球队是合理的，但这样导致联盟实力差距开始悬殊，也让球队开始抢炉主的位置。战
绩落在分区第五到第八的球队基本上会是处于最差的位置，因为这样的球队既没竞争力拿
到冠军，也抢不到好的乐透签。
Whatever the NBA's approach, it would appear the league will formally address
tanking in the near future.
不管联盟要怎么处理，看样子联盟开始要对“坦”出招了。