来源：The Mercury News
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How Warriors’ sponsorship deal with Rakuten indirectly helps with building a
roster
勇士与乐天的赞助结盟如何影响勇士的球员名单
The two close teammates stared at each other’s jerseys in awe. Moments
later, Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala stood up and showed off their
customary white and blue uniform for everyone else to admire.
嘴绿跟小AI互相看着对方的新球衣，赞叹了一下，然后站起身来让记者会里的人都欣赏一
下勇士蓝白相间的球衣。
The familiar image featured a new twist: after agreeing to a three-year, $60
million deal with Rakuten, the Warriors will wear a 2.5 by 2.5 inch badge of
the Japanese tech company. After Warriors and Rakuten officials spoke
glowingly of their new partnership, Iguodala addressed how it impacted him
besides his uniform’s design.
熟悉的制服有一些小改变：在与日本乐天达成三年6000万镁的赞助合约后，勇士的球衣上
面加上了一个2.5吋x2.5吋大小的乐天标志。在勇士跟乐天开心的发表他们的赞助合约后，
小AI说了有关这合约如何影响到他。
Iguodala suggested such a deal indirectly ties into the Warriors willingly
signing him this summer to a three-year, $48 million deal.
小AI暗示像这样的赞助合约间接的让勇士愿意跟他在今夏签下三年4800万镁的约。
“There’s a premium on great brands coming together,” Iguodala said as a he
stared at Warriors general Bob Myers.
“大品牌结盟会有更多钱~~”小AI看着勇士总管Bob Myers说到。
While Green belted in laughter, Myers shook his head out of amusement. “This
is what I was dealing with,” Myers said. Moments earlier, Myers jokingly
teased Iguodala for his free agency becoming “somewhat difficult.”
听到小AI的说法，嘴绿笑到不行，而总管则是笑着摇摇头。“你们看，这就是我每天面对
要处理的，”总管Myers说。而在那之前不久，Myers还取笑了一下小AI，说他的自由球员
合约‘有点难搞’。
“The better the player, the more they cost to be honest. They deserve it, by
the way, and so we want to give it to them,” Myers said. “The more revenue
for the league, the more revenue for the players, and the thing that’s
exciting about a partnership like this is the whole NBA benefits. The players
benefit, the ownership benefits. So it’s exciting.”
“老实说，越好的球员越贵。那是他们应得的，而我们也想给他们应得的，”Myers说。
“联盟的钱越多，就会有更多的钱可以给球员，所以像这样的结盟会让整个联盟都受
益。球员受益，老板们也会受益，所以这是值得高兴的。”
The Warriors benefitted by securing more financial means of absorbing luxury
tax penalties because of business deals, including their latest one with
Rakuten. Yet, the Warriors stress their roster-building strategy does not
hinge on dollars and cents. Case in point, Warriors chief marketing officer
Chip Bowers said the team declined a bigger financial deal so it could sign
with Rakuten. The Warriors won two NBA titles in the past three seasons
partly because they kept and bolstered their championship roster in hopes to
secure more champagne celebrations.
勇士球团受益的原因是像这样与乐天的赞助合约可以帮忙分担奢侈税，不过勇士加强他们
的阵容名单并不仅仅只是靠钱。举例说，勇士的市场推广主任Bowers说球队推掉了一个更
大笔的赞助合约，而选了乐天。勇士三年两冠靠的是加强他们的球员名单，希望可以有更
多的冠军庆祝。
“It’s never been about making a profit,” Myers said. “It’s been about
trying to win championships, and for someone like me in my position, that’s
the greatest gift you can have is go try and win, what do you need to go do
that. But certainly partnerships like this do help, and hopefully we can do
as many as we can.”
“目标从来就不是在赚钱，”总管Myers说。“目标是在赢得冠军，像在我这样位置的人，
能得到最好的回报就是去拿冠军，以及如何去拿到冠军的过程。但是，这样的赞助结盟很
有帮助，我也希望可以有更多像这样的结盟。”
After all, other NBA teams have tried to stockpile their rosters in hopes it
could somehow expose weaknesses in Golden State’s depth. Meanwhile, the
Warriors are mindful they have yet to defend their NBA title after
squandering a 3-1 lead to Cleveland in the 2016 NBA Finals.
毕竟，其他球队也在努力组团，想要找到勇士的弱点。同时，勇士自己也记得2016年的
3-1领先后来却被骑士翻盘的历史…
Hence, Iguodala anticipates the Warriors going through a “very mental year”
when training camp begins on Sept. 22 after appearing in three consecutive
NBA Finals. So it seemed fitting the Warriors concluded Tuesday’s ceremony
by unveiling their latest championship banner.
因此，在连续三年打入总冠军后，小AI预期今年勇士将会度过一个刺激的一年，而训练营
会在9/22开始，所以在星期二的仪式上看到勇士最新的冠军旗帜也不会太不合了。
“That’s going to be in the back of our minds, how do we be very strategic
on how we go about the season, the schedule, although the NBA has done a
great job not giving us a crazy schedule this year,” Iguodala said. “But (we
’re) really looking forward to that, bringing everyone back. A lot of teams
made a lot of moves to try to disrupt what we’re trying to do, so we’re
very aware of that, and we’re very excited to start the season in a week and
a half.”
“这一季我们会如何有策略的打比赛，如何排轮值，我们会记在心里，虽然联盟今年尽力
把赛程搞好，不会像之前那样疯狂，”小AI说。“但是我们非常期待新球季，期待看到每
个人可以回来。我们也知道很多球队做了很多交易想打败我们，所以我们非常期待再一个
礼拜多就要开始的新球季。”