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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says ‘it would be nice to have a team in
Vancouver’
NBA联盟主席Adam Silver说 "在温哥华有个NBA球队是不错的"
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is not shy about sharing his thoughts on the
league at large.
NBA联盟主席Adam Silver从不吝啬分享他对联盟营运的想法。
Where his predecessor, David Stern, could sometimes be seen as inscrutable
and authoritarian, Silver is a “player’s commissioner,” in which he has
empowered his players to take the reins from ownership.
前任主席David Stern有时会被认为高深莫测且独裁，相反地Silver则是比较像是"球员的
主席"，他让球员对球队有更多的控制权。
Adam Silver was also recently quoted in a piece from The Daily Hive
proclaiming that “it would be nice to have a team in Vancouver.”
Adam Silver最近则是被引述说，“温哥华有一支NBA球队也不错。”
Of course, the Memphis Grizzlies started life as the Vancouver Grizzlies in
the 1995-96 season, and stayed in Canada’s eighth-most populous city until
2001, when the team relocated to Memphis.
当然，前身是温哥华灰熊的曼菲斯灰熊是在1995-96球季开始营运。温哥华灰熊在这加拿大
第8多人口数的城市待了八年，之后转到曼菲斯。
Adam Silver continued his thoughts on a team in Vancouver in The Daily Hive
article:
Adam Silver继续阐述他对温哥华有一支NBA的想法：
“In retrospect, I wish we had a team in Vancouver right now. I think Canada
could handle two NBA teams,” said Silver. “I share David’s sentiment that
we do have regret. I think we were a bit ahead of our time. There was a
moment in the league where prospects seemed down in terms of the team.
Attendance was down, ratings were down. I understood from an economic
standpoint why the then-team owner (Michael Heisley) wanted to move the team.
”
“若是回过头来看，我希望现在温哥华就有一支球队。我认为加拿大可以养的起两支NBA球
队的，”Silver说。“我跟David有一样的感受，我们都会后悔。我认为在那时有点太急，
那时候有可能可以撑起NBA球队的城市数目似乎变少了，观众进场数减少了，收视率也降低
了，我了解从经济观点，灰熊老板Michael Heisley想要搬家的原因。”
When it comes to expansion in the NBA, it is always about timing. At this
juncture, it seems that expansion is not on the immediate horizon as Silver’
s comment express:
而当谈到NBA何时要扩大版图时，时机是最重要的。就目前看来，扩大营运版图并不是
Silver目前主要的课题：
“Unfortunately we’re not in expansion mode right now, but it would be nice
to have a team in Vancouver,” Silver says. “It’s a great market, I have
some in-laws that live in Vancouver. I get there, it’s a beautiful city.”
“很不幸的，我们现在不是在扩大营运的状态，但是若是在温哥华有一支NBA球队是很不错
的，”Silver说。“温哥华有个很好的市场，我有亲戚住在温哥华，当我到温哥华时，它
是一座美丽的城市。”
Who knows what the future may bring, but the prospect of an NBA team
returning to Vancouver might be in the cards at a much later point in time.
谁知道未来会如何呢？但是一支NBA球队重返温哥华或许可能会发生在一段时间之后。