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Mark Cuban Explains How a PA Ruined 2007 Mavs Trade for Kobe Bryant
Sometimes, it's the trades that teams don't make that define years to come.
In 2007, the Dallas Mavericks where on the precipice of executing a trade for
a disgruntled Kobe Bryant who wanted to leave the Lakers. Of course, the
trade never happened, despite Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believing that the
deal was "done" at the time, and the reason it all fell apart is fascinating.
2007年当Kobe想离开湖人时，独行侠差点成功交易到他，当然这件事并未发生，当时
Cuban认为这笔交易几近完成，最后破局的原因也很奇妙。
Cuban retold the tale of how his involvement in the show "Dancing with the
Stars" played a major role in the deal getting nixed in recent podcast
appearance on Bleacher Report with Taylor Rooks.
最近Cuban上BR的访谈节目谈到为何他当时参加与星共舞这个节目却变成这笔交易告吹的重
大关键。
"I was going back and forth with Dr. Buss...he said look, 'I think we might
be parting ways with Kobe.' I remember it vividly because there was PA named
Elvis. ...and he was Kobe, Kobe, Kobe all the time. So it started to happen
and I started telling him [Elvis] about it, and that was the kiss of death.
As soon as I told Elvis, it all fell apart."
"当时我和Buss反复讨论过，他说：我认为我们可能要和Kobe分手了，我记得非常清楚当时
节目有个助理叫做Elvis，他整天把Kobe挂在嘴边，当我告诉他这件事时，一切都毁了。"
The Mavs owner explained how his loose-lipped approach ultimately torpedoed
the deal once then general manager Mitch Kupchak caught wind of the potential
trade.
Cuban解释了为什么他不小心说溜嘴让Kupchak听到风声后毁了这笔交易。
"I guess Mitch Kupchak talked Kobe into staying. ...when a guy thats's key to
your team wants to leave, you're going to do everything you can to keep him."
"我猜最后Kupchak说服Kobe留下来，当你球队最重要的球员想离开时，你会做任何事让他
留下。"
Cuban took some time to reminisce about what a Dallas team featuring Dirk
Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant, arguably the two best scorers of the generation,
would've looked like.
Cuban常想Dirk和Kobe，两个当代最顶尖的得分手如果能在达拉斯一起打球会是什么样子。
"It would've been damn good. Dirk, was like 'I would've traded me for Kobe.'
I said, no Dirk, that's the whole point. We would've been something else."
"这绝对他X的有够棒，Dirk甚至像是他愿意交易自己去换Kobe，我说Dirk，我绝对不会交
易你，这是最重要的。"
As the story goes, Kobe stayed, the Lakers traded for Pau and won
back-to-back titles (2009 & 2010).
As fate would have it, Cuban's Mavs swept the Lakers in the Western
Conference Semifinals as LA was vying for a three-peat. Dallas would go on to
pull off a shocking 2011 NBA Finals upset of the LeBron-Wade-Bosh Miami Heat.
最终，Kobe留在湖人，并在交易到Gasol后完成二连霸，隔一年，独行侠也在西区准决赛横
扫湖人阻止三连霸，最终在总决赛击败有Bron、Wade和Bosh的热火成功夺冠。