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Victor Wembanyama blasts tanking NBA teams: ‘It’s a weird strategy’
Victor Wembanyama批评NBA坦队：‘这是一种奇怪的策略’
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Victor Wembanyama is expressing confusion over reports that teams are tanking
games in an effort to improve their chances of acquiring him in the 2023 NBA
Draft.
Victor Wembanyama对于各队想要尽可能的坦，以求在2023NBA选秀会增加得到他的机会的
报导感到困惑。
During an interview with Le Parisien, Wembanyama offered his thoughts on a
number of topics, including the thought process of teams that might be
considering the tanking approach.
在接受Le Parisien的采访中，Wembanyama提出了他对于一些话题的想法，包括各队可能
正在考虑开坦的想法。
“Tanking? It’s a weird strategy,” Wembanyama said. “I find it unreasonable
, and I try not to think about it. I also heard that the NBA considered
changing a few rules for me, but that doesn’t concern me.”
坦？这是一种奇怪的策略“Wembanyama说。我觉得这不合理，而我试着不去想它。我也听
说过NBA有考虑为了我而改变一些规则，但那与我无关。
Barring a catastrophe, Wembanyama, a native of France, will be the top overall
pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. That virtual certainty is because of the
combination of size and skill possessed by a player who only turns 19 next
week.
除了发生悲剧，否则法国人Wembanyama将会成为2023年NBA选秀会的第一顺位。此种确定
性是基于这位球员身材与技巧的结合，而他下周才准备要满19岁。
Wembanyama already stands over 7-feet tall, yet possesses the ability to play
any position on the court. That helps explain why one agent predicted that,
barring injury, Wembanyama will end his basketball career as the greatest
player ever.
Wembanyama的身高已经超过7呎了，还拥有在场上打每个位置的能力。这有助于一位经纪
人预测除非受伤，否则Wembanyama在生涯结束之时会成为史上最伟大的球员。
One indication of the NBA’s excitement about adding a player of Wembanyama’s
ability is the fact the league paid for the streaming rights to his games
this season. That amount, a surprisingly low $138,000, allows viewers to watch
the prospect play with his current team, Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92.
一个迹象表明，NBA对于多了Wembanyama这种能力的球员是兴奋的，联盟支付了他本季比
赛的转播权。138000$，一个让人出乎意料的低价，让观众能观看这位新秀在他目前所在
队伍“Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92”的比赛。
Undoubtedly, the most avid viewers of those broadcasts figure to be executives
of the NBA’s worst teams this season. That’s because one team will
eventually be awarded the top pick in June’s 2023 NBA Draft.
毋庸置疑地，最热衷的观众就是那些本季最差的队伍中的管理层。因为有一支队伍最终将
会在2023年6月的选秀会获得第一顺位选秀权。
Entering Thursday’s games, four teams are in the best position to get that
top pick, though that list may get more competitive as the season progresses.
That quartet is currently headed by the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets,
who have each won just nine games thus far.
随着进到星期四的比赛，四支队伍将很有机会获得状元签，虽然随着赛季的进行可能会变
得更加竞争。这四支队伍的领衔者是底特律活塞和夏洛特黄蜂，它们迄今为止只赢了九场
比赛。
Not far behind that pair are the Houston Rockets with just 10 wins and the San
Antonio Spurs with just 11 victories. It was the Rockets nearly 40 years ago
whose actions at the time sparked the start of the NBA draft lottery in 1985.
紧随其后的两支队伍是10胜的休士顿火箭和11胜的圣安东尼奥马刺。而就是火箭队在近40
年前的做法引发了1985选秀会乐透抽签的开始。
In that instance, the questionable lineup decisions of then-Rockets head coach
Bill Fitch allowed the team to finish with the worst record in the Eastern
Conference. After then winning a coin flip for the top pick, the Rockets chose
future Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon.
在那种情况下，当时火箭队主教练Bill Fitch以不确定性的阵容以西区(文章可能有错，
当时火箭队是西区队伍)最差的战绩结束了赛季，而后以掷硬币获得了状元签并选中了未
来的名人堂球员Hakeem Olajuwon。
The fact that talk has already arisen about possible tanking by teams should
make the final weeks of the current regular season interesting. If any teams
appear to be blatantly trying to tank games, the NBA is likely to deliver some
severe discipline in response.
各队打算要坦的讨论或许会在例行赛最后几周变得更有趣。但如果有任何队伍坦得太明显
，NBA很可能会祭出一些严厉的罚则做为回应。
However, given the prospect of acquiring a once-in-a-generation player like
Wembanyama, it’s possible that teams might be willing to pay that price.
然而，有机会得到像Wembanyama这种千载难逢的球员，各队可能会愿意付出代价。