原标题：Report: Miami Heat didn’t want to pay the luxury tax for Bradley
Beal's contract
(报导：迈阿密热火不打算为 Bradley Beal 的合约缴付豪华税)
来源：https://is.gd/wNOfT5
作者：Peter Dewey
原文＋翻译：
The Miami Heat didn’t want to pay the luxury tax for Bradley Beal’s
contract, according to Heavy Sports’ Steve Bulpett.
根据Heavy Sports 记者 Steve Bulpett 的报导，热火队不打算为了 Bradley Beal 的合
约而缴付豪华税。
Beal, who was dealt by the Washington Wizards to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday,
is due a massive salary over the remainder of his deal and has a no-trade
clause. The Heat reportedly were finalists in the race for Beal, but
ultimately he ended up in Phoenix.
经星期天官宣从巫师队转会至太阳队的 Beal ，在他合约剩余的期间内将获得巨额薪资，
且其中还有霸王条款。热火队据称曾是争夺战的决选球团之一，但结果他到了太阳队。
“It was out there that Miami decided not to bite on Beal because they were
playing for (Portland’s Damian) Lillard,” a league source told Heavy
Sports. “It really wasn’t that; it was tax consequences with Beal that
really caused them to back off. The new tax is much more onerous.
“And I think part of it was that Beal said he wouldn’t give up the no-trade
clause in his contract (after the initial deal was complete).”
在网站上的写法是：
“先前的说法是：热火队不打算继续追求比尔，主要是因为他们更倾向于得到小李。但事
实并非如此；相反的，真正导致他们退出争夺战的原因，是比尔的豪华税效应。这个新
税务是非常沉重的。还有另一部分因素，是因为在原先的交易完成后，他表示无意放弃
这个霸王条款。”
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement will punish teams that go over
the second tax apron. If the Heat go over, they won’t have the ability to
take on more salary than they send out in trades. The team will also lose the
ability to sign players through the mid-level exception if it clears the
second tax apron.
新版集体劳资协议将处分超过第二层硬上限的球队。如果热火队真的得到比尔，他们将无
法负担比他们在交易中送出的球员更高的薪资，同时也无法透过中产特例签下球员。
The Heat clearly didn’t feel that adding Beal was worth losing out on those
abilities to improve the team in the future.
热火队明显不觉得，让比尔入队与失去未来改善球队的能力是成正比的。
Miami is looking like a team that will be in the tax for the first time in a
long time, but Heat owner Micky Arison is willing to do “whatever it takes”
for the team to win an NBA title.
热火看起来是一支将在很长一段时间内缴税的球队，但热火老板 Micky Arison 愿意为球
队赢得NBA冠军而“不惜付出一切代价”。
While trading for Beal may have fallen under that category, the Heat would
have had very little options to improve after acquiring him. Also, since Beal
has a no-trade clause, the team’s hands would have been tied – much like
the Wizards’ were this offseason – if it wanted to trade Beal in the future.
虽然交易比尔可能属于这一类，但热火队在获得他之后，将不太可能寻求得了任何改善。
此外，由于比尔有霸王条款，如果球队想想在未来交易比尔，他们的手会被绑住——就像
巫师队在今年休赛季的情况一样。
By not adding the three-time All-Star guard, the Heat maintained some
flexibility this offseason, and they still can make a deal for a big-time
player by using the salary from Kyle Lowry’s contract. Lowry is entering the
final season of a three-year deal.
在选择不与该三次入选全明星赛的后卫签约后，热火队将能维持一定的伸缩性，且同时还
能透过使用萝莉合约中的薪资来进行球星交易。萝莉将进入三年合约的最后一年。
The Heat have made the NBA Finals in two of the last four seasons, although
they have come up short in both instances.
热火队在过去四个赛季中，两次打进总冠军赛，但最终都未能夺冠。
President Pat Riley has done a great job building the team since acquiring
star Jimmy Butler, and Heat fans should trust his judgment when it comes to
the team’s decision to pass on Beal in the trade market.
自从获得球星吉巴以来，总裁 Pat Riley 在球队建设方面做得很好；谈到球队决定在自
由市场上放弃追逐比尔时，热火球迷应该相信他的判断。
短评：
想起来也算合理... (？)