Warriors owner Joe Lacob: ‘Our Plan 1, or 1A, is that we’d like to be out of t
he tax’
勇士老板Joe Lacob：我们的主要方案Plan 1或1A是我们要避免缴税
This year the Warriors are set to pay $172.8 million in luxury tax alone — more
than the total payroll of 17 NBA teams this season.
今年勇士光豪华税就要付$172.8M，比17只队伍的薪资加总还多
As the new CBA fully kicks in this coming summer, the penalties for those over t
he tax get more harsh. It’s not simply the payouts — owners like the Clippers
’ Steve Ballmer can shrug those off — but it also limits team-building options
(tightening trade restrictions, limiting getting players on the buyout market).
Which is why the Warriors want to get under that line and it is a team priority
, Warriors governor Joe Lacob said on The TK Show with The Athletic’s Tim Kawak
ami.
今年夏天新的CBA就要开始生效，对于薪资超过门槛的处罚也更重。不只是付钱就好（像对
于快艇老板来说，这些钱不算什么），但是也会影响建队的选项，像是紧缩的交易限制，限
制从买断市场得到球员。这是为什么勇士老板Lacob上The TK Show说要将薪资降到税线以下
。
“Our Plan 1, or 1A, is that we’d like to be out of the tax, and we think that
we have a way to do that. That kind of is the plan, not just under the second ap
ron. I’ll tell you why that’s important because the truth is, we need to be ou
t of the tax two years out of the next four in order to get this repeater thing
off our books. We don’t want to be a repeater. It’s so prohibitive, not to say
we wouldn’t do it if we had to, but you’ve gotta look at the downside of doin
g that. So, that’s the plan, is to try to do that, and we think we can keep our
team together and retain even the players that are, we might be able to bring p
layers back at different numbers and so on.”
我们的主要方案 Plan 1A是避开豪华税，而且我们认为我们有办法做到。这就是方案，不是
只低于第二层。我跟你说为什么这很重要，事实就是我们需在往后四年中，有两年不能缴税
才能避开累进税率。我们不想要累进税，太贵了。不是说当必须付时，我们会选择不付，但
你要考虑薪资暴表的坏处。所以这就是我们会尝试的方案，而且我们认为我们能让球队保持
团结，甚至留住球员。
This flies in contrast to Lacob calling Lakers’ governor Jeanie Buss to test th
e temperature of a LeBron James trade (which LeBron’s agent Rich Paul shot down
). That would have been insanely expensive, but it’s also the kind of move wher
e money is not the concern.
这与Lacob打给湖人老板珍妮测试老詹交易的事是相反的，因为这会非常的贵，但这也表示
钱不是主要考量的动作
Reaching “Plan A” and getting out of the tax would not be easy. As of today, t
he Warriors have eight guaranteed contracts on the books for next season (assumi
ng Gary Payton II picks up his $9.1 million option, which is a safe bet) at arou
nd $137 million, but that does not include new contracts for Klay Thompson, Chri
s Paul or Kevon Looney. The luxury tax threshold next season is $172 million. Hy
pothetically, if Klay Thompson gets the same deal Draymond Green got last summer
(four years, $100 million) the Warriors would have about $10 million for the re
maining five roster spots it would have to fill — all minimum contracts.
达成Plan 1A且避开税不会很容易。目前勇士下季有八张值$137M的保证合约（假设GP2下季
选择执行$9.1M PO），但这不包含四爷、CP3及鲁尼。下季的豪华税线是$172M。假设四爷同
意跟嘴绿一样的合约（四年100M），勇士只剩10M空间给剩下必须填满的五个格子，这五个
都只能是最低薪资。
It’s not impossible — not with things like the emergence of Brandin Podziemski
, keeping Thompson’s roles smaller (and his contract cheaper) — but improving
this core and returning to contender status while staying under the tax will be
difficult. To say the least.
这并非不可能，Podz的表现减少了四爷的角色，且他的合约更便宜。但改善勇士核心并回到
竞争冠军的状态又维持在税线下是很困难的
The window with Stephen Curry as a top-10 NBA player is only going to be open so
long, this team needs to get better and more athletic, which means the Warriors
have some hard choices to make this summer.
Curry能维持在Top 10身手的时间不多，这只队伍需要打得更好，更有运动能力。这表示勇
士在今年夏天要做出困难的选择
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Lacob在节目中还有提到Plan 1B
"There's a Plan 1B, I guess, and 1B is we could go even further than that and we
could make big changes if we had to," Lacob said. "If this team were to slide a
ll the way down here and not do well the end of the year here, you know there's
gonna be big changes. But if we do really well, we might decide to go the other
way, so everything's open, we have to be flexible, I can just tell you that the
goal is to not be a lottery team ever."
Plan 1B就是当勇士战绩继续下滑且季末战绩不好时，那我们就要必须做出重大改变。但如
果勇士打很好，我们也许要选择其他方案。任何事都有可能，我们需要保持弹性。我只能告
诉你，目标是不要成为乐透队伍
大家觉得勇士打到什么程度 老板才愿意花钱？ 不过以目前的战绩 我看四爷留不住了