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Mat Ishbia: We Don't Want Our Future First Round Picks Back
原文作者：Shams Charania/ESPN (RealGM摘要转录)
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The Phoenix Suns don't control any of their future first round picks until 2031
as they've used them on trades for Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal since
he assumed ownership in 2023.
凤凰城太阳队直到2031年，都无法主动控制自己的选秀签－因为自从Met Ishbia
在去年成为球队老板以来，就已经以这些资产换来Durant与Beal两位球星了。
"I could care less who has those picks," said Ishbia to ESPN's Shams Charania.
"Guess what, my job is to make those picks be the 25th, 27th, 29th picks every
single year. We don't want those picks back. We have Devin Booker, Kevin Durant
and Brad Beal. We have no intention of having our 2027 pick being a lottery
pick."
Ishbia最近接受ESPN记者Charania访问时表示：｢我不在乎谁拥有这些签。
你知道吗，我的职责就是每一年都要让这些签变成第25或以后的顺位。
我们还不想要把这些签拿回来，因为我们已经有了Booker, KD与Beal三大球星，
我们并不想要把自己原先在2027年的选秀签变成乐透签。”
After the Suns were eliminated in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs
by the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ishbia parted ways with Frank Vogel and
replaced him with Mike Budenholzer. The Suns started the season 8-1 until
Durant's calf injury and have since fallen to 9-6.
太阳队在2024季后赛被灰狼淘汰后，Ishbia开除了前一年才加入的Vogel，
并且用同样拿过一次冠军的Budenholzer替代。后者加入后，太阳曾经打出开季8-1
的庆祝行情，可惜在KD的左小腿拉伤后，球队就陷入了1-5的低潮。
Last June, the Houston Rockets traded multiple picks originating from
the Brooklyn Nets back to them in exchange for future picks from the Rockets.
There has been speculation that if the Suns ever decided to trade away Booker
or Durant, receiving their own future first round picks back in return,
as Brooklyn did, would be enticing.
快半年前，火箭队与KD的前东家篮网达成了一笔选秀权互换的交易，当中爆点在于：
篮网拿回了当初为了拿到Harden，送出的选秀签。
所以最近也一直有人推测：太阳会不会迟早走上篮网现在的路，决定拿KD甚至
Booker这两大球星，换回自己的未来选秀权－毕竟这样的包裹，无论在交易市场还是
媒体讨论，都是相当诱人的(Enticing)。
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补充：Shams与太阳老板访谈的片段，可以参考他的推特
https://shm.to/5rGLHwL
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心得：我撷取了一张有拍到Shams的镜头
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感觉就连Shams也不大相信Ishbia的说词XD
KD的得分效率跟全能球技当然没话说，问题就在于：他在关键比赛，能帮太阳效力
多少场？