[外絮] 尼克必須跟進林書豪的合約
Knicks must match Jeremy Lin offer
尼克必須跟進林書豪的合約
In the early hours of his NBA career, one scheduled to be painfully brief, the
undrafted and unwanted Jeremy Lin predicted he would be an All-Star within
three years. He had spent a little time competing against the pros in practices
and summer games, and came away believing he belonged in a big way.
"All I need is an opportunity," he told those around him, and the perpetually
desperate New York Knicks finally gave him one. On the verge of firing Lin just
like the Dallas Mavericks andGolden State Warriors and Houston Rockets had done
before, the Knicks threw him out there and watched one of the most improbable
basketball stories ever told unfold on their watch.
未經選秀，也曾被各支球隊揮棄的林書豪被預測將在未來三年內成為全明星。
他對周遭的人說"我需要的就是一個機會"，絕望的尼克就給了他一個，在即將被揮棄時，
尼克見到了一個難以置信的故事在他們眼前展開。
And now they're prepared to give Lin away for nothing. Forget for a moment the
global marketing phenomenon that Lin represented, and what he meant to Madison
Square Garden stock in February and what he's likely to be worth in
merchandising, sponsorships, and ratings and rights deals to the team that
employs him. This is a 23-year-old point guard with a chance, a legitimate one,
to become something of a star, and the Knicks are about to let him return to
Houston without even getting a second-round pick in return.
Any successful business needs to protect its prime assets, and the Knicks
aren't protecting one of their own. One of the smartest NBA fans I know emailed
me the box score from Knicks-Lakers at the Garden, the one showing Lin with 38
points, 7 assists, 13 field goals in 23 attempts, and 10 free throws in 13
attempts.
"You can't fake this box," the fan wrote.
然後尼克現在準備什麼都不給林，叫他離開。忘記了林書豪代表的全球市場及二月時麥迪遜
花園廣場狂飆的股價等雇用他即將帶來的巨大商業利益。這個二十三歲的控球後衛非常可能
成為一個明星，尼克卻不為了留住他而試圖去和火箭隊交易些什麼，甚至是一個二輪籤都沒
有。
任何一個優秀的企業都會試圖去保護他們的主要資產，尼克卻未這樣做。一位NBA球迷寄給
我林書豪對戰湖人的BOX，38分，7助攻，23投13中，13罰10進。
他說:"不可能有人可以偽造出這種數據(林書豪是真材實料的)。"
Jeremy Lin didn't fake anything in his 15 minutes as a Knick. He tore through
the league before he tore up his knee, and in between ran into a Miami Heat
team hell-bent on stamping out the raging fires of Linsanity. LeBron James and
Dwyane Wade went at Lin the way Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen went at Toni
Kukoc in the '92 Olympics, and hard lessons were taught and learned.
People who believe Lin to be a fluke, a figment of Mike D'Antoni's imagination,
forever default back to that game in Miami before the All-Star break, when an
exhausted Lin looked hopelessly lost. But that night was merely a case of a
rookie quarterback running up against a fiercely determined defense. Lin is
bound to become a better quarterback for that experience, not a weaker one.
林書豪在他短暫的尼克生涯中並沒有去偽造什麼。他在半月板撕裂前，先掀翻整個聯盟，
在這期間，他努力對抗試圖撲滅林來瘋的熱火隊。LeBron和Wade像Jordan和Pippen在1992
奧運中對位ToniKukoc(同為公牛隊隊友，三個總冠軍得主)的方式一般撲向林書豪，然後
林書豪也從中學習到了艱難的一課。
有些人認為林書豪只是曇花一現，只能存活在D'Antoni體系下的偽造品，因為精疲力盡的他
在全明星賽前幾近絕望的輸給了熱火隊(這句不確定)。但那晚僅僅是一個新秀試圖去對抗聯
盟中最具破壞力的防守的案例。林書豪將會從中成為更強的指揮者。
The injury robbed him of a second crack at the Heat in the playoffs, and maybe
another crack at enhancing his stock in free agency. The Knicks could've signed
him out of the gate for four years and about $24 million, and instead they
gambled that Lin wouldn't find a better offer elsewhere.
They lost that gamble. Lin signed a Rockets offer sheet worth $25.1 million
over three years, including a $14.8 million wage in the final season designed
to luxury tax the Knicks into oblivion if they match. This all happened after
Lin beat his old team with the kind of head fake he used on Kobe and the rest
in February, verbally agreeing to a $19 million guarantee and a more palatable
$9.3 million wage in Year 3 and inspiring Mike Woodson to promise that the
Knicks would match and that Lin would start.
Those turned out to be Rex Ryan guarantees.
膝傷使他無法出席季後賽是第二個令人不滿之處，或許他不出席也增加了他在自由球員市場
的價值。尼克本來可以四年24m簽下他，但尼克卻決定賭一把，他們賭林書豪找不到比24m更
好的合約。(譯註：這樣尼克就可以以低於24m簽下林)
尼克輸了這場賭博。
林書豪和火箭隊三年的合約價值25.1m，第三年更高達14.8m，尼克一旦匹配，就將被高昂的
奢侈稅淹沒。林書豪以對戰Kobe時那樣自我嘉許的點頭動作給了他的舊東家(尼克)一擊。
原本口頭約定的19m合約和對尼克而言不值一提的第三年9.3m讓Woodson承諾尼克將會匹配林
的合約，而且林將會先發。
這些承諾都即將變成Rex Ryan的承諾了。
(譯註:NFL的噴射機總教練Rex Ryan在賽季前誇下海口說今年噴射機將會一路到底，而整季
打下來之後，噴射機是進了季後賽，但距離超級盃還很遠)
Enraged that Lin took those assurances back to the negotiating table in Houston
-- ESPNNewYork.com reported last week that Lin was pushing for more cash from
Houston -- the Knicks responded by bringing back a cheaper alternative, Raymond
Felton, and by telling Lin to get lost. According to a source close to the
situation, Jim Dolan, a notorious grudge-holder, feels betrayed that the
Harvard kid took him to school after the Knicks gave him his big shot.
Never mind that the Knicks were ready to waive Lin before he went off on Deron
Williamsand the Nets. Never mind that the Knicks got rid of Felton when it
suited their needs last year despite his loyal service under D'Antoni. Never
mind that business is business in the NBA, where it's understood that
management and players always cut the best deals they can cut.
The Knicks are making this personal, and letting their emotions shape a
decision that should be made at room temperature. There's no good reason to
believe that Lin, a better player than Felton last year, won't be a better
player than Felton next year and beyond.
真的令人憤怒的地方在於，林書豪帶著這些尼克給他的承諾去和火箭對談判，並且要求更高
的薪資--尼克卻選擇用更便宜的替代品--Felton，藉此告訴林書豪，你可以走開了。根據
靠近Felton的人說，Dolan覺得在給林書豪這麼多機會後，卻被這個哈佛小子耍了。
這好像是要叫我們別想起尼克在對籃網那戰前已經決定要揮棄林，也別在意即使Felton去年
對D'Antoni忠誠的結果是被尼克放棄了。也別想起NBA本來就是一個商業利益的世界，管理
層和球員都在尋找彼此的最佳利益。
尼克讓私人情感牽涉其中，然後做出決定。但這並不是一個好理由去相信一個去年表現比
Felton優秀的林書豪，將不會成為比Felton更好的球員。
Lin is four years younger, with a greater upside. As for the Knicks' pressing
concern that Lin's third-year salary will saddle them with four players
(including Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler) eating up $75
million, leaving them with a luxury tax bill in the tens of millions, what
happened to the one positive Dolan forever brought to the table -- his
willingness to spend, spend, spend?
Does he no longer share Mikhail Prokhorov's hunger for the no-budget kill? And
shouldn't the Knicks be confident they can move one of those expiring contracts
in the summer of 2014 -- say, Stoudemire's $23 million -- to a team that is
under the salary cap and looking for another big deal to dump from its books in
2015?
林書豪比Felton年輕四歲，往好處想。關於尼克認為林書豪第三年的薪資將會拖垮他們
(加上Melo,Amare,Tyson)，因為尼克必須付出75m，及高額的奢侈稅，但什麼是Dolan從
不怕攤在談判桌上的籌碼?---他願意花錢,花很多的錢。
Dolan難道沒想過尼克可以在2014年移除一個合約---像是Amare的23m---如此一來球隊就可
以有更多薪資空間，並預定他們美好的2015年。
The Knicks keep saying they're in a win-now mode, and yet there's no way Felton
over Lin is a win-now proposition. Put the Miami Heat on truth serum and ask
them if they'd prefer the Knicks with Felton, who's already maxed out, or with
Lin, who could flower into the real thing.
Or ask these three Hall of Famers I polled about Lin during the season.
Willis Reed: "Jeremy Lin reminds me so much of Walt Frazier. It's how Jeremy
controls the game, gets the ball to the right people for easy baskets, the lobs
he's throwing to Tyson Chandler -- it all reminds me of Clyde."
Bob Cousy: "He's got the physical skills to reach a good, very good, or great
level in this league. He's exactly what the Knicks needed, a leader and someone
to distribute the ball as opposed to a bunch of guys just letting it fly."
Pete Carril: "Jeremy's innocent, he's young, he has no agenda, he throws the
ball to the right guy. He's awfully fast, he can shoot, he can dribble and it
doesn't look like he cares about playing for stats or money."
As it turned out, Lin does care about playing for money. He had every right to
go for the big bucks, especially after half the NBA told him he wasn't good
enough to remain employed, and the most recent franchise to cut him, Houston,
decided to make him rich.
尼克不停的說他們正處於"現在就要贏"的狀態，但是卻讓Felton取代林的位置。如果你
讓熱火隊吃了吐真劑，並問他們比較喜歡對抗尼克的Felton還是林，他們會說出實情。
或是你詢問幾個名列名人堂裡的球員：
Willis Reed:"當林掌控比賽，分配球給正確的人，他丟給Tyson Chandler時那種對高球
的掌控--都讓我想起Walt Frazier"
Bob Cousy:"他有那種體能條件去成為一個非常卓越的選手，他正是尼克想要的，一個領
導者，正確的分配球，與板凳球員打球並讓他們打的十分出色。"
Peter Carril:"林書豪很天真，他很年輕，他沒有計畫表，他就只選擇把球丟給正確的人
去投。他非常快速，他可以投籃，他可以運球，而且看他打球時，你會覺得他在乎的不是
數據或是錢。"
從這些結果來看，林書豪並不像是一個為錢打球的球員，但他有權去尋找自己的高薪，特別
是在整個NBA都告訴他"你沒有好到我們不裁你"的情況下，然後最近裁掉他的火箭隊，決定
給他高薪。
Anthony said he wanted Lin back, but called the $25.1 million contract
"ridiculous." You know what's really ridiculous?
Ditching a 23-year-old player who saved the season and getting nothing in
return.
Melo說他想要林書豪回尼克，但同時說25.1m的合約很"荒謬"。
但你知道什麼是真的荒謬嗎?
直到最後，一位拯救了尼克這個賽季的23歲球員，他的母隊什麼都沒給他。
source:
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8168735/ian-oconnor-new-york-knicks
-match-houston-rockets-offer-jeremy-lin
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