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Thomas' final stat line: a crying shame
There's Wilt's 100-point game and Oscar's triple-double season in 1962.
There's Russell's championship-ring collection that dresses every finger and
another. And, of course, there's Jordan's 866 consecutive games scoring in
double figures.
張大帥單場轟下了一百分、奧斯卡單季平均大三元、羅素收集了十一隻戒指、喬丹連
續八百六十六場得分雙位數。
These are some of the NBA's most untouchable feats, but perhaps none of them
measures up to Isiah Thomas' accomplishment while he ran the New York Knicks.
No, it isn't the number of New Yorkers who renounced their identities as
Knicks fans. This accomplishment is more cause than effect.
這些都是NBA 裡的驚人紀錄，但也許沒有一個能跟Isiah Thomas為尼克做得相比。喔
我們要談的不是多少尼克迷決定放棄他們愛的球隊。這個成就太偉大了。
The feat? Isiah Thomas' fiscal irresponsibility became so extreme during his
time as Knicks president from 2003-08 that he paid $120 million for a total
of 82 games played.
到底有多偉大，Isiah Thomas在他擔任尼克總管的期間，付了一億兩千萬，換了八十
二場比賽。
To be fair, that nine-figure sum was given not to a single player, but to
seven who played either partially for the Knicks or never at all. As a
comparison, Michael Jordan received a record-breaking $33 million paycheck
from the Chicago Bulls in 1996-97, a season in which he averaged 30 points a
game and led the Chicago Bulls to a fifth championship in seven years.
事實上這一億兩千萬可以分成九筆支出，分別給了七位曾或不曾為尼克效力的球員。
我們來對比一下好了，Jordan在96到97球季，拿了一筆破紀錄的三千三百萬，他單季平均
三十分且帶領公牛拿下冠軍。
The Isiah Seven? They averaged 10.6 points per game over the combined 82-game
span, equaling a third of the production for three times the price of that
Jordan season.
那麼Isiah 七人眾呢？在這八十二場比賽裡，平均是10.6分，得分只有三分之一，但
薪水卻超過三倍。
If the $120 million figure sounds preposterous, that's because it is. In all,
Isiah Thomas effectively lit $50.6 million on fire by paying Jerome Williams,
Maurice Taylor, Dan Dickau and Stephon Marbury for seasons in which they did
not play for the Knicks. While it's true that the Knicks may have been better
off without them, $50 million is expensive kindling. By comparison, the
Oklahoma City Thunder leveraged a similar sum of money into a playoff
appearance and a near-dethroning of the defending champion Lakers this
postseason.
為什麼這一億兩千萬會如此可笑呢？因為其中有五千零六十萬砸在Jerome Williams
、Maurice Taylor、Dan Dickau、Stephon Marbury 未出賽的球季上。不過尼克也許沒有
他們會更好，但五千萬就這麼放水流了。五千萬可以幹嘛呢？今年打進季後賽的雷霆就花
差不多相同數額的金錢。
So how did this all happen? During Thomas' reign, Madison Square Garden
slowly turned into a quarantined depository for the league's diseased
payrolls. Despite the common perception that Thomas routinely signed marginal
players to exorbitant contracts, none of the players on the $120 million list
was actually inked to a contract by Thomas himself. Thomas rescued other
league executives and excused them for their colossal overvaluations.
一切到底是怎麼發生的？在Thomas時代，麥迪遜花園廣場成了糟糕合約的聚集地。儘
管大家都覺得Thomas喜歡付出過高的薪水，這一億兩千萬卻沒有一位是Thomas自已簽下來
的。Thomas拯救了其他GM，讓他們一一由巨額鳥約中解套。
In the summer of 2003, the Bulls were desperate to pawn the Jerome Williams
contract they had inherited from the Toronto Raptors, who had recklessly
signed the glorified reserve to a seven-year, $41 million deal three summers
earlier. Once Isiah came calling for Jamal Crawford, the Bulls found their
safety net and successfully unloaded Williams' contract to the Knicks. After
one underwhelming season in New York, the Knicks waived Williams but were
still responsible for the remaining $21 million paid out over the next three
seasons.
2003暑假，公牛想要甩掉Jerome Williams 的合約，這筆約是暴龍惹的禍，他們一口
氣就簽了七年四千一百萬的長約，此時約還剩四年。Isiah 對公牛的Jamal Crawford很感
興趣，而公牛也很開心。在Williams打完一個沒啥表現的球季後，尼克揮棄了他，剩下的
兩千一百萬卻還紮紮實實地停在帳上。
Williams wasn't the only salary dump absorbed by the Knicks. The Knicks freed
the Rockets from paying the remaining two years and $18 million on Maurice
Taylor's contract after Thomas traded for him during the 2004-05 season.
Taylor received a cool $7.5 million for the 2006-07 season after getting as
much playing time in a Knicks uniform as you did. Dan Dickau was a $3 million
afterthought in the infamous Zach Randolph trade with the Blazers, and we all
know the bitter ending of the Stephon Marbury contract.
Williams不是唯一一筆尼克吸收的爛帳。他們也在 04-05季中幫火箭吸收了Maurice
Taylor的兩年一千八百萬合約。06-07 球季，Taylor坐在場邊，穿著尼克隊服，和你上場
一樣多的時間，就能賺進七百五十萬。Dickau的三百萬則是Zach Randolph 的小贈品。此
外還有大家都知道的Marbury 合約。
But this list doesn't completely capture the scope of Thomas' fiscal follies.
Notice the absence of Jerome James. Thomas signed James to a much-scrutinized
five-year, $30 million deal after he tripled his regular-season per-game
numbers in the 2004-05 playoffs. But the four games that he totaled in his
final two seasons in a Knicks uniform would prove to be too many for our
82-game quota.
不過這份名單還不包含Thomas的經典之作Jerome James。在James 季後賽的數據三倍
成長後，Thomas給了他一份五年三千萬的約。不過如果再加上他最後兩季效力尼克時所出
賽的四場，我們就超過八十二場配額了。
Sure, Thomas crippled the long-term flexibility of the franchise by absorbing
enormous contracts that pushed the Knicks deep into the luxury tax, but it's
easy to forget how his willingness to relinquish future draft picks stunted
the franchise's development as well.
Thomas吸收的合約讓尼克隊失去了薪資彈性，始終在豪華稅的泥淖中打轉，也讓人忘
記計較他丟掉了多少選秀權。
Consider that in the deal for Eddy Curry, Thomas gave up the rights to four
future draft picks -- four picks that eventually turned into LaMarcus
Aldridge, Joakim Noah, Kyrylo Fesenko and Jon Brockman. On top of that, the
Utah Jazz will pick in the Knicks' ninth slot in this year's NBA draft thanks
to Thomas' blockbuster trade for Stephon Marbury six years ago.
在Eddy Curry交易中，Thomas送走了四個未來選秀權，最後他們分別選擇了LaMarcus
Aldridge、Joakim Noah 、Kyrylo Fesenko、Jon Brockman。而今年爵士手上還有尼克的
九號簽，他們要好好感謝六年前Thomas為了拿到Marbury 做的好事。
No one understands the ramifications of salary-cap abuse more than Larry
Coon, the author of the indispensable NBA Salary Cap FAQ and an administrator
at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Coon, as he's called by
ESPN.com's Marc Stein, points out that the NBA's salary-cap structure
compounded Thomas' poor decision-making by turning misguided deals into
debilitating ones.
沒有人比Larry Coon這位加州大學的校長、NBA Salary Cap FAQ的作者更了解濫用薪
資了。在上ESPN節目時，Coon教授說NBA 的薪資結構和Thomas的狗屁決策讓尼克隊成了狗
屁倒灶的集合體。
"It's not so much the money the franchise had to spend," Coon says. "More
importantly, he tied up the team's cap room on overpaid, marginal players who
consequently were difficult to move."
「並不是他花了多少錢，更重要的是他讓球隊的薪資總是卡住，即使想要動小刀也很
困難。」
Andrew Zimbalist agrees. As a sports economist and a professor at Smith
College, Zimbalist has written several acclaimed books that focus on the
business of sports. Zimbalist contends that the NBA, with its "convoluted
salary-cap rules," requires GMs to show stronger fiscal responsibility as
opposed to impulsively throwing money at their problems.
史密斯大學的運動經濟學教授Andrew Zimbalist也同意Coon教授說的話。Zimbalist
教授主張在NBA 複雜的薪資規則之下，GM們要有更多的財政責任而不是衝動地砸錢清問題
。
"The NBA teams that have tried to do this since the 1998 lockout have failed
utterly," Zimbalist says. "Thomas should have known this." Instead, Thomas
became the poster boy for executive incompetence.
「在1998封館以來，球隊們總是在丟錢，Thomas應該對此有所了解。」不過Thomas最
後卻成了失敗經營的代表人物。
As Thomas' replacement, Donnie Walsh has primarily spent his time scrubbing
away the mess left behind by Thomas, who's now head coach at Florida
International.
在Thomas走後上任的Donnie Walsh現在很努力地在幫前任擦屁股。
"Walsh's job wasn't doing something," Coon says of the current president's
body of work. "It was undoing what Thomas had done." With a phone as his
scouring pad, Walsh has worked the lines to clean the books that were sullied
by his predecessor. Yet two years later, Thomas' fingerprints remain.
「Walsh 不是不用做任何事，而是要把Thomas做的復原。」Walsh 把電話當成他的抹
布，不停的擦拭前任留下來的痕跡。兩年時間過去了，我們還是看得到Thomas的指紋。
As most Knicks fans know, the Jazz will occupy the Knicks' lottery seat in
this year's draft. Furthermore, Walsh still must find a taker for Eddy
Curry's $11.2 million contract, which expires next season, if the Knicks want
to be serious bidders for LeBron James or Dwyane Wade this summer.
尼克迷要知道，爵士還有尼克的樂透簽。如果尼克真的想追求詹皇和炎皇，Walsh 也
得找地方脫手Eddy Curry最後一季的一千一百二十萬。
If anything, Isiah Thomas' tenure teaches us that a Hall of Fame basketball
career shouldn't be considered a valid prerequisite for a GM job. Armed with
a bachelor's and law degree from the University of North Carolina, Donnie
Walsh represents a different kind of NBA executive, with a strong business
background and zero playing experience in the league.
Isiah Thomas告訴我們，籃球名人堂不是GM的條件。擁有法律學位的Donnie Walsh代
表著另外一種背景，沒有籃球經驗卻很會做生意。
"For those who were not already convinced," Zimbalist says, "Thomas should
have left no doubt that great players are not necessarily great GMs."
「Thomas證明了好球員不一定是好總管。」Zimbalist 說。
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Isiah七人眾
Player Year Gms Salary
Steve Francis '06-07 44 $15,070,000
Stephon Marbury '07-08 24 $19,012,500
Eddy Curry '09-10 7 $10,500,523
Anfernee Hardaway '05-06 4 $15,750,000
Eddy Curry '08-09 3 $9,723,983
Stephon Marbury '08-09 0 $20,840,625
Jerome Williams '07-08 0 $7,639,400
Jerome Williams '06-07 0 $7,014,400
Jerome Williams '05-06 0 $6,620,063
Maurice Taylor '06-07 0 $7,500,000
Dan Dickau '07-08 0 $2,990,028
PPG RPG APG FG% 3P% FT% MP G GS
10.6 3.0 3.5 .411 .376 .777 26.7 82 49
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