他真的當冰球隊在經營欸 https://reurl.cc/dpAxOV On the notion he’s cheap: 關於有人認為他很摳門這件事 “My hockey team has been over the cap many times. They were the lowest in the l eague. They were at the floor when I bought them. You can go over the cap in hoc key. If you have a hurt player, you can replace them. So I’ve been over the cap multiple times because there was a rule that allowed you to go over the cap. An d at the same time, when I walk out of a room, I turn off the lights. And so tha t my friends make fun of me all the time. They’re telling me how bad I am at be ing rich. 「我的冰球隊很多次都超過薪資上限，他們原本是聯盟裡花費最低的球隊，我買下球隊時， 他們甚至只在薪資下限附近，NHL允許你在球員受傷時超過薪資上限補人，所以我很多次都 超過上限，因為規則允許這麼做」 「但同時我離開房間時也會順手關燈，所以朋友總是笑我，他們都說我根本不會當有錢人」 “I just don’t want to waste money. I want to invest it. I’ll have many masseu ses. I’ll have the best food. We’re going to take care of the players, because it helps you win. It’s part of the deal. Some of the stuff about how we’re go ing to run the business; Portland spends 100 million more dollars a year on thei r business than the Hurricanes do, not including players 「我只是不想浪費錢我，想把錢拿去投資，球隊會有很多按摩師，也會提供最好的食物，我 們會好好照顧球員，因為這有助於贏球，這本來就是球隊運作的一部分」 「但有些關於球隊經營方式的事情——拓荒者每年在球隊營運上的支出，比卡羅萊納颶風隊 多出1億美元，而且這還不包含球員薪資」 “The Hurricanes, since I bought the team, have the first or second-best record in the league. So, I’m just not going to waste 100 million dollars, just becaus e somebody wants to write an article calling me cheap. I’m just not going to do it. And so, it’s hard because I don’t think about a budget when it comes to t he playing team and how to make sure we win. Some of the stuff that was blamed o n money is actually not 100% true.” 「自從我買下颶風隊後，他們一直都是聯盟戰績前一、二名的球隊，所以我不會只是因為有 人想寫篇文章罵我摳門，就白白浪費1億美元，我不會這樣做」 「而且老實說，在球隊競爭力和如何贏球這件事上，我其實不太去想預算，有些被歸咎於『 省錢』的事情，其實並不完全是真的」 On the decision not to travel with two-way players in the playoffs: 關於季後賽不讓雙向合約球員隨隊客場的決定 “I just made a mistake. I just don’t understand the league. In hockey, we don ’t travel extra people, because we’re not on vacation. We’re here to win, so we don’t want a distraction. The NBA seems to live with those distractions. It ’s not how I think about it. So, you’ve got to learn what’s the differences b etween the two leagues.” 「我只是犯了錯，我其實還不夠了解這個聯盟」 「在冰球界，我們不會帶額外的人隨隊，因為我們不是去度假，我們是去贏球的，所以不想 要有任何干擾」 「但NBA似乎能接受這些事情，這不是我的思維方式，所以你必須去學習這兩個聯盟之間的 差異」 On making traveling party (except players and coaches) check-out early from the Phoenix hotel before the play-in game vs. the Suns: 關於在對太陽附加賽前，要求隨隊人員（球員與教練除外）提前從鳳凰城飯店退房 “The hotel story with the staff is an interesting story, I think, because, norm ally, when you travel, you get late checkout, right? In this case, in sports, it ’s usually like 5% and never comes up. Because it was last-minute — going to P hoenix, there was no hotels — I guess Phoenix in March is a pretty popular plac e. So, I had trouble getting hotels. And the hotel really wanted us to be out ea rly because they needed the rooms. And so, they wanted us to pay for a second ni ght. And so, we did that for the coaches and the players. But we got (them) to l et us leave at 1 o’clock. And I had a room at the hotel. I was there. So, I’m like, lunch starts at 1:45. We have a huge ballroom with this really nice lunch for everybody. So, I said, ‘Look, we’ll do the players and the coaches. We’ll stay. We’ll pay the extra night. For the staff, we’ve got this big ballroom w ith food. We’ll go down there and work.’ And everyone was down there. I was do wn there. I actually learned a lot during that hour, because I got to talk to so me of the training staff, etc. 「我覺得飯店那件事其實很有意思，通常出差旅行時，你都會要求延後退房，對吧？在體育 界這種情況其實只佔大概5%，幾乎不太會發生」 「但因為那次是臨時去鳳凰城，而當時根本沒什麼飯店空房——我猜鳳凰城三月是很熱門的 地方——所以我訂房遇到很多困難」 「飯店真的很希望我們早點退房，因為他們需要房間，所以他們要求我們多付一晚住宿費， 於是我們替教練和球員支付了那筆費用」 「但我們協調到可以延到下午1點離開，我自己當時也住在那家飯店，午餐是1點45開始，我 們有一個很大的宴會廳，也準備了很棒的午餐給大家」 所以我就說：『球員和教練可以留在房間，我們付多一晚，但工作人員就到樓下宴會廳，有 食物也可以在那裡工作。』 「結果大家都在那裡，我自己也在，我其實在那一小時裡學到很多，因為我有機會和一些訓 練團隊的人聊天等等」 On the decision to give fans free towels instead of free T-shirts during home pl ayoff games: 關於季後賽主場發送免費毛巾而不是免費T恤的決定 “I wasn’t trying to save money. I just kind of thought t-shirts were kind of s illy. They called me and said … ‘Do you want to do t-shirts?’ I’m like, ‘No , let’s do towels.’ It was that long of a conversation. Because in Carolina, w e do towels and it’s awesome. Like (fans at) the arenas, they’re all waving th em. Well, I got to the Portland game, no one waved any towels. So we tried to ge t t-shirts for the next game. I didn’t know t-shirts were such a thing, because I hadn’t thought about the fact that in hockey, we’ve got jerseys, everybody wants to wear their jersey. And so they don’t want t-shirts because they’ve go t their jerseys. But in basketball, (that’s) not the case. They want to wear th e t-shirt. 「我不是想省錢，我只是覺得T恤有點蠢」 他們打電話問我：『你想發T恤嗎？』我就回：『不要，發毛巾吧』整段對話差不多就這麼 短 「因為在卡羅萊納，我們都是發毛巾，而且效果超棒，球場裡每個人都在揮毛巾」 「但我到了波特蘭的比賽後，發現根本沒人在揮毛巾，所以我們下一場就趕快改發T恤」 「我之前根本不知道T恤文化這麼重要，因為我沒想到冰球和籃球的差別，冰球迷通常都有 球衣，大家都想穿自己的球衣，所以不太需要T恤」 「但在籃球不是這樣，球迷真的會想穿那些T」 https://x.com/MikeVorkunov/status/2055790972043145592 Tom Dundon on not sending 2-way players on the road to the playoffs, on the Game Over podcast: "I'm just not gonna waste $100 million just because someone wants to write an ar ticle calling me cheap. I'm not going to do it. It's hard because I don't think of a budget when it comes to the playing team and how to make sure we win. Some of the stuff that was blamed on money is actually not 100 percent true. That I t hought about the money. Like on traveling players, I just made a mistake. I just don't understand the league. In hockey we don't travel extra people because we' re not on vacation, we're here to win. I don't want the distraction. The NBA see ms to live with those distractions. It's not how I think about it. So you gotta sort of have to learn." https://i.imgur.com/eiass17.jpeg 拓荒者老闆Tom Dundon針對季後賽期間不讓雙向合約球員隨隊出征客場一事表示： 「我就是不會只因為有人想寫篇文章罵我小氣，就去浪費一億美元，我絕對不幹這種事，這 很難，因為當涉及到上場比賽的隊伍以及如何確保我們贏球時，我其實根本不會去考慮預算 ，某些被歸咎於錢的原因，實際上並非百分之百是事實——也就是說並非因為我計較那些錢 」 「例如在球員隨隊出征這件事上，我只是犯了個錯誤，單純是因為我不夠了解這個聯盟，在 冰球界我們不會讓多餘的人隨隊旅行，因為我們不是去度假的，我們是去贏球的，我不想帶 來分心的因素，但NBA似乎很習慣與這些分心事物共存，這不是我的思維方式，所以你多少 還是得去適應和學習」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.162.5.157 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://webptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1778984931.A.9AD.html