Durant: Thunder Understand Business Side, 'Know We Have A Really Good Team'
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Via Darnell Mayberry/The Oklahoman
The Oklahoma City Thunder lost Kevin Martin in free agency and did not sign a
big name player, and Kevin Durant knows everyone throughout the organization
understands the franchise's salary situation.
雷霆不但在暑假失去了後衛Kevin Martin，也無法在自由市場上簽到其他有知名度的
球員。對此，雷霆一哥Kevin Durant表示他與隊友都知道球隊之所以無法花錢補人，
是因為有一定的薪資壓力。
“People that really knew, as far as our money situation, knew that we
couldn'tsign anybody too big,” Durant said. “We got myself, Russell
(Westbrook), (Kendrick Perkins) and Serge (Ibaka) all locked in on big
contracts so it's kind of hard to sign (someone).
「隊上的人都知道一件事：由於球隊目前的薪資狀況，管理層其實無法簽到其他知名
球星。光是我、Russell (Westbrook)、Kendrick (Perkins)、與Serge (Ibaka)這四人
的合約，就會對球隊的薪資空間造成限制。」
Everybody wants us to getthe biggest free agents, but it's kind of hard to do
that with the money that we have (committed) and the tax and the new CBA.
「所有的雷霆迷都希望我們能得到對球隊最有幫助的大牌，但考量薪資架構、當地稅率
與新版勞資規定，這實在是難以做到的事情。」
"So it was kind of difficult. But we knew the business side of it. But we
know we have a really good team.”
「不過，我們不但都知道球隊在經營上的苦衷，而且仍然認為這是一支有機會拿冠軍的
好球隊。」
The Thunder have more than $53 million committed to Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka
and Perkins next season.
事實上，雷霆下一季光上述的四位球員，就得支付至少5300萬美金的薪資。