Bulls not looking to deal Luol Deng
Despite a season that has been derailed by injuries, the Chicago Bulls are
determined not to trade impending free-agent forward Luol Deng, sources told
ESPN.com.
根據ESPN的報導，儘管本季到目前因為傷兵還是籠罩芝加哥，已經可以稱的上是計畫趕不上
變化，但公牛方面決定暫時不交易本季將進入自由球員市場的 Luol Deng
Teams have been inquiring about Deng's availability recently, as the Bulls have
continued to sink in the standings in the wake a knee injury that wrecked
another season for Derrick Rose.
當公牛隊因為主將 Derrick Rose 又因為膝蓋傷勢不能上場，在東區排名上不斷節節下滑的
情況下，最近這段期間已經有數支球隊詢問 Deng 的報價
This week, Deng told the Chicago Sun-Times he was preparing for the possibility
he may be traded. But sources said that is not in the team's plans. Despite
failing to come to terms on a contract extension before the season, the Bulls
remain optimistic they will be able to re-sign Deng next summer.
就在這個禮拜，Deng向芝加哥的Sun-Times表示他自己已經做好被交易的心理準備。但根據
消息透露公牛隊並沒有想要交易他的意思。儘管在開季前雙方未能再延長合約上達成共識，
公牛還是對於在明年夏天留下 Deng 抱持樂觀的態度
Having spent his entire 10-year career with Chicago, Deng has consistently said
he wants to stay, though the sides were far apart on contract talks before they
were tabled.
累計目前全部的生涯已經在芝加哥效力達10年，Deng已經表示過自己願意留在風城，雖然
雙方在合約因為意見還是相當分歧而連正式談判都還沒有。
Deng is in the final year of a contact that pays him $14 million this season,
and the Bulls are facing a luxury-tax bill that could exceed $13 million. Some
league executives felt the Bulls, who'd never incurred a luxury tax until last
year, may have been interested in offloading payroll ahead of the trade
deadline.
Deng 目前走到合約中14M的最後一季，而公牛方面也將面臨可能超過13M的豪華稅負擔。
有些聯盟的高層猜測公牛直到去年的賽季以前從未碰到這個問題，所以應該會想把自己的
薪資水位在交易大限到來以前降一些下來
For now, though, that will not include Deng.
至少現在看起來，也不會是拿 Deng 來降了
The Bulls (9-16) lost their fourth consecutive game Thursday night and have
dropped eight of their last 10 in falling to 10th place in the Eastern
Conference.
公牛在星期四晚上吞下4連敗，同時也是近10場的第8敗後，戰績來到9勝16負的成績，
目前在東區暫時排名第10。
Already without Rose, the team has shut down Deng until at least next week as
he continues to battle a sore Achilles. Jimmy Butler, who recently returned
from a toe injury, suffered an ankle injury Thursday night and may be out for
some time. Joakim Noah, who missed games earlier with a groin injury, has been
battling a knee issue.
已經失去了 Rose 的情況下，現在又至少得面對因為阿基里斯建傷退的緣故失去 Deng 直到
下個禮拜 。Jimmy Bulter也才剛從腳趾的傷勢中復原回到場上，又因為腳踝的受傷的關係
可能又缺賽一陣子。先前因為鼠蹊部受傷的Joakim Noah，現在又得面對膝蓋傷勢。
The Bulls have their own first-round pick and will also get the Charlotte
Bobcats' first-round pick if it falls outside the top 10. The Bobcats (12-14)
are in sixth place in the East.
公牛目前手上有自己的一支首輪籤，還加上夏洛特山貓如果跌出東區前10的那支首輪，
目前山貓在東區以12勝14負的成績暫時排名第6。
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