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作者：Jesus Gomez
Adam Silver 'on the fence' about intentional fouling rule change
Intentionally fouling away from the ball is once again a controversial topic in
the NBA. Coaches look for every edge they can get and the strategy is legal, at
least for now. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the competition committee will
have "full-throated conversations" about changing the rule when they meet in
June, according to ESPN's Tim McMahon.
故意犯規再度在NBA成為爭議性的話題。教練們在規則邊緣尋找各種可能的合法策略，至
少現在是如此。根據ESPN記者Tim McMahon的說法，NBA總裁Adam Silver表示，NBA賽事委
員會將在六月對此有一些會談。
Silver is "on the fence" on the issue, saying "my thought used to be that we
should definitely change the rule, and then having sat through several general
managers meetings, competition meetings and having heard from some of the game'
s very best, the view is the players should hit their free throws. That's
changed my view a little bit."
Silver對此議題表達中立，說道：「之前我認為規則一定要改，但在我和幾位球隊總經理
以及賽事委員會開過會，並且聽到有人說球員就該把球罰進的的觀點後，我便不再那麼堅
持我以前的觀念了。」
A change to the rules could involve giving free throws and possession to the
team that gets fouled away from the ball. Other options include allowing the
possibility to turn down free throws or the ability to choose who takes them.
No solution would be perfect and Silver made it a point of saying the league
is "very conservative when it comes to changing the rules of the game."
這個規則的改變涉及將罰球以及球權給被非持球犯規的隊伍。其他選項包含可以拒絕罰球
或是找其他球員來罰球。沒有一個方式是完美的，Silver強調聯盟「對於改變比賽規則是
非常保守的。」
The fact that it's not a widespread problem should be cause for caution before
making any decisions. There are not a lot of rotation players who are bad
enough free-throw shooters for the strategy to be worthwhile. The Spurs have
used the tactic often on DeAndre Jordan to mixed results, but not many other
teams have employed it consistently in the postseason. The Mavericks have
intentionally fouled on occasion and the Pelicans tried it out on Andrew Bogut,
but the list ends there.
事實上，由於這並非是個普遍的問題，所以造成聯盟在做出任何決定前會非常謹慎。在經
常上場的球員中並沒有很多球員的罰球是爛到值得使用駭客戰術的。馬刺經常對快艇的
DeAnder Jordan使用駭客戰術，但並沒有多少球隊會在季後賽經常使用。小牛有時會使用
，而鵜鶘也嘗試對勇士的Andrew Bogut使用駭客戰術，但結果顯而易見。
The biggest reason for change has little to do with the integrity of the game.
Intentional fouling really hurts the entertainment value of the NBA's product.
It makes games longer and, except for the occasional terrible miss that
warrants a chuckle, more boring. Whether that's enough to warrant a rule change
or not will be decided in June, so at least for the next couple of months, the
debate will continue to rage on every time a poor foul shooter is sent to the
line.
需要改變最大的原因和維持比賽的公正性並沒有太大的關係。最主要原因是故意犯規會破
壞NBA的娛樂價值，讓比賽變得更冗長，除了偶爾糟糕的罰丟能夠搏君一笑，故意犯規帶來
的是更多的無趣。無論這是不是正當的理由，規則是否改變在六月才會拍板定案，所以至
少在這幾個月，每當有罰球超爛的球員被送上罰球線，關於故意犯規規則的爭論依然會繼
續延燒。