Report: Gilbert could sell Cavs in next few years
Owner Dan Gilbert has pledged he will never move the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the city. Yet as a businessman, that doesn't mean he wouldn't listen to offers for the franchise.
Gilbert雖承諾過他不會將Cavs搬離Cleveland，但身為生意人，這並不表示他不會聽取對於Cavs的賣價。
Sources outside the Cavs organization told Cleveland.com's Joe Vardon they suspect Gilbert will consider selling the team within the next few years.
Cavs球團外側多個消息來源告訴Joe Vardon，他們都懷疑Gilbert可能考慮未來幾年內出售Cavs。
On one hand, there's simple logic to gauging the market for the team. Gilbert became majority owner of the Cavs in 2005 for $375 million. Forbes estimated the value of the team at $1.2 billion earlier this year, and that figure is probably not far off - the Los Angeles Clippers set the NBA's current benchmark by selling for $2 billion in 2014.
2005年Gilbert以3.75億鎂收購為球團老闆，《Forbes》今年預估Cavs球團價值將達12億鎂，以快艇在2014年20億鎂成交價來說，出售價還不算太離譜。
Furthermore, the Cavs reportedly lost a league-high $40 million during their 2015-16 championship season, although that was due in part to a $54 million luxury tax bill.
據報導，Cavs就連2015-16奪冠賽季也虧損了4,000萬鎂，其中一個因素是5,400萬鎂豪華稅開支。
The bigger elephant in the room is LeBron James' future with his hometown team. Gilbert is said to be "fixated" on what decision LeBron makes next summer. The Cavaliers' success is directly tied to James, and multiple reports have indicated that the main objective for the Cavs in honoring Kyrie Irving's trade request was to recoup young assets in the event of a rebuild.
老闆之上，決定性更大的是LBJ和他家鄉經紀團隊的未來動向，Gilbert曾說過LBJ明年夏天所做的選擇「已確立不變」，Cavs球隊現在的成敗與LBJ極度相關，有鑑於此，多項報導指出Cavs在交易KI的主要目的，就是盡量湊集年輕資產，以重建球隊為最優先考量。
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