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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says ‘it would be nice to have a team in
Vancouver’
NBA聯盟主席Adam Silver說 "在溫哥華有個NBA球隊是不錯的"
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is not shy about sharing his thoughts on the
league at large.
NBA聯盟主席Adam Silver從不吝嗇分享他對聯盟營運的想法。
Where his predecessor, David Stern, could sometimes be seen as inscrutable
and authoritarian, Silver is a “player’s commissioner,” in which he has
empowered his players to take the reins from ownership.
前任主席David Stern有時會被認為高深莫測且獨裁，相反地Silver則是比較像是"球員的
主席"，他讓球員對球隊有更多的控制權。
Adam Silver was also recently quoted in a piece from The Daily Hive
proclaiming that “it would be nice to have a team in Vancouver.”
Adam Silver最近則是被引述說，「溫哥華有一支NBA球隊也不錯。」
Of course, the Memphis Grizzlies started life as the Vancouver Grizzlies in
the 1995-96 season, and stayed in Canada’s eighth-most populous city until
2001, when the team relocated to Memphis.
當然，前身是溫哥華灰熊的曼菲斯灰熊是在1995-96球季開始營運。溫哥華灰熊在這加拿大
第8多人口數的城市待了八年，之後轉到曼菲斯。
Adam Silver continued his thoughts on a team in Vancouver in The Daily Hive
article:
Adam Silver繼續闡述他對溫哥華有一支NBA的想法：
“In retrospect, I wish we had a team in Vancouver right now. I think Canada
could handle two NBA teams,” said Silver. “I share David’s sentiment that
we do have regret. I think we were a bit ahead of our time. There was a
moment in the league where prospects seemed down in terms of the team.
Attendance was down, ratings were down. I understood from an economic
standpoint why the then-team owner (Michael Heisley) wanted to move the team.
”
「若是回過頭來看，我希望現在溫哥華就有一支球隊。我認為加拿大可以養的起兩支NBA球
隊的，」Silver說。「我跟David有一樣的感受，我們都會後悔。我認為在那時有點太急，
那時候有可能可以撐起NBA球隊的城市數目似乎變少了，觀眾進場數減少了，收視率也降低
了，我了解從經濟觀點，灰熊老闆Michael Heisley想要搬家的原因。」
When it comes to expansion in the NBA, it is always about timing. At this
juncture, it seems that expansion is not on the immediate horizon as Silver’
s comment express:
而當談到NBA何時要擴大版圖時，時機是最重要的。就目前看來，擴大營運版圖並不是
Silver目前主要的課題：
“Unfortunately we’re not in expansion mode right now, but it would be nice
to have a team in Vancouver,” Silver says. “It’s a great market, I have
some in-laws that live in Vancouver. I get there, it’s a beautiful city.”
「很不幸的，我們現在不是在擴大營運的狀態，但是若是在溫哥華有一支NBA球隊是很不錯
的，」Silver說。「溫哥華有個很好的市場，我有親戚住在溫哥華，當我到溫哥華時，它
是一座美麗的城市。」
Who knows what the future may bring, but the prospect of an NBA team
returning to Vancouver might be in the cards at a much later point in time.
誰知道未來會如何呢？但是一支NBA球隊重返溫哥華或許可能會發生在一段時間之後。