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Bucks owner Marc Lasry boasts about team’s lack of drama
公鹿老板Marc Lasry誇耀說他們隊上沒有抓馬
The Bucks won a lot last season while managing four starters on expiring
contracts. Milwaukee extended Eric Bledsoe, re-signed Khris Middleton and
Brook Lopez and let Malcolm Brogdon go. The Bucks are still rolling.
公鹿上季贏了不少的比賽，而同時間他們也把先發四人即將到期合約給處理好。他們延長
了Eric Bledsoe的合約，續簽Khris Middleton跟Brook Lopez，然後跟Malcolm Brogdon掰
掰。而目前的公鹿仍然穩健前行。
Yet, even more pressure looms. Milwaukee has a great championship chance this
season. Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading toward his super-max
decision.
不過，更大的壓力才要來。公鹿本季很有機會可以拿下總冠，超級明星字母哥Giannis
Antetokounmpo將會要決定他是不是可以拿超級頂薪約。
Bucks owner Marc Lasry, via Sam Amick of The Athletic:
"People want issues, and we don’t have any issues. And you know what, we didn
’t have any issues last year either. If you think about it, we had four free
agents (from last season). You had Khris Middleton (who signed a five-year,
$178 million deal in late June), you had (Eric) Bledsoe (who signed a
four-year, $70 million extension in March), you had Brook Lopez (who signed a
four-year, $52 million deal in July), and then you had Malcolm (Brogdon, who
was a restricted free agent but went to the Pacers on a four-year, $85
million deal via sign-and-trade with the Bucks). And you know, we re-signed
who we needed to re-sign. So I think the great thing about the Bucks, good or
bad, is that there’s very little drama. And I think we have surprised people
with the lack of drama, and how good we are."
根據The Athletic記者Sam Amick報導，Marc Lasry說：
「大家喜歡炒話題，但是我們沒有話題可炒。你知道嗎，去年我們也沒有話題。想想看，
我們上個賽季會有4個FA，有Khris Middleton(六月底簽下五年1億7800萬鎂的約)，Eric
Bledsoe(三月的時候就簽了四年7000萬鎂的延長合約)，Brook Lopez(七月簽下四年5200萬
鎂的合約)跟Malcolm Brogdon(本來是受限FA，但是在先簽後換後去了溜馬，四年8500萬
鎂)。所以，我們簽下了我們認為需要再簽的人，我認為那是我們公鹿棒的地方，不管是好
是壞，我們沒有甚麼抓馬。我認為，公鹿沒有抓馬以及我們優異的表現讓許多人驚訝。」
Lasry is right. The Bucks have done a great job avoiding drama.
Lasry是對的，公鹿在避免抓馬發生上做的很棒。
Some of that is organizational culture. Some of that is Milwaukee being in a
small market. Some of that is how new the Bucks are to the spotlight.
有些是因為球隊文化的關係，有些則是因為公鹿是小市場球隊，有些則是因為公鹿才剛被
大家開始注意到。
That last factor will wear out as Milwaukee contends for a title and
Antetokounmpo nears his super-max decision. Even last season, tension began
to emerge around Antetokounmpo as the Bucks lost in the Eastern Conference
finals.
最後這個因素會隨著公鹿開始展現冠軍隊伍的樣子以及字母哥越來越接近決定是不是要拿
超級頂薪而越來越不重要；在上個賽季，當公鹿在東冠輸給暴龍後，球團跟字母哥之間的
緊張度就開始慢慢浮現了。
But Milwaukee won’t suddenly become a bigger market. If Antetokounmpo stays,
the Bucks can maintain organizational stability.
但是公鹿不會一瞬間就變成大市場球隊。若是字母哥留在公鹿，公鹿球隊穩定度就會持
續。
This all works out to help the Bucks retain Antetokounmpo, who has stated an
aversion to big-market drama.
這一切都會幫助公鹿留住字母哥，因為他之前就已經表示過不想碰觸大市場球隊的抓馬。