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Mark Cuban Explains How a PA Ruined 2007 Mavs Trade for Kobe Bryant
Sometimes, it's the trades that teams don't make that define years to come.
In 2007, the Dallas Mavericks where on the precipice of executing a trade for
a disgruntled Kobe Bryant who wanted to leave the Lakers. Of course, the
trade never happened, despite Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believing that the
deal was "done" at the time, and the reason it all fell apart is fascinating.
2007年當Kobe想離開湖人時，獨行俠差點成功交易到他，當然這件事並未發生，當時
Cuban認為這筆交易幾近完成，最後破局的原因也很奇妙。
Cuban retold the tale of how his involvement in the show "Dancing with the
Stars" played a major role in the deal getting nixed in recent podcast
appearance on Bleacher Report with Taylor Rooks.
最近Cuban上BR的訪談節目談到為何他當時參加與星共舞這個節目卻變成這筆交易告吹的重
大關鍵。
"I was going back and forth with Dr. Buss...he said look, 'I think we might
be parting ways with Kobe.' I remember it vividly because there was PA named
Elvis. ...and he was Kobe, Kobe, Kobe all the time. So it started to happen
and I started telling him [Elvis] about it, and that was the kiss of death.
As soon as I told Elvis, it all fell apart."
"當時我和Buss反覆討論過，他說：我認為我們可能要和Kobe分手了，我記得非常清楚當時
節目有個助理叫做Elvis，他整天把Kobe掛在嘴邊，當我告訴他這件事時，一切都毀了。"
The Mavs owner explained how his loose-lipped approach ultimately torpedoed
the deal once then general manager Mitch Kupchak caught wind of the potential
trade.
Cuban解釋了為什麼他不小心說溜嘴讓Kupchak聽到風聲後毀了這筆交易。
"I guess Mitch Kupchak talked Kobe into staying. ...when a guy thats's key to
your team wants to leave, you're going to do everything you can to keep him."
"我猜最後Kupchak說服Kobe留下來，當你球隊最重要的球員想離開時，你會做任何事讓他
留下。"
Cuban took some time to reminisce about what a Dallas team featuring Dirk
Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant, arguably the two best scorers of the generation,
would've looked like.
Cuban常想Dirk和Kobe，兩個當代最頂尖的得分手如果能在達拉斯一起打球會是什麼樣子。
"It would've been damn good. Dirk, was like 'I would've traded me for Kobe.'
I said, no Dirk, that's the whole point. We would've been something else."
"這絕對他X的有夠棒，Dirk甚至像是他願意交易自己去換Kobe，我說Dirk，我絕對不會交
易你，這是最重要的。"
As the story goes, Kobe stayed, the Lakers traded for Pau and won
back-to-back titles (2009 & 2010).
As fate would have it, Cuban's Mavs swept the Lakers in the Western
Conference Semifinals as LA was vying for a three-peat. Dallas would go on to
pull off a shocking 2011 NBA Finals upset of the LeBron-Wade-Bosh Miami Heat.
最終，Kobe留在湖人，並在交易到Gasol後完成二連霸，隔一年，獨行俠也在西區準決賽橫
掃湖人阻止三連霸，最終在總決賽擊敗有Bron、Wade和Bosh的熱火成功奪冠。