原標題：Report: Miami Heat didn’t want to pay the luxury tax for Bradley
Beal's contract
(報導：邁阿密熱火不打算為 Bradley Beal 的合約繳付豪華稅)
來源：https://is.gd/wNOfT5
作者：Peter Dewey
原文＋翻譯：
The Miami Heat didn’t want to pay the luxury tax for Bradley Beal’s
contract, according to Heavy Sports’ Steve Bulpett.
根據Heavy Sports 記者 Steve Bulpett 的報導，熱火隊不打算為了 Bradley Beal 的合
約而繳付豪華稅。
Beal, who was dealt by the Washington Wizards to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday,
is due a massive salary over the remainder of his deal and has a no-trade
clause. The Heat reportedly were finalists in the race for Beal, but
ultimately he ended up in Phoenix.
經星期天官宣從巫師隊轉會至太陽隊的 Beal ，在他合約剩餘的期間內將獲得巨額薪資，
且其中還有霸王條款。熱火隊據稱曾是爭奪戰的決選球團之一，但結果他到了太陽隊。
“It was out there that Miami decided not to bite on Beal because they were
playing for (Portland’s Damian) Lillard,” a league source told Heavy
Sports. “It really wasn’t that; it was tax consequences with Beal that
really caused them to back off. The new tax is much more onerous.
“And I think part of it was that Beal said he wouldn’t give up the no-trade
clause in his contract (after the initial deal was complete).”
在網站上的寫法是：
「先前的說法是：熱火隊不打算繼續追求比爾，主要是因為他們更傾向於得到小李。但事
實並非如此；相反的，真正導致他們退出爭奪戰的原因，是比爾的豪華稅效應。這個新
稅務是非常沉重的。還有另一部分因素，是因為在原先的交易完成後，他表示無意放棄
這個霸王條款。」
The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement will punish teams that go over
the second tax apron. If the Heat go over, they won’t have the ability to
take on more salary than they send out in trades. The team will also lose the
ability to sign players through the mid-level exception if it clears the
second tax apron.
新版集體勞資協議將處分超過第二層硬上限的球隊。如果熱火隊真的得到比爾，他們將無
法負擔比他們在交易中送出的球員更高的薪資，同時也無法透過中產特例簽下球員。
The Heat clearly didn’t feel that adding Beal was worth losing out on those
abilities to improve the team in the future.
熱火隊明顯不覺得，讓比爾入隊與失去未來改善球隊的能力是成正比的。
Miami is looking like a team that will be in the tax for the first time in a
long time, but Heat owner Micky Arison is willing to do “whatever it takes”
for the team to win an NBA title.
熱火看起來是一支將在很長一段時間內繳稅的球隊，但熱火老闆 Micky Arison 願意為球
隊贏得NBA冠軍而「不惜付出一切代價」。
While trading for Beal may have fallen under that category, the Heat would
have had very little options to improve after acquiring him. Also, since Beal
has a no-trade clause, the team’s hands would have been tied – much like
the Wizards’ were this offseason – if it wanted to trade Beal in the future.
雖然交易比爾可能屬於這一類，但熱火隊在獲得他之後，將不太可能尋求得了任何改善。
此外，由於比爾有霸王條款，如果球隊想想在未來交易比爾，他們的手會被綁住——就像
巫師隊在今年休賽季的情況一樣。
By not adding the three-time All-Star guard, the Heat maintained some
flexibility this offseason, and they still can make a deal for a big-time
player by using the salary from Kyle Lowry’s contract. Lowry is entering the
final season of a three-year deal.
在選擇不與該三次入選全明星賽的後衛簽約後，熱火隊將能維持一定的伸縮性，且同時還
能透過使用蘿莉合約中的薪資來進行球星交易。蘿莉將進入三年合約的最後一年。
The Heat have made the NBA Finals in two of the last four seasons, although
they have come up short in both instances.
熱火隊在過去四個賽季中，兩次打進總冠軍賽，但最終都未能奪冠。
President Pat Riley has done a great job building the team since acquiring
star Jimmy Butler, and Heat fans should trust his judgment when it comes to
the team’s decision to pass on Beal in the trade market.
自從獲得球星吉巴以來，總裁 Pat Riley 在球隊建設方面做得很好；談到球隊決定在自
由市場上放棄追逐比爾時，熱火球迷應該相信他的判斷。
短評：
想起來也算合理... (？)