I thought your Dallas Mavericks were playoff sleepers this year.

我以為你的達拉斯小牛隊今年是季後賽潛伏者。

I thought you'd have beaten the Clippers last year if poor Zynga's didn't get some bad calls and then get hurt.

我想如果不是可憐的Zynga's被一些糟糕的電話然後受傷，你去年就能打敗快船了。

Um, and I look at, but I look at poor Zynga's now and he's coming off a big at least offensive game.

嗯，我看，但我看可憐的Zynga的現在，他的下一個大至少進攻的遊戲。

And he every year, it seems, has to spend the entire season getting back to where he was.

而他每年，似乎都要花整個賽季的時間回到原來的位置。

So he never gets to become what he should be.

所以他永遠無法成為他應該成為的人。

And there are rumors that he could be available in the right deal and all of that.

而且有傳言說，他可能在合適的交易中獲得等等。

Where are you on Kristaps Porzingis?

你對克里斯塔普斯-波爾津吉斯有什麼看法?

Patient?

病人？

Because you saw what Katie can be last night.

因為你昨晚看到了Katie的能力。

We're seeing more of that.

我們看到更多的。

It takes time.

這需要時間。

I mean, look at Katie, a different injury.

我的意思是，看看凱蒂，一個不同的傷害。

But you've got to be patient, particularly this year.

但你得有耐心，尤其是今年。

I mean, it's just such a crazy year.

我的意思是，它只是這樣一個瘋狂的一年。

We got hit by a covid outbreak really bad, and that impacted our season, and everybody was panicking and saying, You got to do a B or C.

我們被科維德的爆發打得很慘，這影響了我們的賽季，大家都很恐慌，說，你得做個B或C。

We don't We have a good team.

我們沒有，我們有一個好的團隊。

K P is showing what K P is.

K P在展示K P是什麼。

I mean, he's a great top 20 player.

我的意思是，他是一個偉大的前20名球員。

Um And so we're just gonna be patient.

嗯，所以我們只是要去耐心等待。

Um, we have a good team.

嗯，我們有一個好的團隊。

There's no reason to panic or do anything.

沒有理由驚慌失措或做任何事情。

Well, I definitely think you're right.

嗯，我絕對認為你是對的。

And you have proven yourself to be right.

而你也證明了自己是對的。

You've won four straight.

你已經贏了四連勝。

You won 11 of your last 14 games.

你在過去14場比賽中贏了11場。

Y'all are looking pretty good right now.

你們現在看起來都很不錯。

But let me rewind the clock just a little bit, too.

但讓我也把時間倒退一下。

Luca don take a little bit earlier this season because he sort of called out the team in terms of saying that we got to do better.

盧卡唐本賽季早些時候採取了一點，因為他有點叫出球隊在說，我們必須做得更好。

We gotta do better than what have you?

我們得做得更好，比你有什麼？

Um, And when he said that, you know, that's when people got up and all started really, really worrying about the Dallas Mavericks.

嗯，當他說，你知道，當人們站起來，所有開始真的，真的擔心達拉斯小牛隊。

When you heard him say that at that particular moment in time, Mark, what did you take from it?

當你在那個特殊的時刻聽到他說這句話時，馬克，你從中得到了什麼？

And how concerned were you that you're young superstar was not happy?

那你有多擔心你這個年輕的超級明星不開心？

Well, you talked to him.

你跟他談過了

Nobody likes going through a losing streak, right when when you're in the middle of a losing streak, it's always painful, and it's always hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

沒有人喜歡經歷連敗，就在你處於連敗的時候，總是很痛苦，總是很難看到隧道盡頭的光明。

And we just had the coach and I had conversations with all the players, you know, and I just told him Look, we're not panicking.

我們剛剛和教練以及所有球員進行了交流，你知道，我只是告訴他，我們並不恐慌。

We had five of our top eight rotation players out either sick or contact tracing all at the same time.

我們的八大輪換球員中有五位不是生病就是接觸追蹤同時出局。

We've lost more games to covid, uh, illness than any other team in the NBA.

我們輸掉的比賽比NBA其他球隊輸掉的都多

And we had the hardest schedule in the NBA.

而且我們的賽程是NBA裡最難的。

So all now, all of a sudden, all those things are turning back in our favor.

所以現在，突然之間，這些事情都對我們有利了。

Were healthier, um, healthy.

是健康，嗯，健康。

Um, the schedule is tough for everybody in the second half, but it's a little bit later for us compared to the first half.

嗯，下半場的賽程對每個人來說都很艱難，但和上半場相比，我們的時間要晚一些。

And so, you know, now look at our record.

所以，你知道，現在看看我們的記錄。

We were five games under, um, 500 now we're three over and a chance to go four over tonight.

我們以前少了五場比賽，嗯，500場 現在我們大了三場，今晚有機會大四場。

So you know this every NBA season is a little bit crazy, but this one was a lot crazy, and I just preach patience.

所以你知道這個每個NBA賽季都有點瘋狂，但這個賽季很瘋狂，我只講究耐心。

You guys get healthy and for Zynga stays healthy.

你們要健康，為了Zynga保持健康。

You're going to be a problem.

你會成為一個問題。

The playoffs.

季後賽。

I still believe Mark, I look at you and and, by the way, also Fertitta in Houston and I look at Texas a no state income tax state, a warm weather state, major metropolitan areas.

我還是相信馬克，我看你，還有，還有休斯頓的費蒂塔，我看德州是一個沒有州所得稅的州，一個氣候溫暖的州，主要的大都市。

You might even say ka beautiful certain areas, Right?

你甚至可以說ka美麗的某些領域，對不對？

Uh, player friendly owners.

呃，玩家友好的業主。

Not.

沒有

I'll include for Tito with you who are media savvy and accessible to the media.

我為鐵托與你一起包括誰是懂媒體的，能接觸到媒體的。

And yet, for whatever reason, it's not like players avoid Houston or Dallas.

然而，不管出於什麼原因，球員們並沒有避開休斯頓或達拉斯。

But it doesn't seem to pop up among the markets that players are clamoring to go to, and I've never understood why.

但在玩家爭相前往的市場中，似乎並沒有出現，我一直不明白為什麼。

Is it because the Cowboys are so big in Dallas?

是不是因為牛仔隊在達拉斯的規模太大？

What's your theory?

你的理論是什麼？

Why is it like that?

為什麼會這樣？

We know when we were at the top of the standings, perennially winning 50 games every year, we never had cap room, right?

我們知道，當我們在榜首的時候，每年都能贏50場比賽，我們從來沒有上限空間，對吧？

You know, there's you gotta have cap rooms before teams can talk about coming to you.

你知道，你必須有上限的房間 之前，球隊可以談論來找你。

And so and then when we did have cap room, we weren't a very good team.

所以當我們有了上限空間時，我們並不是一支很好的球隊。

So now that's all changing.

所以現在這一切都在改變。

We have the opportunity.

我們有機會。

If we choose to go that way, this somewhere to have cap room, Um, we've got a great team.

如果我們選擇走這條路，這個地方有上限空間，嗯，我們已經有了一個偉大的團隊。

We've got a great foundation, so we'll see what happens.

我們已經有了一個很好的基礎，所以我們會看到會發生什麼。

I mean, you know, one side says you just keep everybody, you have in corporate knowledge makes us a better team every year.

我的意思是，你知道，一方說你只是保持每個人，你有在企業知識使我們每年更好的團隊。

Luca and K P continue to get better because they're so young.

盧卡和K P繼續變得更好，因為他們太年輕了。

But, you know, we'll decide what happens to come in the summer.

但是，你知道，我們會在夏天決定會發生什麼。

But you know, people talk about we never got the free agent this or that we never had Cap room.

但是，你知道，人們談論我們從來沒有得到自由球員這個或那個我們從來沒有Cap空間。

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