[外絮] Silver:我強烈相信NBA將會加入季中錦標賽

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Adam Silver: I ‘strongly believe’ NBA will add in-season and play-in
tournaments
Adam Silver說：我強烈相信NBA將會加入季中錦標賽及挑戰賽

CHICAGO – NBA commissioner Adam Silver wanted to overhaul the schedule –
including in-season and play-in tournaments – for the league’s
75th-anniversary season, 2021-22.
NBA聯盟主席Adam Silver想要大幅改變賽制--包括季中錦標賽及挑戰賽--在2021-22賽季，也就是NBA第75年的賽季實施。

Instead, the Board of Governors vote planned for April was canceled.
然而，本來預計要在4月舉辦的球團所有權人投票取消了。

Not because the ideas were unpopular, according to Silver. Because they were
too popular.
根據Silver的說法，不是因為這樣的想法不受歡迎，而是太受歡迎了。

“When we went to our teams, the Players Association and our media partners
– probably the most important constituents in making changes,” Silver said,
“the response we got was that, frankly, there was so much interest that they
didn’t think it made sense to do it as a one-off.”
「當我們去找球團，球員協會，以及我們媒體夥伴--或許是在制度改變上最重要的參與
者，」Silver說。「我們得到的回應，坦白說，大家都非常有興趣，他們甚至覺得先試辦一次都不需要，那沒意義。」

It’s easy to be skeptical of spin. But Silver is adamant.
對於賽制改變的推行大家很容易就會有懷疑，但是Silver很堅定。

“I strongly believe we will end up with some sort of in-season tournament
and a play-in tournament,” Silver said.
「我強烈相信我們最後會有一些像是季中錦標賽以及挑戰賽這樣的改變，」Silver說。

The NBA will probably eventually have a play-in tournament. It makes a lot ofsense, both competitively and financially. When those considerations align,
things usually get done.
聯盟或許最後會有挑戰賽，就競爭程度上以及財務上來看都比較合理。當這些都考慮進去的話，事情通常就會辦的成。

The league might even also add an in-season tournament. But it’s hard to
find people actually enthusiastic about that idea.
聯盟甚至有可能會加上季中錦標賽，不過要找到真的對這想法有興趣的人還真的很難。
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Play-in games (Wiki): A play-in game is a game at the beginning of a tournamentthat forces the lowest qualifiers for the tournament to play each other beforethe main portion of the tournament begins. This gives an added advantage to thehigher qualifiers, allowing them to rest, while the lower teams extend
themselves by playing.
所謂的Play-in指的是在比賽前面，先由低順位種子先打，這讓高順位種子有優勢，可以有休息時間，而低順位的球隊得要拉長打比賽的時間。

所以我把Play-in翻成挑戰賽，看大家有沒有比較好的翻譯說法，我再修正。

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