[花邊] Cuban曾試圖要Jordan別跟巫師而跟小牛簽約

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Michael Jordan on the Mavericks? Mark Cuban tried to make it happen
Michael Jordan變成小牛球員？Mark Cuban曾嘗試過

Michael Jordan’s return to the NBA in 2001 was not a glorious one.
2001年Michael Jordan的回歸並不是那麼耀眼。

He remained a productive player at the end of his career as he averaged more
than 20 points in each of his two seasons with the Washington Wizards.
他還是個能得分的球員，在那兩年的巫師時間，即使是他的生涯末段，他還是繳出了場均20+的成績單。

But at 38 and 39 years old, he had devolved into a volume shooter playing on
bad basketball teams that failed to eclipse 37 wins.
但是那兩年Jordan是38以及39歲了，在一支爛隊他蛻變成一位穩定的射手，最後球隊兩季都拿下37勝。

What if Jordan instead had joined a contender that had prime talent and
deployed his leadership and limited skillset in a more surgical fashion?
若是Jordan加入的是一支爭冠隊伍，有著滿滿天賦，可以讓他展現他的領導力以及更有效的發揮他有限的得分技巧呢？

Mark Cuban tried to make that happen.
小牛老闆Mark Cuban曾試著想要讓這件事發生。

The Dallas Mavericks owner told Dallas’ 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday (h/t @ Mike
Fisher) that he tried to talk Jordan and his agent David Falk out of signing
with the Wizards in 2001. He had just bought his majority stake of the
Mavericks a year prior.
他在星期二的廣播節目上說，他在2001年的時候跟Jordan以及Jordan的經紀人David Falk談過，希望他可以不要跟巫師簽約。那年是Cuban成為小牛主要擁有者的隔年。

“The day he signed with the Washington Wizards to come back, David Falk —
that’s right when I was buying the Mavs — said ‘why don’t you go meet him?
’” Cuban said. “So I went to David Falk’s office and all the papers were
right there. And I was trying to convince MJ to not sign them and to do
something with the Mavs.”
「當Jordan決定回來打球跟巫師簽約的那天，他的經紀人David Falk--那時候我剛買了小牛--他說，『為何你不跟他談一下呢？』」Cuban說。「所以我就去David Falk的辦公室，然後那些文件都已經在那邊了。然後我試著說服MJ不要跟巫師簽，來小牛打球。」

What would the Mavericks have looked like with Jordan from 2001-03? Pretty
strong.
如果MJ真的來小牛，2001-03賽季小牛會有怎樣的狀況呢？應該會很不賴。

The 01-02 Mavs featured Michael Finley, Steve Nash and a 23-year-old Dirk
Nowitzki just coming into his prime. They finished 57-25 and lost in the
second round of the playoffs to Chris Webber’s Sacramento Kings.
2001-02賽季的小牛有Michael Finley，Steve Nash以及23歲剛進入生涯黃金期的Dirk
Nowitzki。他們那年戰績57-25，在季後賽第二輪輸給了Chris Webber領軍的國王。

Steve Nash was still in Dallas the next season as the same core led the
Mavericks to a 60-22 record and a Western Conference finals loss to the
eventual champion San Antonio Spurs.
隔年，Steve Nash帶領的同樣陣容的小牛季末拿下60-22戰績，但是在西決輸給了最後拿下當年總冠的馬刺。

Could Jordan in a limited but more precise role have helped the Mavericks
over the hump to cut short the Shaq-Kobe dynasty in 2002 or steal a title
from Tim Duncan’s Spurs in 2003?
能力有限但是角色更明確的Jordan能否幫助小牛度過難關，讓Kobe-Shaq王朝在2002年就終止嗎？還是可以在2003年從Tim Duncan的馬刺手上偷到一冠嗎？

Would Jordan have accepted anything but a starring role?
Jordan會接受一個不是主要球隊的角色嗎？

It’s all moot, of course. There was no chance Jordan’s comeback was going
to land anywhere but in Washington. He orchestrated his own return to the
court as the part owner and president of basketball operations of the Wizardsin 2000. There was a reason former Chicago Bulls head coach Doug Collins was
on the Wizards sideline.
當然，這一切都只是假設。Jordan回歸NBA不可能會跟巫師以外的球隊簽約的。在2000年，他安排好了他的回歸，除了成為球員外，他也是巫師的部分所有權人以及球團營運總裁，這也是前公牛總教練Doug Collins會在巫師場邊的原因。

But Jordan on the early 00’s Mavs makes for a fascinating what-if.
只是這"Jordan如果在2000年代的小牛隊的話"真的是個很好的話題。
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MJ+Nash+Finley+司機 這樣的陣容幾冠？

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