“着眼现在,面向未来,一切从实力出发。”这是流行于NBA球队职业经理人之中几十年的一条至理名言,意思是处理球员交换的问题上的几大原则。首先是要考虑球队目前的状况,换人不能伤及球队的现实利益;再次则是未来,一定要符合球队的远期规划和长期利益;而最后一句话则是他们的至高法则,一切转会必须服从于球队的实力和经济实力,抛开这些任何转会都是不切实际的空想。 随着NBA允许合同到期的球员自由转会的条例开始实行以后,这条被几十年尊为“神谕”的法则变得不重要了,最起码是不那么重要了。前年赛季结束后的转会期间,邓肯、麦克格拉迪、埃迪·琼斯和布莱恩·格兰特等几位大牌球星开始了声势浩大的“全美巡游”活动,其影响力竟不亚于竞选年美国总统竞选者的全国巡回竞选演说。芝加哥,奥兰多,迈阿密,洛杉矶等几乎每 “Now, for the future, everything goes from strength to strength.” This is a well-known quote from decades of NBA career managers, meaning several principles in dealing with player exchange issues. The first is to consider the team’s current situation, the substitutions can not hurt the team’s actual interests; again the future, must be consistent with the team’s long-term planning and long-term interests; the last sentence is their supreme law, All transfers must be subordinate to the team’s strength and economic strength, throw any of these transfers are unrealistic dreams. With the NBA’s rules of free transfer of players allowed to expire, the rule honored as an oracle for decades is unimportant, at least not so important. During the transfer year after the previous year’s season, several big-name stars such as Duncan, McGrady, Eddie Jones and Bryant Grant embarked on a massive “nationwide parade” that was as influential as the campaign year for the U.S. president Campaign’s National Circuit Campaign Speech. Chicago, Orlando, Miami, Los Angeles and almost every