号外！巴斯老板入选名人堂
， 描述： Where Amazing Happens!
据球队证实多方消息来源，湖人队老板杰里-巴斯已经被选进奈-史密斯篮球名人纪念堂。
巴斯自从1979年就成为湖人队的老板，在洛杉矶他一共拿到了9次的总冠军，本次名人堂他是19名候选人之一，其他的被曝光的候选人包括卡尔-马龙，皮蓬，丹尼尔斯-约翰逊，前WNBA巨星辛西娅-库珀黛克，还有圣安东尼高中的传奇教练Bob Hurley。
周一上午名人堂将会在印第安纳波利斯正式公布入选的4人名单。正式的进驻名人堂仪式定于8月13日在马萨诸塞州的斯普林菲尔德举行。
77岁的巴斯在1979年以6750万美金购入湖人队，以及洛杉矶国王，Forum球馆，占地13000英亩的克恩郡大农场，这可谓是体育史上最大的一手笔。后来巴斯卖掉了旗下的一切物产，独留下湖人队。他如今也退居幕后，让他的儿子吉姆和女儿珍妮打理湖人队事务。他在收购湖人队后见证了“表演时刻”。
在巴斯收购湖人之前的25年里，湖人仅仅获得过一次总冠军。但是，1979年湖人以状元签挑中魔术师约翰逊，并且引来天勾贾巴尔的加盟，湖人在接下来9年间5夺总冠军，他们在12个赛季里9度杀入总决赛。
巴斯掌管湖人的时候，他开创了NBA历史新河，引入了第一支拉拉队，“湖人女郎”，并且湖人场边的位置就是好莱坞的名人的流水席。而影帝杰克尼克尔森的名字就跟帕特莱利一样离不开湖人了。
湖人再接再厉在本世纪第一个十年间再斩获4个总冠军，目前他们的战绩高居联盟第二。自从他收购湖人以来9夺总冠军这也是北美四大体育联盟最多的。
巴斯最近在接受ESPN采访时说，“我的梦想就是将湖人与洛杉矶化为一体，当我还是小球迷的时候，当我去看湖人与尼克斯的比赛，大部分球迷会是纽约籍的新洛杉矶人在为尼克斯欢呼助威，这是我很抗拒的一个画面，打其他队也能见到这种状况。当你谈到纽约时，你就会想起扬基队，我想让洛杉矶也是这样，当人们谈起洛杉矶时，他们想到的就是湖人队。我相信我已经成功做到了。”
原文：http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5055075
翻译：松爷
Sources: Buss elected to HOF
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, multiple sources within the organization confirmed.
Buss, who has been the owner of the Lakers since 1979 and has won nine NBA championships in Los Angeles, was among 19 finalists for the Hall of Fame, including Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Johnson, ex-WNBA star Cynthia Cooper-Dyke and longtime St. Anthony's High School coach Bob Hurley, who were reportedly elected as well.
An official announcement is expected Monday morning in Indianapolis, where the Final Four is being held. The induction ceremonies are scheduled for Aug. 13 in Springfield, Mass.
Buss, 77, helped usher in the "Showtime" era of the Lakers after purchasing the team along with the Los Angeles Kings, the Forum and a 13,000-acre Kern County ranch in 1979 for $67.5 million, then the largest transaction in sports history. Buss later sold everything but the Lakers, who are now primarily run by his son Jim and daughter Jeannie.
The Lakers had won only one championship in 25 years before Buss purchased the team. After drafting Magic Johnson with the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft and teaming him with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Lakers would win five championships over the next nine years while advancing to nine NBA Finals in 12 seasons.
With Buss at the helm, the Lakers became first NBA team to have a dance squad, the Laker Girls, and courtside seats became a living Hollywood Walk of Fame on game nights as Jack Nicholson became as synonymous with the Lakers as Pat Riley.
The Lakers have gone on to win four more championships this decade and currently have the second-best record in the league. The Lakers' nine championships under Buss' ownership are the most by a team in any of the four major North American professional leagues since he purchased the team.
"My dream really was to have the Lakers and Los Angeles identified as one and the same," Buss recently told ESPNLosAngeles.com "When I was just a fan, I used to really object when I would go to see the Lakers playing New York and most of the crowd would be ex-New Yorkers cheering for the Knicks. Then the next time, it would be the same with some other team. When you think New York, you think Yankees. I wanted that to be the case here as well. That when you think L.A., you think Lakers. I believe I've accomplished that." |
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