New Coach Micah Nori and His Strange Contract
新總教練 Micah Nori 與他的奇怪合約
Introduction
The Portland Trail Blazers have a new head coach. His name is Micah Nori. His contract is very different from other NBA contracts.
波特蘭拓路者隊有一位新任總教練，名叫 Micah Nori。他的合約與其他 NBA 合約非常不同。
Main Body
Micah Nori has a contract for only one year. He does not get a lot of money. He only gets more money if the team wins. This is unusual in the NBA.
Micah Nori 的合約只有一年。他拿到的薪水不多，只有在球隊獲勝時才能獲得更多獎金。這在 NBA 相當罕見。
Owner Tom Dundon wants to save money. He does not pay for some travel and hotel costs for staff. He talked to many coaches to get the lowest price.
老闆 Tom Dundon 想要省錢。他不會支付部分員工的差旅費和酒店費用。他與許多教練洽談，就是為了壓到最低價格。
Some people are angry. J.B. Bickerstaff says this is bad for all coaches. But Chris Finch says Micah Nori just wanted the job. Tom Dundon used this plan before with another team and it worked.
有些人感到憤怒。J.B. Bickerstaff 表示這對所有教練都沒有好處。但 Chris Finch 則認為 Micah Nori 只是想要這份工作。Tom Dundon 之前在另一支球隊使用過這個計劃，且取得了成效。
Conclusion
The team owners and the coaches' group do not agree. They are angry because the contract is too short.
球隊老闆與教練團意見不合。他們感到憤怒，因為合約期限太短。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 The 'No' Pattern
In English, we use does not to say something is not true for one person or one thing.
Look at these examples from the story:
- He does not get a lot of money.
- He does not pay for travel.
- They do not agree.
How it works:
- 1 Person/Thing does not + action
- 2+ People/Things do not + action
Simple Change: Positive: He gets money. Negative: He does not get money.
Quick Tip: When you use "does not," the action word (like get or pay) stays simple. You don't add an 's' to the end of it!