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ITT owned the Sheraton hotel chain, and the plan hatched by Jordan's agent, David Falk, was to get Jordan the Knicks' $12 million in salary-cap money and perhaps another $15 million for being a spokesman for such ITT companies as Sheraton.

ITT集团旗下有喜来登连锁酒店，而乔丹的经纪人大卫-法尔克策划的计划，是让乔丹得到尼克斯工资帽下的1200万美元合同，以及另外潜在的，为ITT公司的喜来登担当代言人而带来的1500万美元。

The NBA usually regards such outside arrangements as salary-cap avoidance, and any money paid in that manner counts against a team's cap--unless it can be shown that the player's market value as a spokesman is that high.

NBA通常会把这种合同外的非正式协约当做是规避工资帽的行为，而且任何以这种方式支付的薪水都会占据球队的薪金空间——除非能证明球员作为代言人的市场价值确实有那么高。

Because Jordan is such a huge commercial presence, his status was considered unique, and the NBA was prepared to allow the separate deal without the money counting against the Knicks' cap.

但是因为乔丹有着非常大的商业价值，他的地位独一无二，NBA准备允许这笔单独的合同，不将其计入到尼克斯的工资帽下。

The Bulls had to match not only what the Knicks could pay under the cap, but the endorsement deal as well.

公牛不仅得匹配尼克斯在工资帽下所能支付的金额（1200万），还有商业代言合同（1500万）。