A: Wow, former NBA player Dwight Howard has announced that he is joining Taiwan’s T1 League!
B: Which team is he playing for?
A: He’s playing for the Taoyuan Leopards. With a monthly salary of US$200,000, he’s the highest-paid professional basketball player in Taiwan.
Photo: Yao Kai-shiou, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報姚介修
B: The team’s parent company J&V Energy Technology Co is so ambitious.
A: Let’s go watch his games someday.
A: NBA球星「魔獸」霍華德加入台灣T1聯盟了！
B: 他加入了哪一個球隊？
A: 桃園永豐雲豹，聽說月薪二十萬美元，是台灣最高薪的職籃球員。
B: 球隊的母公司雲豹能源科技還真是大手筆耶。
A: 我們也去看他打球吧。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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