勞資談判未果，NBA暫時凍結所有簽約運動員
The NBA began a lockout of its players early Friday, a statement from the league said.
NBA週五早晨的一份聲明指出其將開始凍結其所有簽約運動員。
The lockout will continue until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached with the National Basketball Players Association.
這份凍結會持續到籃球聯賽委員會和運動員們達成新的薪資條件爲止。
"The expiring collective bargaining agreement created a broken system that produced huge financial losses for our teams," said Adam Silver, the NBA deputy commissioner.
"We need a sustainable business model that allows all 30 teams to be able to compete for a championship, fairly compensates our players and provides teams, if well-managed, with an opportunity to be profitable."
NBA的代理委員表示：即將過去的薪資條件創造了一個破敗的模式，這個模式直接導致了職業籃球聯賽的巨大財務虧空。籃球聯賽需要一個新的可持續發展的商業模式，能夠爲30只球隊提供一個平等的競賽機會來角逐冠軍，並保證那些良好運營的球隊能夠獲得利潤。
The season was not profitable for most of the league's 30 owners and they need some cost-cutting help from players, NBA Commissioner David Stern told reporters.
The league lost as much as $300 million in the 2010-11 season, Stern said, according to the NBA's website.
根據NBA委員表示,根據官方網站的信息顯示，在上一季幾乎所有30支球隊都處在虧損的狀態，這些球隊的擁有者需要一些來自球員的幫助以保證財政正常。在2010到2011這一季，整個聯賽一共損失了3億美元。
Owners could not agree to the players union call for an average $7 million player salary in the sixth year of a new labor deal, Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver said.
The current salary average is about $5 million.
NBA代理委員Adam Silver表示，當前的球員薪資大約是5億美元，而球隊擁有者們無法同意球員聯盟提出的高達7億美元的薪資合同。
"While today's decision by the owners to lock out the players is unfortunate, our players will continue to stay focused on a fair outcome," said Derek Fisher, president of the NBA Players Association. "We will continue to negotiate and work toward a resolution that will bring the fans the game they love so much." Both sides have described the negotiations as cordial. The last work stoppage occurred in 1998.
籃球聯賽的主席表示雖然今天的決定可能對於某些球員來說不是個好消息，但是我們球員依然可以獲得一個較爲正常的產出。而我們也會繼續協商爭取能夠獲得一個大家都能接受的解決方案來讓這個萬衆期待的比賽繼續下去。到今天爲止，無論是球員方面還是聯賽方面都表示多方對於此次協商的熱情都很高，而上一次發生如此聯賽停擺是1998年。
Negotiations are expected to resume over the next two weeks.
協商將有可能在之後2周左右重新恢復。
