Argentina's Scola "nervous" over NBA conflict

 　　BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine basketball player Luis Scola on Monday said he is "very nervous" due to the ongoing¹ lack of clarity in the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) conflict which has caused him not to play.

　　Scola, 31, a power forward player of the NBA Houston Rockets, said he would not rule out the possibility of playing for an Argentine team until the lockout set by the NBA is resolved but agreed it would be unlikely as he would "run into an insurance problem."

　　"It is a complicated period. At first, it seemed almost fun, but now I am becoming very nervous and I want the conflict to be solved," he said about the conflict in the main basketball league in the world.

　　Scola also said he had not put any date as to when he will define what to do about his future and pointed² out that he "likes to play in the NBA" but that he cannot "be months without playing basketball."

　　"I need to be in shape and competing. I don't feel like going to the other side, make my family adapt to another country, adapt myself to other rules, another coach. I am not used to it," said the former partner of the Chinese player Yao Ming in the Houston Rockets.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。