篮球英文堂 第279期:肖华的糊涂帐（在线收听）

On May 1，Commissioner Adam Silver and the NBA board of governors continued discussions about delaying the start of the 2020-21 season until December, sources told ESPN.

北京时间5月1号，亚当·肖华和NBA董事会继续讨论将2020-21赛季的开始推迟到12月。

A day later, The NBA officially postponed both the draft lottery and scouting combine on Friday, both of which were scheduled to take place this month in Chicago.

一天之后，NBA董事会星期五投票决定推迟原本五月在芝加哥举行的两项活动——选秀顺位抽签和训练营。

It did not delay the draft itself — which is currently scheduled for June 25,

联盟还没有投票决定推迟6月25日的NBA选秀，

however there's an increasing belief that it's just a matter of time before that happens.

但越来越多的人相信这只是时间问题。

The long-have values of the NBA are to support freedom of expression and certainly freedom expression by members of the nba community.

我们NBA的企业文化就是支持言论自由。

In this case, Daryl Morey as the GM of rockets enjoys that right as one of our employees.

而莫雷是我们的员工，自然而然就有言论自由的权利。

I understand there are consquences from his freedom of speech, we will have to live with those consequences.

我也知道他说的话会带来一些后果，但没办法，我们要承担这些后果。

It's my hope that for our chinese fans and our partners in china they will see those remarks in the contexts of now a three-decades if not longer relationship.

NBA和中国粉丝们以及中国合作伙伴们有着长达30年，甚至更长的友谊。