[外絮] 阿銀開季前記者會發言

原標題：NBA commissioner Adam Silver wanted vaccine mandate, says Kyrie Ir-
ving's status is issue with New York City
(NBA 總裁希望能強制接種疫苗，表示KI是否能上場是紐約市的問題)

來源：https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32425851/

作者：Tim Bontemps

原文＋翻譯：

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday he would have "preferred" that the
NBA and the National Basketball Players Association come to an agreement on avaccine mandate, in part to avoid it becoming an "adversarial" issue for the
league's players, as it has for Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving.

NBA 總裁阿銀在星期一表示，他「更希望」聯盟跟球員工會能就強制接種疫苗的問題達成協議，一部分是為避免在球員間出現類似籃網隊球星 KI 目前遇到的「對抗性」問題。

"I won't try to speak for [the NBPA], other than the view that some players
had, I think -- including maybe some players who are vaccinated -- that it
should be an individual choice among the players," Silver said during his
annual preseason news conference, which was conducted virtually because of
the COVID-19 pandemic.

在線上召開的開季前記者會上，阿銀表示：「除了部分球員已經提過的觀點之外，我不會嘗試代 (球員工會) 發聲，我認為——也許包括其中一些已經接種了的球員——這應該是
他們的自由選擇。」

"I would have preferred that ultimately that the players' association agreed
to mandatory vaccinations. The officials union agreed to mandatory
vaccinations, despite opposition from some of their members. But ultimately,
I think we could have avoided a lot of the adversarial nature of these issuesfor our players. It's not so much with the league. I think that gets confusedin some cases."

「我更希望球員工會最終能同意強制接種疫苗的措施。先前即使面臨會內部分成員的反對 ，裁判工會還是同意強制接種令。但到頭來，我覺得我們本來能為球員們避開這些問題 的敵對性。這跟聯盟本身沒有太大關聯。我認為在某些情況下，已經造成混淆。」

"This is between Irving and New York City right now," he continued. "This is
not a league issue ... but I think it would have been best for everyone if
every player were vaccinated."

他繼續說：「現在這是 KI 跟紐約市之間的問題。這不是聯盟的問題……但假如所有球員
都能完成疫苗接種，這應該是最棒的了。」

Irving is the lone NBA player who, as of Monday, is unable to play this
season because of a vaccine mandate. New York City enacted a mandate last
month that requires anyone going to a public gym, such as Brooklyn's BarclaysCenter and Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, to get at least one COVID-19
vaccine shot. San Francisco passed a similar law that went into effect last
week but that required individuals to be fully vaccinated.

截至星期一為止，KI 是唯一一位因為強制接種令，而無法在本賽季上場的 NBA 球員。紐約市在上個月頒佈了一項行政令，強制任何要前往公共體育場所，如布魯克林巴克萊中心及曼哈頓麥迪遜廣場花園球場的人員至少須取得一劑 COVID-19 疫苗。舊金山的行政令也在上個星期生效，不過不同的是，任何個人均必須完整接種疫苗，才能進場。

While Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins eventually got vaccinated,clearing him to play, and the New York Knicks are fully vaccinated, Irving isthe lone Nets player who has decided not to get the vaccine, and therefore,
he is ineligible to play games at either Barclays Center or Madison Square
Garden. It's a decision that, if he sticks with it for the entire season,
could cost him close to $20 million.

正當勇士隊前鋒圍巾接種了疫苗、並獲准上場，以及尼克隊已經悉數完整接種後，KI是唯一決定不接種疫苗的球員，因此他無法在巴克萊中心或麥迪遜廣場花園球場打球。目前已達成共識，如果他在賽季期間持續這樣做，他將會損失將近二千萬美元。

Visiting players, however, are exempt from the law, meaning that Irving is
the only one who is unable to play as a result. Silver said he has heard
nothing about the possibility of the vaccine mandate in New York being eased
at any point this season.

不過，對於客場球員，目前他們有豁免權。阿銀表示，他未曾聽聞這賽季內任何時間點，強制令會獲得鬆綁的消息。

When asked if it is "fair" that Irving is unable to play while other
unvaccinated players -- including Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal -- areable to play without issue, Silver said that the framing of the question was
off.

當被問到諸如巫師隊球星Bradley Beal 之類的未接種疫苗球員能正常上場，會否對KI 形成「不公平」的局面時，阿銀表示問題的設定偏得太遠了。

"I'm not sure if fair is the right way to approach it because there's nothingfair about this virus," Silver said. "It's indiscriminate in terms of who it
impacts, and I think it's perfectly appropriate that New York and other
cities have passed laws that require people who both work and visit arenas tobe vaccinated. That seems to be a responsible public health decision made by
those locales, and those are the circumstances in which the Nets find
themselves operating.

阿銀表示：「我不確定『公平』是否為正確的用詞，因為在病毒面前，沒有公平這回事。就影響來說，它沒有對任何人有所區別，而我認為在任何城市中，制定強制在球場的工作人員與訪客接種疫苗的法律是完全合適的。這看來是地方官員作出的負責任公衛決定，而且也正是籃網隊需要適應的。」

"I accept that. I think that we understand as a league we have to play the
cards that are dealt, just in the same way there are variations from market
to market. I know there are players in some markets who would prefer that
their local governments pass ordinances requiring that all the fans be
vaccinated who are in the buildings with them."

「我可以接受。我認為應該要明白，作為一個聯盟，我們要打好手中的卡牌，正如不同市 場之間出現的差異一樣。我知道在某些市場的球員希望他們所屬城市的地方政府能通過 行政令，強制進場球迷接種疫苗。」

"We'll see how it plays out," he added. "I mean, frankly, I hope that Kyrie
sort of -- despite how strongly he feels about the vaccination -- ultimately
decides to get vaccinated, because I'd love to see him play basketball this
season, and I'd love to see the Brooklyn Nets have their full complement of
players on the floor."

他補充：「我們會看後續發展。我的意思是，坦白說，我希望KI——即使對接種疫苗的抗
拒感有多麼激烈——最終會決定接受施打，因為我很想看到他在這賽季打球，也很想見到
籃網隊能全員出現在賽場上。」

Irving's decision not to get vaccinated in addition to comments made by Beal
and others about the vaccine have caused plenty of commentary on social mediaand elsewhere, which prompted Silver to be asked if that was something he wasconcerned about.

KI 決定不接種的決定，加上Beal 等人對於疫苗作出的評論，導致在社群媒體上出現多則討論，導致阿銀也被詢及是否有本身的顧慮。

Silver said he was and that he has always encouraged players to speak their
minds on issues they believe in. But, he said, he doesn't believe that
someone's personal opinions automatically become their rights, and he pointedto Irving's situation as an example.

阿銀說，不管是過往或現在，他都時常鼓勵球員在他們遇到的問題上，表達本身的看法。但他不認為個人意見能自動成為他們的權利，並舉了 KI 的情況作為例子。

"... I think that gets lost sometimes, that having an opinion about whether
to get vaccinated is different than your right to play NBA basketball,"
Silver said. "We're seeing that, for example, in the New York market right
now, when there's a conflict with a player's point of view and the local law,and the local law is going to trump that player's point of view.

「……我覺得對於是否接種疫苗跟在NBA 打球的權利問題，有時會被忽略。打個比方，在
目前的紐約市場，當球員的觀點跟地方法律發生衝突，地方法律往往都會壓倒球員的觀 點。」

"I've always tried to ensure that players feel comfortable using this
platform that the league affords them. I don't mean literally the league.
Just by being a famous NBA player, that they use it responsibly, that they
educate themselves on points of view, but they also are respected in return."

「我不斷嘗試確保球員，在使用聯盟給予的平台時能感到舒適。我不是說字面上的聯盟。 只是作為一位聞名的NBA 球員，他們有擔當地使用，以本身的觀點進行施教，並獲得名 為尊重的回報。」

"I hope that to the extent that players continue to express points of view ona variety of topics that those points of view are respected," Silver
continued. "Again, that doesn't mean that either the league will necessarily
agree with them or fans will, but that fans will respect them for doing that,as long as it doesn't cross certain lines of vulgarity or hate speech ...
there's obviously some other categories where people shouldn't go as
representatives of this league."

阿銀繼續說：

「我希望球員在繼續就各類話題表達本身的觀點時，這些觀點能獲得尊重。再一次的，這 不表示說聯盟或球迷必定會同意這些觀點，但只要球迷尊重表達權，在不逾越特定低俗 或仇恨言論的界限之前提下……顯然的，在其他場合上，有些人不適合以聯盟代表的身
份發言。」

以下是其他重點整理：（略譯）

‧ Silver said the NBA's investigation into possible tampering by the Chicago
Bulls in their sign-and-trade deal with the New Orleans Pelicans for Lonzo
Ball and the Miami Heat in their sign-and-trade deal with the Toronto Raptorsfor Kyle Lowry was "ongoing." He declined to give a timeline for when that
investigation would be completed.

"From a league standpoint, we're just trying to create a level playing
field," Silver said. "We tried to reset two years ago and make that
absolutely clear to our teams, that going forward, to the extent we could, wewould be strictly enforcing these rules, and that's what we're dealing with
right now."

對於公牛跟鵜鶘在 Lonzo Ball 的簽換交易，以及熱火跟暴龍在蘿莉的簽換交易中，可能涉及的違規招募問題，聯盟的調查仍在「持續」進行中。阿銀拒絕提供調查完成的時程。

‧ On the topic of expansion, Silver said he has yet to set foot in Seattle's
Climate Pledge Arena, the renovated former Key Arena and the home of the
NHL's expansion team, the Seattle Kraken. He added that expansion isn't
something the league will pursue until it gets fully onto the other side of
the pandemic.

"I don't think there's any doubt that at some point we'll take a very seriouslook at potential expansion," Silver said, "and as I've said before, Seattle
is one of those cities that we have our eye on. We had great success there inthe past, and the fact now that they have a state-of-the-art arena back on
line only increases their prospects. But it's premature to get more specific
than that."

在擴編的議題上，阿銀表示他還沒踏足西雅圖的氣候宣言競技場（ＮＨＬ新球隊西雅圖海怪的主場），並補充在 COVID-19 疫情消散之前，這不是聯盟目前的工作重點。

‧ Silver said it is "unclear" whether the NBA will return to state-run CCTV
in China this season. The NBA has not had any games aired on it since Daryl
Morey's tweet in support of protesters in Hong Kong two years ago this month.

對於NBA 賽事會否在這賽季重返中國央視，阿銀表示目前情況還「不明朗」。打從莫雷在兩年前，發表力挺香港示威者的言論以來，央視就不再播放任何NBA 賽事。

‧ Silver once again said that he is a proponent of adding a midseason
tournament to the NBA schedule but that the most work will have to be done
not just in creating the format but in persuading the players it is a
worthwhile endeavor.

"But we have a fair amount of work still to do on it and a lot of convincing
to do," he said. "I know that for some of the players I've talked to
directly, they have trouble, I think, envisioning the benefit of another formof competition when they're so focused on the Larry O'Brien Trophy and don't
necessarily see us being able to create a new tradition.

"My response to that, especially having been with the league now for so long,is that these things take time. I think we're in a position where we should
be taking a long-term view looking at those changes in society around us and
looking at -- and it's a responsibility of the league office to look out intothe future on these things."

在季中錦標賽的問題上，阿銀再次表示，他是贊成的，但最重要的不僅僅是賽程的編制，更包括說服球員，讓他們相信這是一個值得努力的地方。

‧ Silver said he is "optimistic" that the NBA All-Star Game slated for
February in Cleveland will be able to be celebrated in something close to a
normal fashion this season, as the league works to come out of the other sideof the pandemic. The league is announcing its 75th anniversary team across
both ESPN and TNT over the next few days, beginning Tuesday night on TNT.

對於預定於二月時，在克利夫蘭舉辦全明星賽，阿銀抱持「樂觀」的態度，因為聯盟正努力擺脫疫情的陰影、以接近正常的形式舉辦。聯盟將在下來數天內，透過ESPN 和 TNT 宣佈其七十五周年紀念團隊，星期二晚間將由 TNT 電視台打頭陣。

短評或心得：

就這些表態來看，會「知難而退」嗎？

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