打破性別壁壘 NBA將出現女性主教練?!

Four women are currently on NBA coaching staffs, including Becky Hammon, who broke convention in 2014 when the San Antonio Spurs made her the first full-time, femAle assistant in any of the four major North American pro sports leagues.

目前，NBA教練組有四位女性成員，其中就包括貝基·哈蒙。2014年，哈蒙首開先河，受聘於聖安東尼奧馬刺隊，成爲北美四大主流職業體育聯盟的首位全職女性助教。

In addition to the coaching roles, there are 18 women in NBA front-office positions, two in "high level" league office basketball operations roles, three serving as referees and dozens in athletic training positions.

除了擔任教練職位，還有18名女性工作在NBA的一線崗位，其中包括2名女性高級聯賽辦公室籃球運營官、3名女性裁判和數十名女性體訓師。

Widely considered the most progressive men's sports league in North America, the NBA has its sights on the possibility of hiring a female head coach – a move that would cement its position as a leader in sporting diversity.

被外界廣泛認爲是北美最具進步性的男性體育聯盟的NBA，它將目光轉向聘用一名女性主教練的可能性之上——此舉將鞏固其在體育多元化方面的領導地位。

While it is impossible to determine a timeline for when a woman may hold an NBA head coaching position it appears to be closer than ever now that they are a bigger part of the league.

儘管首位女性NBA總教練上任的時間還是一個未知數，但隨着女性在聯盟中所佔有的比重越來越大，她們擔任總教練的時間似乎比以往任何時候都要近。

"I absolutely believe the NBA, the world and North American sport is ready for a female GM and head coach," said played a lead role in organizing the NBA's inaugural Women's Leadership Forum.

馬吉德在女性領導力論壇就職領導人時說：“我絕對相信NBA、世界和北美體育已經爲一位女性總經理和女性主教練做好了準備。”

"Being open to a diverse pool of candidates with varying perspectives, experience and background is better for the league and our game."

“以開放的態度對待具有不同理念、經驗和背景的教練候選人，這將更有利於聯盟和我們的比賽。”

Pau Gasol, a six-time NBA All-Star who played under Hammon in San Antonio, penned an open letter last year for The Players' Tribune about female coaches and said it would only be strange if NBA teams were not interested in her as a head coach.

六次入選全明星的保羅·加索爾曾在哈蒙執教的聖安東尼奧馬刺隊打球。去年，他在《球員論壇報》上發表了一封關於女性教練的公開信，稱如果NBA球隊對她擔任主教練不感興趣，這才奇了怪呢。

Even commissioner Adam Silver, who sent a memo encouraging NBA team owners to increase the number of women at all levels, has said on numerous occasions that he hopes to see a woman ascend to the helm of one of the league's teams.

就連NBA總裁亞當·蕭華也曾在多個場合表示，他希望看到一名女主教執教聯盟的球隊。蕭華曾發過一份備忘錄，鼓勵NBA球隊老闆增加各級別崗位上女性成員的數量。

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