More than 100 N.B.A. employees were laid off this week, underlining the league’s sense of economic distress as the owners and players haggle over a new labor agreement.
All told, 114 positions — 11 percent of the league’s work force — were eliminated, primarily in New York and New Jersey, from nearly every division, including marketing, community relations, player programs, broadcasting and information technology. Most employees received the news Wednesday and Thursday.
The layoffs came exactly two weeks after the N.B.A. locked out its players and froze operations. League officials said the two events were unrelated, although they are clearly intertwined, with the N.B.A. saying it has annual losses of $300 million and searching for cost savings.