By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-07-09 14:38:46
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2024 年 7 月 6 日，加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托：2024 年 7 月 6 日星期六，在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托金州中心举行的加州经典夏季联赛对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的录像助理教练肯顿·特雷维诺 (Kenton Trevino) 在第四节坐在替补席上进行指导。(图片由 Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs 提供)
加州萨克拉门托 – 马刺队新秀哈里森·英格拉姆(Harrison Ingram) 上周抵达参加他的第一次夏季联赛训练时，简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。
那个吹着哨子、大声发布命令、带领球队训练的人，看起来比场上大多数球员都年轻。
这就是这支夏季联赛球队的教练？
“一开始我很惊讶，”英格拉姆在谈到他对肯尼·特雷维诺(Kenny Trevino) 的第一印象时说道，这位 31 岁的教练负责带领马刺队参加在萨克拉门托和拉斯维加斯举行的夏季联赛。“但当我看到他的活力和他对球队的掌控力时，我就知道了他为什么是教练。”
在 NBA 常规赛期间，特雷维诺担任马刺队的录像协调员，这个职位他从 2023 年开始担任。
这是一个很有声望的职位。
其他从马刺队的录像分析师晋升为 NBA 主教练的人包括迈克·布登霍尔泽(Mike Budenholzer)、詹姆斯·博雷戈(James Borrego) 和威尔·哈迪(Will Hardy)。
特雷维诺成为录像协调员的道路在联盟中是独一无二的。
特雷维诺出生于拉雷多，在亚历山大高中时打篮球和棒球，后来搬到圣安东尼奥，就读于德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校。
2013 年，当时还是大学生的他在一家西北部的洗车店工作时，被当时的设备管理员特拉维斯·韦德(Travis Wade) 发现，并开始了他在马刺队的 NBA 职业生涯，成为了一名球童。
“我是那个负责把汽车前部的虫子擦掉的人，”特雷维诺说。
韦德是那家洗车店的常客，他很喜欢特雷维诺，并表示愿意向马刺队推荐他。马刺队随后聘请特雷维诺担任韦德的助手。
2018 年，韦德离开马刺队后，特雷维诺接任球队的首席设备管理员，并最终进入了录像分析室。
总之，特雷维诺从清除别克汽车上的昆虫尸体，变成了为格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich) 剪辑克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul) 的挡拆视频。
对于一个曾经只在最疯狂的梦里才想过成为 NBA 教练的年轻人来说，录像协调员这份工作至少让他大开眼界。
“你不仅要看几个小时的比赛录像，还能参加教练会议，”特雷维诺说。“这是最重要的。当你能够像一只苍蝇一样旁听，听到波波维奇教练和那些人谈论球探报告时，这对一个年轻教练来说真的很有见地。”
2024 年 7 月 6 日，加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托：2024 年 7 月 6 日星期六，在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托金州中心举行的加州经典夏季联赛对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的录像助理教练肯顿·特雷维诺在第三节与圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle) 交谈。(图片由 Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs 提供)
特雷维诺之所以在今年夏天迎来了重大突破，部分原因是马刺队的其他工作人员都忙于执教各个国家队，备战巴黎奥运会。
去年的夏季联赛教练、助理教练马特·尼尔森(Matt Nielsen) 是澳大利亚队的教练组成员。过去也曾担任过马刺队夏季联赛教练的米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson) 正在美国队工作。
球员发展教练乔什·布兰农(Josh Brannon) 正在帮助波兰国家队，马刺队前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan) 是波兰国家队的成员。
当波波维奇和马刺队总经理布莱恩·赖特(Brian Wright) 将夏季联赛的教练职位交给特雷维诺时，他欣然接受了这个机会。
许多前任马刺队夏季联赛教练后来都成为了主教练，其中包括布登霍尔泽、哈迪、雅克·沃恩(Jacque Vaughn)、泰勒·詹金斯(Taylor Jenkins) 和贝基·哈蒙(Becky Hammon)。
特雷维诺认为，哈迪是对他影响最大的导师。哈迪也曾经带领过马刺队的夏季联赛球队，而他当时看起来还不到刮胡子的年纪。
“他是一位年轻的教练，我对他很关注，并试图效仿他，”特雷维诺说。“他作为一名教练很有说服力。他有自己的方式，我也在摸索自己的方式。”
不要被特雷维诺的娃娃脸所迷惑。马刺队的夏季联赛球员们都把他视为一位绝对的领袖。
英格拉姆表示，他认为特雷维诺和他在北卡罗来纳大学的教练休伯特·戴维斯(Hubert Davis) 之间有相似之处。
“我们可以在更衣室里聊天，但当（特雷维诺）走进来的时候，我们都会安静下来，认真听他讲话，”英格拉姆说。“作为一名主教练，他赢得了极大的尊重。”
特雷维诺的夏季联赛马刺队开局不利，在萨克拉门托举行的加州经典赛的前两场比赛中，他们总共输掉了 58 分。
球队将在周二与中国国家队的比赛中结束在萨克拉门托的比赛，然后在本周晚些时候前往拉斯维加斯。
考虑到马刺队夏季联赛阵容的构成，特雷维诺处于某种劣势，阵中只有一名首轮秀（斯蒂芬·卡斯尔）和两名二轮秀（英格拉姆和西迪·西索科[Sidy Cissoko]）。
卡斯尔和西索科——可以说是夏季联赛马刺队的两名最佳球员——没有参加输给国王队的比赛。尽管如此，特雷维诺还是在场边踱来踱去，鼓掌、指导和鼓励球员，直到终场哨声响起。
“我们输了 20 分，”英格拉姆说，“但他带来的活力，他灌输的信心，都极具感染力。”
夏季联赛马刺队的控球后卫贾马里·布耶亚(Jamaree Bouyea) 对此表示赞同。
“无论输赢，他都会保持那种活力，”布耶亚说。“他给了我们所有正确的战术，所有正确的解读。他已经尽力了。我们只需要上场去帮助他。”
和任何一个 30 多岁的同龄人一样，特雷维诺也渴望有朝一日成为一名 NBA 主教练。特雷维诺意识到，这个目标只能一步一个脚印地实现。
夏季联赛结束后，特雷维诺将回到马刺队的录像分析室——事实证明，他已经拥有了自己梦寐以求的工作。
“我喜欢待在录像分析室里，”特雷维诺说。“当然，总有一天我想成为一名主教练。但现在，我只专注于成为一名最优秀的录像协调员。”
即使是在最糟糕的日子里，这份工作也比清理别克汽车上的昆虫尸体强多了。
2024 年 7 月 6 日，加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托：2024 年 7 月 6 日星期六，在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托金州中心举行的加州经典夏季联赛对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛结束后，圣安东尼奥马刺队的录像助理教练肯顿·特雷维诺接受记者采访。(图片由 Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs 提供)
2024 年 7 月 6 日，加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托：2024 年 7 月 6 日星期六，在加利福尼亚州萨克拉门托金州中心举行的加州经典夏季联赛对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔在第四节慢跑到替补席时与肯尼击掌。(图片由 Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs 提供)
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From bug detail to basketball, Spurs’ Kenny Trevino gets big break
July 6, 2024, Sacramento, CA: San Antonio Spurs video assistant Kenton Trevino coaches on the bench during the fourth quarter of the California Classic Summer League game against the Charlotte Hornets at the Golden1 Center in Sacramento, California Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Spurs rookie Harrison Ingram arrived for his first Summer League practice last week and couldn’t believe his eyes.
The guy with the whistle shouting orders and putting the team through its paces looked younger than most of the players on the floor.
This was the summer squad’s head coach?
“At first I was surprised,” Ingram said of his first impression of Kenny Trevino, the 31-year-old tasked with leading the Spurs’ Summer Leaguers in Sacramento and Las Vegas. “But when I saw his energy and his command of the room, you know why he is the coach.”
During the regular NBA season, Trevino serves as the Spurs’ video coordinator, a job he has held since 2023.
It is something of a prestige position.
Others who have jumped from the Spurs’ film room to an NBA head coaching post include Mike Budenholzer, James Borrego and Will Hardy.
Trevino’s path to the video coordinator role has been unlike any in the league.
A native of Laredo, Trevino played basketball and baseball at Alexander High School before moving to San Antonio to attend UTSA.
He began his NBA career as a Spurs ball boy in 2013, after being discovered by then-equipment manager Travis Wade while working at a northwest-side car wash.
“I was the guy that scrubbed bugs off the front of the cars,” said Trevino, who was still in college at the time.
A regular customer, Wade took a liking to Trevino and offered to put in a word with the Spurs, who hired him to be Wade’s assistant.
When Wade left the team in 2018, Trevino took over as the team’s head equipment manager, and eventually worked his way into the film room.
In short order, Trevino went from scraping dead insects off of Buicks to cutting up video of Chris Paul pick-and-rolls for Gregg Popovich.
For a young man who had only considered the idea of being an NBA coach in his wildest of dreams, the film coordinator job was eye-opening to say the least.
“You not only see hours of film, but you’re able to be in the coaches’ meetings,” Trevino said. “That’s the biggest thing. When you get to be a fly on the wall and you hear Coach Pop and those guys talking about scouting reports, that’s really insightful for a young coach.”
July 6, 2024, Sacramento, CA: San Antonio Spurs video assistant Kenton Trevino talks to San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle during the third quarter of the California Classic Summer League game against the Charlotte Hornets at the Golden1 Center in Sacramento, California Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs)
Trevino got his big break this summer in part because other Spurs staffers were indisposed coaching with various national teams preparing for the Paris Olympics.
Last year’s Summer League coach, assistant Matt Neilsen, is on staff with Team Australia. Mitch Johnson, who has also taken on the Spurs’ summer gig in the past, is working with Team USA.
Player development coach Josh Brannon is helping with a Polish national team that includes Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan.
When Popovich and Spurs general manager Brian Wright offered Summer League duties to Trevino, he leapt at the chance.
A number of previous Spurs Summer League coaches have gone on to become head coaches as well, a list that includes Budenholzer, Hardy, Jacque Vaughn, Taylor Jenkins and Becky Hammon.
Trevino lists Hardy as the mentor who has perhaps rubbed off on him most. Hardy, too, once guided a Spurs summer squad while looking barely old enough to shave.
“He was a younger coach and he was somebody that I took notes on and I like to emulate,” Trevino said. “He’s got a good voice as a coach. He does it his way and I’m finding out how to do it my way.”
Don’t be fooled by Trevino’s baby face. The Spurs Summer Leaguers view him as a clear-cut leader.
Ingram said he sees similarities between Trevino and his college coach at North Carolina, Hubert Davis.
“We can be chatting in the locker room, but when (Trevino) walks in we’re quiet and we’re listening,” Ingram said. “He commands great respect as a head coach.”
Trevino’s Summer Spurs have gotten off to something of a rough start, losing its first two games against at the California Classic in Sacramento by a combined 58 points.
The team was set to wrap up play in Sacramento with a game Tuesday against the Chinese national team before heading to Las Vegas later this week.
Trevino has been at something of a disadvantage given the makeup of the Spurs’ summer roster, which features only one first-round pick (Stephon Castle) and two second rounders (Ingram and Sidy Cissoko).
Castle and Cissoko – arguably the Summer Spurs’ two best players – did not play in the loss to the Kings. Still, Trevino paced the sideline, clapping, instructing and encouraging players until the final horn.
“We lost by 20,” Ingram said, “But the energy he brings, the confidence he instills, it was infectious.”
Jamaree Bouyea, the point guard of the Spurs’ summer league team, agreed.
“Win, lose or draw, he’s going to have that energy,” Bouyea said. “He’s giving us all the right plays, all the right reads. He’s doing everything he can. We’ve just got to go out there and help him.”
Like any other 30-something in his shoes, Trevino harbors aspirations of one day becoming an NBA head coach. It is an ambition Trevino realizes can only be fulfilled in due time, one step at a time.
Once Summer League is over, Trevino will return to the Spurs’ video room – where it turns out he already has his dream job.
“I’m in that video room and I love it,” Trevino said. “Yeah sure, one day I do want to be a head coach. But right now I’m focused on being the best video coordinator I could be.”
Even on its worst day, it beats cleaning bug guts off of Buicks.
July 6, 2024, Sacramento, CA: San Antonio Spurs video assistant Kenton Trevino talks to reporters after the California Classic Summer League game against the Charlotte Hornets at the Golden1 Center in Sacramento, California Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs)
July 6, 2024, Sacramento, CA: San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle high fives /eknny/ as he jogs to the bench during the fourth quarter of the California Classic Summer League game against the Charlotte Hornets at the Golden1 Center in Sacramento, California Saturday, July 6, 2024. (Photo by Reginald Thomas II/San Antonio Spurs)
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News