By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-11-23 19:44:34
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
图左：金州勇士队主教练史蒂夫·科尔(Steve Kerr)和圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)在2023年10月20日星期五于旧金山大通中心举行的NBA季前赛后互相问候。马刺队以122-117获胜。
周六，金州勇士队主教练史蒂夫·科尔(Steve Kerr)就格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)的身体状况发表了一些令人鼓舞的讲话。
这位名人堂教练在11月2日遭受马刺队所称的轻度中风后，仍在进行康复治疗。
“我们一直保持着联系，我知道他会好起来的，”科尔说。“医生们对此感觉良好，所以对此感到非常高兴。但看到你爱的人身体不好，总是很难过。”
科尔球员时期曾帮助马刺队在1999年和2003年赢得NBA总冠军，他是波波维奇在教练行业中最亲密的朋友之一。
“他对我来说意义重大，”科尔说道，他曾在波波维奇的美国队教练组担任助理教练，并在2021年东京奥运会上赢得金牌。“知道他正在经历这种医疗状况，很难受。我一直在想他。”
马刺队在11月13日表示，75岁的波波维奇预计会完全康复，但他重返教练席的时间表尚未确定。助理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)担任代理主教练。
约翰逊是科尔在拉斯维加斯备战巴黎奥运会期间的美国队教练组成员。
“米奇非常聪明，在教练组中是一个很棒的队友，”科尔说。“他是我们训练前后所有谈话的重要组成部分。他是一个非常优秀的教练，也是个好人。我知道波波维奇喜欢他，并且非常认可他是一位优秀的教练，这也是我在拉斯维加斯看到的。”
约翰逊说他很享受为科尔工作。
“很棒的人，很棒的领导者，”约翰逊说。“他和波波维奇关系非常密切，所以这是一次很棒的经历。”
科尔对巴恩斯有着美好的回忆
科尔非常感谢哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)对勇士队2015年NBA总冠军球队的贡献，这是该球队在斯蒂芬·库里-克莱·汤普森-德雷蒙德·格林时代赢得的四个总冠军中的第一个。
“我爱哈里森，他是我一直以来最喜欢的球员之一，”科尔谈到这位32岁的前锋时说道，马刺队在7月的一笔涉及萨克拉门托国王队和芝加哥公牛队的三方交易中得到了他。
巴恩斯在2012年被金州勇士队以第七顺位选中后，在那里度过了他的前四个赛季。
“非常职业，是我们夺冠历程中不可或缺的一部分，”科尔说。“当这一切开始的时候，他就在其中，他是一个很棒的人，也是一个非常棒的球员。他能换防并防守后卫，同时也有力量在低位防守大个子，这为我们解锁了很多阵容。”
在马刺队以104-94战胜勇士队的比赛中，巴恩斯8投7中得到22分，其中三分球3投2中。
这是他连续第三场得分超过20分。在这三场比赛中，马刺队取得了3胜0负的战绩，他场均得到22.3分和8.7个篮板，三分球命中率高达60%（15投9中）。
“在进攻端，我并没有太多期望，”巴恩斯说。“主要是根据场上球员的情况随机应变。有时候你的出手次数会比其他人多，但最重要的是要积极主动，保持移动。”
科尔还称赞了克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)，马刺队在夏天与他签下了一份为期一年的合同，此前他在勇士队效力了一个赛季。保罗在这场对阵老东家的比赛中得到9分和7次助攻。
“执教克里斯的经历非常愉快，他是一个极致的职业球员，”科尔说。“他每天的准备工作，他的领导力，这一切都显而易见。当你执教像他这样的人时，你就会意识到，好吧，这就是他如此优秀的原因，这就是他拥有如此辉煌职业生涯的原因。”
保守的伤病处理方法
维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)在因右膝挫伤缺席三场比赛后，于周六晚上重返赛场，但马刺队仍然缺少德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)、凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)。
在周六上午的投篮训练后，马刺队将瓦塞尔的伤情从“出战存疑”下调为“缺席”。这位上赛季球队的第二得分手在核磁共振检查显示左膝骨挫伤后，已经缺席了过去四场比赛。
瓦塞尔本赛季只打了四场比赛，此前他因休赛期接受足部手术而缺席了本赛季的前九场比赛。
“我们一开始就说过，我们会对他采取保守的治疗方法，所以他可能和我们一样感到沮丧，”约翰逊说。“但我们心中有一个大局，他的情况正在好转。”
凯尔登·约翰逊(右腿 hamstring 紧绷)来到弗罗斯特银行中心时被列为“出战存疑”，但在热身之后，马刺队将他排除在了比赛名单之外。
索汉在两周多前接受了左手拇指骨折修复手术，预计要到12月份才能复出。俱乐部乐观地认为他可以在圣诞节前复出。
“他恢复得非常好，”米奇·约翰逊说。
尽管文班已经能够进行大量的有氧运动，但马刺队一直小心翼翼地保护他的拇指免受碰撞。
“如果撞到它，就会造成伤势反复，”米奇·约翰逊说。“所以这是一个很棘手的问题。他可能觉得自己可以做得更多，但我们还是需要让它 properly 愈合。”
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Kerr on Popovich: ‘I know he is going to get well’
From left: Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich greet each other following the NBA preseason game at Chase Center in San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. The Spurs won 122-117.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr offered some encouraging words Saturday about Gregg Popovich’s physical well-being.
The Hall of Fame coach remains in a rehabilitation program after suffering what the Spurs called a mild stroke on Nov. 2.
“We keep communicating and I know he is going to get well,” Kerr said. “The doctors are feeling great about all of that, so very happy about that. But it is always tough to see someone you love who is not healthy.”
Kerr, who helped the Spurs win NBA titles in 1999 and 2003 as a player, is one of Popovich’s closest friends in the coaching profession.
“He means the world to me,” said Kerr, who was an assistant on Popovich’s Team USA staff that won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. “Tough to know he going through this medical situation. Think about him all the time."
The Spurs said on Nov. 13 that Popovich, 75, is expected to make a full recovery but that a timeline for him returning to the bench had not been determined. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson is serving as acting head coach.
Johnson was part of Kerr’s Team USA coaching staff in Las Vegas in the run-up to the Paris Olympics.
“Mitch is really smart, a great teammate in the coaches’ room,” Kerr said. “He was a big part of all our conversations pre and post practice. He is a really good coach, good guy. I know Pop loves him and feels very strongly about what a good coach he is, and that’s what I saw in Las Vegas."
Johnson said he enjoyed working for Kerr.
“Great guy, great leader,” Johnson said. “Him and Pop are very close, so it was a great experience.”
Kerr has fond memories of Barnes
Kerr is highly grateful for Harrison Barnes’ contributions to the Warriors’ 2015 NBA championship team, the first of four won by the franchise during the Stephen Curry-Klay Thompson-Draymond Green era.
“I love Harrison, one of my all-time favorite players,” Kerr said of the 32-year-old forward, who the Spurs acquired in July in a three-team trade involving Sacramento and Chicago.
Barnes spent his first four seasons with Golden State after it drafted him seventh overall in 2012.
“Just incredibly professional, was such an instrumental part of our run,” Kerr said. “When this thing got started, he was right in the middle of it and just a wonderful human being and a hell of a player. He kind of unlocked a lot of lineups for us just by being able to switch and guard guards, but also had the strength to guard big guys down low.”
Barnes scored 22 points on 7-for-8 shooting, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, in the Spurs’ 104-94 win over the Warriors.
It was his third straight game scoring 20-plus points. During that span in which the Spurs went 3-0, he averaged 22.3 points and 8.7 rebounds while shooting 60% (9 for 15) from the 3-point line.
“I don’t really have too many expectations coming into games offensively,” Barnes said. “It’s mostly just reading and reacting off the guys who are out there. Sometimes you get more shots than others, but the biggest thing is just being active, moving.”
Kerr also praised Chris Paul, who the Spurs signed to a one-year deal in the summer after he spent one season with the Warriors. Paul finished with nine points and seven assists against his former team.
“Chris was a joy to coach last year, just the ultimate professional,” Kerr said. “His preparation on a daily basis, his leadership, it was all so obvious to see. When you coach someone like that, you sort of realize, OK, this is why he’s been so good, this is why he’s had the career he’s had.”
Conservative approach to injuries
Victor Wembanyama returned to action Saturday night after missing three games with a bruised right knee, but the Spurs were still shorthanded without Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan.
The Spurs downgraded Vassell from questionable to out after shootaround Saturday morning. The team’s second-leading scorer last season has missed the last four games after an MRI revealed a bone bruise in his left knee.
Vassell has played in only four games this season after returning from offseason foot surgery that sidelined him for the first nine games this year.
“We said at the start of this thing we were going to be conservative with him, so he’s probably frustrated as much as anybody with us a little bit,” Johnson said. “But we have a big picture in mind here and he’s trending really, really well.”
Keldon Johnson (tight right hamstring) arrived at the Frost Bank Center listed as questionable, but the Spurs scratched him after he warmed up.
Sochan is expected to be out into December after undergoing surgery more than two weeks ago to repair his fractured left thumb. The club is optimistic he could return before Christmas.
“He is doing really, really well,” Mitch Johnson said.
Although Wembanyama has been able to do plenty of cardio work, the Spurs have been careful to keep his thumb protected from contact.
“If you hit it, that’s a setback,” Mitch Johnson said. “So it’s a weird one. He probably feels like he can do more than he’s doing, but again, we need that thing to heal properly.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News