By Michael Wright | ESPN, 2025-02-23 09:00:00
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联盟消息人士周六告诉ESPN的沙姆斯·查拉尼亚，圣安东尼奥马刺的名人堂教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)预计本赛季不会回归，并且由于他正在从11月遭受的中风中恢复，他的NBA未来尚不确定。
最新的进展为圣安东尼奥艰难的一个赛季带来了一些结束的信号，圣安东尼奥周四宣布，在球队的特权球星维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)被诊断出右肩深静脉血栓后，计划让他赛季报销。
消息人士告诉查拉尼亚，波波维奇和文班亚马在过去的几天里一直保持着密切联系。在文班亚马被诊断出病情后，这位教练一直在积极沟通并提供指导。
“想到我们今年作为一个团队所经历的各种情况，真是令人难以置信，”马刺控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)在文班亚马最新的医疗挫折后说道，这是一种肩部的血栓。“但我认为你们知道，当家庭中发生情况时，总会以某种方式拉近你们的距离。”
波波维奇是NBA胜场最多的教练，常规赛取得了1390场胜利，季后赛又取得了170场胜利，并赢得了五次总冠军。11月2日，他在对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛前遭遇了球队所称的“轻微中风”。
圣安东尼奥将助理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)临时提升为主教练，他在带领年轻的马刺队期间取得了21胜27负的战绩。
自1996-97赛季以来一直执教马刺队的波波维奇在1月份年满76岁，是NBA历史上最年长的教练。2020年，他打破了之前由休比·布朗(Hubie Brown)保持的纪录，后者在执教孟菲斯灰熊队的最后一场比赛时年满71岁。
当俱乐部最初任命约翰逊为代理主教练时，计划是波波维奇最终会回归。波波维奇在12月发表了一份声明，感谢社区、马刺队以及朋友们的大力支持。
波波维奇在声明中开玩笑地说：“没有人比那些一直领导我康复过程的有才华的人更希望看到我回到教练席了。他们很快就意识到我不太听劝。”
在缺席期间，同时担任球队总裁的波波维奇一直与约翰逊以及马刺队的球员保持联系，提供支持和对进攻对手的比赛计划的意见。
约翰逊在一月份提到，波波维奇“一边表扬我，一边骂我”。
马刺队首席执行官RC·布福德(RC Buford)是波波维奇最亲密的知己，也是球队大部分总冠军球队的缔造者，他在一月份表示，这位教练正在“全力以赴地进行康复”。
布福德说：“他作为教练在我们的职业生涯中所表现出的韧性，他正在以一种非常独特的方式对待他的康复。他与前球员的关系以及他们与他分享的关怀令人惊叹，而且他的进步还在继续。”
除了在NBA取得的成功之外，波波维奇还在国际舞台上大放异彩，在2021年执教美国男篮在东京奥运会上获得了金牌。
总经理布莱恩·莱特(Brian Wright)在波波维奇中风11天后表示：“目前不是一个人来填补波波维奇的空缺。而是一个集体。我们都团结在一起。我们都在这个过程中扮演着自己的角色，我们将继续这样做。这就是他所希望的。”
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Sources - Popovich not expected to return to Spurs this season
San Antonio Spurs Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich is not expected to return this season, and his NBA future is uncertain as he recovers from a stroke suffered in November, league sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Saturday.
The latest development provides some closure during what has turned into a difficult season for San Antonio, which Thursday announced plans to shut down franchise superstar Victor Wembanyama after he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.
Popovich and Wembanyama have been in close contact the past few days, sources told Charania. The coach has been hands-on in communicating and providing guidance in the wake of Wembanyama’s diagnosis.
“It is wild to think of the circumstances and the situations that we’ve been through as a team this year,” Spurs point guard Chris Paul said after Wembanyama’s latest medical setback, which is a form of blood clot in his shoulder. “But I think you guys know when situations happen in your family that somehow, someway brings you closer.”
Popovich is the NBA’s winningest coach with 1,390 regular-season victories and another 170 in the postseason to go with five championships. On Nov. 2, he suffered what the team called a “mild stroke” ahead of a matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
San Antonio moved assistant Mitch Johnson into the head coaching role on an interim basis, and he has posted a 21-27 record in leading the young Spurs.
Popovich, who has coached the Spurs since the 1996-97 season, turned 76 in January and is the oldest coach in NBA history. In 2020, he passed the previous record held by Hubie Brown, who was 71 when he coached his final game with the Memphis Grizzlies.
When the club first named Johnson acting head coach, it did so with plans for Popovich to eventually return. Popovich released a statement in December thanking the community, the Spurs organization and friends for their outpouring of support.
“No one is more excited to see me return to the bench than the talented individuals who have been leading my rehabilitation process,” Popovich said jokingly in the statement. “They’ve quickly learned that I’m less than coachable.”
Throughout his absence, Popovich, who also serves as the team’s president, has remained in contact with Johnson, as well as with Spurs players, by providing support and opinions about game plans for attacking opponents.
Johnson mentioned in January that Popovich is “giving praise and cussing me out all at the same time.”
Spurs CEO RC Buford, Popovich’s closest confidant and the architect of most of the franchise’s title teams, said in January that the coach was “attacking his rehab.”
“The same resilience he’s shown over the course of our career as a coach, he’s approaching his return in his rehab in an incredibly unique way,” Buford said. “The relationships he’s had with former players and the care they’re sharing with him is amazing, and his improvement continues.”
In addition to his success in the NBA, Popovich has shined on the international stage, coaching USA Basketball in 2021 to a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
“It’s not one person to fill Pop’s shoes in this moment. It’s a village,” general manager Brian Wright said 11 days after Popovich’s stroke. “We’ve all bonded together. We’re all playing our roles in that part, and we’ll continue to do that. It’s what he would want.”
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