By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-23 10:13:38
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虽然波波维奇本赛季不回归并不令人意外，但这对于马刺球迷来说，无疑是雪上加霜。
本周和整个赛季，坏消息接踵而至，马刺队真是祸不单行。就在宣布维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)因肩部血栓将缺席本赛季剩余比赛的同一周，ESPN的沙姆斯·查拉尼亚报道称，格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)在11月2日遭遇轻微中风后，预计本赛季不会回归。虽然这本身并不太令人惊讶，但他补充说，波波(Pop)的未来目前仍不明朗。
据联盟消息人士透露，圣安东尼奥马刺队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月份遭受的轻微中风中恢复，他的未来尚不确定。 pic.twitter.com/EekHlDa8NI
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) February 23, 2025
显然，距离下个赛季还有很长的路要走，波波(Pop)已经表示，他希望尽快重返教练席。然而，他是否能够（或应该）回归，显然仍然悬而未决。当/如果他退休时，他将以76岁的高龄成为执教NBA比赛最年长的教练，超过了71岁的胡比·布朗，并且成为NBA历史上获胜场次最多的教练。
即便如此，波波(Pop)仍然是篮球运营总裁，据报道，在本周文班亚马(文班)被诊断出肩部深静脉血栓后，他一直在积极与文班亚马(文班)沟通。考虑到中风的一个原因是血栓阻碍了大脑的血液供应，尽管两人年龄相差55岁，但这肯定是他们可以感同身受的事情。
“消息人士称，在文班亚马(文班)被诊断出病症后，文班亚马(文班)和波波维奇(波波)一直在非常积极地沟通。他们一直在频繁交谈。在发生这件事后，格雷格·波波维奇(波波)非常积极地参与到文班亚马(文班)的事情中。”
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- Shams Charania pic.twitter.com/qf8Ua7Deb7
— Josh Paredes (@ Josh810) February 23, 2025
米奇·约翰逊一直在波波(Pop)缺席期间担任马刺队的临时主教练，在他的指导下，球队取得了21胜27负的战绩。虽然从战绩上来看，马刺队仍在附加赛的争夺行列，但在失去文班(文班)以及剩余28场比赛中艰难而疲惫的赛程（只有一次连续休息两天以上）之后，他们可能很难进入附加赛。
对于马刺队来说，这是一个充满挑战的赛季。尽管波波(Pop)早早缺席，但他们在1月3日在丹佛的胜利后，球队开局良好，战绩为18胜16负，但此后随着赛程的升温，情况变得艰难起来。几周前，在交易截止日前马刺队获得达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)，这让球队从挫折中得到短暂的喘息，甚至感到兴奋，虽然福克斯加入球队核心阵容后，球队的未来仍然一片光明，但失去文班亚马(文班)的消息无疑给本赛季的剩余比赛蒙上了一层阴影，而今天的波波(Pop)的消息更是加剧了失望之情，即使这是可以预料到的。
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Report: Gregg Popovich not expected to return this season, future remains uncertain
While it isn’t surprising Pop won’t return this season, it’s not a time that Spurs fans want more bad news,
The hits just keep coming for the Spurs this week and this season as a whole. The same week it was announced that Victor Wembanyama would miss the remainder of the season with a blood clot in his shoulder, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports that Gregg Popovich is not expected to return this season after suffering a minor stroke back on November 2. While that alone isn’t too surprising, he added that Pop’s future remains uncertain at this time.
San Antonio Spurs’ Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich is not expected to return this season, and his future is uncertain as he recovers from a mild stroke suffered in November, league sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/EekHlDa8NI
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) February 23, 2025
Obviously there’s a long way to go before next season, and Pop has stated that he hopes to get back to coaching as soon as possible. However, whether he will be able to (or should) apparently remains up in the air. When/if he does retire, he will do it as the oldest coach to ever coach an NBA game at age 76, surpassing Hubie Brown at 71, and as the coach with the most wins in NBA history.
That being said, Pop is still president of basketball operations, and he has reportedly been actively communicating with Wemby this week in the wake of his own diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder. Considering a cause of strokes can be a blood clot denying blood supply to the brain, it is certainly something the two can relate over despite being 55 years apart in age.
“Sources say Wembanyama and Popovich have been in very active communication in the wake of this diagnosis. They’ve been speaking frequently. Gregg Popovich has been very hands-on with Wembanyama in the wake of what’s happened this week.”
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- Shams Charania pic.twitter.com/qf8Ua7Deb7
— Josh Paredes (@ Josh810) February 23, 2025
Mitch Johnson has been serving as interim head coach for the Spurs in Pop’ absence, and they have posted a 21-27 record under his guidance. While the Spurs are still in the play-in race record-wise, it may end up being difficult for them to make it after the loss of Wemby and a rough, exhausting schedule over the remaining 28 games, with only one instance of more than one day off.
It has been a trying season for the Spurs. Despite losing Pop early, they got off to a good start, sitting at 18-16 after a win in Denver on January 3, but it has been tough sailing ever since as the schedule heated up. There was brief respite from the frustration, and even excitement, a couple of weeks ago when the Spurs acquired De’Aaron Fox ahead of the trade deadline, and while the future still looks extremely bright with him joining the core, the news of losing Wemby has certainly put a damper on the rest of the season, and today’s Pop news just adds to the disappointment, even if it was to be expected.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock