By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-27 13:27:07
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格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)周四宣布，他已决定本赛季不再回归执教马刺。
波波维奇在一份由马刺发布的声明中表示：“米奇·约翰逊和他的团队做得非常出色，球员们在充满挑战的赛季中展现出的决心和专业精神令人赞叹，他们始终团结一致。”
76岁的波波维奇补充道：“我将继续专注于我的健康，希望将来能够重返教练席。”
这位NBA历史上胜场最多的教练在11月2日遭遇轻微中风后，一直远离球队进行康复治疗。在他缺席期间，约翰逊担任代理教练，这已是他担任助理教练的第六个赛季。
考虑到常规赛只剩下25场比赛，波波维奇的声明并不令人意外。马刺的赛季收官战定于4月13日。
38岁的约翰逊在球队战绩为2胜3负时接手，目前已带领马刺取得22胜30负的战绩。
马刺队将在周六晚上在孟菲斯迎战灰熊队，此前他们在过去的23场比赛中输掉了17场，包括一波四连败，这使得他们重返西部季后赛附加赛的希望大打折扣。
自从上周三得知二年级全明星中锋维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)因右肩血栓赛季报销后，马刺的战绩为1胜4负。
波波维奇的声明为他下赛季重返教练席敞开了大门。马刺表示，他们预计波波维奇能够完全康复，但没有透露任何关于他康复的细节或他重返教练席的时间表。
马刺首席执行官R.C. 布福德(R.C. Buford)在1月份马刺在巴黎与印第安纳步行者进行两场比赛时表示：“他正在进行康复，情况正在好转。”
约翰逊在本赛季多次表示，波波维奇通过电话或短信给他提供建议。
约翰逊在1月19日表示：“他正在观看比赛，仍然像以往一样有主见，充满竞争力，正如你所想的那样。所以既表扬又骂我。”
马刺控球后卫克里斯·保罗也表示，他经常收到波波维奇的反馈。
“我跟他交流，”保罗在巴黎说，“他告诉我他所看到的。我非常感激这一点。因为他没必要这么做，但他做了。”
波波维奇是NBA胜场最多的教练，拥有1412场常规赛胜利（根据NBA规则，约翰逊的胜场计入波波维奇名下）和额外的170场季后赛胜利。
马刺在波波维奇的带领下赢得了五次总冠军，他在遭遇中风时，正处于执教球队的第29个赛季初期。他们还曾打入2013年NBA总决赛，但在七场大战中输给了勒布朗·詹姆斯(LeBron James)率领的迈阿密热火队。
波波维奇是北美四大职业体育联盟中执教时间最长的现役教练。2020年，他成为NBA历史上开幕之夜最年长的教练。当时他72岁。
波波维奇在2023年7月与马刺队续签了一份为期五年、价值8000万美元的合同，这使他的年薪增加到1600万美元，使他成为当时联盟薪水最高的教练。他还是球队的篮球运营总监。
这位空军学院毕业生和前空军军官于1996年12月接任马刺队主教练。他的季后赛胜场数在NBA历史总榜上排名第三，仅次于菲尔·杰克逊(Phil Jackson)（229场）和帕特·莱利(Pat Riley)（171场）。
波波维奇于2023年8月入选奈史密斯篮球名人堂。
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich disagrees with a foul call on the Spurs during the second quarter against the Chicago Bulls at Frost Bank Center on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. The Bulls defeated the Spurs, 121-112.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich talks with guard Chris Paul (3) during a time out in the second half of their NBA home opener with the Houston Rockets at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The Spurs beat the Rockets 109-106.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and guard Chris Paul discuss a call with referee Sean Wright during the first half of their NBA home opener with the Houston Rockets at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The Spurs beat the Rockets 109-106.
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Popovich says he won’t return to coach Spurs this season
Gregg Popovich announced Thursday he has decided not to return this season to coach the Spurs.
“Mitch Johnson and his staff have done a wonderful job and the resolve and professionalism the players have shown, sticking together during a challenging season, has been outstanding,” Popovich said in a statement released by the Spurs.
“I will continue to focus on my health with the hope that I can return to coaching in the future,” added Popovich, 76.
The NBA’s all-time winningest coach has been away from the team going through rehab after suffering a mild stroke Nov. 2. In his absence, Johnson has served as acting coach after entering his sixth season as an assistant.
Popovich’s announcement is not a surprise considering there are only 25 games left in the regular season. The Spurs’ finale is set for April 13.
Johnson, 38, has guided the Spurs to a 22-30 record after taking over with the team sporting a 2-3 mark.
The Spurs are set to face the Grizzlies in Memphis on Saturday night after losing 17 of their last 23 games, including four in a row, a skid that has dampened their hopes of getting back into the race for a berth in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
The Spurs are 1-4 since they learned last Wednesday that second-year All-Star center Victor Wembanyama was suffering from a season-ending blood clot in his right shoulder.
Popovich’s announcement leaves the door open to his return to the bench next season. The Spurs have said they expect Popovich to make a full recovery but have not released any details about his rehabilitation or a timeline for his return to the bench.
“He’s doing his rehab and improving,” Spurs CEO R.C. Buford said in January while the Spurs were in Paris for two games against Indiana.
Johnson has said several times this season Popovich has given him advice via either phone conversations or through text messages.
“He is watching games, still opinionated as he’s ever been, and competitive and what you would think,” Johnson said Jan. 19. “So giving praise and cussing me out all at the same time.”
Spurs point guard Chris Paul also said he receives frequent feedback from Popovich.
“I talk to him,” Paul said in Paris. “He tells me what he sees. I appreciate that more than anything. Because he doesn’t have to do that, and he does.”
Popovich is the NBA’s winningest coach with 1,412 regular-season victories (per NBA rules, the wins under Johnson go to Popovich) and an additional 170 victories in the postseason.
The Spurs won five championships under Popovich, who was in the early stages of his 29th season as the team’s coach when he suffered the stroke. They also appeared in the 2013 NBA Finals but lost to the LeBron James-led Miami Heat in seven games.
Popovich is the longest-tenured active coach in the four major North American pro sports leagues. In 2020, he became the oldest coach ever on an opening night in NBA history. He was 72 at the time.
Popovich received a five-year, $80 million contract extension from the Spurs in July 2023, which increased his salary to $16 million per year, making him at the time the league’s highest-paid coach. He is also the team’s director of basketball operations.
The Air Force Academy graduate and former Air Force officer took over as coach of the Spurs in December 1996. His postseason wins put him third on the NBA’s all-time chart behind Phil Jackson (229) and Pat Riley (171).
Popovich entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2023.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News