By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-03 00:25:50
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波波维奇将转任球队篮球运营总裁，全职负责相关工作。
一段辉煌的NBA执教生涯即将画上句号。据ESPN的沙姆斯·查拉尼亚报道，圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)将卸任。波波维奇是NBA中最年长、执教时间最长的主教练，自1996-1997赛季以来一直担任该职务。他卸任时，保持着NBA历史常规赛胜场数最多的纪录(1,422场)。
在2024-25赛季的大部分时间里，波波维奇都缺席了球队的比赛，原因是他在11月2日遭遇了轻微中风。查拉尼亚报道称，这位教练最近一直出现在马刺队的训练设施中，但他最终得出结论，他无法“继续承受NBA主教练繁重的日常工作”。他报道称，波波维奇自11月份中风和4月份的另一次健康问题以来，一直在稳步康复。
波波维奇将转任球队篮球运营总裁，全职负责相关工作。他的离开留下了一个巨大的空缺。波波维奇于2023年入选NBA名人堂。他曾五次获得NBA总冠军，并与唐·尼尔森和帕特·莱利并列NBA年度最佳教练奖次数最多，三次获得该荣誉。他的季后赛胜场数在教练中排名第三。
马刺队不仅需要提升阵容，争取六个赛季以来首次打入季后赛，还需要挑选一位教练来领导他们。米奇·约翰逊接替波波维奇担任代理主教练，取得了31胜45负的战绩。外面有很多外部选择，像迈克·马龙和泰勒·詹金斯这样的大牌教练都在寻找工作。有了维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)、德阿隆·福克斯和充足的资产来提升阵容，圣安东尼奥的主教练职位将成为这个休赛期最令人垂涎的职位之一。
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Gregg Popovich will step down as Spurs head coach
Popovich will transition to a full-time role as the team’s president of basketball operations.
A historic NBA coaching career comes to a close today. San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will step down, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Popovich was the oldest and longest tenured coach in the NBA, filling the role since the 1996-1997 season. He steps down with the most regular-season wins in NBA history (1,422).
Popovich was away from the team for the majority of the 2024-25 season after suffering a mild stroke on November 2. Charania reports that the coach had been present at the Spurs’ facility recently, but concluded that he could not “move forward with the taxing grind of being an NBA head coach.” He reports that Popovich had been making steady progress from his stroke in November and another health scare in April.
Popovich will transition to a new role as the team’s full-time president of basketball operations. He leaves a major hole behind him. Popovich was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 2023. He won five NBA championships and is tied with Don Nelson and Pat Riley for the most NBA Coach of the Year awards, earning the honor three times. He ranks third in career playoff wins as a coach.
Not only will the Spurs be tasked with improving the roster in an attempt to make the playoffs for the first time in 6 seasons, but they’ll need to pick a coach to lead them. Mitch Johnson filled in for Popovich and had a 31-45 record as acting head coach. There are plenty of external options out there, with big names like Mike Malone and Taylor Jenkins looking for jobs. With Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and plenty of assets to improve the roster, San Antonio’s head coaching gig will be one of the most sought-after positions this offseason.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock