By Marilyn Dubinski, J.R. Wilco | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-21 02:55:32
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。
众所周知，波波维奇对球员的要求非常严格，他的“疯狂”是有方法的——但这种疯狂也是真实存在的。
自从格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)正式宣布退休以来，来自篮球界的致敬如潮水般涌来。最新的致敬来自吉尔伯特·阿里纳斯(Gilbert Arenas)的节目“吉尔的竞技场”。
阿里纳斯和他的团队讨论了波波维奇和马刺队成功的秘诀，包括他在球探工作方面的惊人能力，以及他如何为球队阵容和文化找到完美契合的人选。一个最好的例子就坐在沙发上：前马刺球员丹尼·格林(Danny Green)，他描述了马刺队和波波维奇成功的秘诀。
其中不乏老生常谈（他们如何选秀，签约何种类型的球员，如何发挥球员的优势等等），但波波维奇的另一个为人所知的特点是，他对球员要求非常严格，他如何管理球员的自负情绪，以及他如何要求球员发挥出最好的水平。在大多数情况下，他都做到了这一点（如果做不到，他们就会像斯蒂芬·杰克逊(Stephen Jackson)一样被送走）。
格林是那些经常成为波波维奇的“怒火”目标球员之一，与他同病相怜的还有托尼·帕克(Tony Parker)。但这不仅仅是简单地吼叫直到达到目的；他所做的一切都是为了让球员变得更好。对于一些人，他知道需要温柔一些，但如果你是那种在愤怒时发挥更好的球员，那么波波维奇就会按下按钮让你生气。
他知道哪些球员在生气时会发挥得更好。
“如果我能让你生气，我知道我会最大限度地利用你。”
他会按下那些按钮。有些人不太擅长这种方式……这总是一场棋局。他今天会骂你，把你放在板凳席上，因为他知道我们在两场比赛后要和[某个球队]比赛，“我需要你为那场比赛全力以赴。我会把你关进‘狗窝’几场比赛，然后你就会爆发。”
考虑到波波维奇用如此多的不同球员赢得了如此多的总冠军，可以肯定地说，他非常清楚应该对谁按下哪些按钮。(根据阿里纳斯之后略带震惊的反应来看，他可能不是那种这种方法会奏效的球员。) 你可以在下面观看完整内容，或者点击这里。 (格林大约在4:00开始讲话。)
格林是波波维奇最成功的案例之一，也是将其他球队的“垃圾”变成自己球队的“瑰宝”的经典案例。在克利夫兰骑士队作为勒布朗·詹姆斯(LeBron James)的“助手”在板凳席上打酱油后，这位前第二轮选秀球员在一个赛季后被裁掉。马刺队很快签下了他，但波波维奇觉得他不够成熟，他很快又被裁掉了。随后，格林在2010-2011赛季的大部分时间里都在发展联盟度过，这让他意识到，如果他想在NBA取得成功，就应该成熟起来。随后，马刺队在2011年3月再次签下了他，他认真对待了他在奥斯汀的经历，到了下个赛季，他已经成为他们首发阵容中的常客，是联盟中排名前列的3D角色球员之一。
波波维奇的执教风格并不适合所有人，但那些将之铭记于心的人几乎总能成为球场上更好的球员，甚至是场下更好的人。丹尼·格林(Danny Green)只是众多此类球员中的一员，而这种塑造人的能力将永远是波波维奇传奇的一部分。
点击查看原文：Danny Green reveals intense strategies Popovich used to motivate Spurs
Danny Green reveals intense strategies Popovich used to motivate Spurs
Everyone knows Pop was not easy on his players, and there was a method to his “madness” — but the madness was for real.
Ever since Gregg Popovich officially announced his retirement from coaching, tributes have been pouring in from every corner of the basketball world. The latest came from Gilbert Arena’s show, “Gil’s Arena”.
Arenas and co. discussed what made Pop and the Spurs so successful, including how amazing he was at scouting and finding the perfect fits for the roster and the team culture. One such prime example was sitting right there on the couch: former Spur Danny Green, who described what made the Spurs and Pop so successful.
There was the usual (how they drafted, the type of players they signed, how they played players’ to their strengths, etc.), but Pop was also well known for was how hard he was on his players, how he managed egos and demanded the best of his players, and for the most part he got it (if not, they were shipped out like Stephen Jackson).
Green was one of those players who, along with Tony Parker, often appeared to be the target of Pop’s coaching wrath, but there was more to it than simply yelling until he got what he wanted; he was doing what made players better. For some, he knew he had to be gentler, but if you were the type of player who played better when you’re mad, then Pop would push buttons to make you angry.
He knew what players would play better mad.
“If I can get you angry, I know I’ll get the most out of you.“
He would push those buttons. Some guys don’t play that well… It’s always a chess game. He’ll cuss you out today and bench you because he knows we’re playing [a certain team] in two games and, “I need you locked in for that game. I’m gonna put you in the doghouse for a couple of games and you’re gonna come out hot.”
Considering how many championships Pop won with so many different players, it’s probably safe to say he knew who and what buttons to push to a tee. (Arenas may not have been one of those players whom it would have worked on, based on his somewhat stunned reaction afterwards.) You can watch the entire thing below or by click here. (Green begins talking at about the 4:00 mark.)
Green was one of Pop’s biggest success stories and a classic case of taking another team’s trash and turning him into his own treasure. After horsing around on the bench as LeBron James’ “sidekick” with the Cavaliers, the former second round pick was waived after one season. The Spurs picked him up soon after, but Pop felt he wasn’t mature enough, and he was soon waived again. Green would then spend most of the 2010-2011 season in the G-League, which taught him it was time to grow up if he wanted to make it in the NBA. The Spurs then signed him again in March of 2011, he took his stints in Austin seriously, and by the next season, he was a permanent staple in their starting line-up as one of the top 3-and-D role players in the league.
Pop’s coaching style wasn’t for everyone, but those who took it to heart almost always became better players on the court and even better people off it. Danny Green is one in a long list of such players, and that ability to mold people will always be a part of Pop’s legacy.
By Marilyn Dubinski, J.R. Wilco, via Pounding The Rock