By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-22 19:00:00
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。
马刺队的前球员和长期色彩分析师透露了波波维奇几次谈论退休的时刻
随着格雷格·波波维奇本月早些时候宣布退休，肖恩·埃利奥特(Sean Elliott)与KENS 5频道的主持人比尔·泰勒坐在一起，坦率地谈论了波波维奇。
泰勒暗示了这位曾经被认为是传奇人物的教练，当蒂姆·邓肯退役时，波波维奇会跟随他离开球场进入球员通道，一起退出比赛。
2018年，波波维奇的妻子去世后，他更加投入到执教工作中。
随着马刺队的超级球星科怀·伦纳德想要离开，以及患得患失的德玛尔·德罗赞的加入，波波维奇在整个过渡时期都留了下来。
正如马刺队的传奇人物埃利奥特所阐述的那样，这不仅仅是对球员的支持。
“当艾琳去世后，我认为他更深入地投入到他的球员和执教中，因为他需要这些，”他表示。
埃利奥特还透露，他认为波波维奇原本计划在2023年夏天退休，直到马刺队宣布获得了状元签。
在乐透抽签结果公布后，埃利奥特形容波波维奇“重新焕发了活力”。
埃利奥特告诉波波维奇，“现在你不能退休。你对这个年轻人负有责任。你必须向他展示如何准备，如何成为一名职业球员。你必须像你对蒂米所做的那样，以同样的方式给他打下基础。”
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Open Thread: Sean Elliott told Pop he “couldn’t retire” once they landed the #1 pick in 2023
The Spurs former player and longtime color analyst revealed some of the times Pop discussed retirement
With the announcement of Gregg Popovich’s retirement earlier this month, Sean Elliott sat with KENS 5 anchor Bill Taylor and spoke candidly about Pop.
Taylor hinted to the once believed legend that when Tim Duncan retired, Pop was going to follow him off the court and into the tunnel, exiting the game in unison.
When Popovich’s wife passed away in 2018, he dove deeper into coaching.
With the Spurs superstar Kawhi Leonard wanting out, and a trepidatious DeMar DeRozan entering the picture, Pop stayed on through the transition.
As the Spurs legend illuminated, it was more than support for the players.
“When Erin was gone I think he dove deeper into his players into coaching because he needed that,” he stated.
Elliott also revealed that he believed Pop was set to retire in the summer of 2023, until it was announced that the Spurs had acquired the number one overall pick.
After the lottery reveal, Elliott describes Pop as “reenergized.”
Elliott told Pop, “right now you can’t retire. You have a responsibility to this young man. You gotta show him how to prepare, to be professional. You have to show him what you showed Timmy, in the same type of way, give him the foundation.”
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock