By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-06-12 12:48:59
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前加州大学洛杉矶分校 (UCLA) 篮球明星大卫·格林伍德 (David Greenwood) 于2021年11月21日星期日在密苏里州堪萨斯城的全美大学篮球名人堂入选仪式上谈论他的职业生涯。格林伍德于1985年通过一笔将乔治·格文 (George Gervin) 送往芝加哥公牛队的交易来到圣安东尼奥马刺队，他于周日去世，享年68岁。
在马刺队史中，大卫·格林伍德 (David Greenwood) 被铭记为1985年10月那笔将未来的名人堂成员乔治·格文 (George Gervin) 送往芝加哥的饱受争议交易中的筹码。
但格林伍德与马刺队的渊源还有鲜为人知的另一面。在他征战NBA的第12个也是最后一个赛季，他作为一位资深老将重回马刺队，并在此期间指导了年轻且易受影响的肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott)。
“他对我来说是一位很棒的老将，”埃利奥特说，“我有很多关于他的好故事，但没有一个是我能真正说出口的，因为他真的可以说是将我从场外险境中拯救了出来。”
格林伍德是一名身高2米06、体重100公斤的大前锋，在格文的交易发生后，他为马刺队效力了三个多赛季。他于周日在加利福尼亚州里弗赛德因与癌症抗争后去世，享年68岁。
“这对我来说真是个悲伤的消息，”埃利奥特说道，他后来成为两届全明星球员，也是马刺队1999年总冠军的关键成员。“我真的非常感谢他。”
1988-89赛季中期，马刺队将格林伍德交易到了丹佛。但在1990-91赛季，他以自由球员身份回归，为马刺队再战一个赛季。那支球队拥有大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 和埃利奥特等年轻球星，教练组则由拉里·布朗 (Larry Brown) 领衔，助理教练包括格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 和R.C. 布福德 (R.C. Buford)。波波维奇和布福德在格林伍德首次效力球队的尾声阶段来到圣安东尼奥。
“近四十年前，我和波波教练来到圣安东尼奥担任助理教练时，大卫是我们最早认识的球员之一。他无论是球场上还是生活中都是一位斗士，”现任马刺队首席执行官的布福德在一份声明中表示，“在这个艰难的时刻，我们向格林伍德的家人致以哀悼。”
埃利奥特当时21岁，正值他进入联盟的第二个年头，格林伍德开始对他进行指导。除了都在太平洋十校联盟（Pac-10）的大学（埃利奥特在亚利桑那大学，格林伍德在加州大学洛杉矶分校）有过明星表现外，两人都是以高顺位新秀的身份进入联盟（埃利奥特是1989年的探花秀，格林伍德则是十年前的榜眼秀），并且都入选过NBA最佳新秀阵容。
“他是一个好人，能让你保持专注，并教导你如何规避场外陷阱，”现年57岁、即将迎来他作为马刺队电视评论员的第25个赛季的埃利奥特说道。
格林伍德职业生涯常规赛共出战823场，场均贡献10.2分和7.9个篮板。但在1990-91赛季，他作为特里·卡明斯 (Terry Cummings) 的替补出战63场比赛，场均仅得到3.8分和3.5个篮板。那个赛季，马刺队取得了55胜27负的战绩，防守效率排名联盟第一，但在季后赛首轮被金州勇士队爆冷淘汰。
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“他是一名老将中的老将，一个真正拼搏的老将，”埃利奥特这样评价格林伍德，“我刚来的时候，他已经经历过跟腱撕裂并做了手术，所以运动能力不如从前了，但他偶尔仍能展现亮点。他就是一名全面扎实的球员，也是一个非常棒的队友。”
就在马刺队赛季揭幕战前几天，格林伍德通过收音机得知自己被交易到马刺队以换取格文时，距离他场均代表公牛队贡献12分和10个篮板的表现已过去了两年。
这位加州大学洛杉矶分校校友在马刺队表现稳健，1986-87赛季他在79场比赛中场均贡献11.6分、9.9个篮板和3.0次助攻，这是他为圣安东尼奥效力期间表现最好的一个赛季。在他最出色的一场比赛中，他对阵犹他队抢下了20个篮板，这促使马刺队老板安杰洛·德罗索斯 (Angelo Drossos) 评论道：“你把一些前锋单独锁在训练馆里，他们也抢不到20个篮板。”
但格林伍德效力的马刺队在第一个赛季进入季后赛之后，却成为了当时队史上最差的几支球队之一。球迷们渴望回到20世纪70年代末和80年代初的辉煌时期，那时格文在为总冠军争夺者效力期间，曾四次赢得联盟得分王。
在为马刺队效力的九个赛季中，格文场均得到27.3分。而格林伍德来到马刺时，场均数据为12.6分。
“‘冰人’当时确实已是职业生涯末期，”前马刺队媒体关系总监韦恩·威特 (Wayne Witt) 说道，“他仍然是一名不错的球员，但不再是顶级的了。即便如此，他仍是这座城市的英雄，而任何接替他位置的人——大卫·格林伍德——都将承受巨大的压力。”
格林伍德还曾效力于底特律活塞队，并在1990年作为替补球员随队赢得了一枚NBA总冠军戒指。
在洛杉矶弗布姆戴伊高中表现出色后，格林伍德在加州大学洛杉矶分校开始了大学生涯，当时距离传奇教练约翰·伍登 (John Wooden) 于1975年3月宣布退役、震惊棕熊队球迷仅过去数月。
格林伍德是一名四年首发球员，参加了1976年NCAA最终四强赛，并在大三和大四赛季都获得了全美最佳阵容一阵的荣誉，成为自1972-74赛季的比尔·沃顿 (Bill Walton) 之后，首位做到这一点的加州大学洛杉矶分校球员。
1979年，公牛队在与洛杉矶湖人队进行抛硬币决胜中落败，湖人队通过与新奥尔良的交易获得了状元签，并选中了未来的名人堂成员魔术师约翰逊 (Magic Johnson)。公牛队则因此在选秀中以榜眼签选中了格林伍德。
六个赛季后，公牛队将格林伍德交易到了圣安东尼奥，这笔交易是由马刺队主教练科顿·菲茨西蒙斯 (Cotton Fitzsimmons) 策划，并获得了德罗索斯的首肯。
当时格文已是33岁高龄，此前一个赛季他场均仅得到21.2分，创下多年来的新低，并被视为阻碍后起之秀后卫阿尔文·罗伯逊 (Alvin Robertson) 进步的因素。“冰人”松懈的训练习惯——菲茨西蒙斯是一位纪律严明的教练——据报道也在交易中起到了一定作用。
格林伍德因双脚跟腱炎缠身并需要进行休赛期手术而状态下滑，他在芝加哥的最后一个赛季场均得到6.1分。德罗索斯当时表示，这笔交易“可能是马刺队史最不受欢迎的举动”。
退役后，格林伍德回到母校高中执教，带领弗布姆戴伊高中在1998年和1999年赢得了州冠军。
但埃利奥特将永远记住他，这位传授他经验的老将——同时也帮助普及了他“忍者”的绰号。
“还记得那些‘忍者32号’T恤吗？那是大卫·格林伍德的功劳，”埃利奥特说，“是他把那些东西做出来的。他来找我，问我是否介意他把我的肖像印在T恤上，制作成‘忍者’T恤。他就是那个主意的人。”
“当我看到那些T恤时，我就会想起大卫。他真的是一个很棒的队友。球场上当然是如此，但场下他更是如此。”
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Former San Antonio Spurs forward David Greenwood, 68, died Sunday in Riverside, Calif., according to his alma mater, UCLA. Greenwood spent parts of five seasons with the Spurs after coming to the team in the 1985 trade that sent George Gervin to the Chicago Bulls.
Former San Antonio Spurs forward David Greenwood, 68, died Sunday in Riverside, Calif., according to his alma mater, UCLA. Greenwood spent parts of five seasons with the Spurs after coming to the team in the 1985 trade that sent George Gervin to the Chicago Bulls.
Akeem Olajuwon (#34), Houston Rockets’ center throws a pass past the San Antonio Spurs’ David Greenwood (#10) in Tuesday night’s game at The Summit in Houston.
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FILE - The Detroit Pistons’ bench, William Bedford, left, James Edwards, David Greenwood and Dennis Rodman (10) celebrate in the closing minutes of Game 1 in the NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich., June 6, 1990. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
FILE - Boston Celtics’ Kevin McHale (32) drives as David Greenwood (34) of the Chicago Bulls attempts to catch up during NBA action in Chicago, Nov. 18, 1980.
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Spurs’ Sean Elliott recalls late David Greenwood’s influence on career
Former UCLA standout David Greenwood talks about his career during a National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction event on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. Greenwood, who came to the San Antonio Spurs in the 1985 trade that sent George Gervin to the Chicago Bulls, died Sunday at 68.
In Spurs lore, David Greenwood is remembered as the player acquired in the unpopular trade that sent future Hall of Famer George Gervin to Chicago in October 1985.
But there was another lesser-known aspect to Greenwood’s association with the Spurs. As an elder statesman in his 12th and final NBA season, he had a second stint with the club during which he mentored a young, impressionable Sean Elliott.
“He was a great vet for me,” Elliott said. “I have a lot of good stories about him, but none I can actually tell because he really kind of saved me from the perils away from the court.”
Greenwood, a 6-foot-9, 222-pound power forward who played three-plus seasons with the Spurs after the Gervin deal, died Sunday in Riverside, Calif., after a bout with cancer. He was 68.
“That was really sad news for me,” said Elliott, who went on to become a two-time All-Star and a key member of the Spurs’ 1999 championship team. “I really appreciated him,”
The Spurs traded Greenwood to Denver midway through the 1988-89 season, but he returned as a free agent in 1990-91 to play one more season with the franchise on a team that included young stars David Robinson and Elliott and a coaching staff headed by Larry Brown that included assistants Gregg Popovich and R.C. Brown, Popovich and Buford arrived in San Antonio when Greenwood was still on the team toward the end of his first stint with the club.
“One of the first players Coach Pop and I met when we came to the San Antonio as assistant coaches almost four decades ago, David was a warrior both on the court and in life," Buford, now the franchise’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. "Our condolences go out to the Greenwood family during this tough time.”
Elliott was 21 and in his second year in the league when Greenwood began tutoring him. In addition to having starred in college at Pac-10 schools (Elliott at Arizona, Greenwood at UCLA), they both entered the league as high draft picks (Elliott third overall in 1989, Greenwood second overall a decade earlier) and made NBA All-Rookie teams.
“He was a good guy as far as keeping you focused and teaching you about the pitfalls away from the court,” said Elliott, now 57 and set to enter his 25th season as the Spurs’ TV analyst.
Greenwood averaged 10.2 points and 7.9 rebounds in 823 career regular season games, but he managed only 3.8 points and 3.5 rebounds in 63 games in 1990-91 while backing up Terry Cummings. That squad finished 55-27 and led the league in defensive rating but was upset by Golden State in the first round of the playoffs.
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“He was vet’s vet, a true vet who played hard,” Elliott said of Greenwood. “When I got here, it was after he had torn his Achilles and had surgery, so he wasn’t as athletic as he used to be, but he still showed flashes. Just a solid overall player and just a really good guy to have on the team.”
Greenwood was two years removed from averaging 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls when he learned while listening to the radio he had been traded to the Spurs for Gervin just days before the Spurs’ season opener.
The UCLA alumnus was a solid performer for the Spurs, averaging 11.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 79 games in 1986-87, his best season with San Antonio. In one of his best outings, he hauled down 20 rebounds against Utah, prompting Spurs owner Angelo Drossos to say, “You could lock some forwards in a gym by themselves and they still wouldn’t get 20 rebounds.”
But Greenwood played for what was then two of the worst teams in franchise history after reaching the playoffs in his first season, and fans yearned for the glory days of the late 1970s and early 1980s when Gervin won four league scoring titles while playing for championship contenders.
In nine seasons with the Spurs, Gervin averaged 27.3 points per game. Greenwood came to the Spurs with a 12.6 average.
“The Iceman was really at the end of his career,” former Spurs media relations director Wayne Witt said. “He was still a good player, but he wasn’t a great player. But nonetheless he was a hero in this town and whoever came in his stead — David Greenwood — was going to suffer the consequences.”
Greenwood also played for Detroit and won an NBA championship as a reserve with the Pistons in 1990.
After starring at Verbum Dei High in Los Angeles, Greenwood began his college career at UCLA just months after legendary coach John Wooden shocked Bruins fans by announcing his retirement in March 1975.
A four-year starter, Greenwood played in the 1976 Final Four and earned first-team All-America honors as a junior and senior to become the first UCLA player to do so since Bill Walton in 1972-74.
The Bulls drafted him second overall in 1979 after losing a coin toss with the Los Angeles Lakers, who selected future Hall of Famer Magic Johnson No. 1 after acquiring the pick in a trade with New Orleans.
After six seasons, Chicago traded Greenwood to San Antonio in a deal engineered by Spurs coach Cotton Fitzsimmons with Drossos’ blessing.
Gervin was 33 at the time coming off a season in which he averaged just 21.2 points, his lowest mark in years, and was viewed as an impediment to the progress of up-and-coming guard Alvin Robertson. The Iceman’s lax practice habits — Fitzsimmons was a disciplinarian — also reportedly played a role in the trade.
Slowed by tendinitis in both heals that required offseason surgery, Greenwood averaged 6.1 points in his last season with Chicago. Drossos said at the time the trade "probably would be the most unpopular move in the history of the franchise.”
In retirement, Greenwood coached at his high school alma mater, leading Verbum Dei to state titles in 1998 and 1999.
But Elliott will always remember him as the veteran who showed him the ropes — and also helped popularize his “Ninja” nickname.
“Remember those ‘Ninja 32’ T-shirts? That was David Greenwood,” Elliott said. "He put those together. He came to me and asked me if I wouldn’t mind him putting my likeness on a T-shirt and make it a Ninja T-shirt. He was the guy.
“When I see those, it reminds me of David. He was just a great teammate. On the court, for sure, but definitely off the court.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News
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