By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-09-15 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。
NBA传奇球星史蒂夫·纳什 (Steve Nash) 和勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 合作了一档名为《Mind the Game》的播客。节目中，两人畅聊各类话题，关系轻松幽默，而他们的对话也时不时会跑偏到一些意想不到的有趣领域。
在最近一期节目中，纳什向詹姆斯问起了2007年NBA总决赛对阵马刺队的往事。
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在这段交流中，纳什抛出了一个有趣的猜想：波波维奇（Pop）会不会是一名间谍。这听起来像句玩笑话，但并非完全是空穴来风。
1970年，格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 毕业于美国空军学院，并获得了苏联研究的学士学位。他曾考虑加入中央情报局（CIA），在投身篮球事业之前，最初还接受了空军的情报培训。
就像他的爱徒蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 一样，两人最初都无意踏入篮球世界，但他们最终的到来，对篮球世界而言无疑是一件幸事。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: Steve Nash wonders aloud if Gregg Popovich could have been a spy
Open Thread: Steve Nash wonders aloud if Gregg Popovich could have been a spy
NBA greats Steve Nash and LeBron James have a podcast called Mind the Game. On it, the two banter about a bevy of topics. Their relationship is light and humorous and from time to time their conversations lead down some strange avenues.
On this occasion, Nash asked LeBron about playing against the Spurs in the 2007 NBA Finals.
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In the exchange, Nash asks of Pop could be a spy. It’s a funny musing, but not completely off base.
In 1970, Gregg Popovich graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Soviet studies. He considered joining the CIA and initially underwent Air Force intelligence training before moving into basketball.
Like his protege Tim Duncan, neither initially intended to land in the basketball world, but better for the basketball world that they did.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock