By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-10-27 02:40:45
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。
周日下午，在马刺对阵布鲁克林篮网队的主场揭幕战中，关注社交媒体的球迷或是亲临霜冻银行中心的观众可能已经注意到场馆内的一个变化——在众多退役球衣之中，多了一面新升起的旗帜。马刺队以其一贯的低调作风，在没有举行盛大仪式的情况下，用这种方式向他们的前主教练格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 致敬，而波波维奇本人也无需为此公开露面。
传奇们。 pic.twitter.com/cXKvpyBwcw
— 圣安东尼奥马刺 (@ spurs) 2025年10月26日
这面白色旗帜与「三巨头」、「海军上将」等他执教过的数位传奇球员的退役球衣并排悬挂，旗帜上印有“Pop”字样、1,390（他的总胜场数）、代表五座总冠军的五颗星星，以及为纪念他入选篮球运动最高殿堂的“Hall of Fame”（名人堂）标志。
尽管已是NBA历史胜场数最多的教练，但波波依然享受着这份工作，并在执教和培养年轻球员的过程中找到了新的满足感——这不仅体现在球场上，更延伸到他们的人生道路上。然而不幸的是，在2024-25赛季第五场比赛前，他因突发中风而导致执教生涯戛然而止，并于赛季结束后正式退休。他将教鞭传给了自己的弟子米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)，后者在上赛季执教的77场比赛中，球队的战绩为32胜45负。
考虑到波波一向不喜被公开赞誉或抛头露面，这次低调的致敬很可能就是我们能看到的全部了。但无论如何，他的传奇将永存于马刺、NBA乃至整个篮球的历史长河之中。
点击查看原文：Spurs quietly hang a banner in honor of Gregg Popovich
Spurs quietly hang a banner in honor of Gregg Popovich
Social media watchers or those in attendance for the Spurs’ home opener against the Brooklyn Nets may have noticed a difference in the Frost Bank Center on Sunday afternoon, and that would be an extra banner hanging among the retired jerseys. In typical fashion, without much pomp and circumstance, the Spurs found a way to honor their former head coach Gregg Popovich without him having to make an appearance.
Legends. pic.twitter.com/cXKvpyBwcw
— San Antonio Spurs (@ spurs) October 26, 2025
Hanging next to legends like The Big Three, The Admiral and several of his other former players is a while banner that says “Pop”, 1,390 (his win total), five stars for five championships, and “Hall of Fame” in honor of his induction into the highest club in the sport of basketball.
Despite being the winningest coach in NBA history, Pop was still enjoying the job and found new satisfaction in coaching and building up young players not just on the court, but in life as well. Unfortunately, his career came to an abrupt end after he suffered a stroke ahead of the fifth game of the 2024-25 season, and he retired after the season was over, passing the job onto his protege Mitch Johnson, who was given the 32-45 record for the 77 games he coached last season.
Odds are this is all we’ll hear about the honor considering Pop isn’t one who wants to be celebrated or have to make appearances, but he will live on in Spurs, NBA and basketball history for all eternity.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock