By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-17 14:38:11
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 在效力马刺的两个赛季中了解到，他从格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 那里得到的永远只有最诚实的反馈。
“他帮了我，也帮了队里的很多其他球员，他就是一个你可以去倾诉的人，”这位 2024-25 赛季 NBA 年度最佳新秀在周五的训练后表示，“无论比赛打得好还是坏，只要你了解波波，就知道他总是会告诉你真相。”
考虑到这一点，当这位球队篮球运营总裁本周早些时候在胜利资本训练中心 (Victory Capital Performance Center) 向球员们发表讲话时，卡斯尔和他的队友们都听得非常认真。
达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示，波波维奇在六个月前中风后于去年五月正式从教练岗位退休，作为 NBA 历史上胜场数最多的教练和五届总冠军得主，他首先祝贺了球队度过了一个“成功的常规赛”。
“其次，（他谈到了）常规赛和季后赛之间将会发生的改变，”这位两届全明星球员说道，“他是史上胜场数最多的教练之一，也是拥有总冠军戒指最多的教练之一，所以他觉得有必要过来给大家好好叮嘱一番，这是理所当然的。”
卡斯尔表示，波波维奇周五也参加了训练，他鼓励球员们在周日晚上开始的西部季后赛首轮七场四胜制系列赛对阵波特兰时，“做回自己”。
“（他说）真的不需要做任何与我们整个赛季所做的不同的事情，”卡斯尔说，“我认为他只是给了我们另一个视角，让我们看到自己打得有多好，以及我们所处的位置。（他说）只要继续保持我们为了到达这些位置所做的一切就好。”
卡斯尔表示，在私下交流中，他从 77 岁的波波维奇那里得到的主要建议是，无论顺境还是逆境，都要“保持冷静”。
“无论我们打了一场好球还是坏球，都要努力保持一贯的表现，”卡斯尔说道。
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Spurs players open up about Gregg Popovich’s playoff advice
Stephon Castle has learned in his two seasons with the Spurs that he will never get anything but honest feedback from Gregg Popovich.
“He’s helped me and a lot of the other guys on the team, just having somebody to talk to,” the 2024-25 NBA rookie of the year said after practice Friday. “Whether games are going good, games are going bad, just knowing Pop, he’ll always tell you the real (truth).”
With that in mind, Castle and his teammates were all ears when the team’s president of basketball operations addressed them earlier this week at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Popovich, who retired from coaching last May after suffering a stroke six months earlier as the NBA’s all-time winningest coach and a five-time champions, began by congratulating the team on a “successful regular season,” De’Aaron Fox said.
“Then, two, (he talked about) the changes that are going to happen between regular season and the playoffs,” the two-time All-Star said. “He’s one of the winningest coaches ever, one of the coaches with the most (championship) rings ever, so it’s only right that he felt like he needed to come in and preach to the choir.”
Popovich, who was also attended practice Friday, encouraged the players to “just be us” when they face Portland in a best-of-seven Western Conference first-round playoff series set to begin Sunday night, Castle said.
“(He said) not to really do anything different from what we’ve been doing all season,” Castle said. “I think he kind of just gave us another perspective on how well we’ve been playing and the position we’ve put ourselves in. (He said) just keep doing what we’ve been doing to get in those spots.”
Castle said that on a one-on-one basis the main advice he’s received from Popovich, 77, is to “just keep my head” in good times and bad.
“Whether we have a good game or a bad game, just try to do everything the same,” Castle said.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News