By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-05-25 01:12:44
2025年5月5日，圣安东尼奥，前圣安东尼奥马刺队主教练格雷格·波波维奇（右）拥抱圣安东尼奥马刺队新任主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)（左）。
在周日晚上马刺队以103-82赢下第四场比赛后，后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 向NBC透露，传奇教头格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 在马刺西部决赛G3以108-123不敌俄克拉荷马雷霆后，对全队说了些“重话”。
“波波整个赛季其实一直都在队里，”福克斯说道，“但那是他第一次直接走进更衣室，然后说：‘不，这简直是扯淡。我们平时可不是这么打球的。’
“显然，他当时言辞非常犀利。这是他本赛季第一次在比赛刚结束就走进更衣室，直接向我们表达他的感受。”
福克斯表示，当波波维奇对全队训话时，总经理布赖恩·莱特 (Brian Wright) 也在场。
“那是我第一次见到那种场面。训练师、所有人都在。我们关上门，不让任何外人知道里面发生了什么，”福克斯说道。他还补充道，一看到波波维奇走进房间，立刻就吸引了所有人的注意力。
作为NBA历史上胜场数最多的主教练，波波维奇曾率领马刺夺得五次总冠军。在2024-25赛季初期遭遇中风后，他于去年5月正式退休。目前，他继续担任球队的篮球运营总裁，并且经常前往胜利资本训练中心 (Victory Capital Performance Center) 观看球队的日常训练和赛前投篮训练。
马刺前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 表示，他和队友们非常看重波波维奇的反馈意见。
“他告诉你的是大实话，而这正是你需要听到的，因为身边可能会充斥着很多客套和废话，”瓦塞尔说道。“但你需要听到真话，需要知道到底出了什么问题，而他绝对会直言不讳。”
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Gregg Popovich had ‘choice words’ for Spurs after Game 3 loss
Former San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, right, hugs Mitch Johnson, left, the new head coach of the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team, in San Antonio, May 5, 2025.
Coaching legend Gregg Popovich had some “choice words” for the Spurs after their 123-108 loss to Oklahoma City in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, guard De’Aaron Fox told NBC after the team’s 103-82 victory in Game 4 on Sunday night.
“Pop’s been around like throughout the course of the season,” Fox said. “But that was the first time he walked into the locker room and was
like, ‘Nah, that’s BS. That’s not how we play basketball.’
“Obviously, he had some choice words for it. That was the first time all season he came into the locker room right after a game and told us how he felt.”
Fox said general manager Brian Wright was also present when Popovich addressed the team.
“That’s the first time I’ve ever seen that. Trainers, everybody’s in there. We close the doors, we don’t let anybody know what’s going on in here," said Fox, who added that seeing Popovich enter the room immediately got everyone’s attention.
Popovich, the NBA’s all-time winningest coach who guided the Spurs to five championships, retired from coaching last May following the stroke he suffered early in the 2024-25 season. He continues in his role as the team’s president of basketball operations and is frequent visitor to practices and shootarounds at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs forward Devin Vassell said he and his teammates value Popovich’s feedback.
“He’s telling you the truth and that’s what you need to hear because there’s a lot of BS that might go around,” Vassell said. “But you need to hear the truth, you need to hear what’s going on, and he’ll do that for sure.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News