By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer / San Antonio Express-News, 2026-10-02 11:13:16
2024年12月5日，星期四，在圣安东尼奥进行的一场NBA比赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫克里斯·保罗（左）与芝加哥公牛队主教练比利·多诺万（右）交流。（美联社图片/Eric Gay）
本周，当被记者问及比利·多诺万 (Billy Donovan) 加盟其教练组一事时，马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 露出了笑容。
“我可没那么天真，觉得自己能向大家说明一位像比利·多诺万这样手握丰功伟绩的61岁名人堂级别主帅究竟能带来什么，”约翰逊说，“显然，他的到来让我感到非常兴奋。”
确实，在马刺力求更进一步、迈向总冠军级别球队的过程中，约翰逊将多诺万视为身旁极为宝贵的智囊资源。
“他为人极好，性格出众，无缝融入了我们，”约翰逊表示，“他拥有极其丰富的经验，工作也极其努力。他可不是那种翘着二郎腿吹当年勇的人，而是真正卷起袖子、亲力亲为地投入工作。所以，能有他在这里，我感到非常荣幸也非常激动。”
休赛期，随着马刺首席助理教练兼防守大师肖恩·斯威尼 (Sean Sweeney) 在率队打进NBA总决赛后离队，转而执掌奥兰多魔术队教鞭，马刺随即引进了多诺万以填补这一空缺——据报道，多诺万此前也曾竞聘过魔术队的主教练一职。
通过引进多诺万，马刺为约翰逊配备了一位经验极其丰富的主帅级副手。多诺万在过去11个赛季里始终在NBA执教（在俄克拉荷马城雷霆度过6个赛季后，又在芝加哥公牛执教了近5年，执教战绩总计469胜413负）。在此之前，他曾在1996至2015年间执掌佛罗里达大学鳄鱼队帅印长达19年，并率队在2006年和2007年蝉联NCAA全美总冠军，缔造了辉煌传奇。
此外，多诺万还曾在2000年率领佛罗里达大学闯入NCAA全国冠军战，并先后四次杀入最终四强（Final Four）。而在其职业执教生涯中，最具代表性的时刻则是执教雷霆的首个赛季（2016年）便率队杀入了西部决赛。
马刺聘请多诺万之前，年仅39岁的约翰逊曾因在季后赛中的部分临场决策而饱受外界批评，尤其是在NBA总决赛对阵纽约尼克斯的系列赛中——马刺在那轮系列赛中以1-4落败，而在输掉的每场比赛中，他们都曾浪费了两位数的领先优势。
“他会给全队带来帮助，特别是在今年，可能会对我个人给予巨大的支持，”约翰逊说道。
多诺万关注后场阵容难题： 马刺后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示，多诺万预计将协助约翰逊解决如何最优化使用他自己以及同队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)、迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 的课题。
“我们交流过的一件事，就是他执教三后卫阵容的能力，”福克斯说，“在俄城执教时，他麾下拥有丹尼斯（施罗德）、夏（亚历山大）和CP（克里斯·保罗），他成功让这套体系运转了起来。那支球队在当时本不被看好能进季后赛，但因为他们找到了破局之道，最终在整个赛季里都打得风生水起。这正是他能带给我们的宝贵经验。”
福克斯所指的正是2019-20赛季的雷霆队，在那个人们因疫情而缩水的赛季里，雷霆取得了44胜28负的战绩高居西部第五；亚历山大场均攻下19.0分，施罗德拿下18.9分，保罗贡献17.6分，最终他们在季后赛首轮苦战七场才遗憾负于休斯顿。
“（上赛季）我们三个人在一起打球的时间并不多，但在对阵纽约的总决赛中，到了比赛收官阶段，我们开始更多地搭档出场了，”福克斯在谈及自己、卡斯尔与哈珀时说道。
“我们清楚，今年我们肯定会经常同场竞技，”福克斯补充道。
卡斯尔支持从严抓推人犯规： 作为一名精英级防守者，卡斯尔被问及联盟本赛季指示裁判严厉打击进攻球员用手臂推开防守球员这一举措的看法。
“我们必须确保不能通过放任进攻球员的非法动作，反过来惩罚了防守端，”NBA裁判发展与培训高级副总裁蒙蒂·麦卡琴 (Monty McCutchen) 上个月在接受ESPN电话采访时表示，“我认为我们在这方面可以做得更好。”
这一严惩措施出台的背景，是上赛季NBA各队场均得分高达115.6分，创下了自1969-70赛季以来的历史最高纪录。
“我认为这对防守是有利的，能给防守球员更多干扰投篮的机会，并且在你在防守端抢先占住位置时，能限制更强壮的球员硬挤到特定攻击区域，”卡斯尔说道，他此前仅以4分之差遗憾未能入选2025-26赛季NBA最佳防守阵容二阵，“我不认为这会彻底改变联盟格局，但我感觉它绝对能为防守球员提供帮助，尤其是在进攻时限快要耗尽的阶段。”
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Mitch Johnson opens up addition of Billy Donovan to Spurs staff
San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul, left, talks with Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson smiled when a reporter asked him this week about the addition of Billy Donovan to his staff.
“I don’t want to be naive enough to think that I’m going to be able to tell you what a 61-year-old Hall of Fame coach like Billy Donovan and his resume can bring to the table,” Johnson said. “Obviously, I’m very excited he’s here.”
Indeed, Johnson views Donovan as an incredibly valuable resource to have by his side as the Spurs attempt to take the next step toward becoming a championship team.
“He’s a tremendous person, great personality, fits in seamlessly,” Johnson said. “He’s got worlds of experience and he’s an extremely hard worker. He’s not kicking his feet up and telling stories. He’s rolling his sleeves up and getting his hands dirty. So very, very honored and excited to have him here.”
The Spurs added Donovan in the offseason to fill a vacancy created when associate head coach and defensive mastermind Sean Sweeney left the Spurs following their run to the NBA Finals to become coach of the Orlando Magic, a job Donovan reportedly also pursued.
In Donovan, the Spurs gave Johnson a top lieutenant with a wealth of experience as a head coach, including spending the past 11 seasons guiding NBA teams (the last five years with the Chicago Bulls after six seasons with Oklahoma City Thunder for a 469-413 overall record) and a 19-year stint guiding the Florida Gators from 1996 to 2015 highlighted by winning national championships in 2006 and 2007.
Donovan also guided Florida to an NCAA title game appearance in 2000 and a total of four Final Four appearances. The highlight of his pro coaching career came when Oklahoma City reached the 2016 Western Conference finals in his first season there.
Donovan’s hiring by the Spurs came after critics hammered Johnson, 39, for some of his decisions during the postseason, including several against the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, which the Spurs lost in five games after blowing double-digit leads in each of their losses.
“He’s going to help all of us and me probably specifically a ton this year,” Johnson said.
Donovan to eye guard dilemma: Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said Donovan is expected to aid Johnson in his efforts to figure out how to best use himself and fellow guards Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper.
“One thing we’ve talked about is him being able to coach three guards at the same time,” Fox said. “When he was in OKC, he had Dennis (Schroder), Shai (Gilgeous-Alexander) and CP (Chris Paul), so he’s been able to make it work. That team wasn’t supposed to go to the playoffs at the time and then ended up playing well throughout the course of the season because they figured it out. And that’s one thing he’s bringing to us.”
The team Fox referred to, the 2019-20 Thunder, finished fifth in the Western Conference with a 44-28 record in a pandemic-shortened season with Gilgeous-Alexander averaging 19.0 points, Schroder 18.9 and Paul 17.6 before losing to Houston in seven games in the first round of the playoffs.
“Us three didn’t play a lot together (last season), but in the Finals (against New York), towards the end of the games, we started playing more together,” Fox said of himself, Castle and Harper.
“We know we’re going to play together this year,” Fox added.
Castle welcomes push-off crack down: As an elite defender, Castle was asked for his thoughts on the league instructing its referees to crack down this season on offensive players who use their arms to push off against defensive players.
“We’ve got to make sure the defensive side of the ball does not get penalized by allowing illegal acts by the offensive player,” Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s senior vice president of referee development and training, said in a conference call last month, per ESPN. "I think we can do a better job.
The crack down comes after NBA teams averaged 115.6 points last season, the highest mark since the 1969-70 season.
“I think it’s beneficial to the defense, giving them more of a chance to get contest on shots and probably stop stronger players from getting in certain spots when you beat them there,” said Castle, who was just four voting points shy of gaining a spot on the 2025-26 NBA All-Defensive Second Team by just four voting points. “I don’t think it’ll change too much in the league, but I feel like it’ll definitely help defenders, especially late clock.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer / San Antonio Express-News