By Jeph Duarte / Pounding The Rock, 2026-10-05 19:00:00
10月4日这个周日，是我正式开启马刺新赛季的日子。
从中午到下午三点，球队举办了第二届格雷格·波波维奇“教练培训教练”训练营。该活动部分由积极教练联盟（Positive Coach Alliance）协助组织，先进行了一个简短的破冰环节，随后介绍了马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)。约翰逊谈到了这项活动的价值以及分享知识的重要性，并讲述了活动背后的灵感来源——格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)。
就在约翰逊发言时，波波在布雷特·布朗的陪同下走上球场。约翰逊向波波致谢，并请他讲几句话。
一如既往的波波风格，他几乎没谈篮球，还幽默地说：“某种程度上，这一切都是扯淡。”相反，他满怀热情地谈到了建立人际关系。他分享道，德章泰·穆雷和德里克·怀特在离开圣安东尼奥后的这些年里都曾打电话给他，感谢他们在马刺效力期间的收获。波波强调，目标是“无论输赢，都要延续这种文化”。
演讲环节首先登场的是运动医学主管盖伊·W·尼科莱特博士 (Dr. Guy W. Nicolette)，他为健康与身心福祉定下了基调——这是体育运动、教练工作和竞技比赛的首要目标。关于有多少年轻球员受伤、又有多少孩子因现代篮球的压力而过早对运动失去热情，这里有大量值得分享的知识。
随后，球员发展主管迈克·诺伊斯 (Mike Noyes)、助理发展教练吉米·巴伦 (Jimmy Barron) 以及首席助理教练比利·多诺万 (Billy Donovan) 也分别进行了演讲。每位演讲者都请来了前来支持示范的退伍军人纪念高中男子篮球队成员协助演示。与会的教练涵盖了从小学到大学各年龄段的球队，而马刺教练组在融入适用于所有年龄段球员的技术与理念方面做得非常出色。
整场演讲持续了大约两个小时，但时间过得飞快，让人感觉他们只是触及了更庞大知识体系的冰山一角。
之后有几个小时的休息时间，与此同时，其余14000多名球迷在场馆外慢慢排起长队，准备进入弗罗斯特银行中心观看一年一度的银黑对抗赛。两队打了四节，每节10分钟，采用连续计时（暂停和每节最后两分钟除外）。
银黑对抗赛是季前赛的一次绝佳预热。球迷们可以看到首发球员、轮换球员、新秀以及训练营邀请球员，以一种接近他们日常训练对抗的方式进行比赛。总体而言，这是一次轻松的窗口，让球迷窥见球员们的内在运转和彼此之间的化学反应，也能一窥他们场下的个性。
凯尔登·约翰逊连续第二年担任主持人，新秀们则为现场观众献上了卡拉OK表演。杰登·昆坦斯和马利克·布朗都演唱了德雷克的歌曲，贾科比·吉莱斯皮唱了克里斯·布朗，小塔里斯·里德则以一首经典邦·乔维名曲《Living on a Prayer》引爆全场。凯尔登把卡特·布莱恩特也拉进来一起合唱，直到卢克·科内特抢走话筒、抢走风头。很明显，这些球员非常享受彼此相伴的时光。而新秀们似乎也已经在这个本就紧密团结的集体中站稳了脚跟。
距离季前赛还有三天。如果维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 那记暴扣所引发的欢呼能说明什么的话，那这将是一个让马刺和球迷都热血沸腾的赛季。
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查看原文：Open Thread: Spending Sunday with the San Antonio Spurs
Open Thread: Spending Sunday with the San Antonio Spurs
Sunday, October 4, was my official kick off into the new season of the San Antonio Spurs.
From noon until 3pm, the organization held the second annual Gregg Popovich Coach the Coaches Clinic. Organized in part through the Positive Coach Alliance, they held a quick ice breaker before introducing Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson. Johnson spoke about the values of the program and the importance of sharing knowledge. He spoke of the inspiration behind the event, Gregg Popovich.
While Johnson was speaking, Pop was escorted onto the court by Brett Brown. Johnson thanked Pop and then asked him to share a few words.
In typical Pop fashion, he spoke little of basketball, humorously stating “to some degree, it’s all bull$h!t.” Instead, he spoke passionately about creating relationships. He shared how both Dejounte Murray and Derrick White had called him in the years since leaving San Antonio to share gratitude for what they learned during their time with the Spurs. Pop emphasized that the goal is to “sustain the culture whether you’re winning or losing.”
They started their presentations with Dr. Guy W. Nicolette, Director of Sports Medicine who set a tone regarding health and well-being as the primary goals of sports, coaching, and competition. There is a wealth of knowledge on how many young players get injured and how many burn out on sports early on due to the pressures of the modern game.
There were presentations by Mike Noyes, Director of Player Development, Assistant Development Coach Jimmy Barron, and Lead Assistant Coach Billy Donovan. Each utilized members of the Veterans Memorial Men’s Basketball who attended to support in demonstrations. Coaches attending represented all age groups from elementary to collegiate teams, and the staff did a wonderful job of incorporating skills and philosophies universal to players of all ages.
The entire presentation was a bout two hours, but it went by so quickly, you feel as if they are just scratching the surface at a much larger swatch of information.
There was a break for a couple of hours while the rest of the 14,000+ fans who were slowly lining up outside prepared to enter the Frost Bank Center for the annual Silver & Black Scrimmage. The teams played four 10-minute quarters with continuous clock (minus time outs and the last two minutes of each quarter).
The Silver & Black Scrimmage is a wonderful launch into the preseason. Fans can see starters, rotation guys, new draftees, and camp invitees playing in a similar way to how they scrimmage in daily practice. For the most part, it is a laid back look into the inner workings of the players and their dynamic. There is also some insight into their behind the scenes personalities.
For the second year in a row, Keldon Johnson served as MC while the draftees participated in karaoke for the crowd. Jayden Quaintance and Maliq Brown both performed Drake tunes, Ja’Kobi Gillespie sang Chris Brown, and Tarris Reed, Jr brought down the house with a rendition of the classic Bon Jovi tune “Living on a Prayer.” Keldon threw Carter Bryant into the mix and sang with him until Luke Kornet stole the mic and the spotlight. It really is obvious how much these players enjoy one another’s company. And it looks like the rooks have found their footing in an already tight-knit group.
Three more days until preseason. If the excitement when Victor Wembanyama slam dunked was any indication, this is going to be raucous season for Spurs and fans alike.
By Jeph Duarte / Pounding The Rock