NBA總裁David Stern日前在出席斯蒂芬-史密斯脫口秀接受採訪時表示，聖安東尼奧馬
刺是聯盟球隊管理的典範，至於波波維奇在比賽間隙接受採訪時的“不耐煩”， 他也
表示了理解和支持。
“It is always a treasure to look at a well-managed team, to see how they do
at the gate, as a matter of business and on the court. I think San Antonio,
everyone can agree, is a model of how a team, you would hope if you owned it,
would be run. They’ve been competitive for a long time.
Stern說：「看到一支管理有方的球隊終歸是一筆寶貴的財富，看看他們是如何運作的，
不只是在商業運作方面，還有在球場之上的表現。在我看來，馬刺就是球隊
管理的典範，這一點我想所有人都認可。如果你有一支球隊，我想你也希望
它能經營得像馬刺這樣。他們已經保持了相當長時間的強大競爭力。」
“As their competition would say, it sure helps to have Tim Duncan. But when
you look at what they surrounded him with, and the way they’ve gone into the
international market, they’re really very excellent at what they do. And
they bring people into a building that’s relatively new but continually
updated. That makes me very happy, as does Oklahoma City, as does watching
what Portland is doing this year.
Stern說：「他們的戰績說明了一切，當然擁有Tim Duncan這樣的球員肯定會有很大幫助
。但是看看他們的其他球員，他們在開拓國際市場中的表現，他們在球隊運
作方面真的是做得很棒。他們把一些新球員吸納進來，緊接著不斷改進和提
高。看到他們如此出色的表現我感到很高興，雷霆也是如此，今年的拓荒者
也是一樣。」
在擔任聯盟總裁30年之後，Stern將於明年2月1號正式退休。當被問及波波維奇同媒體微
妙的關係時，他還替馬刺主帥說了好話。
“I kind of enjoy it. I’m not allowed to say that until February 1. If Pop
wants to have some fun…it’s a big act. Come on. He’s having fun, he’s
making statements. People are waiting to see what he says or doesn’t say.
But by and large, I must tell you, we’re in the huddles, we’re bringing our
fans close up. Frankly I have my own view about grabbing a coach in the
middle of the game. I know our network partners love it. I’m sort of more
interested in what’s going on in the middle of the huddle.”
Stern說：「我挺喜歡他這樣的。等過了明年2月1號我才能暢所欲言。但只要他想，波波
完全可以把你逗得很開心。他是個很有意思的人，對自己的想法毫無保留。
人們每次都很期待他接下來會說些什麼，會有怎樣的舉止。說實話，我對在
比賽當中採訪教練也有自己的看法。我知道這是我們的網路工作者所希望看
到的，而我對在這個過程中所發生的一切事情也會更感興趣。」
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可是還是要罰錢(?)