[最佳教練] Gregg Popovich證實LaMarcus Aldridge夏天要求被交易 Popo一番話把他留了下來

馬刺大前鋒LaMarcus Aldridge去年打得不太順心，休賽期期間也有不少關於他的交易傳聞。昨天馬刺教練Gregg Popovich接受訪問時表示，LaMarcus Aldridge確實在夏天要求過被交易。
Popovich告訴記者: “他說我想要被交易。我說：'哇，之前從來沒有人和我說過這樣的話。'他說：'我不享受這些了，我沒有自信了，我也不確定你想不想要我在這裡，我想要被交易。'"

引用He said, ‘I want to be traded,’” Popovich told reporters. “And I said, ‘Whoa, nobody has ever said that to me before.’ He said, ‘I’m not enjoying this. I’m not confident. I’m not sure you want me here. I want to be traded.’”

而事實上，馬刺也跟幾支球隊有過交流，主要還是希望能從交易中拿到一個高順位選秀權。
不過Gregg Popovich還是把LA留了下來: “我很坦白，我告訴他，我很樂意把他交易走，我說:'要是能用你換來一個有Kevin Durant那種天賦的球員，我會親自開車送你去機場，我會親自幫你打包好行李，我會親自送你過去。他笑了，我說：'不然的話，我是你最好的兄弟，你會在這裡再留一年，你哪兒也不會去。因為你的天賦，我們很難再去交易到我們想要的，所以一起來解決這件事情吧。'而我們也做到了。”

引用“I was very candid with him,” Popovich said. “I told him I would be happy to trade him. ‘You get me a talent like Kevin Durant, and I will drive you to the airport. I will pack your bags, and I will drive you there,’ and he laughed. And I said, ‘Short of that, I’m your best buddy, and you are here for another year, and you ain’t going nowhere because for you talent-wise, we are not going to get what we want, so let’s figure this thing out.' And we did.”

而最後，LaMarcus Aldridge在夏天和馬刺達成了一份3年7200萬的合約。Gregg Popovich也承認，去年他對LaMarcus Aldridge過份嚴格，讓馬刺大前鋒遠離了自已的舒適區。現在Popo允許Aldridge打得更像波特蘭時期的那個他，這也讓Aldridge本賽季的效率大為提升。
(source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/01/12/spurs-coach-gregg-popovich-lamarcus-aldridge-requested-trade-out-san-antonio/1027851001/)