"The Hornets players are out, now it's our team players playing! Next, the person who will be playing is Greg Popovich! ”

The Spurs looked different from other teams everywhere, the Spurs' home stadium lights hit the players' tunnel, and the fans gave a standing ovation, but after waiting for a while, no one came out, and then the lights flickered, and it turned out that Popovich was already sitting on the team's bench.

This is a typical American joke.

Popovich is one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, the early years of the Air Force were excellent, the background of the soldier made Popovich pay more attention to unity and discipline than any other head coach, during this period, Popovich even worked as a secret agent, so he and Duncan, who studied psychology, can be said to be a hit, Popovich studied under Larry Brown and Don Nelson, tactically pay attention to "people move the ball", and off-ball running accounts for a large proportion of Popovich's tactical system, The players on the pitch are constantly blocking and creating opportunities for attacking strong points, and everyone is assigned their own tasks, and on the offensive end, everyone can only shoot in the area they are best at. Popovich has led the team to four championships, so some say that the biggest leader of the Spurs is not Duncan, but Popovich.

Popovich smiled, stood up from the bench and waved to the crowd.

"Now, let's dedicate our warmest applause to the Argentine demon knife Manu Ginobili!"

The San Antonio crowd was clearly much more enthusiastic than the New York crowd, and as soon as Ginobili came out, the fans immediately stood up and cheered.

Ginobili is 33 years old, is one of the few players in the basketball world who combines NBA championships and international championship medals, he was picked by the Spurs with the 57th overall pick in 1999, but it was not until 2002 that he officially landed in the NBA, was selected to the All-Star bench in 2005, and was arranged to play as a substitute in the 2006-2007 season, mainly to increase bench depth and lead the bench to score, Ginobili won the honor of the NBA's best sixth man in 2008, technically, Ginobili's breakthrough change of direction is very weird, the three-point is accurate, the passing is full of demonic spirit, very ornamental, this season is still a bench, averaging 22 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, shooting 47.4% from the field, 39.9% from three-point range, which is completely the level of the league's first-line scoring guards.

Ginobili is a player with a very different style, or a "demon star", it can be seen from the data, on March 2, 2003, the Spurs played against the New York Knicks, Ginobili played 7 minutes and played 0 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks, 0 turnovers and 6 fouls. On February 6, 2004, Ginobili faced Kobe Bryant with 0 points, 19 rebounds, 14 assists, 7 steals and 2 blocks; What the? Manu is good at everything, but he won't attack? Then look down, on April 11, 2005, the Spurs played against the Jazz, Ginobili faced the "AK-47" Kirilenko, played 43 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks and 0 turnovers, on April 21, 2014, he faced O'Neal and played 40 points, 22 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks of strong interior data, while O'Neal on the opposite side only got 15 points and 13 rebounds, after the game, at the Lakers' press conference, O'Neal scratched his head with his hand and asked the reporters in the audience, saying that Ginobili played such data, did it make Duncan very faceless.

Ginobili's most shining moment was in 2004-2005, when Ginobili renewed his contract with the Spurs for six years and $52 million, and was mentioned to the starting position for the first time, who knew that the young man's performance was out of control, contributing 16+4+4 data in the season, and was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, this is not the end, in the Spurs VS Pistons Finals that year, Duncan did not play well in the face of Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace's double attack, Parker also fell to the back foot in the confrontation with Chauncey Billups, and at this critical moment, Ginobili stepped up and faced the Pistons' defensive titan Prince, with an average of 19.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and the data of shooting 49.4% from the field and 38.7% from three-point range left the O'Brien Cup in San Antonio, so it was also said that Duncan owes Manu an FMVP, and to this day, although Ginobili is still a substitute, But in the hearts of some fans, he is the eternal MVP!

"Let's welcome the next player, Garrett Temple!"

Temple, 24, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a true portrayal of most players in the NBA who want to develop in the NBA, he participated in the 2009 draft, but was not selected, played for the Rockets in the summer league, was cut, then the Kings sent a 10-day contract, played in five games and was also cut, and then the Spurs signed Temple on a 10-day contract, representing the Spurs in 6 games, averaging 6 minutes per game, can only score 2.5 points, and now the Spurs have George Hill as the starting point at the second position, Ginobili as the bench, and rookie James Anderson after Ginobili, so it can be said that Temple will have a hard time showing this season.

For such a standard fringe figure in the league, the San Antonio fans still gave a warm applause.

"The next player to come to us is DeJuan Blair!"

Blair was born in 1989, only 21 years old this year, in 2009 with the 37th overall pick was selected by the Spurs, Blair's position on the court is a power forward, his positioning is to grab rebounds blue-collar, although the height is only 201 cm, but with a weight of 120 kilograms, heavy shoulder width, super long arm span, good strength and excellent rebounding awareness, so that Blair can always grab a vital rebound by the side of the long man, not only that, Blair also has excellent finishing ability under the basket, All of the above combined, it seems that a top interior player in the league should have, yes, Blair is such a player, but for him, the real fatal thing is that Blair has undergone multiple major surgeries as early as high school, and now he has no meniscus in both knees, such a player, only immediate power, no potential, and his career will not be too long, this season in the Spurs for Duncan off the bench, averaging 8 points and 7 rebounds per game.

"Let's welcome this year's rookie, James Anderson!"

Anderson was picked by the Spurs with the 20th pick in the first round of this year's draft, which is worth noting that this is the highest pick for the Spurs since the Duncan era, and the Spurs still won four championships. Anderson is a player who has received great attention in the spotlight in college, but all this glory came to an abrupt end after Anderson entered the NBA, his weaknesses were constantly magnified on the floor of the NBA, Anderson's best technique is to catch the ball and shoot the basketball, after entering the NBA, it is estimated that he will also rely on this bowl of rice for a lifetime, his template is Richard Hamilton, but compared to the latter, Anderson will not pass, lack of good defense, especially dribbling, often cut off the ball, This technical aspect is his biggest vulnerability, and it reflects the fundamentals of a player who has averaged 3 points and 1 rebound this season as the third bench behind George Hill and Ginobili.

"The player down here is, Antonio McDyce!"

The fans stood up and cheered, and for them, the applause and encouragement was not only for the rookie players who did not have self-confidence, but also for those veterans who have played in the league for more than ten years, and McDeis, who has been in the league for 16 years, is clearly such a player.

The Chinese New Year's Eve and six-year-old McDyce is the 1995 star show, yes, he entered the NBA two years earlier than Duncan, McDyce has a healthy body has always been the top power forward in the league, extremely physical, tough defense, offensive can play foot, can hook hands, will shoot, especially with the point guard after blocking the mid-range shooting, basically no solution, at the peak of every game can have 20+10 performance, but the knee in 2001 ruined him, in this season only played ten games, Reimbursement for the entire next season.

This injury has reduced a top power forward in the league to the team's backup power forward, from averaging 21 points per game to averaging less than 7 points per game, the world has changed so much that people are embarrassed, but in the 2005 finals, McDyess faced Duncan, whether it was from the aura or technology or ability is not inferior to Duncan, many times with his inexplicable mid-range shot to save the team, this series left a very deep impression on the management of the Spurs, so in the summer of 2009, The Spurs brought McDies to a three-year, $18.97 million contract. This season, he averaged 15 minutes per game, scoring five points and four rebounds. He has made it clear that this will be his last season and that he will retire at the end of the season.

"Here's a veteran, let's welcome the soul of the jump, Ralph Alston!"

The crowd stood up and gave Alston more applause than McDyes.

In the United States, whether it's in the famous Rock Park, Staten Island, or standing on any street basketball court in New York, Brooklyn or Koons, you can ask those five or six-year-old boys who hold the basketball and then throw it to the basket, they may not have heard of LeBron James, they may not have heard of Kobe Bryant, they may not even have heard of Michael Jordan, but from their mouths, you must be able to hear a name called Ralph Alstone, or his nickname, "Jumping Soul"!

He's a legend that stands out beyond the NBA court!