Popovich coached the American men's basketball team last year and only finished seventh in the World Cup, setting a new record for the American team. It can be seen that although the American men's basketball team is stronger than Ma Zhuang, it is still not an easy task to win the championship. However, the last American men's basketball coach did it easily. Coach K helped the American men's basketball team win in the 2008 Olympic Games/KOOC-0/2 and/KOOC-0/6, World Championships/KOOC-0/0 and/KOOC-0/4, which shows that his ability is really strong.

In the eyes of Americans, he is also a legendary coach whose ability and fame are not lost to Popovich. Duke University, a famous cradle of superstars, is a basketball team coached by Lao K, which has trained many superstars and won many NCAA championships. With such a dazzling resume, coach K was successfully elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. In the eyes of American stars, his status is very high. But such a capable coach K has never coached an NBA team. Why? If old k were here, he would definitely answer you: I'm not stupid. How could I leave NCAA?

First of all, NCAA coaches and NBA coaches need different abilities. NCAA is more pure basketball, playing only to win. In NCAA, there is no such operation as transfer. Players always stay in the same team, but in the NBA, there are transfers, or they are traded by the team, or players leave for various interests. In NCAA, you may experience the most sincere love for basketball. The head coach's duty is to train the players.

There is also a big gap in motivation. In the NBA, the coach is only a member of the club, and he also has the management, team owners and other ships at the helm. Even some teams have to look at the faces of superstars. In NCAA, the head coach has the final say. From the recruitment of players to the formulation of tactics, players can only unconditionally obey the arrangement of the head coach. From this perspective, it is more conducive to the coach to play their own intelligence. Maybe you think Popovich has such a position in the Spurs, but how many teams in the league can have such a good relationship with the team owner like Popovich?

Finally, the question of income. Although the average annual salary of NBA head coaches can reach more than 5 million, the annual salary of coach Lao K can reach10 million dollars, which directly kills most head coaches. Relatively speaking, the pressure of NCAA is much less than that of NBA, and there are dozens less games a year, so it is not necessary to fly all over the country often. For coach K, this is a job with more money and less work, a big official and close to home. Many people dream of being like him.