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“I went from wanting to trade him on the spot to wanting to cook breakfast for him tomorrow morning. That’s the truth. When I talk to him and say, ‘Manu,’ he goes, ‘This is what I do.’ That’s what he’s going to tell me. I stopped coaching him a long time ago.”
- Gregg Popovich on Manu Ginobili
(Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
Chuck interviews Pop during the 1st quarter of the Spurs/Heat game.
And Gregg Popovich is Tywin Lannister
The Admiral, Elliot, Avery all gone. Before long Timmy will be gone, sunning on a beach somewhere. It’s the Spurs name that lives on. It’s all that lives on.
Not your personal glory, not your pride… but TEAM.
The future of our team will be determined in these playoffs. We could reestablish a dynasty that lasted a decade… or we could collapse into nothing. Just look at the Lakers.
“And what of sideline reporters?”
A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinion of sheep.
Gregg Popovich and the Spurs lose three in a row for the first time all season, and all of the sudden the rejuvenated throwbacks are watching their window close.
Is this the end of the road for the Spurs?
“0.4 seconds! How do you catch and shoot in 0.4 seconds? Ridiculous.”
“I don’t know, Pop. Look, shouldn’t you be paying attention to this game?”
“It’s in the bag. This series is over. Hey, wanna see me play Boris Diaw at point guard?”
“That’s OK, Pop.”
“Kevin don’t know what the hell he’s talking about!”
San Antonio may have lost Game 1, but Coach Pop remains as salty as ever during in-game interviews.
-Gregg Popovich to the West All Stars
This man is the best in the business.
(Source: Kevin Love’s GQ blog)
The fast pace of basketball makes it easy to forget how scripted plays actually are. NBAPLAYBOOK.com does an amazing job breaking down NBA plays and describing why things aren’t just coincidences. They explain the slightest steps within each play even down to small positioning changes off the ball. One of my recent favorites was from a Spurs Bucks game last month, A Beautiful Play By Gregg Popovich Puts The Game Away. It’s a seven second play off an inbounding ball that can only be described as organized confusion. I’d try to explain it but I wouldn’t do it justice.
