Gregg Popovich
Gregg Popovich
Gregg Charles Popovichis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. Taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996, Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in both the NBA and all US major sports leagues. He is often referred to as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop"...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 January 1949
CityEast Chicago, IN
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They're a fine basketball team. Terry has done a great job of coming in and putting in a new system and then having the team respond to it.
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Both teams were fantastic. It was a really good win against a very, very good basketball team. We played very, very well. That's the bottom line. We both played well. There were a couple of stretches that were not that great, but it's a 48-minute game and that happens.
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It mostly means that everybody is going to play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard enough every night to give yourself a chance to win, to fulfill your role.
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These sort of challenges is what he loves the most, to go in and teach and make it better,
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The more time that goes by the more difficult it is. Regardless of whether it's Karl Malone, if we were to make a trade, if we were going to add somebody, I would think you would have to make any changes to your team at the latest by then to give everybody time to integrate.
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He hasn't shot like that thus far, and that's helped us do a variety of things as far as pick-and-roll defense. But when he's making that shot, it makes everything a lot tougher.
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People get a little bit more cautious. People want to take care of the ball, value possessions a little bit more.
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He's been playing All-Star basketball the entire year. His maturity is really showing. He's always aggressive.
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Malik can play inside and out. He?s versatile. Not having him for Game 1 was a huge factor for us.
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That's for other people to decide. We approach it exactly as every other year. Our big mantra is boring as hell. We don't want to skip any steps.
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Anybody that doesn't get a kick out of watching our team play should look in the mirror. It reflects more on them.
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I'll be checking minutes more than I've ever checked before, and making sure that people are getting enough playing time. Some nights, that'll be a real tough thing to do.
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There were a lot of good contributions by a lot of people. It worked out well for us. We had pretty good overall defense and good offense, but a little sloppy. The good defense carried us through.
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He helps people to be better, and he allows people to reach their highest level, because roles can be fit around him very easily.