San Antonio Spurs and Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich finally overcame his Olympic hump as the Americans won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors was quick to congratulate his former coach regarding his new accomplishment. But despite the positive comments, he seemed to take shots towards the Spurs in an interview with The Athletic's Tim Kawakami.
I wasn’t worried about him because he can handle all this stuff. He’s a grown man. I just wanted to win so badly for him and for (retiring USA Basketball managing director) Jerry Colangelo, given that for both of them, it’s a swan song from Team USA. And for Jerry to go out undefeated in the Olympics, took over the program in ’04 and won four Olympic golds, what an accomplishment for him.
And for Pop, this is, in many ways, the cherry on the top of the sundae for his coaching career. He’s obviously still going, but the Spurs, they’re not going to win a championship. Pop will be the first to tell you that. In many ways, this is sort of a fitting topping to his incredible career. To add a gold medal, just an amazing accomplishment.
The Spurs were among the successful teams that dominated the NBA for quite a while as they won the championship four times in the 21st century ( five if you include their 1999 title).
Steve Kerr may actually have a point since the Spurs have missed the playoffs in the last two years. They also traded away their superstar in DeMar DeRozan for Thaddeus Young which basically means they are in for a long rebuild.
It may take a while for Popovich and the Spurs to be relevant again as they will just be banking for the improvement and development of their young players like Lonnie Walker IV, Dejounte Murray, and Keldon Johnson.
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