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Before Kawhi Leonard became the NBA superstar that he is today, Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs faced a huge decision before securing his services back in 2011. With George Hill emerging as a solid point guard, the team were torn in giving him up for the former San Diego State Aztec. The veteran […]

Despite already assured of the second seed in the Western Conference, San Antonio Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard has no plans to take extra nights off to rest his body for the playoffs. The reigning two-time Defensive Player of the Year made his intentions known for his team’s last six games of the regular season, via […]

Having been as successful as he has been since starting his head coaching career in the NBA, Gregg Popovich has seen it all and is hard to impress. However, when it comes to the Utah Jazz, he admires their organization and respects their coach and general manager. Popovich worked with Quin Snyder and Dennis Lindsey […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is no stranger to the rest issue burning a hole in advertisers’ pockets. The trend started in 2012, when Popovich saw the need to rest the likes of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, as they were playing nearly 90 games or more per season between regular season […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s tactical genius is unquestionable. Because of this he is highly regarded as one of the best coaches in the NBA today as he has successfully led the Spurs to the playoffs in all of the 20 seasons he’s been at the helm since 1996. In this exceptional run […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, the innovator behind the periodic rest of veteran and star players will not stop his proven roster management tactics despite commissioner Adam Silver‘s memo, addressing the business/contractual end of the NBA. Silver implored owners to become more involved in everyday roster decisions, especially when it comes down to games […]

Despite being rivals, Steve Kerr has the utmost respect for his former mentor, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich. Now that he’s a head coach himself with the Golden State Warriors, Kerr has a better understanding of what it takes to maintain a winning culture within a franchise. He now knows how difficult it […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich and late TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager continue to have one of the most beautiful friendships despite being in different realms. Popovich wore a very colorful tie to Sager’s funeral, inspired by the late’s sense of style, combining colorful patterns and different hues. The 67-year-old coach reached out to his […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has not a dull moment throughout the first 31 games of the season. Following his team’s 119-100 Christmas Day win over the Chicago Bulls, the man at the helm was overjoyed with his team’s performance and promptly got called out for it. Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio […]

For most NBA teams, watching film before practice is part of the routine. However, for Gregg Popovich, he doesn’t make his team go through film during the early stages of a season. The San Antonio Spurs head coach recently admitted his strategy at this point but revealed which team and player in particular he watches, […]

Despite being on the other side of the country, Gregg Popovich still made sure he attended the memorial for his good friend, Craig Sager. The San Antonio Spurs‘ head coach skipped his team’s morning shootaround on Tuesday as they prepared for their matchup against the Houston Rockets in the evening and flew to Marietta, Ga. […]

It was an emotional night on Sunday when the San Antonio Spurs retired Tim Duncan’s jersey. Head coach Gregg Popovich, who coached Duncan for his entire career, gave a heartfelt speech in which he teared up and nearly cried. Here’s the video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BOMH1TXAO-r/ This was such an incredible moment. These two have had their fair […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau honored the late Craig Sager by wearing a tribute pin of the TNT sideline reporter interviewing one of his favorite characters in San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. The pin features a very casual Popovich with an open-collared blue shirt looking at Sager closely with an arm wrapped around […]

Tim Duncan was a player unlike others — while most spoke through the cameras, headlines and 140 characters worth of tweets, the man known as the Big Fundamental spoke in baskets, rebounds, swats and clutch plays down the stretch. An often quiet individual, many speculated he didn’t have much to say because his game spoke […]

There are not a lot of instances when Gregg Popovich speaks for an extended period of time especially when addressing the media during post-game interviews. However, Thursday night was different as he was asked to share his thoughts on the passing of veteran sideline reporter and his good friend, Craig Sager. The San Antonio Spurs‘ head […]

The NBA is a league of stars, but one person on each squad keeps all the individual players focused on one goal: winning. That person is the head coach. Now the question is, who’s the best coach in the NBA? You can decide.

For the San Antonio Spurs, an inevitable change took place. Franchise legend Tim Duncan retired in the offseason, leaving behind an illustrious 19-year career. The 40-year-old made way for younger talent on the roster, as head coach Gregg Popovich attempts to build for the future, around All-Star talents, Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge. The coaching […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich felt no need to hold his tongue after his team’s Thursday night 95-91 loss to the Chicago Bulls. “Guys get a lot of money to be ready to play,” Popovich told reporters, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright. “No Knute Rockne speeches. It’s your job. If you’re a […]

Apparently even in the historically red state of Texas people felt like they were given two bad choices as candidates to the United States presidency. A total of 25 voters in Bexar County wrote in a vote for San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich for president. County records showed that 5,226 people casted a vote […]

Stephen Jackson isn’t one to hold back, as he proved on a recent episode of “The Dan LeBatard Show.” Capt. Jack revealed that he was disrespected by one of the most highly regarded coaches in basketball, during his second stint for the San Antonio Spurs back in 2013. According to Jackson, Gregg Popovich asked him to […]

Entering his 18th season as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, many believe that what drives Gregg Popovich to come back each year is his thirst to win more championships. However, for a coach that has won it all at the professional level, he recently revealed what would make him happier than winning […]

Gregg Popovich didn’t directly say it, but it’s hard not to imagine who he was referring to with these comments. While describing what he likes about Kawhi Leonard, Pop seemingly described Stephen Curry when detailing what he likes that Leonard does not do. Here is the full quote, via SB Nation: “He’s never going to […]

Gregg Popovich isn’t always a great quote. But when he does want to give the media an answer, it’s usually a pretty good one. That’s just what Pop did when discussing Kawhi Leonard’s two-way play. Here’s the glorious quote in its entirety when Pop was asked about Leonard keeping it up on both ends of […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is the ultimate perfectionist — so when he caught an errant swing pass from forward Danny Green during the team’s game against the Boston Celtics — he wasn’t very thrilled. https://vine.co/v/5FilZUb9zJg Heads up, coach! There it is, the priceless look of a disappointed father if I’ve ever seen one. […]

It came down to the wire before the San Antonio Spurs decided to trade George Hill for Kawhi Leonard on the night of the 2011 NBA Draft. Literally. Reportedly, Gregg Popovich’s love of George Hill — who the Spurs sent to the Indiana Pacers for Leonard — nearly prevented the trade from ever happening. Popovich says Spurs […]

Winning a game is not enough for Gregg Popovich. After improving their record to 11-3 for the season following a win versus the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, the San Antonio Spurs‘ head coach was clearly not satisfied with the way they won the game as the Mavs, who currently have an influx of injuries on […]

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was the latest in the line of NBA head coaches expressing their thoughts on the new President elect Donald Trump. Popovich eloquently echoed the sentiments of colleagues Stan Van Gundy and Steve Kerr, who previously spoke of the aftershock from the electoral process. “Right now I’m just trying to […]

Tim Duncan has already retired and is no longer playing for the first time this season in 20 years, and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich may still be having a hard time coming to terms with it. The two have had a very good relationship in the past and are surely missing each other’s […]

The San Antonio Spurs have struggled with the frontcourt combination of LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol, as they’ve been outscored by 25 points in the 113 minutes of floor time they’ve shared this season. While neither big man is critically acclaimed by their defense, the two combine only for 15.5 rebounds (only 3.2 of them are […]

Kawhi Leonard has worked his way into stardom, and has changed the minds of many people over a time. He’s always been lauded for having the potential to be a great player, but there are always variables in one achieving their potential in the NBA. Early success for Leonard once led Kevin Durant to say it […]

During the San Antonio Spurs Friday morning shootaround, coach Gregg Popovich announced that guard Tony Parker will be out for at least a week due to soreness in his right knee. “I think he will be out for a week or so, and that will be it. He hurt his knee against Golden State. He […]

Even after he announced his retirement last summer, it may still be hard to believe that Tim Duncan will not be playing anymore this season. And during an interview in the San Antonio Spurs‘ season opener against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night, head coach Gregg Popovich joked about what he’s been giving The […]

Known for his relaxed nature and unfeasible attitude, San Antonio head coach seemed uncharacteristically emotional when he stated “he hated Steve Kerr” before their opening night matchup. But of course, Pop was just joking around. Before the game Pop told the media: Pop's getting weird now: "I hate Steve Kerr. If he asks me anything, […]

Longtime San Antonio Spur and recently-retired icon Tim Duncan has received offers from his former coach, Gregg Popovich, to see if he would consider being a part of the coaching staff. As it turns out, the organization is just happy to have him around for now. “He came around and said hi a couple of […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni will give San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich a taste of his own medicine today by not playing his starters. Albeit a preseason game, James Harden, Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza, and Clint Capela did not make the trip to San Antonio for their final preseason tune-up, according to ESPN beat writer Calvin […]

The annual front office survey is upon us with the start of the regular season only a week away and general managers around the league responded to 48 different questions about the best teams, players, coaches, fans, offseason moves, amongst other topics. They were not allowed to vote for their own team or personnel. Percentages are based on the […]

Kawhi Leonard wouldn’t let anything stop him from playing for his team during the NBA preseason. Leonard’s alma mater San Diego State held a Hall of Fame induction ceremony honoring him for being one of their best players ever. He made the decision not to go in favor of playing in the Spurs preseason opener at AT&T […]

Despite the Golden State Warriors‘ “small-ball” style of basketball catching on throughout the league, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich likes his roster just the way he’s built it. The additions of Pau Gasol this offseason and LaMarcus Aldridge last summer have given the Spurs a twin-tower tandem that will be a challenge to go against […]

The San Antonio Spurs were the first team to scout big man Boban Marjanovic, and draft him while everyone else looked the other way. Marjanovich only averaged 5.5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 56 games. He spent time between the San Antonio Spurs and the Austin Spurs through the season. It wasn’t all in his numbers […]