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
fit helps highest people reach roles
He helps people to be better, and he allows people to reach their highest level, because roles can be fit around him very easily.
far helped shot thus variety
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.
emotional maybe tough
He's just had a tough time. Maybe it's emotional in some sense for him. I'm not sure.
basketball entire maturity playing
He's been playing All-Star basketball the entire year. His maturity is really showing. He's always aggressive.
people
It always has been that people didn't think we were for real,
beyond break difficult reasonable
I think it's a reasonable thought that if it went beyond the All-Star break that would make it difficult to do something.
far imagine past
I think that (cutoff date) is getting close, probably. I can't imagine it being too far past the All-Star break.
kinda philosophy
Our philosophy here is kinda like participatory management,
factor game huge inside
Malik can play inside and out. He?s versatile. Not having him for Game 1 was a huge factor for us.
best confident defensive flip running teams upped
Flip has upped their offense. He has them really confident in what they're running offensively, but they're also one of the best defensive teams in the game.
four offensive time within
Every time we got within four or five, they would get an offensive rebound.
challenges loves sort teach
These sort of challenges is what he loves the most, to go in and teach and make it better,