Gregg Popovich

Well, it happened. Tim Duncan retired. Just like that. There wasn’t really a warning. There were hints, none of them strong. Which is just how Duncan would have wanted it to be. He is unique in that he doesn’t give two flying effs about convention, about how he should leave the game, or about how [...]

San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford has laid claim to the NBA’s 2015-16 Executive of the Year award. It is the second time he’s earned the honor, and it is most definitely well deserved. Just ask head coach Gregg Popovich, per Melissa Rohlin of the San Antonio Express-News: [tweet https://twitter.com/melissarohlin/status/729770654145204224] [tweet https://twitter.com/melissarohlin/status/729770818373177344] Coach Pop [...]

Gregg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, is every bit as wise as advertised. Asked if the NBA should consider moving back the three-point line, Pop gave the most Popovichian answer possible per Michael Wright of ESPN.com (h/t Bleacher Report): San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked if the NBA should move [...]

Already missing Tim Duncan? You might want to get accustomed to that feeling. Duncan has missed the San Antonio Spurs’ last two games and three of the last four overall with right knee soreness. He has undergone an MRI, but head coach Gregg Popovich has no idea when the 39-year-old will return, per the San [...]

I have something I must get off my chest. I love you, Gregg Popovich. You’d probably hate me, most definitely humiliate me for sport if we ever met, but I love you, and you’re awesome. Allow me to catch you up. Popovich first trolled the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to fire head coach David Blatt after [...]

Gregg Popovich knows how to throw some not-so-subtle shade. On the heels of the San Antonio Spurs’ 30-point loss to the Golden State Warriors Monday night, the veteran sideline-wanderer threw some loosely—OK, not-at-all—veiled shots in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ direction. Per Marc J. Spears of Yahoo Sports: Popovich: "I'm glad my general manager wasn't in my [...]

Are you super hyped for the Golden State Warriors’ Monday night matchup against the San Antonio Spurs? Are you positively stoked to see, perhaps, the two best teams in NBA history compete for bragging rights and all-time standing? Have you been waiting for this game, for this moment, since it became clear the only competition [...]

Do you want to spend a day hanging with Boris Diaw and Manu Ginobili? Of course you do. Especially now. Ginobili tweeted the following photo ahead of the Thursday night drubbing the San Antonio Spurs handed out to the Phoenix Suns: Foto con nuestros clones en Phoenix esta mañana. With our clones this AM in [...]

By now you know the San Antonio Spurs are kind of good at this whole basketball thing. Though the Golden State Warriors’ pursuit of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls’ record 72 victories has justifiably earned much of the spotlight, the Spurs themselves are on pace to win 70 games, mostly because they’re the freaking Spurs, but [...]

Gregg Popovich doesn’t care that he was named NBA’s Coach of the Month for the Western Conference. And if the league wants him to care, it better break open its piggy bank. Because coach Pop won’t give a crap about monthly awards of any kind until they come accompanied with a car or yacht or [...]