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05-04-2012, 12:43 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/matt_dollinger/05/02/jazz.spurs.game.2/index.html?sct=nba_wr_a1
This is Popovich's 16th season with the Spurs, the longest tenure of any current coach with the same team in the four major sports. He's led the Spurs to a numbing 15 straight playoff appearances and notched his 13th consecutive 50-win season despite playing just a 66-game schedule.
His pursuit of a fifth NBA title, which would move him into a tie for fourth all time, has featured some of his best work yet. The Spurs put together three separate 11-game winning streaks this season, including the 12-game torrent they're currently riding. Along the way, Popovich has developed young talent like Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, DeJuan Blair and Splitter into meaningful role players and seamlessly meshed midseason additions Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw into the rotation. His demeanor would suggest otherwise, but Popovich's work this season has been sensational. His team's dismantling of the Jazz is just the latest example.
• Much like Rajon Rondo was to the Celtics during their 2008 title run, Leonard is the perfect splash of young talent to the Spurs' talented-but-aging nucleus.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/matt_dollinger/05/02/jazz.spurs.game.2/index.html#ixzz1tvLsgMvn
This is Popovich's 16th season with the Spurs, the longest tenure of any current coach with the same team in the four major sports. He's led the Spurs to a numbing 15 straight playoff appearances and notched his 13th consecutive 50-win season despite playing just a 66-game schedule.
His pursuit of a fifth NBA title, which would move him into a tie for fourth all time, has featured some of his best work yet. The Spurs put together three separate 11-game winning streaks this season, including the 12-game torrent they're currently riding. Along the way, Popovich has developed young talent like Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, DeJuan Blair and Splitter into meaningful role players and seamlessly meshed midseason additions Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw into the rotation. His demeanor would suggest otherwise, but Popovich's work this season has been sensational. His team's dismantling of the Jazz is just the latest example.
• Much like Rajon Rondo was to the Celtics during their 2008 title run, Leonard is the perfect splash of young talent to the Spurs' talented-but-aging nucleus.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/matt_dollinger/05/02/jazz.spurs.game.2/index.html#ixzz1tvLsgMvn