wildbill2u
07-01-2022, 02:29 PM
Look at all these recent very un-Spur-like moves with trades, draft picks, roster cuts, etc. as part of a whole. They are the final gift to the Spurs by a retiring coach Pop who is more than willing to take the heat for such apparent chaos in order to pass the reins over to a new coach with all the underbrush cleared out and some future possibilities for the rebuild.
And who appears in the Spurs front office as a consultant today--- TA-DA! Brett Brown!
Brown is known to be a "best friend" of Pop's who is steeped in Spurs culture from previous contracts here. He has experience as a head coach, is an acolyte of Pop's coaching theories and has proven experience in dealing with young players. Here is the pertinent info from Wiki:
"After attending a basketball camp run by Brown and Andrew Gaze (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gaze), San Antonio Spurs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs) general manager R. C. Buford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Buford) hired Brown as an unpaid member of the Spurs' basketball operations department for the 1998–99 lockout-shortened season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season).[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-GJordan-2) In 2002, after a stint with the Sydney Kings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Kings), he again took a position with the Spurs, this time as the team's director of player development.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-NBAprofile-3) Buford credited him with focusing attention on the team's lesser-known players, creating a consistently strong bench (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(sport)); this philosophy would continue to benefit the Spurs even after Brown left his role as player development director.[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-SpursBench-8) He was promoted to assistant coach in September 2007, working under coach Gregg Popovich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Popovich).[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-AssistantCoach-9) Popovich calls Brown "one of his best friends," and Brown would later incorporate many of Popovich's concepts into his own offensive system.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-Pop-10) He played a major role in signing Australian guard Patty Mills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Mills), who played under him for the Australian national team.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-RWard-11) Brown was a member of the Spurs organization for four of their championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Champion)-winning seasons.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-NBAprofile-3)"
Brown will probably be consulted on who else goes or stays (if he hasn't already been on board with all the trades and draft picks so far.). Decisions yet to be made on Poertle, McDermott, Richardson, etc. will probably be a joint decsison before the formal announcement of Pop's retirement and new head coach. That way, the moves are going to be seen as done by Pop and Brown doesn't have to worry about any blow back. That is simply good corporate management when a executive retires in favor of a friend to succeed him.
And who appears in the Spurs front office as a consultant today--- TA-DA! Brett Brown!
Brown is known to be a "best friend" of Pop's who is steeped in Spurs culture from previous contracts here. He has experience as a head coach, is an acolyte of Pop's coaching theories and has proven experience in dealing with young players. Here is the pertinent info from Wiki:
"After attending a basketball camp run by Brown and Andrew Gaze (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gaze), San Antonio Spurs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs) general manager R. C. Buford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Buford) hired Brown as an unpaid member of the Spurs' basketball operations department for the 1998–99 lockout-shortened season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season).[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-GJordan-2) In 2002, after a stint with the Sydney Kings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Kings), he again took a position with the Spurs, this time as the team's director of player development.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-NBAprofile-3) Buford credited him with focusing attention on the team's lesser-known players, creating a consistently strong bench (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_(sport)); this philosophy would continue to benefit the Spurs even after Brown left his role as player development director.[8] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-SpursBench-8) He was promoted to assistant coach in September 2007, working under coach Gregg Popovich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Popovich).[9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-AssistantCoach-9) Popovich calls Brown "one of his best friends," and Brown would later incorporate many of Popovich's concepts into his own offensive system.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-Pop-10) He played a major role in signing Australian guard Patty Mills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Mills), who played under him for the Australian national team.[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-RWard-11) Brown was a member of the Spurs organization for four of their championship (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Champion)-winning seasons.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Brown#cite_note-NBAprofile-3)"
Brown will probably be consulted on who else goes or stays (if he hasn't already been on board with all the trades and draft picks so far.). Decisions yet to be made on Poertle, McDermott, Richardson, etc. will probably be a joint decsison before the formal announcement of Pop's retirement and new head coach. That way, the moves are going to be seen as done by Pop and Brown doesn't have to worry about any blow back. That is simply good corporate management when a executive retires in favor of a friend to succeed him.