PHOENIX -- Tuesday morning, as the Suns were preparing to face the Spurs later that night, Steve Nash posted a message to his Twitter feed that said in part, "Anyone know coach Popovich was an American spy in Russia before he began coaching? No wonder his teams are hard to beat!"
During the tenured coach's pregame session with the media, he was made aware of this tweet from Nash. And in classic Popovich style, he sarcastically answered the question, but not before making his feelings about Twitter crystal clear.
"Does Steve tweet? I've lost all respect," Popovich joked. "Steve Nash should not be a tweeter. He's a competitor, not a tweeter."
As for Nash's assertion that the coach's time in the military helped him become a basketball mastermind, Popovich wholeheartedly agreed.
"He's absolutely correct," Popovich deadpanned. "I spent all my military time in Russian basketball courts in different cities collecting as many out of bounds plays as I possibly could. And now, I've had a chance to employ them."
Popovich then continued his anti-Twitter remarks, effectively saying that in his eyes, loose lips sink ships.
"If you're a tweeter, you talk too much. You want to keep things closer to the vest, so you can't tweet."
When it was pointed out that the Spurs have some tweeters in their locker room, Popovich's response was pretty much what you'd expect.
my only concern with Spurs players with Twitter is that Mason never seems to care about losing.
the second the game is over, he's tweeting about "getting to 20,000 followers" or something of the sort.
makes them seem like they don't care about losing....oh wait.
12-17-2009
SpursRulez4eVeR
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lol da finster
12-17-2009
lefty
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Fake D'Antoni is the best
12-17-2009
Bambililos
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Of course CIA Pop doesn't like Twitter. Look what it did to KGB...
12-17-2009
EricB
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Originally Posted by honestfool84
my only concern with Spurs players with Twitter is that Mason never seems to care about losing.
the second the game is over, he's tweeting about "getting to 20,000 followers" or something of the sort.
makes them seem like they don't care about losing....oh wait.
Yeah their lives should be in shambles after losses.
12-17-2009
thispego
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"If you're a tweeter, you talk too much. You want to keep things closer to the vest, so you can't tweet."
12-17-2009
EmptyMan
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12-17-2009
austN Spur
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i love twitter. its the easiest way to see whats going on in my 5 brothers lives now that we are spread all over the place. plus you can interact with spurs, cowboys and many other ppl.
that shit my dad says is funny. reminds me of my deceased uncle. I <3 twitter
manu is one of my favorite twitters along with Ghill and blair. always interacting about various Shit
my lady went crazy when Hill was tweeting her.:lmao
12-17-2009
TMTTRIO
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yeah Manu's interesting to keep up with on his twitter. In fact he just posted this. How interesting :).
^^^^ plus with manu u can learn spanish if you dont already
12-17-2009
concken
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george hill tweets all the damn time. blair got him into it....
i was drunk and chewing hill out one night and he blocked me haha...cant take the criticism.
12-17-2009
blkroadrunners
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Originally Posted by concken
george hill tweets all the damn time. blair got him into it....
i was drunk and chewing hill out one night and he blocked me haha...cant take the criticism.
LOL, I did that once too. :hat
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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ive wondered if they would do that. block me i mean.
note to self: twitter from my ladys account when im drunk twittering
12-17-2009
thispego
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Originally Posted by austN Spur
i love twitter. its the easiest way to see whats going on in my 5 brothers lives now that we are spread all over the place. plus you can interact with spurs, cowboys and many other ppl.
that shit my dad says is funny. reminds me of my deceased uncle. I <3 twitter
manu is one of my favorite twitters along with Ghill and blair. always interacting about various Shit
my lady went crazy when Hill was tweeting her.:lmao
twitter is gay and stop talking about your 5 brothers who you felate every christmas and thanksgiving
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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Originally Posted by thispego
twitter is gay and stop talking about your 5 brothers who you felate every christmas and thanksgiving
my brothers and i loved dumb and dumber when we were kids. watched it all the time.:hat
12-17-2009
thispego
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i dont get it. so you have 5 brothers. is that special? you want to talk about it? start a thread in the club because i know your dying to discuss it.
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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cool. btw pop is funny again in this article as well. i spoke to him once and he said "its coach pop or mr pop to you"
12-17-2009
hater
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I'm with thispego on this one. Twitter is for fags and ladyboys
12-17-2009
thispego
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big time
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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when you can get free tickets to spurs games, through a media its definately not gay.
12-17-2009
thispego
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shitty nosebleed seats? no thanks.
how many free tickets have you gotten, by the way?
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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my brother got 2 from george hill. not nosebleeds. and wouldve taken me, but i couldnt make it. i dont care where i sit. ive sat all over the dome and AT&T center and as long as im in the building with a beer in hand, im good. i still yell the same
12-17-2009
hater
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Originally Posted by austN Spur
when you can get free tickets to spurs games, through a media its definately not gay.
that may be but does not take away the fact that 99.999% of tweeter is self indulging, self serving, self centered gay bullshit.
I mean, who gives a shit if you just got home and are cooking dinner??? or if you're putting the kids to sleep??
I understand superstars tweeting a little (although I agree with Pop) but a regular joe????
12-17-2009
thispego
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Just got done eating Rudy's bbq. turkey, roast beef, and jalapeno hot links. mmmmmmmmm!
12-17-2009
thispego
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phone's ringing, I'll answer it!
12-17-2009
thispego
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wrong number. I hate that!
12-17-2009
hater
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I just experienced a wet fart, should I change my panties?
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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this just in: Just won alamo bowl tickets off twitter. sweet.
and my brother said they were 125 dollar tickets each.
hill has given away 100 so far
my favorite twitter this week was my brother when he said on the night of phx vs spurs "@JimBobBreazeale: Tony is getting killed by what looks to be Joan Rivers in a Steve Nash jersey ":lmao
12-17-2009
thispego
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:jack
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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well yall take it easy im off to downtown Austin to grab a bite to eat. GO Spurs Go
12-17-2009
thispego
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twitter us what you get!
12-17-2009
quentin_compson
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Originally Posted by raspsa
Gregg Popovich, Not a Fan of Twitter
12/16/2009 8:00 AM ET By Brett Pollakoff
"If you're a tweeter, you talk too much. You want to keep things closer to the vest, so you can't tweet."
12-17-2009
NuGGeTs-FaN
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life goes on after a loss, and so does twitter :lol
I'm sure that athletes hate to lose, but they can move on quicker than most fans :lol
12-17-2009
TimDunkem
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Originally Posted by thispego
Just got done eating Rudy's bbq. turkey, roast beef, and jalapeno hot links. mmmmmmmmm!
Nice! Did you put some sause on all of it too? :hungry:
12-17-2009
21_Blessings
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I guess that's why Blair isn't getting enough minutes.
12-17-2009
koriwhat
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Originally Posted by hater
that may be but does not take away the fact that 99.999% of tweeter is self indulging, self serving, self centered gay bullshit.
I mean, who gives a shit if you just got home and are cooking dinner??? or if you're putting the kids to sleep??
I understand superstars tweeting a little (although I agree with Pop) but a regular joe????
man your handle represents you to the T
12-17-2009
koriwhat
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Originally Posted by austN Spur
my brothers and i loved dumb and dumber when we were kids. watched it all the time.:hat
#1 movie of all fuckin' time!
12-17-2009
thispego
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nice! Did you put some sause on all of it too? :hungry:
fuck yah nigga
12-17-2009
austN Spur
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turning this into a food thread cuz my Five Guys jalapeno cheeseburger was Awesome. i feel so fat, and i love it still @ a healthy 220
12-17-2009
thispego
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do your brothers own five guys?
12-17-2009
ClingingMars
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I have a twitter and tweet but it NEVER concerns what I'm doing, I leave that shit to Facebook. For me, twitter is about interacting with people, not saying "I'm watching TV!"
12-17-2009
dastrey
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Originally Posted by ClingingMars
I have a twitter and tweet but it NEVER concerns what I'm doing, I leave that shit to Facebook. For me, twitter is about interacting with people, not saying "I'm watching TV!"
That is what most people use twitter for. I get a kick out of people thinking twitter is stupid and yet i see them on Facebook all day.