Will Pop retire with Duncan?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Pop should have retired with Duncan like he said he would.

There would’ve been a decades, long debate over the Spurs Dynasty and whether it was due to Coach Pop or to Tim Duncan.

Pop’s legacy has been tarnished a bit by trying to see the Spurs through this rebuild. He doesn’t even show up on the GM survey as one of the league’s top coaches.

[LeBowen]

Tbh, post-Timmy team was too good for him to retire. Who knows what would've happened if not for Zaza and uncle.
He should've retired in 2018 after Kawhi nephew asked for a trade.
Getting DDR was just prolonging the inevitable. We got lucky, but if those 14% balls didn't fall our way, we'd be the worst team in the league three even after making 3 top10 picks.

My biggest fear is that Brett Brown is next in line since all the good coaches took new jobs as of late. I'd rather give the job to Becky than Brett Brown, tbh.
Maybe we get Kerr in a couple of years when Steph retires, but I don't think he plans on coaching for much longer due to his back issues.

[exstatic]

Tbh, post-Timmy team was too good for him to retire. Who knows what would've happened if not for Zaza and uncle.
He should've retired in 2018 after Kawhi nephew asked for a trade.
Getting DDR was just prolonging the inevitable. We got lucky, but if those 14% balls didn't fall our way, we'd be the worst team in the league three even after making 3 top10 picks.

My biggest fear is that Brett Brown is next in line since all the good coaches took new jobs as of late. I'd rather give the job to Becky than Brett Brown, tbh.
Maybe we get Kerr in a couple of years when Steph retires, but I don't think he plans on coaching for much longer due to his back issues.

You remember when Tim said he’d play until the wheels fell off? Well, they did. He already had a bad bone on bone knee that required the brace. During the OKC series that year, his right knee went out. He continued to play, but wasn’t effective,because he literally couldn’t get off the ground. He gave it a couple of weeks of test after the season, then went back into the gym, but it wasn’t any better. That was when he announced his retirement. It wasn’t a snap decision, and there was really no choice.

[quentin_compson]

Maybe the Spurs could somehow convince Will Hardy to come back to San Antonio. He would be a great successor, I think.

[exstatic]

Maybe the Spurs could somehow convince Will Hardy to come back to San Antonio. He would be a great successor, I think.

I want Will Hardy or Quin Snyder on the bench.

[spurraider21]

I want Will Hardy or Quin Snyder on the bench.

cia pop planted snyder with the hawks to ruin their season in a year where they owe us their pick, causing him to get fired and return home

either that or pop pulled a RBG and stayed on the bench too long, preventing us from adequately replacing him with somebody like Budenholzer who was just chilling, available

[Ice009]

Yeah, 2012, the reason OKC got their pushed in, in the finals was because they never should have been there in the first place. They didn't earn it and they weren't the best team in the WC. The Spurs got screwed over that series. Touch fouls in the 4 quarter of some of those games, Spurs in the bonus within minutes in the 4th quarter of game 6. Goal tending call let go in the critical game 5 that turned into a 3 And 1 for James Harden. Fu$#king ridiculous.

[Ice009]

You remember when Tim said he’d play until the wheels fell off? Well, they did. He already had a bad bone on bone knee that required the brace. During the OKC series that year, his right knee went out. He continued to play, but wasn’t effective,because he literally couldn’t get off the ground. He gave it a couple of weeks of test after the season, then went back into the gym, but it wasn’t any better. That was when he announced his retirement. It wasn’t a snap decision, and there was really no choice.

I can't remember. Didn't TD hurt that good knee towards the end of the season? He was actually playing great up to that point from what I remember. He was looking like he could play a couple more seasons before that happened. I actually teared up a bit in that game when he went down. When he came back, he wasn't playing anywhere near the same and I was a bit worried. I can't remember if he hurt it again in the playoffs?

I also remember after the season, Tim usually starts training 3-4 weeks after the season finishes for him, but I think I read he told the Spurs he couldn't go and his knee hadn't gotten any better. They tried to tell him to take more time, take as long as he wants (they didn't want him to retire), but I think he called it at that point as he couldn't play with two bad knees.

[ambchang]

Yeah, 2012, the reason OKC got their pushed in, in the finals was because they never should have been there in the first place. They didn't earn it and they weren't the best team in the WC. The Spurs got screwed over that series. Touch fouls in the 4 quarter of some of those games, Spurs in the bonus within minutes in the 4th quarter of game 6. Goal tending call let go in the critical game 5 that turned into a 3 And 1 for James Harden. Fu$#king ridiculous.

The league tried so hard to push Durant as a legit lebron rival, while at the same time legitimize clay Bennett underhanded move against the sonics.

[Tyronn Lue]

The league tried so hard to push Durant as a legit lebron rival, while at the same time legitimize clay Bennett underhanded move against the sonics.

They did the same with Kobe and Lebron, it just never materialized in the offseason. There are very few NBA constructed rivals throughout the history of the NBA. Most are organic, thankfully.