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RC looks to have aged a lot this season.
RC looks to have aged a lot this season.
I was just thinking that too.
Something makes me think he's going to be a little more publicly appreciative.Congrats Pop! But is he "happy"?
Can't wait to see how he reacts, at tomorrows game.
Pop is usually recognized by friend and foe alike to be the best active coach in the NBA today. He's so good every year that he could win it every year, but because of the continued excellence, he has to have a year like this with 62 wins, a long winning streak, coming back from the 2013 loss, etc. to get the award.
A stat on minutes per played showed this to be the 1st time in umpteen years a team landed #1 seed while having no starter average over ___ minutes per game.
Kudos to Poppy!
Game 6 TBH. Sorry had to use that one last timeCongrats to POP!
Mark Jackson and Scott Brooks got votes? WTH?
Just the haircut.
First team since the merger to not have a single player average 30 minutes per game. Not first #1 seed, first team period. Damned impressive that they got the best record by 3 games.
The 2nd part of this tweet is ing unbelievable.
can someone repost the chart of the spurs influence around the league? the one that starts with pop and rc in the center and it branches out to the other teams with ex spurs in head coaching and exec positions, thanks.
That's what happens when you won't let Bonner rot in .
Here's a few I remember:
preciate it. there was another one too, but those will work.
To me, it's not all that shocking that Buford hasn't won EoY. Sure, he's been the GM in charge while sustained contender has been here, but he hasn't done all that much in any one year. Looking at recent history:
2014: No way he deserved it this year. I mean, all he did was stash Jean-Charles and sign Beli and Ayres. Many still (ignorantly, if you ask me) believe Splitter's deal was unwise.
2013: He gets credit for re-signing so many players with limited resources, but he still just kept the same players. Duncan deserves the most credit for taking the pay cut necessary to bring the team back.
2012: By far Buford's best season of recent memory. Traded for Leonard and Jack (dumping Jefferson for only a pick) and signed Diaw and Mills. He also extended Parker to the biggest steal of a contract this side of the rookie scale. Buford should have won the award this season, but without the benefit of hindsight, Bird did seem like a worthy candidate.
2011: Pat Riley owned, and Buford re-signed Jefferson. Nothing to see here. He should get credit for bringing in Splitter and Green, but neither of those guys really showed much that year.
2010: Traded for Jefferson, signed McDyess, drafted Blair. Didn't seem bad at the time, but this off-season led to two straight disappointing post-seasons.
The years before 2010 were pretty much based on the Spurs trying to squeeze out as much as they could from their aging (and really expensive) Big Three. One can argue that the team made quite a few short-sided moves in an attempt to save money or add that final piece. I don't see how RC would really be to blame for that, but he certainly doesn't deserve special praise.
Burford's been a great GM mainly because he has managed to keep the Spurs' core together. That's a point every GM wants to be able to reach some day. But folks win EoY awards to making bold changes, and that's just not the Spurs' way. Outside of 2011-2012, the Spurs have evolved slowly, making a couple of low-key additions each year. When you have folks like Riley, Ujiri and Bird making huge signings and trades, it's easy for the Spurs' subtle ways to get overlooked.
Lost his two best assistants and we have a better regular season.
RC has to be a part of this. Leonard, Diaw, Splitter, Marco...
And basically giving it to Patrick straight... You don't need to be Blair.
But is that really the only criterion for being a good GM? Making big signings? Clearly, that isn't always a sign of a great GM. Maintaining a steady tradition of greatness, while making necessary changes each year, is arguably more impressive.
RC has that crazy drive and breaks through d-fence though
Yes. But you don't get season awards for career achievements. Buford has about the best resume you can get for a GM. But there are other executives who have more impressive flashes.
We don't need anymore inebriated drives to the hole. Manu looks like he takes care of that on occasion.
Congratulations to Pop!! Well deserved and I'm glad he won it! The loss of his two closest assistants and bringing the team back from the disastrous end to last season have to have figured greatly in this.
I hope we win tomorrow night. Be lousy for him to get this and then lose HCA.
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