Also, Pop absolutely adores Leonard. He's not hard on Kawhi at all. I think Pop still misuses him to an extent, but I don't think that has anything to do with him pushing Kawhi.
I agree with Prime Time's post, tbh, based on Green's history, and based on Pop's "get over yourself" philosophy with players that enter his system..
I could imagine Tony having the same y traits when he entered the league, as he was already playing professional ball in Europe, and just knowing TP's confident nature..
I'm not really sure why Pop was so hard on Splitter, though, maybe he just didn't like him..
Lol. at all the psychoanalysts here.
Green was cut early in his career not due to his at ude or anything remotely related to that. He just wasn't the same player who we are watching today.
Pop has given Green a lot of confidence to shoot when the opportunity presents itself (so too with Patty) and his learning the system, the cuts, when to gamble, when to stay close etc, has made him a much better player than when he started.
Kawhi, Green get the same equal treatment as anybody else except maybe Manu & Duncan (who too get their share of the screams more than any other superstars in the league).
Like it was in the Marines. Be more afraid of the DI than the enemy.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...green/2432815/
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basket...rter-1.5438675Williams played a part in Green's return to San Antonio, too, imploring Popovich to not give up on the player who averaged 13.1 points per game and shot 41.8% from beyond the arc in his senior season with the Tar Heels."When Pop and I talked for the first time after cutting him ... Pop said, 'He is here in practice and he is acting like he is doing us a favor by being here,' " Williams told USA TODAY Sports. "So it's a little bit of an at ude thing. When you are brought up on a 10-day contract, you had better do everything you can at every second to impress those people, because a 10-day contract is exactly what it sounds like.
"We had a talk and we did get into the basketball stuff. It was not that Danny had an at ude, it was just that Danny was not working and doing the things he needed to do. We had a great talk about it, he handled it really well. And when he got that other chance after those conversations, then there was nothing Pop or anyone on his staff could say because then Danny was (as dedicated as) he was with me."
I guess you weren't reading all the Green features that were coming out during the Finals last year. The story is pretty well known. Essentially Green thought he was too good to be in position he was in (or rather, he didn't really take seriously the amount of work even a 15th man has to put in succeed). That didn't sit well with Pop. So the Spurs cut him. Danny knew that the Spurs were the perfect team for him, so he asked his old college coach Roy Williams for advice. Williams talked to Pop, then told Green what he needed to do. Green then left a voice mail to Pop asking for another chance.Green remembers the conversations and how it changed him.
"The biggest thing was an at ude of being too cool, be more urgent, have more of a sense of urgency," Green said. "That was something I took note of and took it into account and tried to change that up myself. Not at any moment have any type of slack or be, Pop likes to use the term floating. So not be in a float type of mode, but be intense and aggressive every possession of the game."
You can tell by the way Pop coaches Green that those initial impressions of Danny still come into play. He constantly tears into Green to make sure Danny stays on the right path. Green isn't some bad seed or anything. He comes from a strong household in the New York suburbs. He does the right things and is a good teammate. But he has a tendency to get caught up in the moments and lose focus.
The way Green is coached by Pop is unique, meaning that Danny accepts Pop's style of coaching because he believes in and respects Pop. The same goes for Parker and the other members the Big Three. But there's no way he'd be okay with en led brats like Irving or Stephenson pulling that.
If you've ever played sports it's a good thing when your coach is hard on you...it means they care
He's hard on everyone.
i still don't understand what was wrong with that tbh
Hard Popo-Rick?
Nothing wrong for me. It was entertaining
He knows it is a 48 minute game. He needs Kawhi to be able to play aggressive defense when it counts. With 3 in the 3rd quarter you know a 4th puts you on the bench for sure, so you are naturally more hesitant.
Because he needs them to be scottie puppet and Michael cooper.
showtime spurs, tbh.
It's not like he's arguably our best perimeter defender.
he is harder on starters then bench listen to interview
This. Pop even said foreign players are tougher.
#FreeDanny #FreeKawhi
Ducks...voice of reason?
ing Bizarro World.
Oh and OP...get off your knees and quit riding. All that matters is that the Spurs ing win.
I think the world of Kawhi, been watching him longer than most of you since he played here, where I live, while at SDSU...but c'mon now...refs control the game, if he picks up a BS call against Miami early in the 3rd, how strong will he be able to defend the Prince Cramp Boy?
Get a grip.
It probably has something to do with it being the Finals and . Maybe more specifically the fact theyre going head to head with a GOAT candidate. Theyre both kind of important pieces on offense too. It's almost like Pop is... whats the word Im looking for... hmmm..
ah yes, coaching! Hes coaching out there. His job. Something he won coach of the year for a few times. Its a pretty interesting concept in many ways, and its applications stretch far beyond the sports realm. Sometimes it doesnt make sense to an outside perspective, admittedly, but results are results.
Precisely.
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