Pop is the greatest coach of all-time tbh

[FkLA]

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[Gervin44Silas13]

funny how Phil Jackson himself was a arrogant prick

[Phenomanul]

Phil is a glorified, opportunistic ego manager. He had Shaq and Kobe during their primes, then got handed Gasol during his. Where is his coaching tree? Where are all the teams trying to copy the Bulls/Lakers culture? Now answer those questions for Pop. And Carlisle is a damn good coach but let's not compare that '11 Lakers teams to the Lakers teams the Spurs faced in the early-mid 2000s. They were running on fumes just like the '03 Lakers were when we beat them.

Even Carlisle is on record suggesting that Pop is the best coach of all-time...

[Phenomanul]

^ Tim Duncan made Pop and is the sole reason the Spurs have 4 rings. The Spurs have had similar seasons prior to Pop with other coaches with David Robinson, Sean and a cast of scrubs and they were never able to get over the hump. It's no coincidence that the last time we won was when Tim was slightly on the decline from his prime but still the man.

Last season Tim had a resurgent year and we almost had 5. Pop has never taken unproven role players and made them any better in the playoffs; Horry, Barry, Kerr were proven assets on other teams and they learned how to be clutch elsewhere. It's the playoffs and he's still worried about managing minutes. Let's hope either Tim, Parker or Manu have a big game in them for Game 7 so we can see this smug bas grin and say, well that's basketball like he had anything to do with it

And yet this minute management is what allowed the Spurs to extend Duncan's career to the tune of the 3 latest deep post-season runs... you can't have it both ways...

[Horse]

The guy has done it over and over in a small market without having to even miss the playoffs. phil was on teams the nba wanted to win and they sure as helped him. He never built , as soon as the ship was sinking he bailed. phil!

[Budkin]

GOAT

That .gif says it all tbh.

[313]

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[Blake]

Lol Homers

Lol OP

Smh utsa

[FromWayDowntown]

The ironic thing about blasting Pop for his stubbornness is the fact that Pop has probably made bigger philosophical adjustments (and had more foresight in making those changes) than just about any coach in NBA history.

[spursparker9]

Forcing himself, the coaching staff and the players to face Game 6 at the start of training camp and turning it around this Finals.

I don't think any other coaches could do that. Not even Phil Jackson, Larry Brown or Doc River.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

The ironic thing about blasting Pop for his stubbornness is the fact that Pop has probably made bigger philosophical adjustments (and had more foresight in making those changes) than just about any coach in NBA history.

Exactly! Could you envision the system Pop would create back in the early 2000s when he played grind it out defensive 4-down + veteran shooters stuff to creating one of the top 3 passing teams of all time and arguably the best. AND win les with both styles.

[ambchang]

2014 le puts him up there.

When you really think about it, how many coaches were able to lead the same franchise to 5 les covering 3 different eras (1999 to 2002 hand check/ illegal defense days, 2003 to 2010 ISO ball days, 2011 to present pace and space days)? Now think about the franchises who won multiple championships, how many of them are small market teams? The only two are the Spurs and possibly the Pistons. The reason big market teams get more changes at multiple rings is, as already mentioned, talent tends to prefer large markets, and obviously, with more talent, you get rings.

Spurs have Popovich, Pistons have Daly and Brown, two of the all time greatest coach.

Then when you look at the system, teams were able to replicate the Spurs system, because it is not talent dependent. Nobody can replicate Red Auerbach's system for 11 rings in 13 years because you can no longer get 8 HoFers on one team while battling another 7 teams in the league. You can't replicate Jackson's system because nobody else have Jordan to bail out the triangle system and Shaq to pound the ball into the hole.

The 99, 03 and 05 les were hard to replicate because no team can put up a dominant defensive front line like the Spurs did and have a guy like Duncan who get score down low whenever you need it, but by the time 2007 rolls around, Duncan has regressed a little, and the Spurs offense relied on the ISO ball ability of Ginobili and Parker to finish. Those two guys, as great as they were, could be replicated. 2014 is pretty much all Pop, he created a system that, with enough time, dedication, and attention to details, can be created by many other teams and does not require top notch talent, and the only other coach that can say that is Larry Brown in 2004, and to a lesser extent, Daly with the bad boys.

Daly brought the tough ball era to the NBA, Pop ushered in the defensive dominance era with the 99 team, then forced the super team formations after the 07 era. I have a feeling the 14 Spurs will lead to an era emphasizing ball movement and defensive rotations.