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He's just keeping Green's ego in check. Just hope Green doesn't let it get to him when he's an FA.
Pop also flatly dismissed any notion that Danny Green is comparable to Kawhi Leonard as a defender, with a quick "He's not," before further explaining that "Danny's a good defender, a pretty good defender on the ball, but like most players he has to improve off the ball. He's advanced significantly since he first came here, he's doing better and better."
... full article here
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2014/...-flip-saunders
He's just keeping Green's ego in check. Just hope Green doesn't let it get to him when he's an FA.
Pop is apalisoc, confirmed.
Meh, Pop doesn't want to hand out 2 max contracts this offseason.
At least Danny's off ball defense is better than Gary Neal's
Some truth here.
Anyone hear from Chinook? Is he ok?
Pop.
I agree with Pop
Green saved his ass on Monta Ellis..
Pop doesn't really know that much, its his assistants anyways
Oh yeah, Boylen' s a ing Einstein.
No surprise here, Leonard just does everything defensively.
No talking about defensive stats because even players like Harden could be defensive stat-hoarders sometimes, but Kawhi can shut down his man, deny or strip the ball, force into giving up the ball or a low-possession shot, nice help defender, great rebounder.
He's a mix of talent, versatility, physical gifts, at ude, and so good defensive instincts. That's why Pop says he's the best. It's as simple as that.
Pop doesn't even say Green's a good shooter either. I've never seen a coach downplay a player this much. It's all well and good that it's part of his coaching psychology. But you have folks that take him at his word and think that Kawhi (and Klay) are better just because of reputation. Sucks that it's probably going to cost Green millions.
Green's having one of the best defensive seasons by a guard in history. Pop would be all over that if Leonard was doing it.
Green has been consistently as good or even better than Kawhi for the Spurs. His offense may be way behind but his defense is better than Kawhis imo. Crazy how underrated he is. He is just as valuable as Kawhi imo. Maybe a tad bit less but not by much.
I just realized this, . I feel bad for Green. Not because of his ego or his feelings, he's a big boy but for the $$$ the he's going to miss out because of Pop's comments. Dude is a good person and an elite player and doesn't deserved to be lowballed.
It's also pops shtick to never give the media credit for any knowledge of basketball. Yes, a lot of times they ask stupid questions, but that's because he's trained them to never question his methods.
He treats the locals like .
ing asshole Pop making a humble dude like Green miss out on millions of dollars, just because of selfish salary cap reasons
Pop is the worst person on the planet, the only person he doesn't bad mouth is Timmy Duncan, even legends like Manu gets downplayed on interviews a lot, like he is some erratic crazy player that only worked out because of Popovich, the genius. Who we all know is carried by players and copied all of Obradovic and Ivkovic set plays
Congratulations. You just swallowed the media image of Pop hook line and sinker.
The fact is, Pop treats each player exactly the way he needs to in order to get the most out of them, they all know it, and accept and embrace it, and your butthurt adds nothing to either side of the equation. A nicer Pop would mean fewer wins and LoBs.
If I had two bullets and could kill Hitler and Popovich, I'd shoot Pop twice.
It can only be said that it would cost Green millions if Green would have achieved what he has without Pop's psychology. Green, without Pop as a rudder, might be unlikely to be in a position to capitalize. Looking at Pop as a loose cannon that is costing Danny money is obfuscating the value Pop has added to Danny in the first place.
Last edited by littlecoyotecoin; 12-07-2014 at 12:21 PM.
I'll just go with what my eyes see.
Isn't this timvp's stickh?
exactly, Green was getting cut from the Cavs and playing in the D league before Pop gave him a chance to make any millions.
He did the same thing with Splitter calling him just a blue collar guy even though Splitter scored 15-18 points some nights off the bench or when TD was on street clothes...
I think Pop says this kind of stuff to challenge them to "prove him wrong" and improve their game...
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