On the off chance that the OP is a serious question, the answer is NO.
The fact that Pop is getting a lot of attention today is that he had the wit to change his team's approach to scoring as his 'superstar' aged and could no longer carry the team by himself and that said change was so successful, it not only kept the Spurs on the top of the heap with respect to annual season wins and playoff appearances as Tim aged, but it spread throughout the NBA as the method for consistently superior performance.
Pop is ALWAYS giving props to his players, most especially Timmy over the years.
If it were not for Pop's requirement that players occasionally sit out and rest and that they only return after injury when the risk of re-injury is considerably lessened, the Spurs players you mentioned would not have careers as long as they have had. The length of their careers means more awards for the players, and increases their ties to Pop. Had Pop been like most coaches, Tim would have been burned out long ago, and Manu wouldn't be able to walk by this season, much less be a major contributor on a le contending team.
Why do you try to force everything into a zero-sum game? People have been talking about Pop lately because he was the coach of the All-Star game. When they are talking about Tim, they talk about him as the best power forward of all time. Kawhi is on the cover of Sports Illustrated right now. Manu is hurt so out of the limelight right now, but no-one in the mainstream sports media ever suggests that he is anything short of a shoe-in for first ballot Hall of Fame.
So - what, exactly, is your about Pop?
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