A lot of this board is treating him harshly.. dude lost it.. dude is not motivated anymore.. stupid rotation blabla but what he is doing right now is showing once again is still one of the best coach of this league, he is still got dat ...
He had to deal with Manu retiring, Parker traded, Murray injury, his first draft pick out, the kawhi drama, a high usage dude to incoporate in the team, his wife who passed away last year... and here we go, once again the Spurs in the POs race, a superb win against nephew and the beautiful game back at the ATT center..
Pop said you can go all try to compete in this 3 pts league, I will work on the strength of my team and move the ball untill I find the best shoot possible, if it's a mid range so be it...
Season is still long and everything can happen but what he has done so far deserve praise and respect
To the GOAT coach
Was going to post something like this last night. Pop should get a ton of the credit for how well the team is playing. Even blowing out good teams left and right. Playing good defense, integrating a new roster and superstar. Developing people right out the G league. Keeping high character guys who are easy to root for. Ultimately, playing Beautiful basketball. Pop is a legendary coach. One of the greatest coaches of all time.
Pop is a ing genius. Him and his staff.
Look at the roster, we have one legit elite playe, a borderline allstar who past his prime (LMA), a 32 y/o Rudy Gay, Mills, a bunch of washed up dudes (Pau, Marco, Pondexter..) and a bunch of dudes that 90% of NBA fans would not recognize in the street (forbes, white, bertrans...)... people who are not capable to recognize Pop work are a bunch of clowns tbh
He is obviously not perfect and has a lot of flaws but yeah overall Pop is a legend
Signing in. He’s done a great job after a rocky start. It’s clear White’s development (and taking Cunningham minutes) has been a boost but Pop has done a good job getting the team to believe in themselves and getting them through some rocky starts and rocky episodes when they had injuries to White.
I criticize plenty when I don’t like what he’s doing, have to recognize when he’s done a good job.
Greatest coach of all time!
Ever since 2014 he is the best coach in NBA history. There is no doubt. But turning a team with most of them being bad defenders into a top defense with his SCHEMES? Who the can do that? That to me is some impossible right there. Pop is just a genius. As much criticism as I give him, he is the best ever and I think he will get some untapped potential out of DeRozan especially in the postseason.
Took to long to get Cun out of the rotation and still gives Mills way too many minutes. That plus some really mind-boggling play calls at a lot of times this year. They should be 3-4 games better than what their record is if Pop wasn't pretty bad earlier in the year.
But the emergence of DWhite, going through LMA, his usage of Derozan, the improved defense/rotation in the last 15 games can all be directly attributed to him. The old man deserves some credit especially for the undressing of Nick Nurse last night.
Facts.A lot of this board is treating him harshly.. dude lost it.. dude is not motivated anymore.. stupid rotation blabla but what he is doing right now is showing once again is still one of the best coach of this league, he is still got dat ...
He had to deal with Manu retiring, Parker traded, Murray injury, his first draft pick out, the kawhi drama, a high usage dude to incoporate in the team, his wife who passed away last year... and here we go, once again the Spurs in the POs race, a superb win against nephew and the beautiful game back at the ATT center..
Pop said you can go all try to compete in this 3 pts league, I will work on the strength of my team and move the ball untill I find the best shoot possible, if it's a mid range so be it...
Season is still long and everything can happen but what he has done so far deserve praise and respect
To the GOAT coach
Criticism without merit is just ing, tbqh.Signing in. He’s done a great job after a rocky start. It’s clear White’s development (and taking Cunningham minutes) has been a boost but Pop has done a good job getting the team to believe in themselves and getting them through some rocky starts and rocky episodes when they had injuries to White.
I criticize plenty when I don’t like what he’s doing, have to recognize when he’s done a good job.
The good definitely outweighs the bad with pop. Benching Tim in ‘13 was a headscratcher, but no one even saw us winning another le in the 2010s.
Pop doesn’t get enough credit for managing egos/morale of the team as well. A lot of franchises wouldn’t come back from some of the devastating/controversial moments in Spurs history (.3, TP ing a teammates wife, ‘13, LMA demanding a trade, Nephew...). Even how we started this season, a lot of coaches would have lost the locker room.
Troll thread?
Straight up damn impressive. Pop is old and still finds a way through the upheaval to keep this team respectable and in contention. His wife's passing and the turmoil of last season, getting prima donna LMA back to beast mode, incorporating many new faces as our legends moved on, establishing and building up these fringe players into legit NBA ballers... It is pretty incredible. He isn't perfect, no one is. GOAT coach. Much respect and praise for face and leader of the organization. To me, COY so far.
I’m def happy for Pop especially after losing his wife last playoffs. He looks like he enjoys this team, they look like they have great chemistry. Mike Malone has an incredible case for coach of the year thus far, but I hope Pop gets it again.
Yeah, it's hard to dismiss DeMar DeRozan getting the first triple double of his career, averaging career highs in assists and rebounds, and playing defense as something that just sort of naturally happened. Pop's influence is huge there.
I doubted Pop last month but he has proved me wrong. Glad he is the coach and I am not. I did feel he is going coach awesome this year with the loss of his wife. People heavily involved in sports find solace in their art.
lot of disappearing acts from the usual plethora of ST pop haters at the moment. typical. pop, in the meanwhile, is putting together one of his best coaching stints by showing the NBA what player development is all about.
Most definitely. There were some unrealistic expectations early on, and we already know Pop and his staff are going to experiment, and tinker till finding what works. Not to mention the injuries, change of philosophies due to Murray's injury, and everything else the OP mentioned that got thrown their way early on.
Always felt this year he would be even more motivated after everything that went down last season. People think because he's not up getting ejected or whatever that he's not motivated, not realizing a lot happens behind the scenes.
Obviously players are performing very well too, but Pop's influence/coaching is a big part of putting them in position to succeed. Glad he's getting some Respeck on his name around here.
Pop looks engaged and the new coaching staff is gelling, too.
Pop hasn't had the chance to teach in a long time, I bet he loves the new squad (and hates them, at times.)
He has been patient and has not been ejected yet this season.
The low turnover rate and obvious team chemistry and camaraderie is what stands out this year. Pau Gasol is cheering his ass off. Guys are pulling for each other and they are over-achieving.
Could be a N.C. State 1983 kinda team.
My only question when the season started was, "does pop still really want to do this?"
I wasn't sure his head and heart were still in it - and I was enjoying every game - even during the 3-4 games where they were blown out by 30 pts a night and the cliff jumpers were calling for his head -
I just had that question - "is pop really still interested?"
I think Pop is healing from his losses (wife/manu/tony/timmy/kawhi) and his therapy is being displayed in this team and it is really interesting to watch.
I was thinking last night, "these guys are pumped - but is it as a tribute to pop? is it anger at kawhi?"
Whatever it was - I could see the passion - they care! You gotta root for these guys - you cannot hate this team because they are not loaded with talent but they have heart and they play the right way.
Might also be good coaching.
"But Pop should have played Player A as a rookie and he's too in love with Player B to play Player C the minutes he deserves even though I hate Player B but Player C is new enough to the roster that I don't hate him yet"
that describes all too much of ST to a T.
YES. So many gems to respect so far this season and how seamless and how well Demar has played for the Spurs is one of them. It's like the Demar mystique everyone loved in Toronto (nobody in SA fully understood it) but so seamlessly blossomed in SA. Pop knew that character was the main reason these moves were going to work and it was a big gamble that paid off!
Pop is a (if not THE) GOAT, no question about it. He isn't flaweless though, and many people here act as if he were, tbh.
The turnaround he is having with this team is nothing short of amazing, tbh.
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