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Pop the dictator. Basketball is your job and you have to listen
Pop the dictator. Basketball is your job and you have to listen
He also credited Kawhi playoff explosion to "freedom".
He was implying Kawhi could have played better with San Antonio in those 16 runs if he was given absoulte freedom.
Something Ive said for years now.
Now its coming from someone who played with Kawhi.
I believe in balance. You have to be able to meet somewhere in the middle. Pop is the extreme of being a dictator while Coach Nurse is on the other extreme of being a cuck/pushover.
it was always funny when people called kawhi a system player when our system actually restricts individual stats quite a bit
Danny is very much like TP when it comes to questions/interviews. He gives real answers. Doubt there was anything negative about it; probably just a true assessment in coaching styles between Pop and Nurse.
I can just imagine that scenario.
Danny: Hey Pop, I came up with this play where Kawhi and I...
Pop: no
Danny: Why?
Pop: Let Kawhi do his thing.
Danny: How about I dribble...
Pop: NO!
Danny: .....for a mid range....
Pop: (walking off)
Danny: Ok, Pop talk to you tomorrow.
to be fair Pop did give Kawhi the green light in 2017. He was pretty much doing whatever he wanted on offense and had one of the highest usage rates in the NBA. But still, Pop wants players to execute. I remember ex-players saying they treat you like you are supposed to be a robot
I don't get that. The offense was pretty Nephew-centric in 16-17. I remember he had a legendary game at MEM even though we lost. He still averaged 28 PPG that postseason in a tougher conference despite two partial games (GS game 1, HOU game 5).
With Enrique stepping down to a bench role I'm pretty sure he would've been allowed to have complete freedom the following year too.
More proof pop needs to go
Becky so much better
We should hire Nurse then.
Look where we got this year with an allstar type lineup.
And what do you expect Green to say. See what he has to say when Toronto loses, KL leaves, and they blow up the team.
Dude he is under contract with raps
You can not hire nurse
Nurse babied kL
Only 60 games out of 82
That's not really true.
Spurs stars always got their points. As a player you had enough touches to make a difference.
The system just made sure you didn't chimp out and went ball hog mode. And hey, it worked. Gave them 5 out of 6 championships.
You never heard Robinson, Duncan and Manu complaint about wanting to be the alpha or quit because they didn't get their 20/10/10 every night.
Link? Players?
I'm not doubting you.
Just that everything one hears and reads (at least upstairs and from the MSM bots) is "slurp slurp *everyone* wants to play for Pop. The entire NBA."
No.
It was pretty clear Pop hated kawhi handling the ball for like 20 seconds of the shot clock.
The biggest difference between these two teams.
Nurse has zero problems with kawhi retracting from a double twice or three times.
I remeber in San Antonio he hated that . He wanted kawhi to make quick moves. Either pass or drive straight when the double comes.
Eternal Rule #1 -- An NBA player will always favor his current coach over his ex-coach (for obvious reasons).
Read no more into any of this than that.
You really want this team to tank.
You can say the same thing about Pop/RC wanting to tank with the way they gave ty contracts to Gasol and Patty.
I don’t blame Kawhi for leaving. Only blame/frustration lies with the way he forced his exit.
this is irrelevant, the point is they would put better stats anywhere else, whether this would be positive or not is another story.
He was as effective in 2016-17 as now. He was much more dominant defensively - would get back in transition, fight through screens, guard the best player for most of the game. He has 'exploded' offensively because his usage is higher, but his efficiency is similar & his overall impact on the game is similar.
sarcasm ducks, sarcasm
Meh, I'm fine with Danny saying whatever he needs to in order to land one last fat contract. Obviously a neophyte like Nurse is going to be more open to input than any coach who has been around the block a few dozen times.
What if she voted for Clinton tho?
All good, just don't forget who made you though tbh. He'd be dancing in layup lines somewhere in Lithuania if it weren't for the Spurs.
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