Buck Harvey: Popovich ready for what he saw coming
About six weeks ago, asked yet again to explain the Spurs’ remarkable record, Gregg Popovich came up with another answer.
Maybe the other teams are the lucky ones, not the Spurs. “They’ve got (injuries) now,” Popovich said then. “And maybe we’re going to get it on April 2 or March 15.”
He was wrong, but only by a few weeks.
That’s Popovich. He’s always thought there’s nothing worse than a 20-point lead in the second quarter, because the game is never that easy. He waits for bad news, as if it’s written somewhere on the schedule, and this approach is an advantage for the Spurs as they go forward for a while without Tony Parker.
Their coach works well with NBA reality.
Popovich might not have to work without Parker for long.
The Spurs’ official release put his return at two-to-four weeks, but those within the franchise think it might be under two.