Spurs Mailbag: Coach Pop Answers Your Questions

[Fabbs]

To be a championship calibre team, you must be in a discussion whereby you are one of the tier 1 teams in the league, cause last year, it was LA and no one else in the West. I would say we had an outside shot at the championship before inuries happened and Manu......

Additionally, why would it be more difficult and take more time for a player to fit into a **system** that had Championship players intact!

Pop: Well sometimes I think that’s overplayed. Players who are new to a system do pick it up a little more quickly than people think. It’s just that if you’re a team that has been at a championship level, it takes a lot longer for people to find their place, because that team is already successful and to understand where you fit in takes a little bit longer.

[z0sa]

Additionally, why would it be more difficult and take more time for a player to fit into a **system** that had Championship players intact!

Did you submit any questions?

[TinTin]

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Matt Reedy
Location: San Antonio, TX
Question: What is your thought process when you see a player who is obviously struggling offensively? Do you leave him on the floor hoping he will work through the "slump" or do you replace him with another player who might be able to score more easily? Is there a threshold at which you make that decision?
Pop: That’s a subjective decision. You don’t want to destroy a player’s confidence by pulling them out when they’re missing shots or not playing well, but at the same time winning the basketball game is important also, so it’s always a thin line to walk, but that’s where relationships come in, where communication comes in, so a player always understands why you’re doing what you’re doing.

This was the most interested question for me

I think this is something we as fans do not understand at all (not saying all of you). Guess that is why he is the coach and we are not

[SenorSpur]

Good stuff. Will have to send him a question about the mythical "Derrick McKey" player that he so coveted a couple of years ago.

[phyzik]

I'm quite sure he was flooded with questions about his relationship with Finley and Bonner in regards to why they get so much playing time, he just refused to answer them.

Good on him, I say. Those are the questions that would get the awkward stare down.

[Danny.Zhu]

Good post.

[Fabbs]

I'm quite sure he was flooded with questions about his relationship with Finley and Bonner in regards to why they get so much playing time, he just refused to answer them.

Good on him, I say. Those are the questions that would get the awkward stare down.

And that is "Good on him" because of why?

[Fabbs]

Did you submit any questions?

Were i to have any confidence that he would answer any strategic questions sincerely I would.

[z0sa]

Were i to have any confidence that he would answer any strategic questions sincerely I would.

So you didn't submit any questions.

Why complain and ask questions here but not when the actual chance arises?

[Fabbs]

So you didn't submit any questions.

Why complain and ask questions here but not when the actual chance arises?

Fine, I'll submit some questions and let you know when CIA Dodgeball doesn't respond.

[lefty]

Gregg Popovich: I think we’re one of about six or seven teams that has an opportunity to win a championship. It’s a very difficult accomplishment and dependent on many, many factors. For us at the moment, we have to become a much more consistent basketball team and integrate a lot of new players into the system for us to be the last team standing.

Is he serious ?