David Aldridge: Popovich the right pick to take over bench for Team USA

[Russ]

I thought Pop was not so happy with some of the decisions being made at the time- like not working things out with Scola.

Pop sheds only crocodile tears over Scola now that it's safe to do so.

Scola wasn't Pop's type of player for about a million reasons. Let's see, selfish, mostly O, no D, prima donna, en led, soft, demanding, surly. I'm pretty sure Pop was a big part of the reason Scola never wore a Spurs uniform.

Maybe I'm just projecting, but I never saw Scola as the missing piece that some did.

[Axe Murderer]

I believe his exact words at the time were: "I told Manu, no fouls!"

[DAF86]

Pop sheds only crocodile tears over Scola now that it's safe to do so.

Scola wasn't Pop's type of player for about a million reasons. Let's see, selfish, mostly O, no D, prima donna, en led, soft, demanding, surly. I'm pretty sure Pop was a big part of the reason Scola never wore a Spurs uniform.

Maybe I'm just projecting, but I never saw Scola as the missing piece that some did.

Whott's recarnation.

[ShoogarBear]

This is probably closer to the truth (if what D.A. said was accurate). Pop specifically said not to foul coming out of that timeout and that play haunted him that summer and into the next season. In fact, Pop brought up that foul about 184,284,028 times during that 2007 championship run.

lol Emo Pop.