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Can Raps be like the Spurs someday?
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slaw wrote: View PostI feel like whenever people talk about how awesome the Spurs are and what geniuses Buford and Pop are they gloss over (or never mention) the fact that Tim Duncan is one the top 10 players in the history of basketball. This seems kinda important......"We're playing in a building." -- Kawhi Leonard
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Sure we can be like the Spurs. And there's an easy roadmap to get there: wait until Popovich, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili retire, and they decide they need to rebuild around Leonard so they decide they take an intentional step back for a couple seasons. Then we might be just like them for a short period of time, before they complete their rebuild and get back to perennial contender status.
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slaw wrote: View PostI feel like whenever people talk about how awesome the Spurs are and what geniuses Buford and Pop are they gloss over (or never mention) the fact that Tim Duncan is one the top 10 players in the history of basketball. This seems kinda important......
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I think the respect that the players have for Pops was huge for the success they have had in that organization. It seems particularly rare in the NBA, that highly paid, egocentric superstars would defer to a lower paid coach. We have seen many examples of players getting coaches fired, or organizations moving on from coaches because of poor relationships with top players, or players just not listening or trusting the coach. I don't know if this has more to due with Pops, or the personalities of players like Duncan, Parker, and Gino, but Pops had no issues with calling these guys out and benching them if necessary, and yet it didn't fall apart for them. Kawhi is being treated in the same manner, and seems better for it. I don't know, but I got mad respect for that organization. Chicken or egg? Have the players made the coach or the coach made the players?
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^I think it has come from a combination of a front office and coach having the same no bullshit philosophy. I think that is the way it should be.
"yes-men" coaches and front offices burn out and always have strife, and are more likely to just have flash in the pan success than long term success
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Stahmenah_Vybz wrote: View Posthttps://www.facebook.com/Glory4You/v...51423/?fref=nf
This is a great video about how the Spurs are respected around the league and how their coach has the total respect of all of the players. What's going to take for Toronto to be %50 like that?
So to answer your question, no.Mamba Mentality
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