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How good of a coach is current Greg Popovich? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by ImDKingSama@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Genuinely curious especially from Spurs fans because I haven't watched much Spurs at all these past few years. They haven't been great but also haven't had a great roster. They've still developed some really nice players with late lottery and late first round picks. But right now with Wemby I've heard podcasts talk about the Sochan PG experiment and whether or not it's a good idea. And also there's discussion about the Spurs shot profile of shooting too many long twos. I haven't dug into any stats, but was curious how much merit there is to these discussion points and how people who have actually watched the Spurs evaluate Pop at his current age.

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[–] Thunderhorse74@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Eh, at the risk of being overly pithy, the bottom line is that when you have the most wins in NBA history, all for your current team and have brought 5 titles to a city having no business being a long time contender, much less 22-23 seasons worth of it, you've pretty much have earned the ability to do whatever the fuck you want. If that means running Sochan out there at point, respect the balls to make a hard call and stick it out.

Just guessing because maybe they really do want to turn Jeremy into Ben Simmons but not a diva with back problems, but I think they are throwing him into the fire with the expectation he will come out the other side as a blend of Boris Diaw at his athletic peak and Draymond but slightly less crazy/mean/dirty. Capable of running the offense in spurts but being a secondary playmaker on the wing while a lock down defender on the other end.

Eventually, I think Pop sends Keldon to the 6th man role, they spend draft picks on a PG this off season, and go from there.

I don't think we are quite THIS bad. There has been a lack of effort and loss of confidence as evidenced by some absurd blowouts. That's the discouraging part, but here again, Pop is challenging them. Teams adjust and try to take you out of what you want to do. He's driving them to shore up the weakest parts of their game instead of running a steady diet of "fuck it, Wemby down there somewhere"

Trust in Pop. Always.