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Gregg Popovich mocked the rebuilding Spurs' season outlook in a preseason media conference
The Spurs are entering a long rebuild, and Gregg Popovich would not advise anyone to bet on them to…
Scott Davis
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Gregg Popovich had a great explanation for why the Spurs kept fighting for the playoffs instead of tanking
Gregg Popovich said it's not in his nature to tank and he doesn't think it helps players in the lon…
Scott Davis
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Tony Parker says he's told Gregg Popovich to travel the world instead of continuing to coach the rebuilding Spurs
Tony Parker told Insider he is surprised to see the 74-year-old Gregg Popovich still on the bench o…
Scott Davis
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Gregg Popovich said, 'How the f--- you like us now?' in an emotional speech to his team after winning Olympic gold
A teary Gregg Popovich called winning gold with USA Basketball one of the best feelings he's had in…
Scott Davis
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Gregg Popovich drank wine at the Olympic bronze medal game and took a sweet photo with a longtime Spur who won a medal
Gregg Popovich enjoyed a glass of wine and watched his longtime guard Patty Mills win an Olympic br…
Scott Davis
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Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich scolded and gaslit a reporter over the team's dominant past
The US Olympic basketball team suffered shocking losses in its first two exhibition games, and coac…
Jackson Thompson
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Becky Hammon has been groomed to become the first woman to be a head coach in NBA history and she says she is ready
Spurs' assistant coach Becky Hammon was the first woman hired full-time on an NBA coaching staff an…
Meredith Cash
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Gregg Popovich became one of the first members the NBA to get the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it a 'no-brainer'
Gregg Popovich is 73-years-old and at-risk for COVID-19, so he received the vaccine, calling it saf…
Scott Davis
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Gregg Popovich refused to call Becky Hammon's historic head coaching stint 'a big deal' because she's already so qualified
"I understand the attention it got," Popovich said. "But ... I assumed that most people already kne…
Meredith Cash
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LeBron James said it was 'a beautiful thing' to watch Becky Hammon take over the Spurs as the first woman head coach in NBA history
"She's got all of the tools necessary to be a heck of a coach in our league," Gregg Popovich said b…
Meredith Cash
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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he is 'embarrassed as a white person' to see George Floyd video and 'actually watch a lynching'
"I never thought I'd see that with my own eyes in real-time," Popovich said, calling Floyd's death …
Connor Perrett
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Gregg Popovich says he was 'dumbfounded' attempting to explain the death of George Floyd to his 8-year-old granddaughter
"I didn't know how far to go, how deep to go, what age is it, is she ready or not ready?" Popovich …
Tyler Lauletta
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Steve Kerr says a conversation with Andre Iguodala helped show him how much he had left to learn about race relations in America
Steve Kerr is known for speaking his mind on social issues, and said that his ongoing learning proc…
Tyler Lauletta
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Gregg Popovich unloads on Trump in wake of nationwide protests, calling him a 'deranged idiot' whose 'presence will make you die'
Gregg Popovich said President Donald Trump could ease the nationwide unrest by acknowledge "Black l…
Scott Davis
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Becky Hammon is closer to becoming an NBA head coach than ever before — but she had to leave the league to make it happen
Becky Hammon has long been the top candidate to become the NBA's first woman head coach. After prov…
Meredith Cash
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Saquon Barkley and Gregg Popovich support Colin Kaepernick using his platform to speak up
"I mean Kaepernick's a household name, everybody knows about him, for whatever reason you know him …
Alexandra Licata
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Gregg Popovich may reportedly be closer to retirement than expected
"Popovich wants to coach Leonard for the rest of his Spurs tenure," Wojnarowski wrote, and the two …
Brandon Wiggins
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Romelu Lukaku explains why Jose Mourinho is like Gregg Popovich
"People need to understand that we play this game not to lose it. We play this game to win," Lukaku…
Scott Davis
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Tony Parker says his love of cheese and wine sometimes made staying in basketball shape difficult
San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker knew early on that staying fit meant he had to keep his love o…
Scott Davis
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Becky Hammon's stunning debut as a WNBA head coach leaves NBA executives with no more excuses
Becky Hammon's former coaches, former San Antonio Spurs colleagues, and current players all knew wh…