Originally Posted by
Avenger
Wow... look at the ignorance in this thread. smh
He is "old and clueless"? Is that what LB said about Sloan before he left? Pop is one of the best X and O coaches EVER. He has this innate ability to change gameplans on the fly and exploit other team's weakness.
He tried tanking the season when he realized how much the Grizzlies had improved (remember early season, they were not that good, it was when Randolph got injured the became the new juggernauts), but he only tanked 6 before Lakers caught on to what he was doing. Not to mention he got a lot of backlash from fans who wanted them to finish top seed. He had known months before that a Grizzlies first round matchup was a deathnote for the Spurs.
And need I remind everyone that Duncan is the only drafted superstar on the team. Every one else were late draft picks. Spurs do not believe in mid-season trades, except for Jefferson, but that's because they were desperate last year. It's not like a Perkins fell into his lap, or they have the $$$ to draft Howard. THEY ARE THE ONLY SMALL MARKET TEAM TO HAVE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST DECADE EVER. His scouting team is brilliant. Need I remind you what the Spurs were before Pop?
SMH... sorry to everyone who lost $$ tonight, but if you paid attention, plenty of us gave warning that Spurs would lose. That's why I went BIG on Grizzlies to win the series.