Originally posted on 11/29/2012:

Pop is a crafty SOB. He saw this schedule, his small market team playing 4 road games in 5 nights, ending with a nationally televised game against the reigning Champs and Face of the NBA (Lebron). Stern and the NBA was taking a shot at the Spurs with this set-up of a schedule, almost trying to insure Lebron a win against a team the NBA doesn't want in the Finals because of their small market ratings.

Pop knows how this game is played, and not just on the court, and saw that set-up and basically flipped Stern the bird. Pop just showed, if you're gonna screw with us, I'm gonna screw with you.