WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.720 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. 2 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:22.399 Basketball fans, San Antonio Spurs fans, Welcome to another edition 3 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:27.359 of the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Popcast. 4 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:29.679 I like that. I thought you would. 5 00:00:30.120 --> 00:00:33.119 With your host, a fan of the Black and Silver 6 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:37.039 of over forty years, a former stand up comedian and 7 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:41.799 entertainer for twenty and now our host here he is 8 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:44.240 k Dizzle. 9 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:46.960 Still going with the sizzle. Huh why not? 10 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:48.039 I like it? 11 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.520 Welcome everybody to another episode of the San Antonio Spurs 12 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.920 Weekly Podcast. Witch your boy Katie. That's right, and you 13 00:00:56.079 --> 00:00:59.280 know it is a special show here today we had 14 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:03.240 to interrupt our weekly operations schedule. You guys are getting 15 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:05.879 two podcasts for the price of one this week. Make 16 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.760 sure you check us out on Wednesday. And as mister 17 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.519 movie so Phone said at the top of the show, 18 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:17.239 this is our weekly dedication show and our weekly popcast. 19 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:19.840 I like that. I love your little flavor on that. 20 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:22.040 I knew you would have worked on it all week. 21 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.400 It shows our weekly Popcast. Guys. We're going to dedicate 22 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:29.200 this show to the legendary coach Greg Popovich. And on 23 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:32.879 Wednesday we have another show dedicated to another legend, David 24 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.159 the Admiral Robinson. Don't miss that show, and we're going 25 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:39.319 to break down what some of you guys are saying 26 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:42.519 on Twitter and X the good, the bad, the stupid. 27 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.599 We're going to go over as well, and we're going 28 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.680 to dispel any rumors about any possible trades here in 29 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:52.159 San Antonio. All that to come on Wednesday show. But 30 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.959 let's get right into it and let's talk about legendary 31 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.560 coach Greg Popovich twenty nine years. As you've seen the 32 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:02.079 reports over the last several days, he has decided to retire, 33 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:06.359 hang up his nikes, hang up his coaching loafers, and 34 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:10.039 decide to move off into the sunset. But it's not 35 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:12.919 really the sunset really here in San Antonio. He will 36 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:17.400 be taking over the presidential basketball operations here in San Antonio. 37 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.520 He will be like the proverbial Wizard of Oz behind 38 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:23.560 the curtain. He will be paying no attention to the 39 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.919 pop behind the curtain because that's him just working his magic. 40 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:29.759 And we are so blessed to continue to have Greg 41 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:33.120 Popovic in the organization for the growth of this new 42 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:37.439 generation of players here, Victor Wembanyama, Daron Fox, so on, 43 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.919 and so forth. The cell so handkj Castle and more. 44 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.280 This was an interesting announcement. The Spurs have been in 45 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.800 the news since we've got Victor Wembanyama. Now we have 46 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.960 another Rookie of the year. Legendary coach goes down at 47 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:55.360 the beginning of the year, then our star goes down 48 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:59.280 throughout halfway through the year. It has been an interesting, 49 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:03.639 drama filled Spurs two years here in San Antonio, but 50 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.080 it's been very drama filled for over twenty nine years 51 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.360 here in our city. As Greg Popovich is put together 52 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.439 a record that is on the mount Rushmore of coaches. 53 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:17.280 Let's just call a spade as paid red Auerbach, himself, 54 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:21.120 Phil Jackson, pat Riley, and you can throw in a 55 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:24.240 whole list of others in that fifth spot. Greg Popovich 56 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.039 to twenty nine seasons. He has a record of twenty 57 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.639 two to ninety one and fourteen and twenty two, putting 58 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.319 himself at a sixty two percent win clip. And of 59 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:37.319 course we had twenty two seasons where we've made the 60 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.599 playoffs here in San Antonio. He had twenty plus seasons 61 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.919 with fifty wins or more. That is a legendary career. 62 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.800 But Greg Popovich decides to hang up those loafers. What 63 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.199 is next? We already said he is working on the 64 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.879 basketball Operations title. I love that his brain will still 65 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.400 be in the organization and Victor Wembinyama will still get 66 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.840 a chance to pick his brain from time to time, 67 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.159 and this is what a lot of these younger players 68 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:07.919 are going to need. Wemby has already committed himself to 69 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:10.240 the Spurs, and I'll tell you why. One of the reasons. 70 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.520 He just bought a huge mansion here in the San 71 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:16.360 Antonio area, fully equipped like Tony Stark, as we had 72 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.920 discussed in recent episodes. And when you put that a 73 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:23.279 much money and time into something like that, you're planning 74 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.519 on being here a very long time. I also saw 75 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:29.399 Victor wembin Yama interview Steph Castle about his Rookie of 76 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:32.000 the Year award. Go check that out on YouTube, and 77 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.920 he just seemed like, I'm ready to be a Spur. 78 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:37.079 We got a lot of work here to do, Steph, 79 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:40.759 and they're both most definitely agreeing with each other. And 80 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:44.399 I love that the camaraderie in San Antonio is because 81 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:47.199 of Greg Popovich. This has happened over twenty years. He's 82 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.000 developed a culture. When we had the losing ways in 83 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.560 the eighties and the late eighties, we tried to bring 84 00:04:52.600 --> 00:04:55.199 in coaches like a Larry Brown who was hot at 85 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.920 the time, and Larry got us to the playoffs. But 86 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:01.800 because of David Robinson draft as well as the rookie 87 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:03.759 of the Year in the nineties, let's call a spade 88 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.560 a spade there then bringing in a lot of talent 89 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.879 like Terry Cummings, Maurice Cheeks, veterans right, kind of seeing 90 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:14.240 ourselves in that similar prediction, A lot of you guys 91 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.000 wanted us to go out and go get a big 92 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.160 name coach. Go get the guy from Minnesota, Go get 93 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:20.680 the guy from Denver. Do this? 94 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:21.240 Do that? 95 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:25.000 They all know the Spurs system and Popovich steps down, 96 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:26.839 and who does he give the keys to the throne 97 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.160 to Mitch Johnson and a lot of you guys out 98 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.720 there in the social media world are absolutely ridiculous against 99 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.399 this guy. Let's call a spur a spur, and let's 100 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:40.560 look at the silver lining first. Okay, the silver lining 101 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:43.160 is that the Spurs won more games than they did 102 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.680 the year before and we didn't even have our star 103 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.959 players toward the end of the season. This is the 104 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.279 equivalent of two years ago. We keep nailing this into 105 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:56.519 your heads. Remember when vasel kJ and all them went 106 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.360 down and it was Victor's team for eleven games. They 107 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.879 got a chance to see what Victor could do well. 108 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:03.680 Victor and the rest of the crew got a chance 109 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:05.720 to see what the other guys could do. At the 110 00:06:05.839 --> 00:06:09.480 end of the season, including Steph Cassel, who wins Rookie 111 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.879 of the Year runner up in the Dunk Contest. Sky's 112 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.040 the limit for the Spurs. The NBA is on notice 113 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:18.560 and when the draft comes, this is going to be 114 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.600 a scary moment for the league. The Spurs have tons 115 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:23.759 of picks they could give up. I just hope they 116 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:27.160 don't give up the house for somebody's contract. That will 117 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:29.839 be huge. We've done that before when Robinson came in. 118 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:33.079 We don't want to do that again. We'll get there 119 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.959 at another time, and with a basketball mind like Greg 120 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.879 Popovich behind the scenes, I don't believe he's going to 121 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:42.120 allow that to happen. But the NBA today is acting 122 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:45.439 kind of like Greg Popovich passed away. He's just moved 123 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.759 on people, all right, and just not toward the light 124 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.639 just yet. Okay continued prayers out to his health and family. 125 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.519 He's got a great support group with the team and 126 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.439 his family as well, and Popovich has gone through a 127 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.800 lot of stuff over the last ten years. And by 128 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:01.279 the end of this show, we're going to tell you 129 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:04.800 how we really feel about Greg Popovich as well with 130 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.360 our dedication to him, and some of you Spurs fans 131 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:10.199 may be like Ruds, I can't believe he said that. 132 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.600 And that's my best Scooby I can give you today 133 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:14.759 because we've been doing a lot of podcasts over the 134 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.720 last couple of weeks here with this show and our 135 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:21.360 sister show, Let's get biblical with Kad as well. However, 136 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:25.879 the NBA do have their respects to Greg Popovich and 137 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.439 why not start with the King. I know we're not 138 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:33.160 big Lebron fans around here, but here's what Lebron had 139 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.639 to say about Greg Popovich in his mind on the 140 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:37.600 Steve Nash Show. 141 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:41.199 When you play the Spurs, not only are you trying 142 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:44.120 to defeat the Hall of Fame players, you're also trying 143 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:45.480 to defeat the Hall of Fame coach. 144 00:07:45.800 --> 00:07:49.360 Was Papa spy in the military, like he spoke Russian? 145 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:50.160 Yeah, for sure. 146 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:51.839 I always felt like there was a little bit of 147 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:52.759 a disadvantage. 148 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:57.160 You can sense it like, okay, I have the guard Tony, Manu, Timmy, 149 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:59.720 and then you know you see, okay, maybe they may 150 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:01.839 be a little tired of this quarter maybe, And then 151 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.120 you looked at the sideline and you got Pop over there, 152 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:07.040 and he's like on the floor as well. We're standing 153 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:09.439 on the sideline, you know. So when it comes to 154 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:14.279 like Greg Papovis's team, you know, we have to beat them, right, 155 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:16.680 They're not going to beat themselves. 156 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.519 And those were the great things about the Spurs when 157 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:22.399 Popovich was the coach, when you saw those early teams 158 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:25.240 start to gel. And I think that's why US Spurs 159 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:27.720 fans right now got a little bit upset when we're 160 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.839 seeing him leave and Mitch Johnson come in. I just 161 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.320 want you to understand something, guys, Mitch Johnson has been 162 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:40.000 underneath Greg Popovitch for years. The keys are handed to 163 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.000 a guy that's been in the kingdom for a while. 164 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:45.919 Becky Hammond moved on, Steve Kerr moved on. We've seen 165 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.759 all these coaches that were in the Spurs system underneath 166 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:52.519 Popovich become great coaches, kind of like Bill Belichick in 167 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.919 the NFL. He's had a lot of great coaches that 168 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:58.120 have moved on and had decent careers, and a lot 169 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.879 of them are not even done yet. Neither are some 170 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.679 of those Spurs coaches that were here many many years ago. 171 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.840 But for us to go out and get a legendary 172 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:11.120 coach to replace a legendary coach, eh, You see, Mitch 173 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.840 Johnson is playing with house money right now, and that's 174 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.399 what we need a Spurs fans. We need someone to 175 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.279 play with house money now. Mitch can implement some of 176 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.840 his things a little more. You know, Papovich had his 177 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:25.759 hands and things last year. Mitch would be allowed the 178 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:28.039 reins to the kingdom a little bit. And I'm sure 179 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.960 Papovich was like, whoa, whoa back on this play well, 180 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.919 back on this situation. Hey, you should have done this 181 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.759 or A B and C. And Mitch, being the smart 182 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.279 guy that he is from Stanford, that is going to 183 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.200 soak in like a sponge and it just does. Let's 184 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:45.080 take another little clip. Listen to a Spurs legend in 185 00:09:45.159 --> 00:09:48.480 his own right. I'm joking r J. Richard Jefferson. Here's 186 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.480 what ESPN and Richard Jefferson had to say about Popovich. 187 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.080 Breg Popovich will forever go down as one of the 188 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.000 best to ever do it. So let's check out the 189 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.080 Top of the Top, brought to you by Nintendo Switch 190 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:03.240 to Pop's best moment. Starting December fourteenth, ninety six, Greg 191 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.600 Popovich captured his first win as head coach for the 192 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.279 San Antonio Spurs in a thriller versus the MAVs. Perk, 193 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.639 I mean, will you remember this moment with Aby. 194 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:14.200 Johnson And I'll remember, But let me say this, when you 195 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.039 make Top of the Top as a head coach, Diaz 196 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:18.600 the ultimate. 197 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:21.360 Lex Up next is the ninety nine NBA Finals. Pop 198 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.639 and the Spurs eliminated the Knicks in five games to 199 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:30.480 win their first NBA championship in Franchai's history. It fast 200 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.919 forward fifteen years later, emotions overwhelming Pop and the Spurs 201 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.080 as they eliminated Lebron James and the Heatles to capture 202 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.879 their fifth NBA title, And of course, the legend had 203 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.039 to remind them that he had what like five of them? 204 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.240 Thanks then five one, two, three four. That was beautiful. 205 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:50.559 And of course, Popovich's national team career culminated as the 206 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:53.559 head coach of the twenty twenty US Olympic team that 207 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.960 went on to win gold in Tokyo. Afterwards, He described 208 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.399 the experience as the most responsibility I've ever felt, strong 209 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.519 words for a career as successful as he is. And 210 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.320 in twenty twenty two, Greg Popovich passed Don Nelson as 211 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:10.120 the winning this coach in the history of the NBA 212 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.879 with one thousand, three hundred and thirty six career wins, 213 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.559 all with the Spurs, cementing his legacy, especially with his 214 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.519 career simply one of the best to ever hold that title. 215 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.080 I mean, what an incredible collection of moments. For more, 216 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.240 Coach pop Perk get a perk stop it. We welcome 217 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:30.279 in our brother, Richard Jefferson, who obviously played for Papovich 218 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.639 from nine to twelve. Richard, how did Coach pop really 219 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.360 change the course of your own career? 220 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.080 Well, I want to say this, you know, first fall 221 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.200 as a man, as a leader, That's who he is. 222 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:46.320 That's what was so impressive about him. His approach to 223 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:48.879 the game. He would get in there and we would 224 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.799 have film sessions and he was like, yeah, we're down one. Oh, 225 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.679 that's not a problem. You know what's a problem. A 226 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:57.080 problem is these individuals that are fighting for their food, 227 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:00.879 these individuals that are living in war torn He had 228 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.960 an ability to even when you were under a tremendous 229 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:07.000 amount of stress and pressure, you still felt blessed to 230 00:12:07.039 --> 00:12:09.559 be in the position of what you were doing. That's 231 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:12.720 from like a personal side, from a player side. Greg 232 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:16.759 Popovich helped transition my career individually and say, Richard, we 233 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.879 need you to become more of a percentage three point shooter. 234 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.399 I shot forty percent for the first time in my 235 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.759 career with the San Antonio Spurs, and that's what extended 236 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:29.320 my career. That's what allowed me to be a more 237 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.960 effective player up until year seventeen when I retired, if 238 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:36.279 it wasn't for him and Chip England having that impact 239 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:38.840 saying Richard, this is the next portion of your career. 240 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.480 So I am forever grateful for him for his teaching, 241 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:46.639 for his ability to just put. 242 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.759 Okay, that's enough with Richard Jefferson right there. Everybody cuts 243 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:53.000 port RJ off, so I figured we'd do it here 244 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.039 on the show as well. Richard. If you're out there, listen, RJ. 245 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.600 Little Bill, as my mom would call you, remember a 246 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.639 little Bill with I know we don't want to mention 247 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:04.360 Bill Cosby around here, but little Bill on PBS, he 248 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.440 looks like little Bill. Go google Little Bill in RJ, 249 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.519 and of course Richard Jefferson's one of the great San 250 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.679 Antonio Spurs that came through here, played with Popovich with 251 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:17.559 some great reminiscing remarks right there. Even Kendrick Perkins, who 252 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:19.519 this is a guy. Let me be honest with you. 253 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:21.919 I'm like Charles Barkley, I don't know how Kendrick Perkins 254 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:26.120 has got a job with inside the NBA. I just don't. 255 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:29.559 I really really don't. That's like given Shannon Sharp his 256 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.679 own show. Oh was was that too much? That was 257 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.720 a little too much right there? But if you just 258 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.279 tuned in, make sure you rewind the episode as we 259 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:40.440 are being dedicated to Greg Popovich. This is our San 260 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:45.360 Antonio Spurs Weekly Popcast, our dedication to him, and of 261 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.480 course the NBA had a lot to say about Greg Popovich. 262 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.159 What about me? Some of you guys have emailed me 263 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:55.080 at kd SA bookings at yahoo dot com. Again, that's 264 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.480 KDSA Bookings at yahoo dot com. Some of you guys 265 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:02.039 have sent me messages on YouTube, Tube, Twitter x and 266 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:04.759 in our email box, and we would love to know 267 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.200 your thoughts. Katie. Well, let me give you a little 268 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:11.559 bit of a story. Okay, before Greg Popovich was here. 269 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:16.519 I was during the era of Bob Weiss, Lee Rose. 270 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:19.799 Do you guys remember those guys? Sure you don't, eighty seven, 271 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:25.320 eighty eight, eighty six Spurs, Alvin Robbinson, Larry Christobiac Ed Neely, 272 00:14:26.080 --> 00:14:29.120 Greg Cadillac, Anderson, Johnny Moore. I was a part of 273 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:31.960 that group as a Spurs fan. And you younger generation 274 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:36.000 are like, huh, you just pulled your best Kendrick Lamar 275 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.240 on me. You're like, huh, yeah, go google it, kids, 276 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.360 go google Magic, my friends. I was a huge Spurs fan, 277 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.399 still is to this day, and we have a pennant 278 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:48.240 here in our office in our studios from that era. Now, 279 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:50.639 I saw a lot of bad basketball at that time, 280 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.440 but a lot of decent players, players that could have 281 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:58.679 been eventual stars, but just the stars didn't the line 282 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.639 at that time because you we were in an era 283 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:04.720 of Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Julius Irving. These guys were 284 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.399 dominant in the league and the Spurs had only been 285 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:11.039 a young organization in the NBA for about ten years, Okay, 286 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:18.399 and I missed the NBA Spurs dominant era. I ended 287 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.399 up moving before nineteen ninety nine out of San Antonio. 288 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:27.320 I remember reading about the Spurs a lot. I lived 289 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:29.360 in New York, so we know how that is a 290 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.759 lot of Knickerbocker fans up there. And I'm a Spur 291 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.799 and I'm hearing it all. We saw a video on 292 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.639 TikTok last week. We're a Spurs fan and a k 293 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.679 next game or when Binyama Jersey get punched in the face. 294 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:41.159 Really classy New York, by the way, Really classy New 295 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.279 York's about to get punched in the face by the Celtics, 296 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.360 by the way, in the playoffs. But that's another story 297 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:49.000 another time, all right. But we'll see if Jalen Brunson 298 00:15:49.080 --> 00:15:52.759 Berner see what they did. There will be heating up 299 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:54.320 for the Knicks and see if he can get them 300 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:59.000 past the Celtics. But with that being said, Popovich comes in. 301 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.399 I didn't know much about Popovich. Knew he was an 302 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:04.399 assistant coach under Larry Brown, who was an assistant coach 303 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:08.000 under a few other player coaches as well. And the 304 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:13.120 Spurs kind of did something that everybody wants us to 305 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:15.919 do right now and go out get that big proverbial coach. 306 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.039 But we kept it in the house and Greg Popovitch 307 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.600 didn't have a good intern year. A lot of you 308 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:25.240 guys may not think Mitch Johnson has a good intern year, 309 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:28.399 but I believe he did. To get the Spurs about 310 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:35.000 thirty wins and an opportunity to spoil some teams positioning 311 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.360 in the Western Conference for the playoffs. We did just that. 312 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.840 So let's leave that there and leave us fade as faded. 313 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:44.360 But as that big rant run came for the San 314 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:48.039 Antonio Spurs in ninety nine, three oh seven, and fourteen, 315 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.360 I was not there. I do blame my wife the 316 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:55.399 year that the Ray Allen shot was hit, though it 317 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:58.000 was her first year ever, buying a Spurs jersey was 318 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.480 a monogenobleigue. Girl's spark jersey. Ladies know how you do 319 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.039 it up out there. And of course she puts it 320 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.960 on on the Spurs lose and I told her, you're 321 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:09.000 never going to put a Spurs jersey on it again. Never. 322 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:12.400 All right, during these losing Susis seasons, this is your 323 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:15.039 time start wearing jerseys. I'll let you do that, okay. 324 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.319 Kind of reminds me of the wedding, say er take 325 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:20.599 off my Van Hanlen shirt before the band breaks up. 326 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:22.359 That was kind of like my wife. But I got 327 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.599 to see all this run. I got to see the 328 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:28.400 Kawhi Leonard Era, I got to see the Duncan Chenobli, 329 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.960 Mario elie Or and the list goes on and on, 330 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:35.160 the ones that allowed us to win that many titles. 331 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.960 And as we started the top of the show with 332 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.279 we could have won five in a row, I believe, 333 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:42.000 I believe we should have won and O two and 334 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:45.640 one and O six And with that being said, that 335 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.480 would have been five straight years. But the Spurs were 336 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.640 a dynasty ninety nine oh three, five, seven, and fourteen 337 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:59.039 five championships and of course we dropped that one six times. 338 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:03.160 We were in the NBA underneath Greg Popovich. This is 339 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:08.400 why he is a legendary coach. That's my thoughts on Papovich. 340 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:10.240 We love you as a coach, love you as a person. 341 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.279 I love some of the things that you say on 342 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.839 the sidelines. We'll bring that up at the end of 343 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:17.319 the show, so don't miss that. But I was not 344 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:19.559 a fan of his politics. I was not a fan 345 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:22.279 of when he would bring the politics in. I was 346 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:24.400 not a fan that when he would get on the podium, 347 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.000 and we want to know what happened in that game, 348 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:28.200 Why this happened, Why that we want to know the 349 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.079 x's and o's, that's why you're there. And he decides 350 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:35.240 to say, well, I believe in this, and I believe 351 00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:37.200 in that, and I think that you should do this, 352 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.599 and we're in a generation of that turned me off 353 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.160 in a proverbial moment last year. You knew the old 354 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:46.400 man was off his rocker just a little bit. I 355 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:48.839 love you, Papovich, but we're roasting you at the same time. 356 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:53.000 That's what Spurs fans do. I'm sorry, I am a 357 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.519 forty year fan. I've kind of earned the badge a 358 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.880 little bit. Last year when they were in the ear 359 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:05.599 against the Clippers in the Kawhi Leonard moment, you fans. 360 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.839 US fans started booing Kwi every time he had the ball, 361 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:11.599 and it was just a dumb moment for Popovich to 362 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:14.880 grab a microphone, call a time out and turn it 363 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:19.240 into a perferbial open mic poetry night. I did not 364 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:24.079 like that moment at all. US fans, yes, sometimes can 365 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:26.359 get out of control, but you know who's the loudest 366 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.079 it you bleach your bums up there. You guys are 367 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:31.319 the ones that the loudest and get those cheers going 368 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:34.200 the people in the front row, don't they act like 369 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:38.079 it's a damn library At times they just do. And 370 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:42.680 with that being said, you have a right to boo. 371 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:46.319 That's what sports is about. You cheer for the people 372 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:50.240 you like, you boo the people you don't. Kawhi Leonard 373 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:52.839 had left a sour taste and a lot of our 374 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.519 mouths the way he left, the way he treated our staff, 375 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:01.599 the way he treated the medical team. Then many years later, 376 00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:03.519 we draft a kid by the name of Victor wemen 377 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.759 Yama who has a possible life threading injury, and he says, 378 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:11.519 the medical staff has been fantastic. But we're not going 379 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:13.440 to go into Kawhi today. We're not going to go 380 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:15.400 into cry Leonard. We're not going to do all that. 381 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:19.440 It is about Popovich. But I believe that Popovich's politics 382 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.119 that should be a new show on CNN. By the way, 383 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:26.880 Popovich's politics, and there's a time and a place for that. 384 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.880 There's a time and a place for that. There's a 385 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.559 lot of social media outlets, there's a lot of outlets 386 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:33.640 that would love to have him on the show talk 387 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:36.480 about that kind of thing. I don't think it was 388 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:38.960 the right time even though we were living in an 389 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:44.480 era in twenty twenty, going through BLM, LGBTQ, ABCDFG, all 390 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:49.480 that stuff going on, it wasn't the time. It really 391 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:51.640 wasn't the time or place because we were trying to 392 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:54.519 escape from it in sports. Were in an escape at 393 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:58.440 that time. But neither here nor there. Greg Popovich goes 394 00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:02.440 down as a fantastic man, a fantastic leader in and 395 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:05.880 out of the court, in the community, out of the community. 396 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.200 He is going to be the legend in this town 397 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:12.319 for many, many years to come. Just like Lakers have 398 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.759 pat Riley just Lake, the Celtics have Red Auerbach, Phil 399 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:19.960 Jackson in Chicago and many other places that have their 400 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.920 coaches etched in stone, so will Greg Popovitch. And by 401 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:28.519