The 10 Commandments of Gregg Popovich

May 28th, 2013 by Jesse Dorsey Leave a reply »
Gregg Popovich's San Antonio Spurs have made it into the NBA Finals for the fifth time since he took the team over back in 1996.

For his entire career he's been successful, whether it be successfully winning NBA championships or successfully tanking in order to nab Tim Duncan back in Pop's first season coaching the team.

From there he remained the team's general manager (a position he picked up back in 1994) until 2002, when he gave the job up to R.C. Buford, who still holds that title.

Together the two of them have built one of the most prolonged stretches of success of any team in the league's history, rivaling the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers of the '60s, '70s and '80s.

The two-time NBA Coach of the Year Award winner runs his team with an ideal that every single piece is important as long as they are all buying into his system.

In essence, his system can be broken down into a set of basketball ideals, all of which seem to evolve depending on the era, but evoke the notion of teamwork every step of the way.

Through those ideals, Pop has been able to stave off Father Time and build this year's Western Confer ...

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