Gregg Popovich is the best coach in the league and one of the best coaches of all time. Unfortunately for San Antonio fans he’s going to have to retire at some point but according to Popovich he won’t do so until Tim Duncan does. Read more after the jump.
According to Real GM
Gregg Popovich reiterated his oft-stated plan to follow Tim Duncan into retirement.
Duncan, 37, has given no indication that he plans to retire soon.
“He’s a mentally unique individual in that he’s able to sustain the year-round workout regimen, both physically and (diet) wise,” Popovich said of Duncan’s resurgence. “He has an unbelievable feeling of responsibility for his place in the program and wants to sustain that performance that he brings night after night.”
“When he doesn’t think he can, he’ll stop. It might be in the middle of a game. I can see him walking off the court saying, ‘Nah, I’m not pulling my weight anymore. I’m gone.’ And he’ll walk. And I’ll be right behind him, like this. No pride, no nothing.”
It’ll be a double heartbreak when Spurs fans lose both Duncan and Popovich but the two together have brought great basketball to San Antonio.
