Gregg Popovich retires as a spur coach: the best moments from the priest’s career at the steering wheel to San Antonio

After 29 seasons as the head coach San Antonio Opers, Gregg Popovich left his post aside But he will remain with the franchise as the president of the team. Popovich took possession of the Train coach in 1996 and led them to five NBA championships in one of the longest success in the same franchise in the history of the League.

Along the way, Popovich became the most defeated coach in the history of the NBA (1422), the Hall of Glory and secured his place as one of the great people in the coaching industry. Nevertheless, the pop was not just an excellent coach, he was also one of the best characters in the NBA. During his career, Pop became known to fans of his fiery unrest, hatred of intra -game interviews, a dry sense of humor and thoughtful answers to things that occur outside the world of basketball.

While Popovich will remain part of the Spurs franchise as the president of the team, we will not see him so often in the eyes of the public. Thus, we wanted to look back at some of his best and funny moments from his legendary stay as the head coach of Spurs.

The funniest moments of the interview in the middle of the game

“Obtaining Pop’D” has become something like a rite for those in the NBA media, especially national reporters. Popovich was among the coaches who did not like the contractual interviews in the middle of the game and often did a minimum to go through two questions and return to the bench. However, when he became older, the routine became more complicated, since the reporters began to sweat when they talked between the quarters, and he is glad to mess with them – sometimes demanding that they ask him the second question, whether they tried to let him go after one.

Hack-A-SHAQ Fill for five seconds in the game

For the most part, we saw a sense of humor of the priest in these interviews and press conferences, but at the premiere of the 2008-09 season, he had fun with Shakil O’Nele to open the game. After the “spurs” defeated the Sun in the first round of the 2008 playoffs, Shak complained about their use of Hak-A-Shak strategy, so immediately after the first tip in the newcomer to the season that fell, the priest trolls, forcing one of his guys to break him. This led to the fact that one of the most remarkable chamber chambers from the confusing with two thumbs to the side with his assistants giggles.

Throw away 63 seconds into the game

Popovich never hesed out to get to the officials, and in 2019 he was thrown only a minute in the game in Denver for the fact that he was an early call from the referee. They hit him quickly, and then a second when he left there.

We are talking about violence with the use of weapons after shooting in Uvold

There were few figures in sports, which were more inclined to speak on social and political issues than Popovich, who never evaded questions on press conferences about things taking place in the world. Often he offered his best answers, as he always offered strong, thoughtful answers and was never afraid to go for those who are in the positions of power.

While it usually happened in press presses before the game, after the tragic shooting at the Robb elementary school in Uvold, Texas, in 2022, Popovich went and took a podium at a rally against violence to give an emotional speech about the lack of a reaction to mass executions.

Pop tells Danny Green “Show F — Up”

Popovich was never afraid to stand on his players, and in 2014, one of his best melts came to the game of the spurs. Danny Green made a deliberate foul at the end of the game after Pop told him specifically wrong. When Green returned to the side line to try to explain why he did this, Popovich simply shouted: “Shut up!” On him.

Pop is considered rings

After the “spurs” won their fifth and last title under the pop music, they went to Riverwalk to San Antonio to their championship parade, during which the priest had cheerfully counted his rings for fans.