San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is known for his curt sideline interviews in which it’s clear he hates this part of the job. The reporter gets only two questions and Popovich won’t hesitate to cut you off.
Popovich blows hot and cold with the media. Tonight, during a quiet moment in the Spurs locker room where no cameras are allowed pre-game, Gregg Popovich let his guard down and the results are hilarious.
Coach Pop owned the room like a comedian. Dan McCarney was in the Spurs locker room for San Antonio Express-News and tweeted Gregg Popovich one-liners as they happened.
Popovich started by explaining guard Patty Mills’ lack of playing time last season.
Pop, as always, succinct when asked why Patty Mills didn't play more last year: "He was a little fat ass."
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneysaen) March 26, 2014
Coach then claimed the hotel he stayed at in Denver the previous night was haunted. Assistant coach Ime Udoka would even attest to it.
Pop had an uneventful stay at the haunted hotel. "Ghosts are scared of me, like everybody else."
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneysaen) March 26, 2014
In regards to energetic Denver Nuggets rebounder Kenneth Faried and how his team would match-up? Popovich as usual pulls no punches with his players.
Pop on Faried's energy: "You tell your guys the way it's going to be, they don't believe you, he does it to them, I crap on them."
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneysaen) March 26, 2014
Mr. Popovich was really on a roll tonight.
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneysaen) March 26, 2014
Much to our chagrin there will be no YouTube video to accompany these volleys with NBA writers. Credit Mr. McCarney for the eyewitness account.
@LeighEllis Unfortunately, no. They don't do video before games.
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneysaen) March 27, 2014
With his interviews alone Gregg Popovich dispels any notion the Spurs are somehow a boring team to follow.
[Image Credit: Tiago Hammil]
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