San Antonio Spurs' Gregg Popovich has won two NBA Coach of the Year awards and according to NBA GMs, he could be in line for another this season. However, most GMs do not give the Spurs a shot at winning title number five or even the Western Conference.
The annual NBA GM survey has been released and coach Pop was picked as the hands down best head coach in the league with a whopping 80% of the votes. Boston's Doc Rivers came in second with 13.3% of the GMs votes. Pop also was voted as the best motivator/manager of players with 60% of the votes. He also was voted as the best at making in-game adjustments with 40% of the votes.
Continuing, Pop also was tied with Rick Adelman for second place at running the best offense on the NBA with 27.6% of the votes. This might be a bit surprising considering Pop is seen as more of a defensive coach. Pop finished second at having the best defensive schemes in the NBA with 10% of the votes behind Tom Thibodeau.
Here is how the ...
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PLAYERS:
Gregg Popovich,
Doc Rivers,
Rick Adelman,
Tom Thibodeau,
Kawhi Leonard,
Klay Thompson,
Tony Parker,
Chris Paul,
Rajon Rondo,
Manu Ginobili,
Kobe Bryant,
Dirk Nowitzki,
Kyle Korver,
Tim Duncan,
Brett Brown,
Brian Shaw,
Danny Green,
Matt Bonner,
Chauncey Billups,
LeBron James
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
TEAMS: San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat
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