Anyone have a link to Popovich calling out David Locke?

[NUMBERICA]

Pop is a dick and I'd love to see what he can do without Tim Duncan.

Win more games than most is what he'd do - AND DOES - you ****ing nitwit.

 

[NUMBERICA]

People often insult others when they are getting defensive. Clearly POP was getting defensive about Locke asking legitimate questions about the Spurs rotations and strategy. He doesn't think these types of questions should be asked. If he doesn't think these questions should be asked, then he doesn't care about fans that wan to learn more about the game. As a fan, it's insulting to me that POP thinks we don't deserve a few seconds of his time to gain a little insight to what the Spurs are doing.

His job is to win basketball games. That you think he owes fans a ****ing thing beyond the wins he provides his fans is many times more arrogant than anything you are imagining.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

His job is to win basketball games. That you think he owes fans a ****ing thing beyond the wins he provides his fans is many times more arrogant than anything you are imagining.

There is a reason the NBA REQUIRES coaches and players to interact with the media and fans. If POP owed them nothing more than wins I'm sure he would never interact with the media or sit down for interviews. He would go straight from the bench to the team bus. Fans expect interaction because we love the game. It's ENTERTAINMENT, not military conflict. Fans and coaches absolutely owe us more than just playing on game night, and the NBA agrees.

 

[NUMBERICA]

There is a reason the NBA REQUIRES coaches and players to interact with the media and fans. If POP owed them nothing more than wins I'm sure he would never interact with the media or sit down for interviews. He would go straight from the bench to the team bus. Fans expect interaction because we love the game. It's ENTERTAINMENT, not military conflict. Fans and coaches absolutely owe us more than just playing on game night, and the NBA agrees.

The NBA is strong-arming teams into having their players wear short-sleeve shirts in a half-baked adventure in marketing, in addition to trying to be the first major American pro sport to feature logos on jerseys. So I'd re-think your point.

 

[Spinoza]

Locke is a combination of high pitched radio frequency garble mixed with santorum brains. Popovich remembers him from other dumb questions. As do I. Now that Corbin and Kanter are gone, Locke is the worst part of the Jazz today. If we could only trade lock for cap space and draft picks...

Speaking more realistically, maybe we could submarine the Cavs with Lock...

How do we even get rid of this guy? If the Jazz fired him, he would be the number one troll on Jazzfanz in a heartbeat. (He probably is already!)

There's a good chance he's sojodave.

 

[Spinoza]

I don't think that's what Pop was suggesting.

Exactly. He was suggesting that Locke in particular does not know basketball. There was no generalization to the class of all media guys.

 

[Bodhi]

Lol. To this point in the thread, this is a gross overstatement.

This place sometimes.

You're just pissed because you had to look it up to know what it meant.

Ok.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

Ok.

Wow, that was easy.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Locke is fine... Provides a lot of good content. He can go overboard with analytics and play diagrams but he tries hard. I appreciate what he does. Pop is hilarious... He's a total dick but it's funny. I can see how lockes over analytical hyper demeanor wouldn't work well with him.

 

[Biggs]

You're just pissed because you had to look it up to know what it meant.

I did.

 

[Hantlers]

A lot of Pop's perceived attitude issues are that he has a very dry sense of humor, which a ton of people tend to not understand. Some people are just too dumb to get it.

 

[Mongoose]

You're right without the media and the fans those guys could really play some serious ball....and nobody would be there to see it. The NBA says that the coach use be available for questions pregame, if it bothers Mr. Popovish so much he could investigate another line of work.

Mr. Popovich's disrespect for the league is an embarrassment. It is sad actually, he could have remembered as a basketball genius, instead his legacy will be being rude to innocent reporters. Someday emporer Pop will have no clothes.

A long time ago someone told me to measure the character of a man watch the way he treats people who can give him nothing or people he has power over. It makes no difference how a man treats a person above him or of equal social standing, because in our hearts we are all suck-ups. But interactions with inconsequential people reveal our character.

I try to treat the cashier at Harmon's, the lady at McDonalds, the hotel staff, the janitor in my building with courtesy and respect, even go out of my way to be friendly with them. The world is so full of contention, but it can be curbed with small acts, and friendly words.

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Think of how Locke and the other media would talk positively about Pop if he would have said, " that was very observant you. Yes, our bigs are playing more together, but it was not something we set out to do, it has just happened."

Innocent reporters?? Hahaha.... It's a lose lose situation for just about every coach or athlete in the league. There's a million examples of the media making someone into a jerk or otherwise. Even when only giving boring textbook answers like you suggest.