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Gregg Popovich

07.18.10

Despite Champion Lakers, NBA Seeing Power Shift From West to East 2010 NBA Free Agents, Amare Stoudemire, byron scott, Carlos Boozer, chris bosh, Dirk Nowitzki, Doc Rivers, Dwyane Wade, Gregg Popovich, joe johnson, John Hammond, LeBron James, paul pierce, Suns News, Yao Ming | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: 76ers, Bobcats, Bucks, Bulls, Cavaliers, Celtics, Hawks, Heat, Jazz, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks, Nets, Nuggets, Spurs, Suns, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, Wizards, Eastern, Western, Thunder, NBA Free AgentsLAS VEGAS -- This continental divide started in 1996 when Shaquille O'Neal bolted from Orlando in the East to the Lakers in the West. It really got going when Michael Jordan retired from Chicago in the East in 1998. But those in the East are getting tired of having sand kicked in their faces. Yes, the Western Conference still has won nine of the past 12 NBA titles and 10 of the ...
05.13.10

Larry Brown Still Mulling Uncertain Future, Enjoying the Playoffs Alvin Gentry, Andrew Bynum, Gregg Popovich, Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, larry brown, Pau Gasol, Suns News | (0)
by Sam AmickFiled under: 76ers, Bobcats, Jazz, Lakers, Suns, NBA Playoffs, NBA Rumors, FanHouse Exclusive, NBA CoachesWhen Charlotte coach Larry Brown addressed the local media after the Bobcats' first-round playoff exit April 30, he emphasized two main points relating to his uncertain future: he missed his family in Philadelphia dearly, and he didn't want his decision on whether or not to return to "drag on" too long. Nearly two weeks later, it's clear that one priority is outweighing the other. In a phone interview with FanHouse from his suburban Philadelphia home on Monday, the undecided Brown said he remains as torn as ...
05.11.10

Spurs Don’t Need to Blow It Up George Hill, Gregg Popovich, Manu Ginobili, R.C. Buford, Richard Jefferson, Suns News, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsSAN ANTONIO -- In San Antonio, they remember the Alamo. But they don't remember many seasons like this one. Guard Manu Ginobili said something Monday that hasn't been heard much here the past dozen years. "We were not ever really a championship-caliber team,'' he said one day after the Spurs' season ended with a 4-0 sweep by Phoenix in a West semifinal. The Spurs went 50-32 but it was their worst record since the disastrous 20-62 injury-riddled campaign of 1996-97, which enabled them to accumulate enough ping-pong balls to win the lottery and get forward Tim ...
05.10.10

Nash Keeps Eye on the Prize, Sweeping Spurs Despite Injury Amare Stoudemire, Grant Hill, Gregg Popovich, Jared Dudley, LeandroBarbosa, Steve Nash, Suns News, Tim Duncan, Willis Reed | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA Injuries, NBA PlayoffsSAN ANTONIO -- Steve Nash might be from hockey country, but this was getting a little ridiculous. Three years ago, the Spurs bloodied the nose of the Canadian in the playoffs and Nash's Suns suffered yet another frustrating loss to their rivals. Then Sunday night, just when things were going smoothly, boom, Nash gets hit again. On a drive to the hoop midway through the third quarter, San Antonio forward Tim Duncan's left elbow banged into Nash's right eye. Nash again was bloodied on the floor. "It just seems like everything, something always happens,'' ...
05.09.10

Stoudemire Will Help Recruit Wavering Team USA Players Amare Stoudemire, Gregg Popovich, Jerry Colangelo, Suns News | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Spurs, Suns, FIBA, USA Basketball SAN ANTONIO -- Amar'e Stoudemire didn't go to college, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know anything about recruiting. The Phoenix star is committed to playing for Team USA at this summer's World Championships in Turkey. When the NBA season is over, he plans to get on the phone with any top players who might be wavering in an effort to convince them to play. "Oh, yeah, absolutely," Stoudemire said. "[They will be told] we haven't won the World Games gold medal since 1994. So it would be a big win for us. Try ...
05.09.10

Dragic Comes Off Bench to Break Spurs Alvin Gentry, goran dragic, Grant Hill, Gregg Popovich, Steve Nash, Suns News | (0)
by Chris TomassonFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsSAN ANTONIO -- It's happened plenty of times before in NBA locker rooms. A player engages in a mock interview with a teammate who just had a big game. There was one big difference Friday night at the AT&T Center. Phoenix reserve guard Goran Dragic actually answered the questions from Jared Dudley as if it had been a regular interview. Hey, when you have a game like Dragic did, you might as well milk it for everything it's worth. After Dragic stunningly scored all 26 of his points in the final 13 minutes of Phoenix's 110-96 ...
05.06.10

Reserves Rally Suns to 2-0 Series Lead Channing Frye, Gregg Popovich, Jared Dudley, Steve Kerr, Suns News | (0)
by Sam AmickFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsPHOENIX -- Before these last few days, the only talk of border patrol when it came to the Phoenix Suns was their opponent's inability to defend their shooters from beyond the arc. San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich called them "the best three-point shooting team ever," a claim that was nearly supported by the history books as their 41.2 percent mark for the season was the second highest all time. The leader of that pack wasn't usual suspect Steve Nash, but offseason signee Channing Frye. Yes, that Channing Frye, the one who had buried all of ...
05.06.10

Video: Gregg Popovich Meets the Media After Game 2 Gregg Popovich, Suns News | (0)
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA Playoffs, NBA Videos, The BonusPHOENIX -- When Gregg Popovich speaks to the media, you never quite know how things are going to play out. His sessions with the press frequently involve long pauses between questions, as the credentialed people in attendance do their very best to come up with something to ask the tenured head coach that won't cause them to be ridiculed in front of their peers. Sometimes they succeed, and sometimes they do not. After the Spurs' Game 2 loss to the Suns, Popovich started out with a couple of fairly pedestrian answers. ...
05.05.10

Suns-Spurs Rivalry Defined by Mutual Respect Alvin Gentry, Gregg Popovich, Mike DAntoni, Steve Kerr, Suns News | (0)
by Sam AmickFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsPHOENIX - If the latest round of Phoenix vs. San Antonio was supposed to be the bad blood playoff series in the bunch, then there was clearly a covert orange and black transfusion somewhere along the way. In truth, it's nothing short of a mutual admiration society. That much was clear not long after the Suns' Game 1 win at US Airways Center, when Suns coach Alvin Gentry (right) came across to Spurs coach Gregg Popovich in the tunnel as he left his postgame press conference. As Gentry stood talking to his family, Popovich ...
05.04.10

Parker Plays Like a Starter in Loss George Hill, Gregg Popovich, Steve Nash, Suns News, Tony Parker | (0)
by Brett PollakoffFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA PlayoffsPHOENIX -- The Spurs finished just seventh in the Western Conference during the regular season, but the reasons for that were obvious. San Antonio intentionally limited the minutes of Tim Duncan to save him for the playoff run, and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker both went through stretches where they were forced to sit with injury. But San Antonio has gotten healthy in a hurry, and the only question remaining entering the playoffs was whether Parker could round into postseason form in time to help his team stave off a first-round elimination. Parker's injury, ...

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