Durant, the MVP of the 2020 Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament in Tokyo, impressed in the minutes after practices ended, too.
Gregg Popovich, the longest-tenured coach in the NBA, has presided over thousands of practices. The 73-year-old is in his 27th season as Spurs head man, a five-time NBA champion who owns a couple gold medals, too.Durant, the MVP of the 2020 Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament in Tokyo“When practices were over, not just the other players but the coaching staff, we’d all be mesmerized,” Popovich, the head coach of Team USA that cycle, recalled Monday before the.
It is nearly unfathomable that a superstar nearing his 1,000th NBA game might still be improving — “I don’t know how you can get a whole lot better,” Popovich said — but it is possible Durant is enjoying his best season yet. “He loves the game as much as anybody has ever loved the game,” Popovich said. “He just wants to play.”
Vaughn quit one basketball life and began another, going from player to assistant with San Antonio from 2010-12. He then landed his first head-coaching gig with the Magic, another branch off Popovich’s coaching tree.
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