I have been waiting so long for the San Antonio Spurs to start dismantling before our very eyes. And despite the countless injuries and lay offs. They’re still alive!
Even though they’re not performing as well as they did last year and the many years before that. They’re still a threat. Everytime a San Antonio hater like me counts them out for the season. They win another ring. I can’t say it’s over until Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich are both retired. And according to Sam Amick of USA Today. It’s not happening anytime soon.
“No matter how (the season) ends, I think Timmy is going to look at (retirement) again,” Popovich told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. “And if you ask me, my guess is that he’ll go for another one because he has been so consistent this season.
“It’s just consistent stuff: another double-double, over and over and over again. Because of that, I think in his mind that if it continues through the rest of the year, I think he’ll say, ‘I’m going to go another year and see what happens.’ Because what he has told me is that the minute he feels like he’s a hindrance to his team or he’s not on the positive end or helping him, he’s going to walk right off the court. It might be during the third quarter of a game.
“He’s not going to hang on to finish a contract or make the money or have the notoriety that you know he doesn’t give a (expletive) about. So the way he’s playing now, he’s going to look in the mirror and say, ‘Hey, I’m doing all right.’ “
So Tim Duncan isn’t retiring. Great. That’s just great. So what about Gregg Popovich? When does he think he’s gonna call it a career?
Popovich signed a five-year contract extension last summer, but admitted that the length was a product of owner Peter Holt’s desires more than it was his own.
“It’s a five-year contract, but the chances of staying for five years I don’t think are very good,” Popovich said.
So in my estimation. We have at least 2 more years of San Antonio continuing to grow their legacy which is already a substantial one.
Just great.
