Every offseason there is news of his retirement, but next season you'll see him in the dugout again. Today, Spurs management offered the coach a five-year, $80 million contract, surpassing Monty Williams' six-year $78.5 million contract to become the most expensive coach in the NBA. Why did Popovich sign the first manager contract in history?
Greg Popovich during the Air Force Academy
Gregg Popovich, born in 1949 in East Chicago, Indiana, is a Serbian- and Croatian-American basketball player and coach who graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Greg Popovich has coached the Spurs since 1996 and has been coaching for 26 years so far, making him the longest-serving coach of the same team in the four major U.S. professional sports leagues. The 1997 draft was the Spurs' selection of the dynasty founder
Tim Duncan
Manu Ginobili (1999) and Tony Parker (2001) were selected for the Spurs to form the "GDP" combination
Ginobili (left) Parker (right)
Kawhi Leonard was drafted for the Spurs and developed into an offensive and defensive player.
Kawhi Leonard (left) Popovich (right)
Venbanyama was selected for the Spurs
He brought five championships to the Spurs, winning NBA championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, making the Spurs playoffs for 22 consecutive years.
Spurs five crowns
To send coaching talent to the whole league, Kerr was the head coach of the Warriors for 9 years, Snyder was the head coach of the Hawks, Kerr and Rivers, and Budenholzer led the team to the championship.
Popovich has the first regular season win in history, 1344 regular season victories, three-time NBA Coach of the Year (2003, 2012, 2014), was selected as the 15th head coach in the history of the 75th anniversary of the NBA, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The team has just selected Chinese Banyama, Wenbanyama is not mature in all aspects, and it needs more guidance and honing by coaches, Wenbanyama is also a rare talent, Popovich is desperate. Popovich also loves basketball as a career and hobby, not just a job. Because of his love and the desire to nurture young rookies, he once again embarked on a new journey and hoped that the Spurs would lead him to new glory.