As he grew older, Popovich was getting closer and closer to leaving the Spurs coach. As a meritorious coach in the history of the Spurs, Popovich has brought five championships to the Spurs in the more than 20 years since taking office, and has cultivated a cross-era superstar like Duncan for the team. In the face of the new round of rebuilding the team is about to begin, Popovich will obviously find a new leader and build a new tactical system for the future of the Spurs.
When it comes to selecting people, popovich has always been the best thing he does. Whether it was Duncan, Parker or Ginobili and Leonard, these people became the league's top stars under Popovich. In particular, Parker and Ginobili have become representative players in the final round of the league. Therefore, if the Spurs want to complete the rebuild quickly, they naturally need Popovich to help the team again before leaving.
At this year's draft, the Spurs used the 12th pick in the first round to select the 18-year-old Joshua Primo, a choice that has clearly raised many questions. Although the Spurs have always been surprised in terms of selection and tactical development, people are still full of doubts about Primo's future development and ability at the Spurs, after all, he is in a rebuilding team, but Popovich is still very optimistic about Primo's future.
To make Popovich so optimistic, Primo naturally needs to have a certain advantage. Although he is only 18 years old, Primo's ability to control the field is like a veteran who has played in the league for many years. Whether it's a breakthrough with the ball or a three-point projection after receiving a pass from a teammate, Primo can do well, especially in the first game of the preseason, Primo played a brilliant performance of 17 points, 1 assist and 1 block, which silenced all those who questioned him.
Despite being a shooting guard, Primo also has a lot of potential on the defensive end. His ability to defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position is something popovich admires, and if he gains a certain amount of weight after entering the league, then Primo will have no problem defending the fourth position. On the defensive end, Primo always predicts the opponent's travel route in advance, and when the opponent runs empty-handed, Primo can also keep up with the opponent's running speed.
Popovich's transformation of the Spurs now is obviously to continue the glory of the "GDP combination" of that year. After successive selections of Duncan, Parker and Ginobili, the Spurs gradually formed a tactical system with three people as the core, and won four championships with this combination. Although the league is building superstar teams today, the team building model like the Spurs, which selects the core of the future from young players, is still the most suitable for the team.
At present, the Spurs have established Peltel as the core of the team's inner line, and the outside line has entrusted the responsibility of commanding the team to Murray, and if the rookie Primo can grow more rapidly, then these three people may become the core of the Spurs' future reconstruction. As the team's meritorious coach, Popovich is always thinking about the future of spurs, and the Spurs will return to their former glory under his passing help.