Popovich equals Don Nelson for coach with most NBA wins, reaching 1335 career wins. Today Ettore Messina spoke about it to La Gazzetta dello Sport:
“Yesterday the coach did not answer questions about the record and the Spurs did not even report the news on their official website, faithful to the style of understatement of their leader. He could never ask his men and staff to check their ego if he wasn’t the first to not take himself too seriously. His relationship with the press was also affected by this way of being and thinking. In recent years he has released very rare interviews and always on condition that the questions were centered on the team, which he has been coaching since 1996, on the philosophy of the Spurs, the so-called The Spurs Way, and not on him. And, in any case, in the locker room there will be a toast with one of his favorite red wines, together with his staff and RC Buford and Brian Wright, CEO and GM of San Antonio, away from prying eyes “.
Marco Belinelli, who played under Popovich’s leadership in the 2014 title year and when he won the 2014 three-pointer match, also talked about the San Antonio Spurs coach’s record in the NBA:
“Popovich’s secret is humanity”.
