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Popovich’s shocking and disappointing advice to an All-Star

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Gregg Popovich doesn’t have much to prove in the NBA anymore, so he can afford to say whatever he wants to his players. For example, exasperated by the referees, he did not hesitate to give very disappointing advice to an All-Star. Fortunately he was not listened to.

Time passes, the results are not necessarily as good as in the past, but Gregg Popovich keeps his image and his status as a legendary coach. It must be said that without the help of the most prolific trio of all time it is much more difficult to win titles … And the task could be even more difficult with the departure of his last All-Star DeMar DeRozan.

This season, the tactician will have to rely on his protégé Keldon Johnson, who is constantly improving and who was able to garner a lot of experience at the Olympic Games, but also on a Dejounte Murray who is struggling to pass a course. The reconstruction will be long for this coach closer to the end than the beginning of the height of his 72 years. While he may no longer have the chance to win a new title, he still has time to mark the minds of his players.

Popovich new defender of the flop!

And that, Pop will always know how to do it. The proof, he gave a big advice to DeMar DeRozan before his departure to Chicago, and the back revealed it after the Bulls’ last game. Always so little sent on the line of free throws by the referees, the multiple All-Star unveiled the solution found at the time by Gregg Popovich… and it is very disappointing on his part.

You know what’s totally crazy, when I was in San Antonio, Gregg Popovich pulled me aside one day and he told me I needed to start flopping on the field. Simply because I wasn’t getting the whistle blows I needed to be because I was absorbing too much contact. I don’t know… Maybe I should get into American football.

Gregg Popovich therefore openly advised DeMar DeRozan to start cheating on the field to finally get whistles and score easy points on the throw line … A rather surprising method from a man who has always shown his hatred of flopping. The proof with this action of Draymond Green a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLH61HDKLlU

Gregg Popovich would have loved to see DeMar DeRzan cheat on the pitch to get whistles. A pretty approach singular for such a strict coach.

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