Gregg Popovich is generally on very good terms with his former players, especially those with whom he won NBA league titles. Robert Horry is undoubtedly the exception that proves the rule. In recent years, we have clearly understood that the relationship between Pop and his former clutch player was not in good shape. Critics of “Big Shot Rob” on its use, especially at the end of his career, have a lot to do with it.
Horry confirmed in his podcast that it was currently the cold war between the legendary Texan head coach and himself. Here’s what he replied to his show partner when he asked him why he didn’t wear the No.5 in his last season at San Antonio.
“Pop kept putting me on DNP so you couldn’t see it but I was wearing 25. […] He wouldn’t dare come on this podcast. I don’t think he’ll ever talk to me again. I think he doesn’t like me. In my opinion, it is because I say what I think. A lot of people are annoyed by this. But he shouldn’t feel like I wronged him. Anyone can have their opinion on things, that’s what’s good in America.
I was a great player to coach, I did exactly what he asked me to do. Even when I wanted to disobey him, like that game against the Lakers where I knew I had to go on Derek Fisher and not Kobe like he asked me, I did. Fish scored 0.4 seconds from the buzzer and we lost “.
Robert Horry, who was also champion with the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers, called the Spurs “the most boring team of all time” earlier this year. Indeed, by questioning the serenity and tranquility that made the success of this group, the player with the most clutch in the history of the Finals was not going to put Gregg Popovich in his pocket …
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