Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich:
(On JaMychal Green at training camp…)
“We talked to him about what we wanted him to do and he went down to the D-League and he did a pretty good job. We always talk to guys about what we would like them to end up doing for the club.”
(On testing JaMychal Green during the Chicago game…)
“I wanted to put him in a position to make a decision to make him the center of a play, so to speak, to see how he responded.”
(On voting for all-star reserves…)
“We value how important they are to the team and what kind of contributions they make to the team. You look at everybody’s stats, but that doesn’t decide it. We sit, we vote, we argue. We look at what we think their contributions have been to their teams. Analytics is not a consideration for an All-Star game. Someone who is injured gets a lot less consideration.”