Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich can be a mystery at times, but one thing is fore sure: in his world, it’s never too early to call a timeout. Spurs fans know just as well as his players that if the opening possession is botched too badly, an angry Pop timeout is coming. In fact, according to ESPN’s Stats & Info group, Pop has called 50 percent more timeouts inside the first two minutes of a game (30) than anyone else since 2009, and some teams have never even called one.
Perhaps no player has been used as an example in such scenarios more than Danny Green, who told fivethirtyeight.