On the eve of the Spurs last home game, San Antonio hosted the Jazz and a reporter who covers Utah asked Gregg Popovich what he thought of promising rookie Donovan Mitchell:
A recurring theme in pregame pressers: visiting beat writers looking for some thoughts from Pop on their players, only to get (politely) reminded that his focus in the regular season is strictly on his team's development. pic.twitter.com/pPUG1Lw5Q9
— Bruno Passos (@bouncepassos) February 4, 2018
It was a nearly identical response given to another Jazz beat writer from a November 1, 2016 Spurs/Jazz game.