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Gregg Popovich jokingly rips Tim Duncan’s coaching acumen

Training camp for Team USA ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup is officially in full swing, and that means one thing: Gregg Popovich is back in front of the media microphones for the first time since the season ended. Of course, it’s only natural that although he’s not there as the Spurs head coach, he would get asked about their biggest news of the offseason: the signing of legend Tim Duncan as an assistant coach.

It’s also only natural that we would get a true Popovichian answer out of it:

USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich on his new Spurs assistant: “Tim Duncan doesn’t know a lick about coaching.