After losing their group stage opener 83-76 to France at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics — the United States men’s basketball team’s first loss in Olympic play since 2004, when they lost to Argentina in the semi-finals — Gregg Popovich’s record coaching tournament play has dropped to 6-3, and reports are coming out that players are not happy with attempts to run “Spurs offense”. Per Jon Vardon of The Athletic:
“To be clear, Popovich is horrified by his own record coaching this team. He dwells on it and hates the losing. The players are frustrated, too, grumbling on their way back to the locker room about ‘running the San Antonio offense’ when apparently they feel like there are better ideas.