San Antonio Spurs Stephen Jackson (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
With locker room tension high one season, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had a hilarious way to ease tensions with Stephen Jackson before a game.
Some coaches just know how to connect with their players no matter their personality type. Stephen Jackson wasn’t always the easiest to deal with in the locker room during his time with the San Antonio Spurs, but Gregg Popovich still found ways to keep things light every now and then.
In a recent episode of All the Smoke hosted by Jackson and Matt Barnes, DeMar DeRozan joined to talk about his NBA career when the conversation shifted to Coach Popovich.