Spurs Philosophy System Basics - Gregg Popovich - Basketball Fundamentals

NBA coaching legend, 5x NBA champion and 3x NBA coach of the year, goes through the philosophy system basics of his San Antonio Spurs. A must watch for all basketball enthusiasts!
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[@reggaefan2700]

They am, what they am. So he'd never take Carmelo cause he's selfish.

[@reggaefan2700]

I guess he didn't really understand Kawhi.....

[@johntsai82]

I vb

[@JeewanthaBandara]

One of the best coaches of all time. He knew how to make his players achieve their full potential. He did it through teaching humility, respect and recognizing one's own ability.

[@WildDanHibiki]

+Radu Blanc you're an idiot

[@lance6554]

+WildDanHibiki Way to ruin his comment and spread the bad vibes. 😐

[@tropicmix8765]

@Romanian Shadow if you think Aldridge is better than Kawhi you're not the brightest

[@realseason6793]

and humor!

[@munkhbatenkhtaivan5117]

That was 33 minutes of my time well spent!

[@thegiftedmedia]

Wow. Is this free? Amazing. This is better than any MBA lecture you will ever come across.

[@Amick44]

David Robinson said as much. Said he learned more in Spurs locker room than he did in any class. Pop is far more than a coach.

[@jeremydicaprio3214]

Exactly. lol

[@steph5871]

@@Amick44 Listen to what Stephen Jackson says about Popovich, stop feeding into the propoganda. He's not your dad.

[@shreyavarma7068]

@@steph5871 imagine thinking stephen jackson is a better measure of character than david robinson.

[@theotherview1716]

I could listen to him all day.

[@JoeBlo2]

I hope the Spurs continue Pop's coaching system after he retires.

[@TheSteve1126]

As a Bucks fan I’m very grateful to have a Pop protege on our sideline.

[@joeldalangin2427]

This would be a great lecture for management and their employees. Pop is the man!

[@Gold753]

+Joel Dalangin He should write a book of his philosophy after he retires. I would definitely read it; even if it wasn't about basketball.

[@Spamfriedrice323]

And lebron

[@Hans_ON_FIRE]

+Joel Dalangin I'm taking notes for my own personal growth... it's not basketball, it's wisdom.

[@MrPainfulTruth]

+Nick Navata He was aiming at Lebron when saying, "does he pound his chest after a good play like he just discovered a cure for cancer?". I think he has little respect for guys with oversize ego like Lebron and Westbrook

[@MrPainfulTruth]

+Nick Navata He was aiming at Lebron when saying, "does he pound his chest after a good play like he just discovered a cure for cancer?". I think he has little respect for guys with oversize ego like Lebron and Westbrook

[@PappyMason100]

Popovich is the greatest coach in NBA history. 20yrs of constant success, also can bring out the best in average players. the culture in San Antonio is the right way. He's a basketball genius. shout out to the Air Force

[@heyhayteeprof]

Must watch for any coach of any team. Even outside basketball. Even outside sports.

[@willariza00]

+heyhayteeprof Proof of that is that I´ve got this link from a Business Insider article. You can apply these teachings in a wide sort of things.

[@adriennes7739]

So this is why all the Spurs seem like regular ass dudes who just happen to be pro ballers lol

[@RoadmapMBA]

Fascinating to see them repeating this all over again with Wemby 🤯

[@billy.7113]

Pop may have studied "Art of War" several times.

[@edmundcarlos9587]

+bill Y. He was in the military so...

[@DamnSpawN]

such a good book though and yeah military is a way of life.

[@ernie2111]

but has he purchased a copy of "the art of the deal" ? If not please go on Amazon to purchase a copy today.

[@HonestSonics]

Thank you, my fire kindling store was running low

[@hok4ge956]

Pop is a time traveler. He was truly born on a viking era

[@TheCabIe]

That was insightful and hilarious. Pop never ceases to say just the right things. Legendary coach.

[@jobimzapico44]

I live in San Antonio. I’ve been a Spurs fan my entire life. I’ve learned more about leadership, character, and how to create autonomy watching them than I have in any business book I’ve ever read.

[@dieguini22]

Same here in Argentina, Spurs fan for years. Learnt and enjoy way more than basketball!

[@mred1346]

Hands down best coach ever....even better than Phil! Duncan was only his natural superstar yet look at how many championships he got. RESPECT!

[@JanVoo9]

+Mr Ed Red Auerbach

[@joshurl5651]

+Mr Ed Don't forget about David "The Admiral" Robinson

[@Palrath1]

+Josh Url David Robinson already had back problems by the time Pop took over.

[@mskcrc]

+Mr Ed If you don't think Manu is a natural superstar, you are watching a different sport from the rest of us. Dude carried a team to the 2004 Olympic Gold and has won 4 championships. You're insane.

[@Amick44]

Probably a tie between Pop and Red. Red was a brilliant man as well.

[@williamjackson5421]

his knowledge. his demeanor. his humor. all important.

[@spoonysmalls]

Excellent. It is clear why he is a legend.

[@tlyung]

the empty seats is a serious insult to the legend, this video have more 'like' than the crowd

[@robertburr2652]

This was a session for a select group of coaches. The "empty seats" are empty because only a few hundred were invited.

[@CharlesAlvear]

This is why I love my Spurs so much. It's all about bringing in people with character and high basketball IQ. So many people say the team is boring to watch, but I say to those people, you don't know basketball. #GoSpursGo

[@carlosa7598]

I'm very thankful for having Coach Pop as the HC of my hometown Team. Thank-you Coach Pop for coaching my team. Keep it up. GSG from Saga, Japan.😄😊🙏🗾🌸

[@TImDuncanallday]

Oh well. What more can one add? He is the all time greatest basketball mind to me. An astute coach that truly mastered his craft. Perhaps Pop can be a motivational speaker someday once he retires from basketball. I would pay a fortune just to hear him speak.

[@Amick44]

And he has lived it, not just taught it.

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

this is priceless

[@barthalomeowthegreat8470]

Sam pham! Im here for 2k! Lol

[@MzVolcanicrox]

His advise works well beyond the game. Character, Character, Character

[@savvylotodo6871]

Hi Roxann. His philos to building character is simply stated: a person has to get over themself. Meaning, honestly confronting the faults of the ego, and learning to not allow jealousy and selfishness to cripple your given talent or trust in teammates.

[@petersteelflex4586]

This lecture damn near made me cry

[@LoupAnarchist]

Great pop!I love basket from the day my father told me about the spurs in 1999.I was 10 years old and ever since I love this team and their whole philosophy in and out of the court.Respect from a greek fun!

[@InternetZane]

Incredible

[@psyphi1394]

Thanks for getting Pop to do this talk. It was pure gold!

[@swantonist]

invaluable for a coach

[@clutchplays1880]

GOAT

[@geromegacrama284]

Coach Pop is amazing! I listened to a bunch of wisdom that was cultivated throughout the years through experience.Thanks for the gem!

[@chrisyang05]

Absolutely amazing!

[@djandres6847]

I wish it was longer! Thank you for posting this Vid 🙏🏾

[@FIBA]

You're welcome! 🙌

[@ReCharredSigh]

thank you so much for uploading this FIBA! pop is one of the greatest coaches of all time, and to some, the best coach of all time.

[@CmdrPewpeez]

He's a special coach. He knows how to connect with his players and make them a team. Same thing Phil Jackson did, Red Auerbach did, Coach K does, John Wooden, etc...there's a common thing between them all, they know how to connect and coach. they get/had players take on the system and with that they were successful teams.

[@DantesYT]

Seriously, this lecture is PRICELESS !!! Inspiring ! Absolute RESPECT for Pop ! It's more than just talking about basketball... Thanks a lot for sharing this ! #GoSpursGo

[@29TONYHA]

MAYBE JUST MAYBE THE BEST COACH EVER .BUT A GENTELMAN FOR SURE

[@jetmirshabanijctbxxycn363]

fhikh

[@neopets25]

It’s crazy to watch this now that the Spurs are rebuilding and Pop is still trying to instill these philosophies into the youngest NBA team in the league. I hope the Spurs team now and the future will continue to be like this 🥲

[@thunderwood]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@TheLakeShow]

Great teacher, Great coach and the Best Coach in the game and has been for a long time. I love Coach Pop, just keeps it Simple & 100. Got nothing but respect for him.

[@tg2112]

Such useful underrated knowledge by coach Respect to Pop !!...

[@jVdssssss]

I love you FIBA

[@energyexecs]

The Master speaks. Thanks Coach Pop. Words of wisdom applies to real life.

[@rossjn9885]

It's cool to hear many of the principles I've utilized for years coaching and a lot of things I do differently. I truly appreciate the honest way he coaches the entire team. I, however, enjoy the process of developing young men more than necessarily wanting finished products. I wish there was a video like this for Hubie Brown, one of the greats.

[@rudybolo]

greetings from Positano ...very very interesting litening ti coach Pop , grazie

[@eucalyptus3002]

Avery Johnson : ...go say hi to 5-0 ... ROFL

[@emperorquijote9594]

my idol my fav coach salute sir...

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Very sage and sound advice from someone who has had tremendous and consistent success in the upper echelons of his profession.

[@edch7516]

absolutely riveting

[@petitlouis5010]

I don't really follow basketball, but I do like the break downs or strategies involved, all the background stuff : thanks.

[@basketv2486]

One of the greatest coach in the World! Um dos melhores técnicos do mundo!

[@dontw4gt]

Pop for President.

[@Amick44]

Yeah, but Pop is used to everyone getting on the same page! Congress, senate LOL, LOL.

[@jeremydicaprio3214]

Mick A -- yeah exactly. I have a hunch that Pop would not be too excited about getting involved in current mainstream politics lol... the political system is run in a way that is totally the opposite of Pop's core values that he talks about in this video.

[@zenlee1109]

thank you for this. amazing to get insight from this genius. he'd be successful in any field, he gets people. POP for PRESIDENT!

[@gawdfatherr]

One of the greatest of all times

[@hamptonrj25]

Lavar Ball: "I taught Gregg Popovich how to coach."

[@northofmainstreet7281]

😂

[@Elyrion4409]

I've never seen Pop talk for so long...

[@CharlesAlvear]

+Donovan Tran He hates the media (most of them anyway) bebcause their ulterior motive is tot find some hidden scoop for ratings and that's why he is so terse with them. But give him a forum to teach and coach people that genuinely want to learn, and this is what you get.

[@Amick44]

You nailed it, Charles.

[@jrbonilla13]

@@CharlesAlvear first of all he doesn't hate them, but has disdain for questions asked that are stupid or aren't well articulated which he gets a lot of.

[@F4naaging]

That carnival part was real

[@fahada1921]

The greatest of all time.

[@parkjihoon394]

Best basketball coach of all time

[@kennytheclown3859]

Good stuff

[@SportsChat503]

the best!!

[@giorodriguez687]

Why does Gregg Popavich have the basketball voice, y’all know exactly what I’m talking about

[@davonte70]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bobbylight111]

On selfish players: "It's gonna come out in the wash," lol. Perfect Pop-ism.

[@jarub7641]

best city, best arena

[@orangecucamonga]

Great coach, I agree with every word...and as soon as I get a draft and free agency in youth and high school b-ball, I'll stop learning about skill development and Xs/Os and start reading Dale Carnegie and Sun Tzu.

[@TheGreatnessOG]

23:13-27:04 Talking about Time Outs was the best thing I heard throughout this whole video

[@AngelaJohnson-eb1zx]

If I was a coach I'm taking high character team first guys rather than iso ball players, guys that will actually listen and put winning above everything

[@antony1397]

He's the GOAT coach no doubt about it to me. Phil was an amazing coach, not taking that away from him, but he worked with players that were going to be clear cut superstars since high school/college. Tim Duncan is the only player that was like that for pop naturally. The rest of his team? Manu? Parker? Amazing players that are obvious hall of famers. Can you imagine that on any other team, under any other coach? I can't.

[@linuxblacksarena]

Yep. I put Pop above Phil because he was able to do more with less.

[@ramjb]

Some of it is self-caused. The first thing he states in this speech is that he doesn't want "me first" guys in any of his teams, and as most "superstars" are just iike that, he doesn't want them. Is not as if he couldn't have had more "superstars" in his team - is that he never aimed for it, because he didn't want them in the first place. Besides that, I can't give less of a damn about the rings they actually won. It's 5, but I don't care had they been 3, 1, or 7, because that's not what's great about Popovich and the Spurs. Their biggest achievement is not those 5 rings. Is that every.single.season. for the last 2 decades they've been a serious, believable, contender to the ring. With better and worse team quality, with bigger or lower prospects, but they've always been up there. Sure, not always winning, but always up there, always feared, always respected. in fact some of those years one could hardly believe what kind of game the Spurs were putting up with the players they had on paper. THAT'S the legendary part about this team and that coach, not the rings. Think of it, it's been 20 years now where that organization has, year after year, put up a team that was a serious match for anyone. Then of course they would succeed or not, but for the last 20 years NOONE has been able to take a W vs the Spurs for granted, while every other organization has had those "we need to rebuild" years where they intentionally tank, and in which at times it looks like a circus. No other team has achieved that, that I can think of. And certainly I can't even imagine Pop coaching in an organization that intentionally tanks. He's all about working hard and winning.

[@thexalon]

The only other competitor I can think of for GOAT coaches is Red Auerbach: 9 rings, innovative play style, strong player development, etc.

[@broncobilly4029]

Very interesting sneak peak into the mind of one of the greatest coaches in NBA history.

[@GreyStreet14]

GOLD

[@RTOneZer0]

Gregg Popovich and Greg Wooden are more than just basketball coaches. They're teachers.

[@VolleyballExplained]

John Wooden?

[@Nomorehats]

This should have more views and comments and likes

[@OnTheChainwax]

What a treat, I would have loved to be there.

[@Amick44]

I agree. This was next best thing.

[@onthewall7]

This video has given me tremendous respect for this coach and his team. I'll be rooting for my brother in the Christ, Steph Curry, but I won't be too disappointed if the Spurs beat them come playoffs.

[@brideshead1921]

Coaching God! I like that he rests his key players even if he gets fined by the NBA. The league has been killing the careers of its players by having too closely scheduled games, i.e. back-to-back. If you look back at the lockout season where they resume the shortened season that scheduled 3 games over three nights, there was a very high rate of injuries especially to star players like Rose and Kobe. His players are also selected for not just skill but also character and selflessness. In other words, team ball. That's what teams like the Knicks, Rockets and late Kobe-era Lakers fail to understand. The Carmelos and Hardens will never lead their teams to championships even though they are highly skilled individual players because they don't make their teams better with selfish me-ball play.

[@melachisandoval2055]

brideshead1921 Except Harden is leading the league in assists.

[@david3077]

Best coach of all time.

[@ericma4040]

I just love how Pop's definition of an unsuccessful season is losing in the first round when there are organizations that haven't even got close for a while.

[@CD-zg4tj]

I don't think a basketball lecture can be better than this.

[@yusufpasli3628]

justin why are u lyin?

[@Amick44]

Probably any team or unit oriented lecture, for that matter.

[@MrBrucebruce5]

They am what they am

[@wankelrige]

Can anybody post some other links with coach Pop's lectures, if any?

[@rasaecnai]

I was thinking about the word "character" then Coach Pop said, "that's character"

[@heartsolesneakerclub7829]

Thee best ever

[@MasterKeyMagic]

Pop is the greatest coach of all time. He's done the most with the least. His ability to not care about what most others care about is the reason why. He marches to the beat of his own drum and leads with logic. I've never heard him say something that I could honestly disagree with.

[@Ccm2019]

Exactly! Pop use what was given to him. A true definition of a coach. No disrespect to other coaches but they have a lot advantage with Star Players. Besides from that his coaching staff is successful on their own.

[@Secrectus]

I literally have fantasies about being coached by Popps

[@marcsolothemindsetalchemis4610]

Tim Duncan and Pop were the best player/coach duo of all time. They were soulmates literally made to win with each other

[@martinmunozolaechea7987]

Si no seria mucho pedir que también lo hicieran en español, gracias.

[@alexhartan]

i could listen to pop for hours...

[@lilysworld1802]

The greatest coach ever The End, i like he blame ESPN his 100% right tho, thats what i like about players from other countries they listen and play the right way compare to college

[@Antbeast23]

what does a player from a different place have to do with that? it's all about the type of person u are.

[@renaldys4240]

+Antbeast23 because they didn't grow up watching ESPN just as much American players did? we all see the highlight from a certain player only when's it's on the stats(points, blocks, steals, etc), but that player might shoot 5-23 and 10 out of the 18 misses are dumb shots. the motivation is just too different imo, some foreign players might be happy just to be in the NBA, while American players are the "go get em cheque"

[@Antbeast23]

Renaldy S but don't people around the world watch espn? I agree the international game is different and athletically it's different. As far as motivation that may be true since most players is to get in the NBA. Espn only shows highlights plays which I hate also. I haven't really watch espn for awhile now.

[@renaldys4240]

Antbeast23 well I don't watch espn, even if they do, the amount of exposure isn't close to those living in US. espn is a hack, like 80% who work there are either idiot/troll/Ads baiter

[@Antbeast23]

Renaldy S true

[@ruchpat1]

Put him in the Hall of Fame in the realm of basketball this man is a Genius .

[@yeungeddie]

INSPIRING

[@god-son-love]

This is actually a life lesson. Thanks Coach Pop.

[@Thirteenthdi]

The genius of these principles is that they can be applied to most organizations.

[@dethkillerspiral]

It's crazy that Pop will be gone in a couple years...

[@bryceisnice6]

Aye pop you cool asl

[@damianfilipone1169]

Agradecería si pueden subirlo con subtitulos al castellano!

[@rwwilson21]

This is why the Spurs are an elite team who hasn't won less the 50 games and hasn't missed the playoffs in 20 years. It's really sad that everyone has gotten so use to them winning that now every year they say, "It's the just Spurs, they'll just do their thing. Now lets talk about other teams."

[@kristimartinez7528]

Ryan I know..tell me about it..as a 2O year plus Spurs fan

[@cockadoodledoo28]

gold

[@god-son-love]

Carmelo is a perfect example

[@matthewdsmart]

Applying this in my business

[@hugobrook366]

This philosophy can be applied to any business I think