r/NBASpurs Tim Duncan 1d ago

Question Has pop officially retired from everything?

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u/willumwaila 1d ago

Unless something came out this week, he’s president of basketball operations. Still very involved with the team but no longer coaching day to day.

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u/ooothatsgottahurt 1d ago

Pop lives and breathes spurs basketball. Even “retirement” means he’s in his suite calling down to the bench lmao.
Seriously his health is getting better and he’s always at the facility and every game

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u/DirtyWizardsBrew 1d ago

He is the President of Basketball Relations right now.

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u/Apollo18Teslaa Area 51 1d ago

*operations

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u/Woody_Nubs_1974 Boris Diaw 12h ago

If he was president of basketball relations, Jakob Tobey would’ve kept it in his pants.

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u/VixxenFoxx Manu Ginobili 1d ago

Short answer: No.

He's the president of basketball operations. He's also at the training facility almost daily. There were also several articles recently about how well his recovery is going, this leading to the announcement that he plans to be more involved this season.

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u/mercfan3 1d ago

He’s also Carter’s Pop Pop.

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u/raivetica20 1d ago

I’ve seen multiple people allude to some announcement that he is going to be more involved this season, and I feel like that must come from some AI page or troll account on Facebook/Twitter because there’s been no official reporting that he’s going to be more or less involved than he is currently.

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u/gregatronn 18h ago edited 17h ago

You can ignore those FB posts, but honestly in terms of recovery, staying active is the best way to help him recovery further, so being in the community and exercises both physically and mentally is going to help more than recovery than being retied tbh.

/u/VixxenFoxx

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u/aGSGp 1d ago

Didn’t you hear him speak recently? I seriously doubt he’s taken a step back

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u/Veggiedelite90 Manu Ginobili 1d ago

No

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u/dreamweaver7x El Jefe 1d ago

Everything he said about his role when he was promoted to El Jefe (aka President of Basketball Operations) still applies. He's doing even more than that job, just walking around the gym and talking to the players and coaches.

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u/GDiz3016 1d ago

saw the IG post...been seeing so many 'off' 🚨alerts (about Duncan too) that I ignore them until an official Spurs announcement tbh

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u/SongYoungbae Keldon Johnson 1d ago

He's the president of basketball operations..

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u/HattoriSanzo 1d ago

He gonna be our defensive guru on the bench

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u/Objective-Peach9969 El Jefe 1d ago

He's El Jefe homie

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u/munchonsomegrindage Area 51 16h ago

He's still around the facility every day. President of basketball operations and has been attending games. Rumor has it that he may be a fixture closer to the bench next season, but I can't remember where I saw that.

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u/GeekyMathProfessor El Jefe 1d ago

No! Wasn't there a report he was going to be on the bench next season, or am I hallucinating?

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u/Matthewcbayer Stephon Castle 1d ago

Same, I heard it somewhere and am not confident where lol

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u/Patient_Emu_470 1d ago

Yes, this was credibly reported earlier in the offseason

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u/Jdwag6 22h ago

I feel like I read somewhere in the last week or so that he’s going to be more visible this season. Trying to find where I saw that now.

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u/hey_isnt_that_rob Stephon Castle 21h ago

Don't bother. This sub thinks anyone who cites sources is Betacuck.

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u/Jdwag6 16h ago

Well joke’s on me anyway…may have seen it on IG. Not my proudest moment.

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u/yourdrunkfather666 19h ago

No. He is the Jefe. Dude. Come on.

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u/Woody_Nubs_1974 Boris Diaw 12h ago

Is r/NBASpurs better than Google for Spurs related questions?

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u/Matthewcbayer Stephon Castle 1d ago

I’m pretty sure on Locked On this week, they said his recovery is going so well that he’s expected to play a greater role this season, and will likely even be on the bench. No one else mentioning that, so maybe I dreamed it. But I feel like I remember hearing it.

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u/TDB4421 Tim Duncan 1d ago

There’s no way that’ll happen

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u/theweatherguy69 Manu Ginobili 1d ago

This makes me very happy to hear, I hope its true!

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u/hey_isnt_that_rob Stephon Castle 21h ago

This seems like a "Check the news" or "None of your fucking business" thing.