KNBR conversation: Gregg Popovich

KNBR conversation:An edited transcript of an interview with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.How much do offseasons change for you whether you win a championship or don't?Or does it change at all?Once the Finals are over, whether you were in the playoffs or not, everybody is arguing about the draft, should you trade or take your pick; that sort of thing.There are lifers; Larry Brown is a lifer, Hubie Brown is a lifer — those are real basketball people.Some people are able to do that and some aren't, but I feel like if you don't let it go it can affect your work negatively.There are no coaches that have won anything with bad talent.How big of a deal was it that Spurs assistant Becky Hammon was the coach of a team that won summer league?How much of a factor is Tim Duncan allowing you to coach him because guys look at it and go, "Well, if Tim is going to take that responsibility and Tim's going to be yelled at, then we better fall in line"?There are a lot of stars out there who couldn't deal with it, but Tim's comfortable enough in his own skin to know that I'm gonna criticize when I need to but at the end of the day I love him.What jumped out at you about the Warriors that made them...