Gregg Popovich, not Luke Walton, is NBA All-Star coach

Gregg Popovich, not Luke Walton, is NBA All-Star coach The Warriors found out Wednesday that they won't have a coach in the All-Star Game this season, but they're hoping to add two more players to the showcase event when the reserves are announced Thursday. Power forward Draymond Green and shooting guard Klay Thompson are widely expected to be among the Western Conference's seven-man bench when the coaches' selections are announced. Point guard Stephen Curry was chosen by the fans to start. On Wednesday, the league named San Antonio's Gregg Popovich the West head coach after considering Warriors assistant Luke Walton. The head coach with the best record in each conference after Sunday's games gets to coach in the All-Star Game, except that the NBA doesn't allow a coach to participate in consecutive seasons. Steve Kerr, who was the West's head coach in 2015, returned to the bench Friday after Walton led the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Kerr was recovering from two back surgeries and a spinal-fluid leak. Walton's record is credited officially to Kerr, and the Spurs (39-7) clinched the next-best record in the West, putting Popovich in line to coach his fourth All-Star Game. "We...