The Two Faces Of Gregg Popovich 

More like Gregg Poopovich am I right guys? 2nd channel (post game reactions) - ru-vid.com/show-UCLlZZVU8QBpMHVT7kdEbpSQ Rusty recaps on Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/3uZ9dORqVE1LK3xPOgaHb0?si=iX_7Av1oReqHl5IXn3-pRg

Alternative title:"How Tim Duncan was the greatest teammate of all time"

Never saw Jacob being this serious

Moral of the story: Tim Duncan is a top 5 player of all time.

I love how a Bulls fan just said 7 years between championships is a drought. Now that’s quality content 😂

I came away from this video more impressed with Tim Duncan than anything else. He truly could have thrived in any franchise culture or coaching system, and that honestly adds to his greatness as a player in my eyes.

Zaza Pachulia really ended this franchises title hopes

I loved the deep dive. Definitely do more of them. The shots and editing was on par with the best sports channels on this site. My only pushback would be on Tim not having an ego. He treated media the exact same way as Pop. They both have a humility and an ego. Your point about Pop getting lucky is spot on but I think Tim was lucky to get Pop as well.

The spurs are literally one of the magical teams I've ever seen. I miss the days of 15 passes before a shot. Such beauty.

Man that Bo Burnham special really had an effect on Rusty

I Remember When Rusty Was Grinding His Ass Off For 100K (Been Here Since 30K) And I Love Seeing How Much He Improved

Greg poppavich is the only coach in NBA history who had the ability to adapt while the game and the players were adapting. Won 5 championships in 3 different decades. Truly was as still is the best coach I've ever seen in the NBA.

No mention of Duncan going to Orlando if it wasn't for Doc Rivers disallowing his family on plane rides? Feel like that could've helped the contention even more as the selfless Duncan was extremely close to leaving Pop.

Love how Rusty found a spot to fit in a mini roast of Jim Boylen

"You know how fromer spurs player feel" BRO WE FUCKING WORSHIP THOSE DUDES IN SAN ANTONIO. You can love the coach and the players, I promise all of the dudes that played in San Antonio get all of the credit, at least from us Spurs fans. Idk where you get this mindset that nobody credits the spurs players lol. Even non superstars get all of the love from spurs fans.

This video actually took me in the completely opposite direction. This made me have more respect for Greg Popovich. I would love to be coached by him if I was a superstar. Might it is just be my personality but showing up to working, always knowing the boss has a plan in my mind for me to follow and we dominate. Sign me up!

Me watching this in 2024 realising that Wemby is the next perfect solider for Popovich and the spurs are about to win 5 more championships. Like this if you had the same thought as me.

*Rusty puts a ton of effort into the lighting for this video* RU-vid compression: "I'm gonna end this man's whole career" . . . . On a serious note though, I'm about 18 mins in the video and it's amazing, and the amount of effort you've put in is insane. You're one of the best creators out here, and the lighting be looking cool af

18:04 Pop really deported Kawhi to the Raptors because he was petty only for him to win a ring

By far your best ending and video I’ve seen from your Rusty. Great vid and AWESOME take🔥

As a Spurs fan this is really well made and puts in the minute details that people usually gloss over like Duncan not being on the floor for the game six rebound. Great video!

In summary: Zaza Pachulia single handedly ended the Spurs dynasty

I’ve been waiting on this for a while now I’m glad it’s finally here!

I’m a die hard San Antonio fan, and I might not agree with everything you said, but I can respect the effort and time this video took, great video.

My God, how far you've come... This video has not only cemented your RU-vid Legacy, but in due time will be an ABSOLUTE NBA classic deep dive into the mind of not only Popp, but Rustybuckets himself! Good stuff my guy!

I’ve been waiting for this video, AND ITS FINALLY HERE!

I actually think greg popovitches career is a lot like Michael Jordan's. Both were goats of the game (Greg in coaching mj in playing) but like MJ's wizards career at a point they started to decline and became a detriment to the spurs because of old school ideas and poor player management. Just like mj had poor leadership on the wizards becoming toxic to Kwame brown.

Your best work yet Rusty. Dope video!

I'm late on watching these but I LOVE how much fun you clearly have making videos like these! Its awesome! Keep it up!!

Finally Uncle Rusty posted this! (He’s not actually my uncle.)

I disagree in that it's Pop's inflated ego that doesn't work with superstars who have inflated egos. The reason things really didn't work with Kawhi was because Kawhi wanted to go to LA. That's really what it was. He was gonna leave regardless and things going down the way they did really just expedited the process by 1 season. Toronto did everything right for Kawhi and he still left. I'd even argue the Spurs did everything right for Kawhi. Lets be honest, they were the ones who took a chance on him, they developed him, he was surrounded by intelligent players, a HoF coach, with a scheme that encouraged team play, defense, ball movement. AND Kawhi immediately got a title with that team. When you think about it, he couldn't have landed in a better place. Also keep in mind the Spurs were one of the few teams that did load management before load management became widespread. They would consistently sit their guys and allow very liberal time off. They're not the type of team to push you out there ESPECIALLY if you're clearly the superstar of the team. The fact that Parker and Manu called Kawhi out was actually really refreshing. They didn't feel the need to kiss his a$$ just because he was the star. Just like Draymond did to KD, I respect that they were just like "Dude, we've won before you got here." I also don't think Pop was being petty when he sent Kawhi to Toronto. He of course wanted to send him East (usually you want to send your star to a different conference lol) and he sent him to a team that was clearly the best in the East at the time. Remember LeBron had left Cleveland, and the only team standing in Toronto's way all those years was Cleveland. So Pop actually put Kawhi in an amazing situation. If he really wanted to be petty, he would've sent him to a bottom-feeder. The reason the Raptors and Clippers never called Kawhi out on his load management bs is because they were never champs before Kawhi.

Great video Rusty B! You did a fantastic job promoting it and I was looking forward to watching it. One quick fact, no coach in major sports history achieved even close to Greg Popovich's greatness for making the playoffs for 20 years!! That's almost as long as you have been alive bro, as a Raptors fan and basketball fan I will always appreciate him as a man for having 'true grit.' When he retires I'll miss him.

I feel so invested you rusty... Great job on this one 👍🏾

Nobody: Rusty: looks at side camera

Been waiting for this one can’t wait to watch sounds like a great concept

Loving these longer projects Rusty! Fantastic analysis and great content brother! Keep them coming

This was amazing major props to you continue to do you and make cool shit like this

As a subscriberber from 🇭🇷 for a long time, can’t say enough words to thank you for doing theese videos. You should know about now that we ex-yugoslavia countries care af for basketball

If rusty lost some weight then grew out his beard then he would look like a Norse god

Thanks for another great video!

Just loved the format of this video... Damn... Rusty putting in a lot of work for deep dives.

“Going to cleaveland to fix your depression “ had me dead 💀

Hooooo boy have I been waiting for this!!! I even watched the NBA Storyteller's videos as preparation!

I feel like once Greg lost his wife, he was a different person. He should retire man

Loved this style of video and I’m really looking forward to more of these hopefully sooner than later

Finally, thanks so much Rusty these Videos are up there with Jxmy in the mount Rushmore of youtube basketball for me

That lakers offer was never offered, it was all media talk, no reputable source ever mentioned that specific trade.

Loving this docu style format bud! More like this hopefully in the near future from you

amazing, and I mean amazing analysis. I highly enjoyed this video, and the mix of humor and in-depth context throughout this video was gold

Jacob, great video. I was invested the entire way through and was enlightened. Keep doing these types of videos! I know they take a long time, but the time you put in shows and it makes the videos so great. P.S. I watched every post game recap in the playoffs bc I respect your opinions and think you are a smart guy.

I was hyped for this since day one!!! LETS GOOOOOO

Absolutely incredible video. As a Spurs fan this really made everything so clear. As when all of this went down I was just a young kid loving basketball. Thank you Rusty.

Been waiting for this one

Literally been waiting all week for this notification 🔥🔥🔥

This was super hyped up so I have high expectations I really enjoyed it

This is my favorite video so far from this channel. I always appreciate the effort on these deep dives and behind the scenes of nba. I never thought about how perfect yet flawed the spurs was because they have always been successful in the past 2 decades. I hope I can see more of these type of contents it really gives me a lot of perspective.

this was super dope , its so refreshing seeing how much you've grown with ur commentary style

I've waited for this greatness

Great video! It truly gives u an insight of what happens behind the scenes in basketball which is also important when talking about basketball

my 3rd time watching this one. prob my fav video on yt - as a spurs fan, this is a unique perspective that I love watching every time. great vid.

I feel like his decline started when his wife died

Ahhhh shiiiiiiit, here we go again🤦🏽 Spurs fans stand UP

Awesome video Jacob! Keep up the amazing work!

Dude you make great videos but this is seriously amazing like a huge spike well done!

Posted just in time for my lunch break! Nice!

Giannis would’ve been the perfect successor to Duncan smh

this to me was probably the most enjoyable video you've ever made. super looking forward to more deep dive videos & i hope u put it in the video name so i dont miss them!

Amazing video Rusty

I'm a San Antonio resident, and I have been saying for a while that Popovich needs to retire. I think this video is a good reason as to why I believe this. Popovich is on the NBA Head Coach Mount Rushmore, no doubt. He has given this franchise five championships. But the luck has run out. It's time to rebuild the Spurs. The structure is not feasible anymore, it is impossible for the Duncan era to be replicated unless a miracle happens like with that era. This video is a really amazing deep dive. Well done Rusty.

Rusty produced such a banger that he became one with nature... incredible

Watched this all the way through the end. Thanks for the generational content Rusty

This is an amazing in depth video. I liked how you also stated what was your speculation and what was facts. Great work and insight!

AHHHHHH HE POSTED IT MY LIFE IS COMPLETE NOW AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I think Kawhi didn't necessarily have an inflated ego, but rather he wouldn't be stepped on and forced to potentially be hurt for the rest of his life and career to help the team a month sooner.

This was really your best video up to date

Easily my favorite video from you, this is incredible 😦🔥🔥🔥🔥

I just wanna say Bosh’s OT defense in game 6, 2013 is one of the most overlooked stretches of individual defense ever

Now this is amazing! you are SO talented... I hope you keep doing this. I loved everything about it, the ending in the woods was funny =) Now this video made me realise that is very likely that Kawhi would leave the Clippers. The situation is very similar; so much that I wonder if Kawhi is getting karma or there's something happening behind the scenes in the Clippers we don't know anything about.

Great video man, very well done. Thanks for the entertainment!

Very good video rusty. I love how you talk about topics that people don’t really talk about.keep up the great work.

I'm glad I found this video. I am a huge spurs fan, and pop is a great coach. He helped lead them to 6 finals, and 5 titles. With that being said, his ego is the main reason they have fallen. When Leonard wanted out, instead of trading him for derozan, he should have traded him and Aldridge for the best picks and young talent they could get. I said this at the time. I knew they couldn't get it done with derozan, but pops ego got the better of him. Had they traded them both for good picks and talent, it's hard to tell how good of a team they could have now

not going to lie i thought this video was going to be a hit piece that was going to completely discredit his role in the championship runs really happy to see that you made this video both not be AND not come across as that

Incredible analysis, both on an athletic and psychological level. Great job recording and editing too I'm subscribing. Great work, man. Mad respect.

This is great, Rusty. The NBA Storyteller has a similar video about Gregg Popovich. It's nice to get character studies from different perspectives

I think Scottie actually has a pretty big ego, he was just faced with the ultimate embodiment of the Alpha. You might think Mike was the greatest but in his day he was like a walking god, he was one of the most famous people on Earth (like top 5), he was a god on the court and a darling in the public/corporate eye off the court. Being subservient was the only thing Pip could do to survive.

This ain’t it fam. Baseless accusations only looking through one lens. What would make this video better is to look at the situation from different angles. Also the Phil Jackson racist thing is just because pippen is talking out his ass.

You love to see Rusty putting in that work 💪😤

I like this new turn in content creation for you my good man looking forward to more

Rusty: makes a 44 minute long video essay describing what a self-centered egomaniac Pop is Also Rusty: proceeds to end the video with a clip of Pop saying one of the most humble, least egotistical thing ever lol Nice video though man

Rusty, that was awesome. You should really do more videos like this. I could watch your Deep Dives for a whole day. Also, I just got into watching basketball last December, and I can confidently say that your videos - in both your channels- have helped me understand the game and the culture of basketball.

amazing vid rustyyyy

love your videos man

17:10 they were maintaining a top 4 seed until Aldridge got hurt though

This is such a well done video. I like how you highlighted the importance of Duncan's selflessness in the success of Popovich's career and the fact that Popovich's system doesn't work with big ego players.

This video is amazing work and beautiful to watch

Damn! What a video! Well done man

The part about kahwi's wedding 🤣 i can't even xD

Shout out to rudy who I’m guessing edited this cuz this is greatly made

Awesome Vid!! Nice work dude

Damn, Rusty. That video was dope. Glad I watched this.