ON BEING A PLAYER UNDER GREGG POPOVICH DURING THEIR TITLE RUN:
“The first part of your question, I think one of Pop's great abilities has been his willingness and eagerness to adapt and so I think he's actually a very different coach now than he was when I got there in 1999. He was coaching a different generation at that time, at a different time in our history, so he had the hard edge to him that still will come out today, but I don't think nearly to the same level. He could be scary Pop. But you always knew how much he cared about you and it was never personal, but the way he would challenge us back then, he put the fear of god in us at times. He adapted over the years, we were really stagnant, kind of, inside-out team at that point, and within five or six years, they had the most beautiful offense in the league. So he adapted to his personnel and as he really understood what was happening around the league. The speed, the pace, the ball movement, I think he was ahead of the curve all the time constantly looking down to make improvements and to stay ahead of the game. So that's been a hallmark for him. Twenty years, that's crazy that it’s been that long since my last season and in that championship season, but it's one of my favorite memories that year to be able to retire going out on a note like that on a championship team with a great group for guys and have a couple of good moments in the playoffs was really the cherry on the top for me in my career.”
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