Gregg Popovich is my favorite NBA coach to interview. Not because he’s the easiest. Because he’s the hardest.
Popovich has no tolerance for mediocre questions, as you know from the in-game interviews on TNT and ESPN. Sometimes, Pop doesn’t have tolerance for good questions. But when you get a good response from Popovich, you know you’ve earned your keep.
In pregame on Saturday, I asked Popovich two questions. Something about rotations, and whether he has an idea before the game how he’ll substitute or is it an in-game feel. He gave me a terse, but decent, answer, that it’s in-game, though he has a general idea who will play.