Because of the importance of this piece, it’s been carefully vetted editor emeritus Sidd Finch. As with my conversation with Danny Green two years ago, this grew out of a phone call late last night – actually just past midnight. Content has been lightly edited in order to minimize confusion and profanity.
The participants are me, of course, and a person with long-time ties to the San Antonio Spurs organization. In order to maintain anonymity, I can only refer to him by his initials: GP. (For those who are unaware, I was an assistant coach at Claremont McKenna College in California while the Spurs head coach was at Claremont’s neighboring rival school, Pomona Pitzer.