Gregg Popovich discussed his partnership with Tim Duncan and admitted he tries not to think about the possibility of the ending.

“When he’s not at practice, I’m going to be little depressed, I think,” Popovich said. “It makes me sad. I’m going to miss it an awful lot…I’ll think about it when it happens and it’ll be tough, but until then I’m not going to start being unhappy now.”

Popovich signed a contract extension with the San Antonio Spurs in the offseason, which is believed to be for five more seasons. Although he has joked he will follow Duncan out of the NBA upon retirement, the coach acknowledged he will probably stick around.

“That’s very possible. I always said that [he'd leave with Duncan], because it’s kind of a funny line. It seems pretty logical and smart to do that. I know where my bread is buttered,” Popovich said with a laugh. “But I basically made the same commitments to Manu [Ginobili] and to Tony [Parker] that when they signed contracts, they wanted to know if I’m going to be here and I tell them I am, so it’s pretty tough to go ahead and leave.”