George Karl offered an endorsement of Gregg Popovich as the next coach of Team USA.

"I hope he gets the USA job," Karl said. "I think he wants it. He's a military guy who, I think, brings a dignity to representing the United States, and he's also earned the respect of the basketball world."

Popovich has led the Spurs to fourteen straight 50-win seasons and has a .605 winning percentage in the playoffs.

"I think the one thing I respect about him is he puts as many quality possessions on the court, in the course of 82 games, as any coach in the NBA," said Karl, who is sixth all time with 1,123 wins. "He builds a team system that magnifies team but also magnifies stars, which is sometimes a lot more difficult to do than fans think it is. Incorporating the talent of your star into the team. I'm not sure in San Antonio if everybody is happy, but everybody seems to be."

Blake Griffin expressed an interest in playing for Team USA at the 2016 Olympics.

"Yeah, absolutely, it's something that I want to do," Griffin said. "Obviously it's a great honor.”

Griffin was in Team USA’s training camp in preparation for the last Olympics.

Griffin was considered to have a good chance to make the team, but had to drop out due to a left knee injury that required surgery.

“I was really looking forward to playing last year,” Griffin said. “It was very disappointing not being able to be there. I kind of turned my sights to getting back healthy. So my next goal for that is 2016.

"They talked about it last summer when I got hurt, about me coming back and being involved in the process over the next four summers.”