During an interview with WOAI-TV sports director Don Harris Thursday night, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich refuted some of the hintsthat have him leaving coaching when Tim Duncan retires.
But after winning 61 games in the regular season — best in the Western Conference — Popovich sounded like he might want to keep coaching for a few more years.
“You do it as long as you go to training camp and the juices are flowing and you get excited about getting it started. And I know I’m like that because I was bouncing off the walls for weeks,” said Popovich, who turned 62 in January. “So, I’m pretty far away from wanting to sit back and have a pinot noir and watch a Robert Mitchum movie. I’m going to do it until the juice is gone, until there’s no juice.
“For right now. I love it. I’ll never have it better than this, so I’m going to enjoy it while it’s here.”