Bob Myers believes the San Antonio Spurs remain the gold standard in the NBA.

“They are a model franchise,” Myers said. “We are all trying to emulate them.”

Myers made a seamless transition from NBA agent to executive with the Warriors.

Myers keeps a quote from Gregg Popovich saved on his cell phone.

“A synergy has to form between the owner, whoever his president is, whoever the GM is, whoever the coach is,” Popovich said in that quote from March of 2014 that Myers kept as a blueprint of sorts. “There’s got to be a synergy where there’s a trust. There (are) no walls. There is no territory. Everything is discussed. Everything is fair game. Criticism is welcome, and when you have that, then you have a hell of an organization. That free flow through all those people is what really makes it work. And that includes everything from draft to Os and Xs. Nothing should be left to one area – only to the president, only to the GM, only to the coach – or the culture just doesn’t form. At least that’s what’s worked for us.”