“That story isn’t told correctly because it’s true we talked about it and I actually told him absolutely families can fly not all the time but families can fly every once in a while. That story is not told correctly. As a matter of fact what I remember the most about that was Tim Duncan looked at me and said, ‘I’m pretty sure that I’m actually coming to the Magic. I just need to go back to San Antonio because I love Pop and I want to have my last meeting with Pop.'”
Here's Doc Rivers clearing up the story about Tim Duncan joining the Magic as a FA in 2000 and that whole team plane/family cannot fly story.
Doc says TD told him he was going to be a Magic player. #nba #gospursgo pic.twitter.com/NvHFpNWjRr
— JeffGSpursZone (@JeffGSpursZone) May 19, 2020
You have to wonder what Popovich said during that “last meeting.” Whatever it was, it must have been profound because Duncan is still with him to this day, now on the Spurs coaching staff.
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