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But veteran guard De'Aaron Fox pointed out that Popovich isn't the only Hall of Fame resource walking around the building every day as a valued source of knowledge and expertise on the championship stage. Current CEO R.C. Buford, the team's former general manager and two-time NBA Executive of the Year, is also a trusted voice within the organization along with Duncan, Manu Ginobili, David Robinson and a host of other Spurs all-time greats such as Sean Elliott and Bruce Bowen. "It's great," Fox said. "Not even just Pop, just the organization as a whole. It's a lot of people walking through this building that have been there and done that. We could just have practice, and Manu is there or Tim is there. We have these guys who have won multiple championships and been to the mountaintop multiple times. You can ask them anything.

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Ian Begley: Mike Brown on OG Anunoby as a defender: "First-team All Defense. He is more than capable. Really it’s up to him. That’s how good he is on that end of the floor. And I’ve been around those guys; Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan. I’ve been around a few of them and he’s right there."

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Popovich has always adapted, changed. The first championship teams in San Antonio were defensive behemoths, funneling everything inside to Robinson and Tim Duncan — who, just as quickly, sent everything back out. The next iteration ran everything through Duncan in the half court. The next version leaned into Tony Parker’s and Manu Ginobili’s offensive gifts and embraced the 3 — even though Popovich personally hated leaning so much on that shot – and made guys like Bruce Bowen threats in the short corner. Then came a title team built around the emerging superstardom of Kawhi Leonard. Popovich has always, to use one of his colloquialisms, gotten over himself.

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In San Antonio, taking a lead role in an H-E-B commercial is akin to following Laurence Olivier as Hamlet. Johnson said he is aware of the Duncan-sized shoes he is being asked to fill. “It is an honor and a blessing to go and put on a jersey for the Spurs and to be in those commercials,” Johnson said. Thematically, the commercials traditionally range from silly to comically absurd — think Ginobili and Parker wearing Greek togas, Bowen playing bongo drums or Leonard overpronouncing the word “indubitably.”

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"If I can be a little physical with him and make him work a little bit more, a lot like [defending] Steve Nash. Now when it comes time to finish plays, maybe he's not as geared to finish the plays quite like he was in the beginning, because he's being pressured a little bit. Now he has to worry about what I'm doing from the standpoint of making him work, work, work while he has the ball and bringing it up the floor. "It's not something comfortable. Yes, he can do it. But does he want to do it? Probably not."

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It features interviews from Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich, former teammates Tim Duncan and Bruce Bowen, and the late Kobe Bryant.

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Bruce Bowen: I know it’s part of the business, but when are some organizations going to HOLD PLAYERS ACCOUNTABLE? Brett Brown was NOT THE PROBLEM!!!!!!’

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Robert Covington: Coach [Brett] Brown and Coach [Lloyd] Pierce, they saw how good I could shoot and how things came for me on the offensive end, but they said you’ve gotta turn into Bruce Brown, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Allen, all these different people that can be things on both ends of the court. The main person that I watched was Scottie Pippen because that was my favorite player. Coach Pierce was so adamant about watching film and teaching me and it became a thing of habit. When we didn’t watch film I’d be like ‘yo what are we doing? What’s up? You good, coach?’ But those are the types of habits that we built, and he liked to see that I was on him as much as I was.

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RJ Marquez: Another powerful account in the #SpursVoices series to highlight of racial injustice and inequality. Sean Elliott discusses being called the N-word while golfing with Bruce Bowen in San Antonio. #Spurs

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Bruce Bowen: Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States. W.E.B. DuBois

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NBA Central: Bruce Bowen’s Top 5 Players of All-Time 1) Michael Jordan 2) Kobe Bryant 3) Bill Russell 4) Magic Johnson 5) Tim Duncan (Via @GetUpESPN )

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Rod Beard: FINAL: #Hornets 87, #Pistons 76 Maker: 12 pts, 11 rebs Brown: 10 pts, 12 rebs, 5 assts Morris: 10 pts CHA sweeps the 4-game season series -- and more importantly, DET moves within a half-game for 4th-worst record.

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Former NBA champions Bruce Bowen, Shawn Marion and Alonzo Mourning, as well as eight-time NBA All-Star and NBA global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, visited China last week to start the festivities early, conduct basketball clinics and interact with underprivileged children.

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Quote @ 张老牛: Who do you think is the best defender you have ever met in your career? Ray Allen: Bruce Bowen was the hardest defender I had to deal with.

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