"Gregg Popovich had no time for the skeptics after the Miami Heat completed their July signings of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh. But he did have time for Pat Riley. So while so many other NBA coaches and executives were questioning Riley's haul, the San Antonio Spurs coach called the Heat president to offer congratulations. "I thought what he did was amazing," Popovich said before his team defeated the shorthanded Heat 90-73Saturday in an exhibition at AT&T Center. "What a coup. Period. Nobody else figured that out." Popovich said he was surprised there weren't more well-wishers, with Riley citing Popovich and Stern among the few within the league to call. "Whatever the rules are, those are the rules," Popovich said. "Nobody broke any rules. I don't understand any problem. "If you don't like it, change the rules." With the Heat treating Saturday's game as an unnecessary evil -- the Heat sat out Wade, Udonis Haslem, Mario Chalmers, Mike Miller, Eddie House and Carlos Arroyo, while playing James and Bosh for limited minutes -- the night provided ample opportunity for Popovich to expand on his minority outside opinion of the Heat's offseason haul. Popovich said he had a hard time with so many associated with the league coming down on James, Wade and Bosh for choosing to play as an ensemble." Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...eat-san-antonio-spurs-s100910,0,6512302.story
