Popovich will become head coach of USA Basketball after Coach K steps down following 2016 Olympics

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    The title of the article should be:

    Popovich finds way to prevent Aldridge from showing up to training camp fat and out of shape by making sure he plays for Team USA during the offseason.
     
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    So, he retires from coaching the Spurs to do USA basketball full time? Sounds like a plan to me.

    Interesting note--he's all of 2 years younger than Krzyzewski.

    Interesting note 2--seems only Slavic-named coaches are eligible.
     
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    So for the 2020 Olympics? He'll be what, 80?

    Edit: he actually only 66 right now; thought he was older. So he'll only be in his 70s. Still think I'd have gone a Brad Stevens or Steve Kerr route
     
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    He's only 66. He'll be 71 during the 2020 Olympics.
     
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    It's called white affirmative action......
     
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    One can only hope they both have children that get married to each other and go the hyphenated route. Hell, they could just become domestic partners and skip the children.
     
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    Will be interesting to see DNP-Old on the national team...
     
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