PARIS — If Gregg Popovich were here ... when Buford first began scouting Tony Parker, the future Hall of Famer San Antonio made the 28th pick of the first round in 2001. But make no mistake ...

In August, during the Paris Olympics, Silver said in an interview with The Associated Press that the league had started ramping up talks with FIBA, the sport’s global governing body, on adding either ...

The story, as Buford tells it, goes like this: Claudio Crippa, an international scout for the Spurs, proposed going to see a youth game before checking out Doumbouya. Buford saw Wembanyama play for ...

He had good reason, given San Antonio's track record for prioritizing international scouting ... old Spurs rookie -- invited him to coach Gregg Popovich's home for Christmas dinner.

They were scouting internationally in a deep way long before many other teams. And those efforts were led by (Spurs CEO) R.C. Buford, who is here with us now, but also Coach Gregg Popovich.

He also received a motivational PhD from head coach Gregg Popovich, who urged Udoka to ... recalls Udoka as an assistant who "always had a scouting report ready," often in "record time." ...