He’s got a very coachable team without any discernable superstar that hustles and has good talent & skill on both ends of the floor.

This season (including the preseason) has seen Don Nelson (innovative, but overrated), Larry Brown & Jerry Sloan all leave the sidelines, & Phil Jackson, if he is a man of his word will do the same at the end of the season. That leaves Greg Popovich (who has said he will hang it up when Duncan does), Rick Adelman, Doug Collins & George Karl as the last of a group a pretty exceptional coaches. Even among the younger great coaches, Doc Rivers is contemplating retiring in a year or two. With players & statisticians gaining more control of how teams operate all of the time, we may be witnessing the end of an era during which coaches have been prominent figures vital to teams’ success/failure.