Amin Elhassan

I don't care how many times you've been there as an assistant coach.

It's different when it's your call, right?

David Blatt, years ago, we ridiculed him for saying it's like being a fighter pilot, the number of decisions you have to make.

He wasn't wrong, man.

Like, if it's your first time, it can be overwhelming.

And Mitch Johnson, I think, got overwhelmed.

Hell, after the game, as I'm walking to the press conferences, I'm thinking to myself, well, Mitch is going to come out and say, look, the fact of the matter is we've had a double-digit lead in all four of these games.

We should be winning these games.

We have to figure out a way to finish better.

But I like where we're at.

Or something like positive, something to look forward to.

That dude looked shell-shocked in his press conference.

Every question, he kind of just had a blank stare and had to really process, what did you just ask me?

Because I was thinking about how he just blew a 29-point lead.

And I'm like, yeah, man, it's because it's his first time at the rodeo.

The other thing, Tony, I'll say about Miss Johnson, because every time something goes wrong with the Spurs, you know, everyone says, oh, what did Pop say?

You cannot outsource being a bad cop.

He's got to learn how to be a bad cop with his team and let Pop be the uplifting grandpa.

But it can't be Pop is the one that gives it to him real, and then I come here and say, come on, guys, we can do it.

Good job, Amin.