Spurs Gregg Popovich: When we drafted him, we didnt know he was going to be Kawhi Leonard, just like we didnt know Manu would be Manu. Anyone who says that is full of crap. You never know how a player will develop. From the get go, Kawhi had a work ethic

LeBron James Knew The Spurs Would Be A Really Good Team

De'Aaron Fox We lost Game 3 but that was the first time he Gregg Popovich walked into the locker room and was like Nah that's BS that's not how we play basketball and obviously he had some choice words for us

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Brian Windhorst I was talking to people at the Spurs and like two weeks into them having him they were like 'We got him We got Victor's running mate we got him We hit the jackpot we got him'

Tim Duncan talks to Gregg Popovich and Victor Wembanyama talks with coach Mitch Johnson

Rich Paul says DeAaron Fox is Tony Parker Stephon Castle is Kawhi Leonard Dylan Harper is Manu Ginbili and Victor Wembanyama is Tim Duncan