Exactly.
It’s all in the system.
I listened to a national sports program this week in which they said a lot of teams draft athletes. The Spurs draft basketball players.
Now like I said upstream I really don’t follow pro sports, but makes perfect sense. If it’s true or not I don’t know...
The Spurs are one of the few teams in the league who avidly seek foreign talent. Half or more of their players are non-Americans. Non-American players have teamwork drilled into them which fits Popovich’s no stars style. Of course, it helps that Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili were/are great players, but Popovich expects every player to forgo individual glory and play for the team. Contrast that with many of the super egoes on other NBA teams.