Greg Popovich Worries That Complacency Will Derail His Team's Title Defence

The San Antonio Spurs spanning the early 200s up this year are one of the best teams to ever grace an NBA court.

They embody unselfishness, chemistry and professionalism seen only in a selected few NBA teams in the whole history of the league. The very tiny knack that pundits can claim as their chink in the armour is that they have never won back-to-back championships. Now that they have the chance to reverse all those, coach Greg Popovich is wary that his team may already be satisfied from winning their fifth championship.

"I'm worried for one reason," he said per Buck Harvey of The San Antonio Express News. "They are human beings. They are going to feel satisfied."

The concern is understandable. Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili have long been written off as too old, only to prove year in and year out that they still have a little bit in the tank. The collection of role players have been cast-offs from different teams such as Danny Green, Boris Diaw and Marco Bellinelli. The 2014 Finals MVP fell so low in the draft that many wondered what telling signs the scouts saw to pass off him and even trade him for George Hill. Now that they won it all last year and hushed all critics, complacency is always the problem.

Popovich relays that he will use the trip to Europe to re-instil the drive to his wards. He wants them to be spoken in the lines of the 1980s Celtics featuring Larry Bird and Kevin McHale that he jokingly dismisses afterwards saying "Let me give you a clue. Noooo!" Nevertheless, a sixth championship is basketball heaven. After all, arguably the greatest player to don a jersey, only has six championships. Duncan and Popovich hoisting a sixth one will certainly compare them to Phil Jackson and Jordan.

So, get them Spurs and let the debates of the greatest team ever begin.