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Getty S 052214 Spurs%20win%20Game%202%20WCF?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1411837781778Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(SAN ANTONIO) — The Spurs are not thinking about repeating as NBA champions this year.  

After beating the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, head coach Gregg Popovich is stressing to his team that this is the start of a new season and nothing else matters.

“Just to be clear, we’ve never had any goals whatsoever in the sense of winning ‘X’ number of games or this year is our year to win a championship,” Popovich said Friday at the team’s media day.

“All we’ve said is that we want to be the best team we can be at playoff time and that starts with the very first practice and it’s a building block sort of thing.”

Spurs All-Star Tim Duncan, who is entering his 18th season, understands his head coaches philosophy.

“I’m sure Pop can put together film of what went wrong, that’s the way he works,” Duncan said. “We still start with watching film even in the wins. We celebrate our wins, too. I have no idea if [Popovich] will start us off down that road or we’ll just go from square one and try to put that behind us like we put last year behind us.”

Popovich is looking forward to seeing Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard develop even more this year.

“He’s made huge strides every year, but I’m probably going to talk to him more about consistency,” Popovich said. “He’s reached a certain level. If you look at those last three games he played, they were pretty special, but to be in that top echelon of players in our league, it’s a huge responsibility to come and do that every night. … In his case, he’s very special because he can bring it on both ends of the court.”


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