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The NBA announced Friday that the Spurs have been fined $250,000 after coach Gregg Popovich gave four key players the night off during Thursday’s nationally televised game against the Heat. “The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case,” commissioner David Stern said in a statement. “The Spurs decided to make four of their top players unavailable for an early-season game that was the team’s only regular-season visit to Miami. The team also did this without informing the Heat, the media, or the league office in a timely way. Under these circumstances, I have concluded that the Spurs did a disservice to the league and our fans. ” Popovich sent Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green back to San Antonio rather than play them against the defending champion Heat, even though none of the players was suffering from known injuries.

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Gregg Popovich

Overall Sentiment: -0.297242

Relevance: 0.696523

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0.219992“We’ve done this before in hopes of making a wiser decision, rather than a popular decision,” Popovich told ...
0.170278“We’ve done this before in hopes of making a wiser decision, rather than a popular decision,” Popovich told reporters before the game,  according to the  San Antonio Express-News. “It’s pretty logical.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.39027
  • Mean: 0.195135
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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David Stern

Overall Sentiment: 0.0455645

Relevance: 0.390988

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-0.252466“The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case,” commissioner David Stern said ...
-0.108496“The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case,” commissioner David Stern said in a statement. “The Spurs decided to make four of their top players unavailable for an early-season game that was the team’s only regular-season visit to Miami. The team also did this without informing the Heat, the media, or the league office in a timely way. Under these circumstances, I have concluded that the Spurs did a disservice to the league and our fans.”
0.0856941Stern said nothing had been established.  Stern, commenting after that meeting about discussion of teams resting healthy players, said there was “no conclusion reached other than a number of teams thought it should be at the sole discretion of the team, the coach, the general manager  and I think it’s fair to say I agree with that, unless that discretion is abused.”
-0.187693“I apologize to all NBA fans,” Stern said ...
-0.215844“I apologize to all NBA fans,” Stern said in that statement, which sparked all sorts of reaction over the last 24 hours. “This was an unacceptable decision by the San Antonio Spurs and substantial sanctions will be forthcoming.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 5
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.6788049
  • Mean: -0.13576098
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Adam Silver

Overall Sentiment: 0.246366

Relevance: 0.186842

SentimentQuote
0.0593751“tanking,” the strategic coaching decision to play younger players instead of older players to develop them down the stretch and, of course, improve draft positioning. Stern’s original threat, the fact that Popovich was punished and the size and scope of the punishment are all surprising.  During the 2011-12 lockout-shortened season, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver seemed to indicate that Popovich’s strategy was approved by the league. “The strategic resting of particular players on particular nights is within the discretion of the teams,” Silver said ...
0.0140797“tanking,” the strategic coaching decision to play younger players instead of older players to develop them down the stretch and, of course, improve draft positioning. Stern’s original threat, the fact that Popovich was punished and the size and scope of the punishment are all surprising.  During the 2011-12 lockout-shortened season, NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver seemed to indicate that Popovich’s strategy was approved by the league. “The strategic resting of particular players on particular nights is within the discretion of the teams,” Silver said in April, according to NBA.com. “And Gregg Popovich in particular is probably the last coach that I would second-guess.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0734548
  • Mean: 0.0367274
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Manu Ginobili

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.167757

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Tim Duncan

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.155233

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Tony Parker

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.155009

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Danny Green

Overall Sentiment: 0.0459327

Relevance: 0.145841

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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City: San Antonio

Overall Sentiment: 0.108918

Relevance: 0.332898

Organization: Spurs

Overall Sentiment: -0.0981656

Relevance: 0.897261

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