Popovich on Spurs never being called super team: 'I just count the championships'

Pop only cares about winning rings

Due to Kevin Durant's decision to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors, the term 'super team' has become a hot button issue in the NBA this summer. With superstars in Durant, Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, the Warriors are in fact a super team, causing former players like Charles Barkley and Larry Bird to vigorously shake their heads at the behemoth that is Golden State.

In Durant's defense, Clippers sharpshooter J.J. Redick has no problem with his decision, citing that when teams trade for superstars, the general NBA community could not care less. Redick makes a very valid point, and it's one that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich kind of agrees with. Especially since San Antonio, which drafted three future Hall of Famers -- Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker -- was never considered a super team despite the superior talent level of its Big Three.

At Team USA's practice on Monday, Popovich was asked if the Spurs never being labeled a super team bothered him. True to form, Popovich had the perfect answer.

"Naaaah," Popovich said via the Bay Area News Group's Marcus Thompson. "I just count the championships."

Popovich is not lying here. He has in the past literally counted championships:

Of course winning a ring is the main reason Durant went to Golden State. And if he is able to accomplish that, it may reinforce the Warriors being called a super team. Yet as Popovich alludes to, winning a championship is more important than any label or descriptor. So super team or not, if Durant wins a ring, perhaps some of his critics will become less vocal.