James: Team culture started with Popovich coaching the Spurs Nowadays, many teams follow suit

May 10th News Today, the podcast "The Brain of the Field" founded by Lakers forward James aired the fifth season of the second episode. James video-linked with the host Nash and talked about many topics.

Speaking of former Spurs coach Popovich, James said: "You always hear the word in our league, 'culture'. Will this ball have a good team culture? When you think about it, if you can think of a team with a stable culture, you will naturally think of the Spurs. The common element of this is Popo. You can look back at all the players who have played there since Popo became the head coach, from Vinny Del Negro to Avery Johnson, to David Robinson and Tim Duncan, then Manu (Ginobili) and Tony (Parker), all the way to DeRozan, Kawhi (Leonard), Vinbanyama. But the same element has always been Bobo.

"You think about the culture that everyone wants to build now, you hear about the Heat culture, you hear about the culture that other teams are working hard to build, I think that started since Bobo took office in the early 1990s, and it's 2025 now. Nowadays, people are following in all movements, and that starts with Bobo. And there is influence, and things should work like this. No one can be above this culture and what we want to build. I think that has a lot to do with success, and we certainly see the results. ”