With Craig Sager still unfortunately sidelined from the, uhh, sidelines these days, NBA.com/NBA TV analyst David Aldridge is filling in on reporting duties for TNT during national broadcasts. As is custom, Aldridge is saddled with the unenviable task of interviewing head coaches between the first and third quarters, and his season debut included the double whammy of Rick Carlisle (an underrated sideline reporter troll) and Gregg Popovich, the master troll. Aldridge asked his first question with no problems. Then, perhaps in anticipation of how Pop planned to end the interview, Aldridge broke down while asking the second question, proving again how pointless this whole charade is.

[cjzero]