popovichs genius has been in his defiance of nba wisdom nba wisdom holds that players can carry championship teams until they simply cant anymore and when that time comes they should be let go mr millenial projecting an image of being politically and culturally on the cutting edge the uae carefully picks its battles participation in the usled coalition against the islamic state the jihadist group that controls a swath of syria and iraq has projected the emirates as a military force to be reckoned with soccer is the emirates next target keen to project a progressive image the uae picks its battles