San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich is out indefinitely due to an undisclosed health issue, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. In the meantime, Mitch Johnson will be the team’s interim head coach.
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While it is understandable for San Antonio Spurs supporters to worry about Gregg Popovich, Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News dropped a positive update about the three-time NBA Coach of the Year winner, saying that “he is OK but just needs rest.”
“I talked to him last night,” Johnson said about his latest conversation with Popovich via Nate Ryan of KENS 5. “He’s in good spirits. He’ll be ok. He is ok. And he’ll be back.
Unfortunately for San Antonio, this is no longer new because Gregg Popovich also missed a game in Los Angeles two years ago because of his health.
Everyone from the basketball community, including us at Hardwood Heroics send our well wishes to Pop.
San Antonio Spurs dedicate their next few games to Gregg Popovich
The San Antonio Spurs are now 1-1 under interim head coach Mitch Johnson, as they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-103 last Saturday and lost to the Los Angeles Clippers with a score of 113-104 on Monday. The team now owns a 3-4 record, good for 12th in the Western Conference.
After beating the Minnesota Timberwolves in his first game in charge, Chris Paul gave a huge shoutout to Mitch Johnson for a job well done.
“Mitch did a great job, man,” Paul said of Johnson. “I think our whole coaching staff (did). Things happen within this league all the time and just like with the players, it’s next man (up). So, shoutout to Mitch; he did a great job tonight.”
