Since Saturday, Gregg Popovich has been absent from the Spurs bench for medical reasons. If the first news was intended to be very reassuring, there could, in reality, be serious concerns surrounding Pop’s state of health.
After the match against the Clippers in Los Angeles, Mitch Johnson – Gregg Popovich’s replacement – wanted to be reassuring about the state of health of the legendary Spurs coach. Same story from certain insiders. If the duration of Pop’s absence was not yet defined, it was simply a period of rest for the 75-year-old coach, present on the Spurs bench since 1996.
Except that the inevitable Shams Charannia came to bring a new version of this story in the last few hours. L’insider reports that there are “serious concerns” surrounding the five-time NBA champion coach. This information still remains quite vague as it is difficult to deduce the seriousness of Gregg Popovich’s situation solely based on Shams’ comments.
“There is a great level of concern around the situation.”@ShamsCharania with the latest on Gregg Popovich being out indefinitely after suffering a health issue Saturday. pic.twitter.com/FXePQNlu1M
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1853897374126522439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
At this time, no additional information has been communicated. The latest news is that Pop’ will not be on the Spurs bench during tonight’s game against the Rockets, as was initially planned.
Information being very limited on the subject, at the time of writing these lines, nothing indicates that Pop will be present this Thursday with the Spurs to challenge the Blazers. We will have to wait for new updates to know whether or not the septuagenarian will be able to take back the reins of his team.
Source text: Shams Charania
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