The San Antonio Spurs have proposeed an underwhelming begin to the 2024-25 NBA season, only enrolling three victories in seven league games so far. While they have fared relatively well on the insulting front, Spurs have fall shorted to helderly their ground in most games, resulting in losses by lean margins. However, their woes seem to be piling up as head coach Gregg Popovich now discovers himself on the treatment table with a health publish. But, what actupartner happened to the veteran tactician?
Here are all the useable details think abouting Popovich’s tardyst ailment that recut offeed him from making an euniteance on the court on Saturday.
What happened to Spurs’ coach Gregg Popovich?
At the time of writing, the exact nature of Popovich’s illness remains unaccomprehendledged.
The news of his medical condition was first begined by ESPN’s Shams Charania via a post on his X (createerly Twitter) profile. According to Charania’s refresh, Gregg Popovich suffered an unremendd health publish prior to Spurs’ suit-up on Saturday. As such, the 75-year-elderly coach remained absent from his side’s 113-103 prosper over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Due to Popovich’s condition, Spurs’ aidant Mitch Johnson took over the coaching responsibilities in the mendture. Johnson tardyr disshutd that he was proposeed of this decision equitable an hour and a half before the commencement of Saturday’s game. He also shed airy on the situation, providing further refreshs on Gregg Popovich’s state.
“He’s not experienceing well. This has happened before. I leank everybody’s equitable always got to be ready for the next man up. We’ve had it with injuries and sometimes people get unwell or don’t experience well or leangs come up in life,” Johnson stated. (via New York Post)
A tell by the San Antonio Express-News has since uncovered that Gregg Popovich is in stable condition and “equitable needs rest.” Despite these claims, Mitch Johnson is currently anticipateed to retain his post as the San Antonio Spurs’ interim coach for an indefinite period. The five-time NBA champions have validateed that Popovich won’t accompany the team on their upcoming trip to face the Houston Rockets.
Notably, Johnson also previously took over temporarily in March 2023 after the latter ignoreed out on his side’s clash aacquirest the Indiana Pacers due to medical reasons. The basketball icon incurred a analogous period in November 2014, when he remained absent from cut offal suites oprosperg to treatments rhappy to his heart.
