the Spurs rely on assistant Mitch Johnson

These are really complicated hours for Gregg Popovich, legendary coach of San Antonio Spurs, in office since 1996 with 5 NBA titles won and a record of just under 1,400 games won. The Texan franchise announced that the coach was forced to interrupt his activities with the team, without going into too much detail regarding those which, according to the rumors arriving from circles close to the Spurs, there wouldn’t seem to be too reassuring news regarding the health of their coach, who will turn 76 on January 28th.

Concern, but no contact with the team

Respecting the privacy of the family Popovich, little or nothing is known about the extent of the HIGHLANDS which allegedly hit the coach at the end of last week, so much so that he was forced to hand over the baton of the team to Mitch Johnson, who will continue its work in the field in this first part of the season.

Shams Charania, one of the most successful insiders of the NBA world, However, he hinted that Gregg’s condition is causing more than one concernand that it is not yet possible to understand in detail how the clinical picture could evolve. The players of San Antonio Spurs in turn they announced that they were not aware of the situation, since since their coach felt the illness they had no longer had the opportunity to contact him.

Victor Wembanyamathe star of the Texans franchise, explained that “None of us wanted to disturb the coach at this moment, trying to give him his space and to focus on what we can control. Gregg is one of the best at putting everything into perspective. That’s how it is altruistic and makes sure we understand how privileged we are to play this sport and to be in the NBA. But he would be the first to tell you about don’t worry about him and to go out there and do what we know how to do.”

The other “beaten”: Harris’ defeat

Popovich in recent weeks it has been among the most assiduous supporters of Kamala Harris’ presidential election campaign: always a proud opponent of Donald Trump (whom he accused of being the biggest liar in the history of United States), he has never made a secret of the fact that he has always been a voter of the Democratic Party, supporting the candidacy of the former vice president on several occasions.

Of course the election resultwho arrived on rather complex days due to the problems encountered in the last few hours, could have the morale of the Spurs coach was further weakenedwho have been going through a period of reconstruction for a few years after the glories of the first 15 years of the new millennium (three wins and 4 knockouts. the record at the start of the regular season). Tonight San Antonio will take center stage in Houston in the derby against i Rockets, and as mentioned he will sit on the bench Mitch Johnson, current deputy of Popovich, already on the bench in the success for 113-103 are Minnesota.

Tonight we start again: the Warriors arrive in Boston

In the Italian night the NBA will restart after stopping due to the presidential elections on Tuesday USA. Spotlight on the only two teams still unbeaten: in the West the Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Denver Nuggetsdove Nikola Jokic so far he has preached a bit in the desert (4 wins and 3 knockouts for the 2023 champions), while in the east the Cleveland Cavaliers they will try to hit the ninth consecutive victory going to challenge the New Orleans Pelicans.

The highlight of the evening will be on stage at TD Garden in Boston, where none other than i will arrive Golden State Warriors (and who knows if Kerr e Curry, activists in support of Kamala Harris, they will return to talk on the sidelines of the match about the outcome of the elections). Away not without unknowns even for the Los Angeles Lakers, who have lost a bit of luster after a promising start, expected by the difficult ones Memphis Grizzlies dove Ja Morant he’s back to give spectacular basketball.