The historic coach of San Antonio will be temporarily replaced by his first assistant Mitch Johnson.
Next night (4:30 a.m.), the San Antonio Spurs will meet on the new Los Angeles Clippers floor, at the Intuit Dome, for their seventh regular season game. A meeting that Victor Wembanyama and his teammates will play without their head coach, Gregg Popovich, who will be away from the courts.for an indefinite period” After “a health problem» not indicated, reported this Monday ESPN.
“Gregg Popovich will not travel with the team to Los Angeles and Houston”later informed, without further details, the Spurs in a press release.
Already absent from the bench on Saturday during his team’s victory against Rudy Gobert’s Timberwolves (113-103), the historic coach of the Spurs (75 years old), in office since 1996 and five-time NBA champion (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014), will be replaced by his first assistant Mitch Johnson (37 years old). The latter, who joined the Spurs staff in 2019, has already compensated for a package from Popovich in March 2023.
Expected in Los Angeles, the San Antonio Spurs have so far a balanced record (3 wins, 3 losses) before starting, from Friday following a trip to Houston on Wednesday, a series of five matches home by November 16 (against Portland, Sacramento, Utah, Washington and the Los Angeles Lakers).
