The San Antonio Spurs don’t have their chief on the market.
Legendary coach Gregg Popovich will likely be out indefinitely resulting from an undisclosed well being scare.
Given his age, it didn’t take lengthy earlier than folks speculated about him doubtlessly retiring after 29 years in entrance of the workforce.
When requested about his beloved coach, Victor Wembanyama jokingly claimed that everyone knew he would attempt to get again earlier than he ought to as a result of that’s simply how he’s (through Mark Medina).
Wemby on adjusting with out Pop pic.twitter.com/OWXREl60Y0
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) November 5, 2024
All jokes apart, he wished him effectively and talked about how essential it was for the workforce to regroup and get the job accomplished within the meantime.
The Spurs weren’t anticipated to be a playoff workforce this season, however folks anticipated them to possibly flirt with the Play-In Match, as Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes gave them some much-needed veteran presence.
Up to now, the previous No. 1 choose has had a considerably disappointing begin to the season, contemplating he was projected to be a MIP, MVP, and DPOY candidate.
In fact, it’s nonetheless early within the marketing campaign, and we noticed how strongly he completed his rookie season final 12 months.
The bar is ready sky-high for probably the most promising gamers the sport has ever seen, however he proved that he might dwell as much as the hype as essentially the most anticipated rookie in basketball since LeBron James.
It gained’t be straightforward to get by with out Gregg Popovich, however this may even check this workforce’s maturity and resiliency at an important time.
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