San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich will miss an indefinite variety of video games after struggling a “well being subject” on Saturday, ESPN and the Related Press reported.
Assistant Mitch Johnson, who coached the staff through the win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, will substitute Popovich within the interim.
The Spurs haven’t introduced what Popovich's well being downside is. ESPN's Shams Charania stories that the coach “skilled a well being state of affairs” earlier than the Timberwolves sport.
Johnson mentioned after Saturday's sport that Popovich “wasn't feeling good.”
“This has occurred earlier than. “I believe everybody ought to all the time be prepared for the subsequent man.” Johnson mentioned. “Generally individuals get sick or don't really feel properly or issues come up in life. “It simply doesn’t really feel proper.”
Popovich, 75, is in his 29th season as San Antonio's head coach. Popovich, the NBA's longest-tenured head coach, can also be the league's all-time wins chief with 1,391. He led the Spurs to championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014.
Johnson, 37, has been an assistant since 2019.
“Mitch did a terrific job, man,” San Antonio level guard Chris Paul mentioned Saturday. “I believe our complete teaching employees [did]. Issues occur on a regular basis on this league and identical to with the gamers, it's subsequent. So let's thank Mitch, he did a terrific job tonight.”