{"id":34126,"date":"2025-02-23T01:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/gregg-popovich-not-expected-to-return-to-san-antonio-spurs-this-year-report\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T01:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T01:54:49","slug":"gregg-popovich-not-expected-to-return-to-san-antonio-spurs-this-year-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/gregg-popovich-not-expected-to-return-to-san-antonio-spurs-this-year-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregg Popovich not expected to return to San Antonio Spurs this year \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>ESPN reports coach will not return this season<\/li>\n<li>Popovich, 76, suffered mild stroke in November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, the NBA\u2019s all-time winningest coach, is not expected to return this season as he continues recovering from a mild stroke suffered in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/43973003\/popovich-not-expected-return-spurs-season\">according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania<\/a>. The future of the 76-year-old Hall of Famer remains uncertain as the team navigates a challenging season without him.<\/p>\n<p>Popovich, who has led the Spurs since 1996 and won five NBA championships, suffered the stroke on 2 November before a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson stepped in as interim head coach and has since compiled a 21-27 record while leading a young Spurs squad.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/feb\/22\/gregg-popovich-san-antonio-spurs-stroke-status\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN reports coach will not return this season Popovich, 76, suffered mild stroke in November San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, the NBA\u2019s all-time winningest coach, is not expected to return this season as he continues recovering from a mild stroke suffered in November, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania. The future of the 76-year-old &#8230; <a title=\"Gregg Popovich not expected to return to San Antonio Spurs this year \u2013 report\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/gregg-popovich-not-expected-to-return-to-san-antonio-spurs-this-year-report\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gregg Popovich not expected to return to San Antonio Spurs this year \u2013 report\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}