The legendary coach Popovich extended his contract with the Spurs for 5 years, breaking the record of 80 million US dollars. (AFP file photo)
The San Antonio Spurs officially announced that they have reached a five-year contract extension with head coach and president of basketball operations Gregg Popovich.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski’s report, the total price of Popo’s contract renewal will exceed 80 million US dollars. According to statistics, this is the largest contract for a coach in NBA history, which was previously Monty Williams’ six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Pistons.
The 74-year-old Popovich has been coaching the Spurs for 27 years since 1996. He is not only the longest in office, but also the oldest. The NBA record he created, he will soon be 80 years old after the execution of this five-year contract.
In terms of record, Popovich is also famous. In 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, he led the Spurs to win the NBA championship 5 times, won the NBA best coach 3 times, and was elected to the NBA All-Star West Division 4 times. coach. Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in April 2023.
It is worth mentioning that in March 2022, Popovich won the 1336th win of his head coaching career, becoming the head coach with the most wins in NBA history.
Popovich’s previous contract expired this year, but because of the addition of the No. 1 pick in the draft, Victor Wembanyama, he is interested in duplicating this extremely talented inside player, as created when Tim Duncan led the team. Therefore, he gave up his plan to retire in the near future and decided to continue coaching. I believe that Popovich’s long-term stay in office is the biggest good news for rookie Wenbanyama.
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