Gregg Popovich, a classic on the NBA bench, in the North American League for 35 years, agreed to a five-year renewal with the San Antonio Spurs, a franchise he joined in 1988. The expansion of the link with the Texan team will make the Highest paid coach in NBA history.
The Spurs announced the renewal of Popovich in a statement without giving details of the remuneration for their coach, who is also president of the San Antonio franchise’s basketball operations.
However, Adrian Wojnarowski, one of the journalists with the best sources within the league, revealed that Popovich will earn more than 80 million dollars in total, which exceeds the 78.5 million for six years that Monty Williams recently signed in Detroit. Pistons.
Popovich is an NBA legend and the winningest coach in league history (1,366). The 74-year-old coach is synonymous with success, perseverance and loyalty to the Spurs, whom he has directed uninterruptedly since the 1996-1997 season.
Popovich, of a Serbian father and a Croatian mother, completely changed the DNA of the franchise and led the Spurs to win five rings (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014). Popovich’s extraordinary career in the NBA is linked above all to a basketball legend like Tim Duncan and also to other exceptional players like David Robinson, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker or the Argentine Manu Ginóbili.
Now he will have the responsibility of modeling a generational talent in the Spurs like Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, number one in the last draft and who is the most anticipated rookie in the NBA since LeBron James landed in the elite 20 years ago.
