The coaching record of all times of Gregg Popovich was regulated by NBA after the absence linked to the stroke
The career record of all times of Gregg Popovich as head coach of San Antonio Spurs has been adapted by the NBA.
According to Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press, the Spurs and the League worked together to update Popovich’s record to remove the 77 games that lost last season after suffering a stroke in early November.
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Popovich now has 1,390 career victories and 824 losses: the total of November 2 when he moved away from coaching.
The Spurs announced on May 2 that Popovich, 76 years old, would resign as a leader’s head and would lead to the role of the president of the full -time team. One of Popovich’s assistants, Mitch Johnson, who took over on a temporary basis and went 32-45, was hired as head coach.
“While my love and my passion for the game remain, I decided that it is time to get away as a coach head,” said Popovich in a team declaration. “I am forever grateful to the wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who have allowed me to serve them as head coach of the Spurs and I am enthusiastic about the opportunity to continue supporting the organization, the community and the city that are so significant for me.”
The adaptation to Popovich’s record will not influence the NBA registration books. The longtime spurs coach is still the most winning coach in the history of the League and now he has 53 wins in view of Don Nelson’s 1,335. Its percentage of career victory obtains a collision from .621 A628, a number that is seventh in the history of the League among the coaches with at least 400 games.
This is not the first time that the NBA has to make an adaptation to the record of a coach’s victories. As Reynolds noticed, after the head of the coach of Los Angeles Lakers Jack McKinney was injured in a bicycle accident after 14 games during the 1979-80 season, Paul Westhead took control and brought the team to a record of 50-18. Those 68 games in office were finally credited to Westhead.