Announced! Goodbye Popovich! The Spurs have confirmed their successor

Shams: Due to physical reasons, Popovich no longer serves as the head coach of the Spurs and has become a full-time team president.

Popovich stated that although his love and passion for the game were still there, he had resigned from his position as head coach... This declared an era and officially came to an end.

Immediately afterwards, the Spurs officially confirmed the news of Popovich's departure and announced that Mickey Johnson would take over as the team's new coach. Johnson has been an assistant coach for ten years at the Spurs and served as interim head coach after having a stroke in November last year. Now he has finally been recognized and successfully turned into a regular business.

Since 1996, Popovich has served as the head coach of the Spurs for 29 years, and has led the team to win the championship five times and entered the playoffs in 26 years. He has won the Coach of the Year three times and is the head coach with the most winning games in NBA history (1,422 wins in the regular season).

But as mentioned above, although he no longer serves as the head coach of the Spurs, he has entered the management and is the president, which is actually more conducive to his control of a team and to better build a team according to his own philosophy. This summer's offseason may be able to see how this old man makes great strides in the freedom and trading markets.

This season, the Spurs have only 34 wins and 48 losses, ranking 13th in the Western Conference. However, with Vampang Yama and Fox, they are still very optimistic in the future. If they can get Durant or Antetokounmpo this summer, they will take off directly next season.

The Spurs have as many as 36 draft picks in the next seven years, and their trading assets are definitely one of the most abundant teams in the NBA. However, if you want to switch to a super giant like Durant or Antetokounmpo, you still need to get a potential young star, so Castle in the first round of 24 years may become the core bargaining chip.

Casel played 81 games for the Spurs this season, almost attending all the games, averaging 26.7 minutes per game, contributing 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists, with a shooting percentage of 42.8%, 28.5% and 72.4% in three events. If nothing unexpected happens, he won the 24-25 Rookie of the Year with a crushing advantage. He was originally regarded as a non-selling product.

Finally, congratulations to Popovich for opening a new chapter in his life. I hope he can still shine in his new position!