The future of Gregg Popovich’s coaching career has been a cloud that has been hanging over the San Antonio Spurs all year long.
Pop was entering the final year of his contract this season, and there was no guarantee that he would continue coaching the Spurs after this year’s playoff run.
Many NBA pundits connected the dots that Popovich could choose to retire after coaching the United States team in the 2020 Olympics.
With that uncertainty about San Antonio’s coaching situation, rumors started to swirl about Kansas head coach Bill Self possibly taking over if Pop decided to retire.