San Antonio guard Marco Belinelli didn’t play in the Spurs’ 108-106 win against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon while dealing with a left foot sprain — an injury update coach Gregg Popovich announced before tip-off.
Popovich, however, took a long time to make that announcement.
Instead of getting straight to the point when asked about Belinelli on Sunday morning, Popovich opted to deliver a powerful statement on racial injustice in the United States — something that has been at the forefront of the NBA restart at Walt Disney World.
“Our number one priority as far as the country and society is concerned is racial justice, actually racial injustice, that exists in our country and trying to make everything just for all people,” Popovich said, via ESPN’s Royce Young.