{"id":438475,"date":"2023-10-21T18:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=438475"},"modified":"2023-10-21T18:41:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:41:16","slug":"spurs-hc-gregg-popovich-calls-steve-kerr-a-hole-for-his-wembanyama-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/spurs-hc-gregg-popovich-calls-steve-kerr-a-hole-for-his-wembanyama-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs HC Gregg Popovich Calls Steve Kerr &#8220;A&#8212;hole&#8221; For His Wembanyama Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though the NBA regular season hasn&#8217;t started yet, Gregg Popovich is already at his most acerbic.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama, a Frenchman chosen first overall by the Spurs in the most recent NBA Draft, is beginning to wow fans.<\/p>\n<h2>Spurs HC Gregg Popovich Calls Steve Kerr &#8220;A&#8212;hole&#8221; For His Wembanyama Comment<\/h2>\n<p>In their preseason game against the Warriors on Friday night, Wembanyama scored 19 points and the Spurs prevailed 122-117, making several moves that were worthy of being highlighted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steve Kerr mentioned that Gregg Popovich feels \u2018rejuvenated\u2019 after getting Wemby, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tom_orsborn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tom_orsborn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pop\u2019s response: \u201cWhat was I being rejuvenated from? Was I in a mental institution? Was I depressed and curled up in my bedroom or something?\u2026 Steve is an (expletive).&quot; \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Me6p6S7gc5\">pic.twitter.com\/Me6p6S7gc5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1715560430951956906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following tonight&#8217;s preseason game between the Spurs and Warriors, a Spurs reporter emphasized Kerr&#8217;s belief that Victor Wembanyama had &#8220;rejuvenated&#8221; Pop.<\/p>\n<p>That was probably meant as a praise by Kerr. After all, Pop&#8217;s Spurs haven&#8217;t had a season winning percentage above.458 and haven&#8217;t made the playoffs in the previous four years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gregg Popovich jokingly trashed Steve Kerr with a NSFW quip yesterday \ud83d\ude05<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYNKWnwt9z\">https:\/\/t.co\/BYNKWnwt9z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWarriors\/status\/1715790195273163027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was I being rejuvenated from?\u201d said Popovich. \u201cWas I in a mental institution or was I depressed and curled up in my bedroom or something? Steve\u2019s an a**hole, and I\u2019m gonna tell him that tonight after the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Pop chuckled when he said that, which defused the tension in the room.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Wembanyama has responded well to Popovich&#8217;s coaching and expressed gratitude for it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gregg Popovich chides \u2018a\u2013hole\u2019 Steve Kerr over Victor Wembanyama comment <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQswGmhQGs\">https:\/\/t.co\/DQswGmhQGs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QbATvj4Oe8\">pic.twitter.com\/QbATvj4Oe8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1715750035420295583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is how I also recognize how good of a person he is,\u201d Wembanyama said earlier this week of Popovich, according to the San Antonio Express-News. \u201cHe just learns. He just learned to know me, quicker than almost anyone I\u2019ve met in my life before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that Pop obviously doesn&#8217;t think he&#8217;s slowing down, these last four years haven&#8217;t been easy. After all, their performance did not translate into the number one overall choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gregg Popovich fires back at Steve Kerr after Warriors coach makes Wembanyama dig \ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5M4htOJs3d\">https:\/\/t.co\/5M4htOJs3d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mirror US Sports (@MirrorUSSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MirrorUSSports\/status\/1715727031617409471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, Wembanyama appears to be exactly the player the Spurs want him to be. 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Spurs HC Gregg Popovich Calls Steve Kerr &#8220;A&#8212;hole&#8221; For His Wembanyama Comment In their preseason game against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":438477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[3513,17584,3278,2215],"class_list":["post-438475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-gregg-popovich","tag-gregg-popovich-steve-kerr","tag-nba-2023","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}