VIDEO: Gregg Popovich Literally Claims Spurs' Losing Streak Isn't Actually Happening
By Sam Dunn
Fake news, so sayeth Coach Pop! Yes, Gregg Popovich's engagements with the basketball media are famous for qualifying as everything from teeth-gnashingly standoffish to Theatre of the Absurd, but this is something else entirely. With his San Antonio Spurs mired in an eight-game losing streak, he spoke with reporters ahead of Saturday's road game against the Knicks... and literally denied factual things that were happening.
"It's a hoax, it's just not true"
— SNY (@SNYtv) November 23, 2019
Gregg Popovich says reports about the Spurs losing streak are not true ?♀️?♂️ pic.twitter.com/Ol0XowmNVa
"Some people have said we've lost seven, eight in a row. It's not true," he said with a 100% straight face.
Sure, big man!
Gregg Popovich on the impact a 78-game schedule will have on the record books: "I don't give a shit about the record books."
— Stefan Bondy (@SBondyNYDN) November 23, 2019
Are these perhaps Trumpian tactics from a man so well-known for his diametric opposition to all things POTUS? If so, spot-on trolling from the Spurs boss.