Gregg Popovich repeatedly checked in on Craig Sager's health during the playoffs

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By Kelly Dwyer
2 hours ago
Ball Don't Lie


Famed Turner Sports sideline reporter Craig Sager’s leukemia is in full remission, which is why doctors have given him the go-ahead to return to his role as TNT’s lead in-game reporter this February. The popular Sager missed the 2014 NBA playoffs and he’ll miss half of this season along the way, and it’s more than fair to say Sager is universally missed by players, coaches, his co-workers, and especially the scores of fans that have been following him on-air for decades.

During last year’s postseason, you’ll recall, San Antonio Spurs coach was interviewed mid-game by Sager’s son Craig Jr., a son that has been faithfully documenting his father’s return to health for those of us desperate for information about the NBA mainstay.


The San Antonio Spurs coach and eventual 2014 NBA champion didn’t just stop there, however, as Craig Sager Jr. relayed in a fantastic feature by NBA.com’s Shaun Powell recently:

But Popovich just ... wouldn't ... leave ... the Sagers ... alone.

"He called me four or five times in the next month to check on me and my dad," said Junior, and remember, Pop and the Spurs were in the heat of the playoff run. Pop's timing was downright surreal, too.
"He called the day of my sister Krista's graduation from the University of Georgia, because my dad couldn't make it," said Junior. "And this was before a game against Portland."



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:toast Pop. Pop is really one of a kind :toast:toast

Can't wait to see the first interview Sager will have with Pop :lol

[tmtcsc]

"And this was before a game against Portland."

Exactly.

[Malik Hairston]

Spurs just being the classiest organization in sports, as usual, tbh..

[Uriel]

Probably feels guilty for all those years of embarrassing him on national TV :lol

[HI-FI]

i was about to ask how Sagers was doing. good to hear about both him and Pop.

[wildbill2u]

All of us have moments when we think about how lucky we are to have Manu, or Tony or Timmy on the Spurs and what a wonderful thing it is to watch them perform.

But there is another guy who makes the team what it is, and we are just as lucky to have a coach like Pop. He's not only a great coach, but underneath that crusty exterior he show to the world, he's an incredibly interesting and good human being off the court. Fire Pop!

[Spurs 4 The Win]

All of us have moments when we think about how lucky we are to have Manu, or Tony or Timmy on the Spurs and what a wonderful thing it is to watch them perform.

But there is another guy who makes the team what it is, and we are just as lucky to have a coach like Pop. He's not only a great coach, but underneath that crusty exterior he show to the world, he's an incredibly interesting and good human being off the court. Fire Pop!

He still pulled Duncan out in 6 smh

[milkyway21]

So can we expect a TWO-sentence answer to Craig's interviews from you now Pop?

[Old School 44]

The interview will go something like this...
Sager: what's the key to overcoming this deficit in the second half?
Pop: score more
Sager: talk about their defense and why it's giving you trouble?
Pop: yes
Pop: welcome back
Sager: glad to be back

[SupremeGuy]

:cry so much class :cry

[Capt Bringdown]

*Lump in throat*

[exstatic]

So can we expect a TWO-sentence answer to Craig's interviews from you now Pop?

Nope, and Craig wouldn't want preferential treatment, either.

[spurraider21]

Nope, and Craig wouldn't want preferential treatment, either.
how do you know what Craig would or wouldn't want?

[Mikeanaro]

Did Lebron call him?

[milkyway21]

The interview will go something like this...
Sager: what's the key to overcoming this deficit in the second half?
Pop: score more
Sager: talk about their defense and why it's giving you trouble?
Pop: yes
Pop: welcome back
Sager: glad to be back

Precisely :lol

Well, that's an improvement :rollin

[pjjrfan]

Sager responded to Pop's comment to Sager's son that he, Pop, would promise to go easy on him when he came back by saying he wanted Pop to be himself and not lighten up on him.

[TampaDude]

Pop's curtness with the media is more a schtick than anything else. From all accounts, Pop is one of the warmest, most caring people you'll find anywhere. His players love him...LOVE him...very much.