Gregg Popovich thinks NFL owners are hypocrites. He should look in the mirror

Published June 15, 2020 7:58pm ET



San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has decided to open up on politics yet again. This time, he believes that NFL owners who support President Trump are hypocrites. Popovich is uniquely qualified to give this analysis considering his own hypocrisy and cowardice on the NBA’s China problem.

Popovich has arguably been the most intense among NBA figures in his hatred for Trump, going all the way back to the 2016 election. On top of calling Trump an embarrassment to the world and a soulless coward, among other things, he’s now added Trump-supporting owners to his list of grievances. “It’s just hypocritical,” Popovich said. “It’s incongruent. It doesn’t make sense. People aren’t blind. Do you go to your staff and your players and talk about injustices and democracy and how to protest? I don’t get it. I think they put themselves in a position that’s untenable.”

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