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San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich feels safer in the NBA campus-like environment at the Walt Disney World Resort than he would be in Texas in part because it has nothing to do with the “cowards” responsible for the state of origin of his team.
Such as Jason Owens of Yahoo Sports, Popovich addressed the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday during a video call with reporters and said Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick disappointed Texas in handling the situation.
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“We’ve been all over the Texas map, nobody knows what the heck is going on. We have a lieutenant governor who has decided that he no longer wants to listen to Fauci and those people. “Gregg Popovich shared some thoughts on state and federal leadership on the coronavirus https://t.co/XiMQcunE6y
He particularly criticized their decision to listen to the president-in-office instead of dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:
“We have a lieutenant governor who has decided that he no longer wants to listen to Fauci and those people. This makes a lot of sense. How safe can it be? The message is ridiculous.
“The governor goes back and forth based on whether he has to satisfy Trump or listen to the numbers: politics shows that maybe it’s better that he does it because the virus did it. But no general politics, no principles. It’s about politics. It’s all about what is good for them. And “them” means above all Trump. Because they are all cowards and everyone is afraid. “
Popovich never hesitated to criticize politicians, including Donald Trump.
In fact, he used similar language in October when he called Trump “incapable, helpless and cowardly in comparison” with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, according to the San Antonio Express-News‘ Jeff McDonald.
Second CBS Dallas Fort WorthTexas reported 10,745 new COVID-19 cases and a record 10,569 people hospitalized due to the virus on Tuesday.
“Hospitalizations and infection rates increased following Abbott’s abandonment in what had been one of the most aggressive reopenings in America,” the report stressed.
As for Popovich’s Spurs, their first of eight seeding games in Orlando, Florida is slated for July 31st against the Sacramento Kings.
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