Oveja Hernández met Popovich before the game and “broke” one of his rules

In the run-up to the friendly that the Argentine National Team will play against the United States, the coach posted a photo with the North American coach, something that, according to him, violates one of his previous rules in a game. Look why he did it.

La SArgentine election basketball will play today third friendly (he lost to Australia and Nigeria) on the tour he is developing in Las Vegas, in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the rival will be neither more nor less than USA. In the previous of the meeting, there was a A very special encounter that made coach Sergio Hernández break one of his rules: do not use social media on game day.

Is that sheep had a chat with Gregg Popovich a few minutes before starting the match and, due to the deep admiration he feels for the coach of the North American team -as well as the San Antonio Spurs-, an emblem of the NBA, broke his rule and made a post.

“Today I will break my own rules, in fact I am already doing it (not using social networks on game day), but I recognize that the situation warrants it, today I will be able to face a coach that I deeply admire and who shows me in each game that his empathy and humility make it different. Thank you dear Pop for honoring our profession! “, Hernández wrote on his social networks.

The CAB’s post about the meeting between Hernández and Popovich

Likewise, the CAB was also in charge of accounting for the round trip between Hernández and Popovich in the prelude to the match at the Michelob Ultra Arena. “Gregg Popovich has a relationship with Sergio Hernández. They are in contact. And, in these friendlies, before or after the games, they chat for a little while. This time two of his assistants joined, Silvio Santander and Maxi Seigorman. Pop is a teacher for everyone. And an inspiration “, was the message they posted on their networks.

In turn, they added that Pablo Prigioni, Oveja’s new assistant in Argentina, was also part of the conversation in which “they remembered old times, duels with the National Team and in the NBA.”