Sources – Popovich should sign a three-year contract

Once Gregg Popovich is officially committed to returning for his 24th season as a San Antonio Spurs coach, he is expected to sign a three-year contract that will keep him as the NBA's highest-paid coach. told ESPN close sources.

An extension of the Popovich contract has been running ahead for months, but the deal will not change the fact that he will continue to take his coaching job year after year. , said sources from the league. The property of the Spurs believes he has the right to manage his future as he wishes, said sources.

Popovich, 70, told reporters on Monday that he was negotiating a new contract and suggested he see him again in the fall. His five-year contract ended with the defeat of Spurs Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Popovich will coach the US team at the FIBA ​​World Cup in China in September and at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It is believed that he could use the Olympics as a final training act, but it remains vague.

Popovich has 1,245 wins, third all-time behind Don Nelson and Lenny Wilkens. He has won five NBA championship titles as a Spurs coach and has qualified for the NBA playoffs by beating his league record for the 22nd consecutive year.