Beal said the first team meeting held by Popovich at training camp in Las Vegas had nothing to do with basketball. He wanted to first address the elephant in the room. “Honestly, Pop will probably do the majority of that. He’s not afraid. He’s expressed that, he’s expressed that to me. ‘Shift the blame on me, I’m going to be the one to kind of lay down what’s going on.’ We respect that. That was very admirable from him,” Beal said.
Beal said the first team meeting held by Popovich at tr…
May 18, 2022 | 12:31 pm EDT Update
Jared Weiss: Robert Williams said he had cramps in his knee and doesn’t sound concerned. “I know when they seen me grab my knee, everyone started panicking. I just tried to tell them it was a cramp.”
Jonathan Wasserman: Peyton Watson, Jaden Hardy, JD Davison, Max Christie NOT expected to scrimmage. Had seemingly more to gain than lose here. Maybe promises have been made but highly unlikely this early. There will be teams are who totally turned off by these decisions to not compete. Always are.