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Popovich: Spurs were blindsided by ‘unprofessional’ Marcus Morris situation


San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is finally addressing the Marcus Morris situation that left the Spurs with something of a black eye this summer.

Speaking at media day on Monday, Popovich said the Spurs were “blindsided” by Morris reneging on his verbal agreement to sign with San Antonio after already trading Davis Bertans to the Washington Wizards to create cap space.

“It was more than difficult to lose Davis,” he said, per Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News. “Let’s just say that was an unfortunate situation that was handled unprofessionally on a couple of different levels.

“Davis was a special player as we all know, and he was young and getting better and better,” Popovich continued. “So, yeah, we hated losing him.”

Morris agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with San Antonio this summer after the Spurs dealt 26-year-old sharpshooter Bertans and restructured their free agent contract with DeMarre Carroll to accommodate Morris. Just days later however, Morris changed his mind and went on to sign a one-year, $15 million contract with the Knicks. As a result, the Spurs went out and got free agent forward Trey Lyles instead but had no way of getting Bertans back.

The Spurs were reportedly “pissed” at the time of Morris’ reversal of course, and it sounds as if Popovich is still plenty unhappy over two months later.





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