Detroit's J.B. Bickerstaff is the latest NBA coach to applaud the assistant, who took over after the NBA's all-time winningest suffered a mild stroke.

Just because the San Antonio Spurs will be without both Gregg Popovich and Victor Wembanyama for the rest of the season doesn't mean the duo have taken a step back.

Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, right, talks with center Victor Wembanyama during a Dec. 13, 2013, game against the Lakers in San Antonio. Gregg Popovich will not coach this season. He is not ruling out a comeback in the future.

Two days after the San Antonio Spurs announced that Victor Wembanyama was out for the rest of the season, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Gregg Popovich won’t return this season either. The winningest coach in NBA history hasn’t been with the team since suffering a mild stroke at the beginning of November.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich talks with forward Victor Wembanyama during a time out in the first half of their NBA game with the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Frost Bank Center on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.

The San Antonio Spurs have been through a lot over the past week. First, they had to shut down Victor Wembanyama for the entire season with a

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is expected to miss the rest of the season, and it remains uncertain if the most-victorious and oldest NBA coach will return to the game as he recovers from a mild stroke that put Popovich on medical leave indefinitely in early November,