NBA Coach Popovich Calls Patriot Owner Kraft Hypocritical for Supporting Trump

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Monday, June 15, 2020

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Patriots owner Bob Kraft

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich called President Donald Trump a “soulless coward” and someone who “brings out the dark side of human beings for his own purpose,” in remarks in the New York Times.

“Popovich turned his attention to Jones and Kraft, two of seven NFL owners who donated at least $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee while simultaneously running franchises that rely on mostly black players. That combination doesn’t mesh well with Popovich," wrote Maureen Dowd in the NYT.

"'It’s just hypocritical,’ Popovich said. ‘It’s incongruent. It doesn’t make sense. People aren’t blind. Do you go to your staff and your players and talk about injustices and democracy and how to protest? I don’t get it. I think they put themselves in a position that’s untenable,'" the Washington Post reported the NBA coach as saying, following the NYT piece.

Kraft has been a friend to Trump and a golf partner.

Popovich said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell originally capitulated to the desires of Trump and the NFL owners.

“He got intimidated when Trump jumped on the kneeling,” Popovich told the Times, adding that Goodell “folded.”