Spurs president and head coach Gregg Popovich said the Spurs will not listen to the updated guidelines after the Texas governor announced on Tuesday that he's lifting the statewide mask mandate and opening the state up fully.
"As far as the players go, we listen to the NBA, not the governor," Popovich told reporters Tuesday.
While he did acknowledge the toll the pandemic has taken on businesses across the country, the 72-year-old added that the pandemic is not over. He called the move by Gov. Greg Abbott 'pretty mystifying.'
"Basically you're saying, 'You get infected and you die?