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Gregg Popovich compares NBA’s DNP-rest issue to national health care debate

Pop’s got takes.

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Gregg Popovich has been one of the strongest voices during the DNP-rest debate. He’s also been the voice of reason, in seeing both sides. Pop knows the importance of rest, but he also knows fans are paying for tickets to see their favorite players. And that can’t happen when they’re not playing.

Mostly, he wants everyone to reach an agreement in an argument that isn’t black and white:

Zing!

(Read just why the Affordable Care Act repeal is so complicated here.)

This isn’t the first time Pop has compared the rest debate to politics — earlier in March, he said the sides of the rest debate will “get together better than the Democrats and Republicans” to work something out.

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