Hop on Pop bandwagon after interview with Craig Sager's kid

Pop's heartfelt words to ailing Sager: 'I promise I'll be nice' 

Craig Sager Jr. interviews Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who sends a heartfelt message to Sager's father.

Illness is keeping legendary NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager out of action during the playoffs, but his son did an admirable job filling in for him Sunday during the Spurs-Mavs game -- so much so that even one of the game's most curmudgeonly coaches had to give both Sagers their due.

In a statement issued Friday, the elder Sager revealed that a battle with leukemia would sideline him from this year's playoffs: 

"My favorite time of year --€“ city to city, round by round, 40 games in 40 nights. A dramatic turn has matched me with acute myeloid leukemia. From the sidelines to being sidelined, 40 veins and 40 electrolytes. Too bad, I had some probing questions for Pop."

While Sager himself may not have been able to chat with "Pop" (San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich), Sager's son was able to step in at the end of the third quarter and do the honors.

Coach Pop is known as a man of few words, and he's notoriously curt and cantankerous with the media. But in this rare and genuine moment, it's clear how Pop feels about the ailing Sager, a longtime fixture of the game and one of basketball's most iconic journalists.

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