The San Antonio Spurs expect Derrick White to miss the rest of the season due to a sprained ankle.

"You can imagine his spirits are not high," said Gregg Popovich of White.

White, who suffered the injury on Monday, was averaging 15.4 points per game this season.

White is not expected to require surgery. 

Indiana Pacers forward JaKarr Sampson has been suspended one game without pay for headbutting San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills, and Mills and Spurs forward Rudy Gay have each been fined for their roles in an on-court altercation, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The incident began when Sampson and Mills were battling for rebounding position. It continued to the next possession when Mills made contact with Sampson and Sampson shoved Mills. Sampson then furthered the altercation by aggressively confronting and headbutting Mills. Sampson’s actions resulted in a Flagrant Foul 2 and an automatic ejection.

Mills received a technical foul and has been fined $25,000 for his role in the altercation. Gay also received a technical foul and has been fined $20,000 for escalating the incident by shoving Sampson. 

The incident occurred with 9:32 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ 109-94 win over the Pacers on April 19.

Sampson will serve his suspension tonight when Indiana faces the Oklahoma City Thunder

The San Antonio Spurs were fined $25,000 for violating the league's player resting policy.

The Spurs rested DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and Patty Mills in their 111-85 win over the Suns on Saturday night. 

Gregg Popovich has become outspoken about politics over the past few years and his most recent comments suggested that any NBA owners who donate to far right candidates should be scrutinized. 

“We need to find out who funds these people,” Popovich said at the end of a long Monday Zoom monologue about the Minnesota police shooting of Daunte Wright, and about the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots, and about state officials’ response to February power outages in Texas, and about what he called the false claims of election fraud associated with voter suppression efforts.

“I want to know what owners in the NBA fund these people who perpetrate these lies. Maybe that’s a good place to start, so it’s all transparent. That’s all I got.”

According to an online database maintained by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, former Spurs chairwoman Julianna Hawn Holt has made multiple donations to Trump’s campaigns, including in 2020, when she also contributed to Republican Georgia U.S. Senate candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

Since 2015, the Holt family donated $1.42 million to Republican candidates and political action committees, per The Ringer. Orlando’s Dan DeVos, Cleveland’s Dan Gilbert and New York’s James Dolan each donated more to the GOP.

“Do these people want a country or not?” Popovich said. “Do these people have grandchildren? Do they want their grandchildren to go to work and school and go through these drills and worry about being murdered? What does it take to care more about them than your frickin’ position, and your power, and your donors?”

DeMar DeRozan plans to take a "wide open" approach to free agency in terms of which teams he'll consider signing with.

DeRozan had planned to become a free agent during the 2020 offseason until the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Coming off a five-year, near-max contract he signed with the Toronto Raptors, DeRozan is one of eight players to average at least 21 points, seven assists and four rebounds per game this season.

DeRozan will likely be the best wing on the free agent market beyond Kawhi Leonard. 

Kansas and Bill Self have agreed to a lifetime contract.

Self's contract had one season remaining but it has been replaced with a new five-year rolling agreement that automatically adds one year at the conclusion of each season.

"I want to extend my sincere appreciation to Chancellor [Doug] Girod, Kurt Watson, and the rest of the leadership at KU for their belief and faith in me to provide this lifetime contract," Self said in a statement. "Every day, I am reminded just how fortunate I am to lead this storied program and there truly is no place else I would rather be. As we continue to work through the challenges facing our program, we look forward to moving ahead and focusing on our bright future. I would also like to express my gratitude to our alumni and donors, as well as the best fans and students in the nation, that have supported my family and me for the past 18 seasons. I'm excited to remain your basketball coach and compete for many championships in the future."

Self became head coach of Kansas in 2003 and has won one national championship. 

Self had been linked with a potential move to the NBA for the past few years. Self is good friends with RC Buford of the San Antonio Spurs.