Former Sacramento Kings coach Dave Joerger announced Saturday evening that he is stepping away from the NBA to undergo treatment for head and neck cancer. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report the news:
Joerger tells ESPN: “We have caught it early. I’m very lucky. I’ve got over a 90 percent chance of cure rate, but it’s very scary…” https://t.co/fuVjYyD8wS
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 14, 2021
Joerger also released a full statement:
Statement from #sixers assistant coach Dave Joerger, who is stepping away from the team to focus on receiving treatments for his recent cancer diagnosis, as first reported by @wojespn pic.twitter.com/xS3A7jQd1f
— Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) November 14, 2021
Joerger has been working as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. Joerger was head coach of the Kings from 2016 to 2019.
It sounds like Joerger has good odds for a full recovery, but even with good odds this is surely still a scary and stressful time. We wish Joerger a speedy and full recovery, and our thoughts are with him and his family.
Get well, coach. Prayers for you & yours.
Get well soon, Coach Joerger! Fuck cancer.
Speedy recovery coach. Early detection gives you high treatment success.
Be well coach!
That’s terrible to hear! Best wishes and good luck!
Fucking hate cancer. Glad they caught it early. Best of luck to you coach!
Good coach. Miss him and rooting for him.
Wishing you renewed health and strength Coach.
Best wishes for a full recovery. If he were still the coach here, the team would be better.
Wishing him and his family the best. Get well soon, Coach Joerger!
Glad it was detected early.
When he recovers we should bring him back.
Or is that punishment?
Great coach and a good guy. Wishing him and his family the best.
We wish you well coach, get well soon!
Wishing the best for coach Joerger. Way too young for something like this to happen.
Bagley’s camp with the well wishes:
https://mobile.twitter.com/WillofThaPeople/status/1460015694922215424
Here is the tweet (stupid mobile phone link):
https://twitter.com/WillofThaPeople/status/1460015694922215424
Spears deleted it after presumably realizing the terrible timing but clearly Team Bagley was putting that message into the universe. Still blaming everyone for his sad career, including on a coach that gave you 25 min a game as a rookie and hasn’t been your coach in over two seasons!
Get well coach!
Get well Coach!
Get well soon coach!
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