Will Spurs announce a coaching change by 6/30 after multiple collapses in their NBA finals loss to NY?
86% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 35 predictions cast.
The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 in the 2026 NBA Finals, capturing the franchise's first championship in 53 years behind Finals MVP Jalen Brunson, coached by Mike Brown. The series included a Game 4 collapse in which San Antonio blew a 29-point lead and lost 107-106, the largest comeback in Finals history, fueling speculation that Spurs coach Mitch Johnson could be fired. No coaching change occurred. Johnson, a 2026 Coach of the Year finalist who led San Antonio to its first Finals appearance since 2014, remained head coach through the end of June, with general manager Brian Wright and owner Peter Holt publicly affirming their confidence in him. Viral posts claiming Johnson had been dismissed during the Finals were confirmed by fact-checking outlets to be false rumors, not actual transactions. Following the Game 5 loss, Johnson said the Spurs weren't ready to win an NBA championship but framed the defeat as part of the team's development rather than grounds for a coaching change. The prediction market's community vote of only 14% yes correctly anticipated that the Spurs would not announce a coaching change by June 30, 2026.