TNT's Craig Sager has leukemia

Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports

There’s some very sad news in the basketball world heading into the NBA playoffs: TNT sideline analyst Craig Sager is battling leukemia.
Sager released a comment Friday through Turner Sports.

“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 (San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich).”

 His son first reported the diagnosis on Twitter:

Craig Sager Jr. wrote on Twitter that the treatment is expected to take 3-4 weeks and the two would be “watching lots of basketball together these playoffs.”