Gregg Popovich missed most of the 2024-25 NBA season while recovering suddenly. (Tyler Kaufman / Getty Images)
(Tyler Kaufman via Getty Images)
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich would have experienced a medical incident in a restaurant on Tuesday, although he is now stable and recovers at home.
Popovich, according to an incident report obtained by the San Antonio Express-NewsEat in a steakhouse Chris de Ruth when he passed out on Tuesday evening. He was transported to a local hospital in an ambulance with an illness or injury not putting his life as a precaution.
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Other details are not yet known.
Popovich, 76, led only five games for the Spurs during the 2024-25 NBA season before have a slight blow. He then missed the rest of the season Due to the medical episode. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson was an acting coach of the team during the absence of Popovich. Spurs finished 34-48 and failed to make the playoffs, but they have a sensation Victor Wembanyama at the end of February due to deep venous thrombosis.
The reports suggested that Popovich has progressed throughout the season and was healthy enough to contact the team in person after the stars break. While the regular season was coming to an end, the Spurs went Let Popovich decide If he wanted to return to the team training next season. In a February statement, Popovich said he was going to “focus on my health in the hope that I could return to training in the future”.
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Popovich has been the team's coach since the NBA 1996-97 season. He led the team to five NBA championships and was considered one of the largest basketball coaches of all time.
“I trust the organization,” said Wembanyama in February, via Express-News. “I trust Pop to do everything he can to come back, to recover his energy. And I also trust Mitch to grow in this role. So, I think we are in good hands … I am ready for anything and I know that the organization will do good decisions.”
