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The audio was released last month when Gregg Popovich reportedly suffered a medical emergency at a San Antonio restaurant.
The current former head coach of the San Antonio Spurs was eating at the steakhouse when he was reportedly fainted. Popovich then left by ambulance.
The caller said Popovich was “not responding” at first. According to TMZ, he updated Popovich as “barely responding” as “barely responding.”
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October 31, 2024. Salt Lake City, Utah: San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich Watch will face the Utah Jazz in the second quarter at Delta Center. (Rob Grey-Imagn image)
Popovich reportedly had no life-threatening injuries or illnesses, and he was on guard by the time he entered the ambulance.
The 76-year-old had already recovered from a stroke that led to missing all but the first six games of the 2024-25 season.
Shortly after reported medical horrors, Popovich resigned as head coach.
“While the love and passion for the game remains, I have decided it's time to leave as head coach,” Popovich said in a statement earlier this month. “I am forever grateful to the incredible players, coaches, staff and fans who have allowed me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am excited to continue supporting an organization, community and city that makes a lot of sense to me.”
San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich is keeping an eye on the second half of the regular season NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns in Mexico City on Saturday, December 14th, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Popovich will transition full time to President of Basketball Operations.
Popovich's tenure came to an end after seeing him coach the Spurs in five NBA championships in nearly three years of running. He is the league's greatest winning leader in history and has earned the most playoff victories in one team by coaches in NBA history. His career, three times NBA Coach of the Year and an Olympic gold medal pick, won him a Hall of Fame location in 2023.
The team missed the playoffs this year after Victor Wenbagnama missed the healthy mass of the season with a blood clot.
December 23, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA. San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich will speak with Victor Wenbagnama (1) of the San Antonio Spurs Center before his match against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. (Kevin Jailaj Usa is today's sports)
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The Spurs have the second overall pick in the NBA draft two years after first selecting Wenbanyama.
Ryan Gaydos and Paulina Dedaj of Fox News contributed to this report.
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