The 911 call from Gregg Popovich’s April medical emergency has like totally emerged, you guys. TMZ dropped some audio of the incident on Friday, giving us more deets about the night the super cool Spurs coach fainted at a San Antonio steakhouse before getting whisked away in an ambulance, like whoa.
The dude on the 911 call at first said a “guest” was “non-responding” before being all like, “Yo, Popovich is barely responding and like totally passed out for a bit, man.” Wild stuff, right? This all went down around 8:20 p.m. on April 15, after Popovich, who had a stroke before a game in November and was MIA from the team for the rest of the season, was apparently “alert and talking” by the time the ambulance rolled up.
After chilling at the restaurant for a couple of hours, they were all like, “Eh, it’s just a non-life-threatening injury or illness, no biggie.” Fast forward a bit, and the Spurs were all, “Hey, Popovich is gonna bounce as head coach and become prez of basketball ops.” Popovich was like, “I still love the game, but it’s time for me to dip as head coach, ya know?” He’s forever grateful for everyone who let him be the head coach and is totally stoked to keep supporting the team, community, and city. Cool, right?
