Gregg Popovich reappears in public after the stroke that hit him in November 2024. The most winning coach in the history of the NBA spoke at the press conference, the first as president of the San Antonio Spurs. He took off the sweatshirt by showing a shirt with the writing “El Jefe” (“The Head”) and said: “I am no longer the coach, now I am the head”. During this season his place on the San Antonio bench was taken by Mitch Johnson, former assistant of Popovich before the illness. At the helm of San Antonio since 1996, for “El Jefe” 1,390 wins in Regular Season, 170 in the playoffs, 5 NBA titles and the entry into the Hall of Fame of Springfield
