Gregg Popovich: the end of an era

The San Antonio Spurs icon stepped down as head coach after 29 years in charge and five NBA championship wins.

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00:00He had a phenomenal career. He coached to what pretty much he couldn't, in a sense.

00:05It shows how much dedication he had to the game, how much he loved the game, how much he gave to the game.

00:10I want to thank the fans for being right next to us with every win and every loss over these many years.

00:30All these jokes about the Popovich presidential, I truly would vote for Popovich.

00:58Like, he would make a great president. He actually would.

01:13So Pop, all I'm very rotten from since I've gotten here was that you're going to trade him.

01:21Oh, he dumped him!

01:28To me and Manu, of course, who have been here for all of my workouts here at The Rock,

01:43they say it's because they love me and they want to be there in case I fall and they're going to catch me and that sort of thing.

01:49I call it payback.

01:52As they give the rehab people new ideas of things to do to me.

01:56So, you're not fooling anybody, especially you, Timmy.

02:00I want to make sure everybody understands what the new job is.

02:07I'm no longer a coach.

02:08I'll catch that.