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Gregg Popovich, an NBA legend: Stories you've never heard about the San Antonio Spurs, Team USA coach

For nearly two decades, Manu Ginobili has had hundreds of dinners and countless talks with San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, discussing everything from "politics, war, the game, or kids."

Popovich even showed up at Ginobili's door at 1 in the morning with wine to cheer him up after a tough game.

But one dinner above all the "famous dinners" with Pop will forever stand out.

"It was a restaurant by the hotel called Il Gabbiano," the longtime Spurs guard told ESPN. "Even if I wanted to, I couldn't forget it."

At a Miami restaurant named seagull in Italian, stunned players were sobbing and looking at one another in disbelief as Pop consoled each Spur.