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44-431: Synergy's analysts and automated camera tracking systems monitor and catalog player actions in 75,000 basketball games a year. The company then analyzes the data, producing analyses across indicators including play types, player behaviors and game situations. The company provides analyses in various forms, such as diagrams of play calls and custom APIs. Synergy's NBA archives span back to the 2004 season. After being named as

88-448: A "health issue", necessitating a leave of absence. Two days later, it was announced that he would need to take an indefinite break from work, with assistant Mitch Johnson stepping in as interim head coach. The Spurs later revealed on November 13 that Popovich had suffered a mild stroke . Popovich served on the coaching staff for the U.S. men's national team during the 2002 FIBA World Championship (assisting George Karl ), during

132-794: A career with the Central Intelligence Agency . Popovich served five years of required active duty in the United States Air Force , during which he toured Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union with the U.S. Armed Forces Basketball Team. In 1972, he was selected as captain of the Armed Forces Team, which won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championship. This earned the 6-foot-2-inch (1.88 m) guard an invitation to

176-661: A late run to secure the game for the West. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 30 points and became the first player in NBA history to score 30+ points in three consecutive All-Star games, while Bryant had nine points and eight assists. Carmelo Anthony led the East with 26 points and 12 rebounds. James, who shot well during the latter part of the season's first half, shot only 7-for-18 while scoring 19 points. ^INJ Andre Drummond

220-540: A multi-position player was to be selected, coaches were encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team," regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores. If a player is unable to participate due to injury, the commissioner will select a replacement. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers topped

264-532: A nationally televised game against the Miami Heat . Popovich frequently sat out his starters on road trips over the years to ensure they have enough rest for the playoffs; the Spurs' roster was among the oldest in the league. NBA commissioner David Stern was outraged by this and said on the night of the game that it was "unacceptable", and "substantial sanctions [would] be forthcoming". On November 30, Stern fined

308-404: A preseason back injury, Popovich fired coach Bob Hill on December 10, 1996, and named himself head coach. Robinson then broke his foot after only six games and was lost for the season. Sean Elliott was also limited to 39 games due to injury, and Chuck Person missed the entire season. With a reduced roster that included an aging Dominique Wilkins , the Spurs struggled and won only 17 games for

352-658: Is the president and head coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Popovich has been a member of the Spurs organization since 1994, as president of basketball operations and general manager before taking over as coach of the Spurs in 1996. Popovich is the longest tenured active coach in the NBA as well as all other major sports leagues in the United States . Nicknamed " Coach Pop ", Popovich has

396-596: The 2015 NBA Africa exhibition game . In the 2015–16 season, Popovich led the Spurs to a franchise-high 67 wins, but he and the team lost in the conference semifinals against the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games. On February 4, 2017, Popovich recorded his 1,128th regular season win with one franchise, surpassing Sloan. On April 13, 2019, Popovich surpassed Lenny Wilkens and became the all-time winningest coach in NBA history with his 1,413th win (regular season and playoffs combined). Popovich supported

440-729: The 2017 Women's March . He also repeatedly criticized the behavior of former U.S. President Donald Trump . Popovich endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election . Popovich has spent considerable time and money working with several charities and nonprofits such as the San Antonio Food Bank and the Innocence Project. He also took part in Shoes That Fit, an organization that aims to deliver shoes to more than 200 students at Gates Elementary School affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria . Popovich

484-571: The Astrodome and 2006 at the Toyota Center. Starters for the game were selected by the fans, who could select three frontcourt players and two guards from each conference. Previously, fans selected two forwards and one center instead of generic frontcourt players. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers received the most overall votes at 1,591,437. Starting this season, NBA All-Star Saturday Night events became contests between

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528-776: The Houston Rockets . The Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference , 143–138. Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers was named the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player . The Rockets were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on February 8, 2012. This was the third time that Houston had hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1989 at

572-579: The previous year , Tom Thibodeau and Scott Brooks , were not eligible for selection. The rosters for the All-Star Game were chosen in two ways. The starters were chosen via a fan ballot. Two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest vote were named the All-Star starters. NBA head coaches voted for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which could be players on their own team. Each coach selected two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If

616-625: The 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team trials. In 1973, Popovich returned to the Air Force Academy as an assistant coach under the school's head basketball coach Hank Egan . Egan later became an assistant coach under Popovich for the San Antonio Spurs . During his time as an assistant coach at the Academy, Popovich earned a master's degree in physical education and sports sciences from the University of Denver . In 1979, Popovich

660-609: The 2003 FIBA America Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (assisting Larry Brown ), where the U.S. team won the bronze medal. On October 23, 2015, Popovich was named the head coach of the U.S. men's national team, taking over from Mike Krzyzewski after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games . At the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup , the U.S. national team finished in seventh place, its worst finish ever in international competition. With Popovich serving as

704-529: The All-Star Game for the first time since 1984 , when Larry Bird and Robert Parish started for the East. The New York Knicks sent two players to the All-Star Game for the first time since 2001 . (C) – Named team captains for All-Star Game by National Basketball Players Association . ^INJ Did not participate due to injury. ^REP Brook Lopez was named Rajon Rondo's replacement by NBA commissioner David Stern . ^1 Erik Spoelstra chose Chris Bosh to start in place of

748-570: The Eastern and Western Conferences. The coaches for the All-Star game were the head coaches who led the teams with the best winning percentages in their conference through the games of February 3, 2013. Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs clinched the West position after a win on January 30. Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat clinched the East position after a win over the Toronto Raptors on February 3, 2013. The head coaches from

792-670: The Most Valuable Player at the 2013 NBA All-Star Game , Chris Paul credited Synergy with improving his performances. Synergy collaborates with basketball leagues including the NBA , WNBA , NCAA Division I, FIBA as well as sports media and marketing companies such as ESPN , ABC Sports , Turner Sports , and EA Sports . Founder and CEO, Garrick Barr began developing the technologies that evolved into Synergy Sports Technology in 1992 when he transitioned from college basketball coach to assistant coach and video coordinator for

836-735: The NBA Coach of the Year for the third time. He also won his fifth NBA championship with San Antonio that season, beating the Heat 4–1 in the Finals. On February 9, 2015, Popovich became the ninth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games when the Spurs defeated the Indiana Pacers 95–93. He and Jerry Sloan are the only two coaches in NBA history to win 1,000 games with one franchise. On August 1, 2015, Popovich served as Team Africa's head coach at

880-415: The NBA's Phoenix Suns . Barr first worked with engineers to develop a digital post-production editing system to speed up collecting, cataloging, and editing hundreds of hours of game film used for training. While the resulting technology achieved its goal, it still required teams to compile, edit and tag the footage. Barr then sought to create technology to instantly produce advanced analytics that would use

924-401: The Spurs $ 250,000 for what he called "a disservice to the league and the fans". According to Stern, Popovich had not informed the Heat, the league or the media in a suitable time frame that the four players were not making the trip to Miami. Stern's decision was criticized by commentator Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports , who said, "Stern doesn't care about the realities of his league, just

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968-508: The Spurs throughout the 1990s, the 2000s, and most of the 2010s. Popovich has led the Spurs to all five of their NBA titles, and is one of only five coaches in NBA history to have won five titles. He was also the head coach of the U.S. national team at the 2020 Summer Olympics , leading the team to a gold medal. In 2023, Popovich was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame . Popovich

1012-470: The Spurs won their first NBA title in 1999 . In 2002, Popovich relinquished his position as general manager to R. C. Buford , who had served as the team's head scout. Popovich and Buford were both given their starts in the NBA in 1988 as assistants on Brown's coaching staff with the Spurs. Popovich has won five championships with the Spurs— 1999 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 and 2014 . He was named NBA Coach of

1056-472: The University of Kansas . Popovich took off the 1985–86 season at Pomona-Pitzer to become a volunteer assistant at Kansas, where he could study directly under Brown. Popovich returned to Pomona-Pitzer and resumed his duties as head coach the next season. Following the 1987–88 season, Popovich joined Brown as the lead assistant coach for the Spurs. From 1988 to 1992, Popovich was Brown's top assistant, until

1100-543: The Year in 2003, 2012, and 2014. On April 4, 2008, Popovich returned to the U.S. Air Force Academy to receive the academy's award of Distinguished Graduate. Despite his four NBA titles at the time, Popovich said it was the most meaningful award he had ever received. On May 2, 2012, Popovich won his second Coach of the Year Award for the 2011–12 NBA season . On November 29, 2012, Popovich sat out starters Tim Duncan, Tony Parker , Manu Ginóbili , and Danny Green for

1144-483: The appearances. To him, the appearance on Thursday night was that Popovich had tried to embarrass him on national television and that's why the commissioner tossed that tantrum." Popovich led the Spurs to the 2013 NBA Finals to face the Miami Heat . The series lasted seven games, but the Spurs had their first-ever Finals loss. On April 22, 2014, Popovich was awarded the Red Auerbach Trophy as he won

1188-537: The ballots with 1,591,437 votes, which earned him a starting position as a guard in the Western Conference team. Bryant earned a record 15th consecutive All-Star selection. Chris Paul , Kevin Durant , Blake Griffin , and Dwight Howard completed the Western Conference starting position. The lone first-time All-Star in the Western Conference is the Houston Rockets ' James Harden . All of

1232-488: The beginning of nearly every game around the league over the rest of that day and the following days, with other teams also deciding to take an 8-second backcourt violation, commemorating Bryant's jersey number 8, which he wore from 1996 to 2006. On March 27, 2021, after leading his team to a 120–104 victory against the Chicago Bulls, Popovich won his 1,300th regular season game and became the third NBA coach to reach

1276-539: The breakthrough application software and streaming media technology that allowed loggers to undertake the rapid video-data syncing and upload that laid the foundation for Synergy’s success. In 2008, Synergy reached multi-year licensing agreement with the National Basketball Association to give NBA.com, NBA.tv, and the NBA’s television partners access to Synergy products and services. The same year,

1320-579: The comments from NBA commissioner Adam Silver surrounding the controversy with the NBA and China. On January 26, 2020, the Spurs hosted the Toronto Raptors just hours after a California helicopter crash claimed the lives of nine people, including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13–year-old daughter Gianna, and Popovich proposed that both teams take an intentional 24-second shot clock violation on each of their first possessions to pay homage to Bryant's jersey number 24, which he donned from 2006 to 2016. This violation tribute would subsequently be executed at

1364-557: The company also announced a partnership with EA Sports to incorporate Synergy’s data into its NBA Live franchise. 2013 NBA All-Star Game The 2013 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 17, 2013, during the National Basketball Association 's (NBA) 2012–13 season . It was the 62nd edition of the NBA All-Star Game , and was played at Toyota Center in Houston , home of

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1408-414: The company’s existing work in video logging and tagging. Along with friend Scott Mossman, Barr founded Quantified Scouting Service (QSS) in 1998. QSS produced computer-generated reports – accessible by teams through dial-up technology – revealed every player’s offensive tendencies. In 2004, Barr renamed the company Synergy Sports Technology and brought in computer scientist Nils Lahr. Barr and Lahr developed

1452-585: The entire staff, including R. C. Buford , Alvin Gentry and Ed Manning , were fired by owner Red McCombs . Popovich moved to the Golden State Warriors for a brief stint in 1992, serving as an assistant under future Hall of Famer Don Nelson and bringing with him Avery Johnson , who had been cut by the Spurs. In 1994, Popovich returned to San Antonio as the general manager and vice president of basketball operations after Peter Holt purchased

1496-736: The first time since Latrell Sprewell was selected in 1997 , with David Lee . The Eastern Conference's leading vote-getter was LeBron James , who finished with 1,583,646 votes. Rajon Rondo , Dwyane Wade , Carmelo Anthony , and Kevin Garnett completed the Eastern Conference starting positions. Anthony, James and Wade were starters for the previous year's Eastern Conference team. The Eastern Conference reserves included six first-time selections: Tyson Chandler , Paul George , Jrue Holiday , Kyrie Irving , Brook Lopez , and Joakim Noah . The Boston Celtics sent two players to start in

1540-644: The head coach for the U.S. men's national team, he led the team to a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, going 5–1 and defeating France 87–82 in the final. Popovich was married to Erin Popovich for 42 years until her death on April 18, 2018; the couple had two children. He is a serious wine collector, and an investor in Oregon's A to Z Wineworks. On multiple occasions, Popovich has spoken out on behalf of social justice issues, including in support of

1584-411: The injured Rajon Rondo The West led at the end of each quarter and won 143–138 behind Chris Paul , who won MVP honors scoring 20 points, handing out 15 assists and grabbing 4 steals. The West never led by more than eight points through the first three quarters, but they pushed the lead to double figures early in the fourth. Kobe Bryant blocked two shots by LeBron James late in the game, part of

1628-422: The milestone. On March 11, 2022, Popovich surpassed Don Nelson for most regular season wins of all time, notching his 1,336th regular season victory with the Spurs. Popovich needed 370 fewer games than Nelson to achieve this record. On July 8, 2023, Popovich signed a five-year contract extension, keeping him with the franchise through the 2027–28 season. On November 2, 2024, Popovich reportedly experienced

1672-422: The most wins of any coach in NBA history, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history . Popovich led the Spurs to a winning record in his first 22 full seasons as head coach, surpassing Phil Jackson for the most consecutive winning seasons in NBA history. During his tenure, the Spurs have had a winning record against every other NBA team, being a key figure of the sustained success of

1716-630: The players from the West started in last year's All-Star Game, save for Howard who started for the East, and similar to last year, both Los Angeles teams, the Lakers and the Clippers , are represented by two players each, all of whom are starters. Also sending a pair of players to the All-Star Game were the Oklahoma City Thunder , represented by Durant and Russell Westbrook , and the San Antonio Spurs , represented by Tim Duncan and Tony Parker . The Golden State Warriors had an All-Star representative for

1760-489: The remainder of the season for an overall record of 20–62. The Spurs' disastrous season allowed them the first overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft , which they used to draft Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest University . The Spurs blossomed as the 6'11" Duncan teamed up with the 7'1" Robinson in a "Twin Tower" offense and defense for several years. After recovering to win 56 games in 1997–1998 (Popovich's first full year as coach),

1804-528: The team. Popovich's first move was to sign Avery Johnson as the team's starting point guard . Another one of Popovich's early moves in San Antonio was to trade Dennis Rodman to the Chicago Bulls for Will Perdue . Rodman was not fond of Popovich, as Rodman said in his first book, Bad As I Wanna Be . After the Spurs had a 3–15 start in the 1996–97 season, with David Robinson sidelined with

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1848-713: Was born on January 28, 1949, in East Chicago, Indiana , to a Serbian father and Croatian mother. He graduated from Merrillville High School in 1966. Popovich attended the United States Air Force Academy . He played on the academy's Air Force Falcons men's basketball team, and in his senior year was the team's captain and leading scorer. He graduated from the Academy in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in Soviet studies . Popovich underwent Air Force intelligence training and briefly considered

1892-619: Was named the head coach of the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens , the joint men's basketball team of Pomona College and Pitzer College in Claremont, California . Popovich coached the Pomona-Pitzer men's basketball team from 1979 to 1988, leading the team to its first outright title in 68 years. During his time as head coach at Pomona-Pitzer, Popovich became a disciple and later a close friend of head coach Larry Brown at

1936-450: Was unable to participate due to injury. ^REP Andrew Nicholson was named Andre Drummond's replacement. Starting in 2013, the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference will compete to see who gets the most points. This score will only be applied to All-Star Saturday Night competitions. Gregg Popovich Gregg Charles Popovich (born January 28, 1949) is an American professional basketball coach and executive who

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