Tag: Scott King

Austin Spurs reportedly hosting open tryouts

Do you have what it takes to play in the G League?

The Austin Spurs have themselves a new head coach (former New York Knicks Director of Player Development Scott King, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski), but depending on what it is you, dear reader, elect to do with the following news, they might also have a new player.

According to recent reporting from KENS 5 reporter Jeff Garcia, the Austin Spurs are hosting open tryouts. The tryouts will be on this coming Saturday, Sept. 7, at St. Michael’s Athletic Center. You can find that at 3000 Barton Creek Blvd, Austin, Texas, 78735. Should you make a go of it, you will need to be there by 8:30 in the morning that day to check in.

You will also need to register ahead of the event (click here to do so), as well as providing all the requested information in the requisite paperwork.

At the event, you can expect to be assessed through drills run by the coaching staff, and as many as three prospects will be named as eligible to join the Austin Spurs straining camp.

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Woj: San Antonio Spurs hire Scott King as Austin Spurs head coach

This will help to shore up San Antonio’s player developmental pipeline.

The San Antonio Spurs organization have themselves a new coach according to recent reporting from ESPN senior reporter Adrian Wojnarowski. But before you start getting worried about moving on from iconic Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, it is not the parent club that is getting a new coach.

Woj reports that the “San Antonio Spurs are hiring New York Knicks player development coach Scott King as the head coach of the G League Austin Spurs,” which will help to shore up San Antonio’s player developmental pipeline in an era where the league’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) demands successful teams must do so.

The Spurs are still several seasons away from needing to navigate the potential pitfalls of operating as a second apron ball club.

But perhaps with a player as promising (and impactful) as Victor Wembanyama on the team, they may also need to lean on such options less.

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