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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