The San Antonio Spurs have added one of the most prominent legends in franchise history to their coaching staff.
Former Spurs big man, Tim Duncan, has joined his former head coach Gregg Popovich’s coaching staff as an assistant for the upcoming 2019-2020 NBA season.
The always witty Popovich, who spent 19 years as the 15-time All Star’s head coach, said that “It is only fitting, that after I served loyally for 19 years as Tim Duncan’s assistant, that he returns the favor.”
Popovich’s comments are in jest, but the truth is that neither he nor the San Antonio franchise would’ve had the success that they did in the nearly two decades he spent as part of the franchise without him.
Duncan won five NBA Championships with San Antonio, winning the Finals MVP Award three times. He is one of the most decorated and heralded players in the league’s history, having been named a first-team All-NBA selection ten times, a first-team All-Defense selection seven times, and twice being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2002 and 2003.
He’s a surefire inductee for next year’s Basketball Hall of Fame class, and now he’s ready to transition into a new role as a teacher of young big men.
