One of the NBA's all-time great big men,Tim Duncan, has been named an assistant coach at the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs have announced that Duncan, a two-time NBA MVP and three-times NBA Finals MVP, and Will Hardy will join head coach Gregg Popovich's staff for the 2019-20 season.
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Duncan, 43, played 19 seasons with San Antonio and won five NBA championships playing for Popovich from 1997-2016.
"It is only fitting, that after I served loyally for 19 years as Tim Duncan's assistant, that he returns the favor," Popovich joked.
A 15-time All-Star, Duncan is the Spurs' all-time leader in games (1,392), points (26,496), rebounds (15,091) and blocked shots (3,020).
Duncan was the number one overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft out of Wake Forest University.
Hardy first joined the Spurs as a basketball operations intern in 2010 after graduating from Williams College.
"Will Hardy is a talented, young basketball mind who has earned a great deal of respect from everyone in the organisation thanks to his knowledge, spirit and personality," Popovich said.
The Spurs lost longtime assistants Ettore Messina and Ime Udoka earlier this off-season.
Reuters
