The Spurs plan to rent Knicks participant growth coach Scott King to be the brand new head coach of their NBA G League affiliate in Austin, studies Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN via Twitter.
In response to Steve Popper of Newsday (Twitter link), King has been mentioned in league circles as a possible future head coach within the NBA.
King, whose title with New York this previous season was technically assistant director of participant growth, performed Division I basketball in school at Stony Brook and Fairfield earlier than graduating in 2016. He bought his begin with the Pacers’ former G League crew, the Mad Ants, then was employed by the Pistons as a video intern for the 2018-19 season, as Eduardo Villalpando of VAVEL.com writes.
King has been with the Knicks since 2019, initially being employed as assistant video coordinator previous to being promoted. He was answerable for reviewing questionable performs and figuring out whether or not or not they need to be challenged, amongst different duties, per Stefan Bondy of The New York Publish (Twitter link).
King was held in excessive regard by Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau, in accordance with Brian Lewis of The New York Post, who confirms Wojnarowski’s reporting.
The Austin Spurs had been searching for a brand new head coach after Will Voigt
left the group to affix BYU as an assistant beneath Kevin Younger.
