Spurs Allow Budenholzer to Negotiate with Hawks (Edit: Bud Hired as Hawks' Coach)

spurs pulling a gambit and secretly prepping Timmy to be head coach in waiting tbh

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Originally Posted by SA210

I wish the Spurs brought Bruce and Elliott as assistants years ago.

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:lol

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Originally Posted by Richie

He'll be the 4th Pop assistant to become a head coach after Carlissamo, Mike Brown and Jacque Vaughn. Impressive.

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Monty Williams

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Originally Posted by Drachen

Pre means before.

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doh, I meant successor.

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Originally Posted by The Reckoning

spurs pulling a gambit and secretly prepping Timmy to be head coach in waiting tbh

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Would timmy be a good coach?

Maybe Carlesimo will be back as lead assistant if Bud leaves?

Maybe Duncan becomes a player/coach and transitions to coach upon retirement from playing.

P.J. is out there. Who was that coach from Missouri that coached the Toros a few years back?

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Originally Posted by coyotes_geek

Monty Williams

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I thought about Williams, but he was a Blazers assistant between 2005-10. Was he ever an assistant with the Spurs?

WOW he should stay and wait. The Spurs will give him time to grow as they rebuild around Kahwi with the young guys..

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Originally Posted by Budkin

Bud's got the Spurs job lined up... why would he leave?

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Probably because he doesn't expect the guy currently holding the position to be leaving anytime soon.

Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
RT @ajchawks: The Hawks have hired Mike Budenholzer as head coach

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Originally Posted by moisaenz

Would timmy be a good coach?

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he's been in the system long enough. "big fundamental." has those leadership qualities that gravitate other players' respect towards him, but he doesn't sound off like pop.

dunno.

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RT @ajchawks: The Hawks have hired Mike Budenholzer as head coach. #ATLHawks

Got the job.

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Originally Posted by Richie

I thought about Williams, but he was a Blazers assistant between 2005-10. Was he ever an assistant with the Spurs?

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As Williams would later recall, he never saw himself going into coaching. As this 2005 NY Daily News profile tells it, Williams' goals were to "start a family, save enough money to live a comfortable life and open a dog kennel." But when he finished his playing career, Williams received a call from Gregg Popovich, who invited him to sit in on Spurs' practices to see if he wanted to pursue a coaching career.

Williams worked his way up in the Spurs' organization, moving from that temporary note-taking period to a team internship to a full time staff job in 2004. As Gregg Popovich said of Williams during the Spurs' championship season of '05, "He watches film, he meets with players, he's involved in player development and he puts practice plans together... He's doing it the right way."

http://www.atthehive.com/2010/5/22/1...monty-williams

Congrats to Coach Bud.

Damn, that was fast. Atlanta must have given him an offer he couldn't refuse.

What does this mean for the finals? He finishes the year right?

:wow WTF, THIS IS BULLSHIT

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Originally Posted by Ocotillo

Maybe Duncan becomes a player/coach and transitions to coach upon retirement from playing.

P.J. is out there. Who was that coach from Missouri that coached the Toros a few years back?

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Quin Snyder

congrats bud!

Also, good for him. While we wanted him to stay and be the next Spurs Coach, the hawks are moving towards being a well run team, and Danny will probably give him a long leash to work with so he can implement a long term plan and develop players.

Shit.

Congrats Bud