Spurs to add Jim Boylen to coaching staff

[Big P]

Brown might be coaching in Boston.

Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen was a guest on Comcast SportsNet New England's "Sports Tonight" and he says that he believes the Boston Celtics will hire longtime San Antonio Spurs assistant Brett Brown as the next head coach of the team. Celtics Blog

[Libri]

So this guy's mission will be to help Tiago grow some balls?

[rr2418]

Having Jim Boylen will be beneficial to the Spurs whenever the play the Heat.

[TheGreatYacht]

Having Jim Boylen will be beneficial to the Spurs whenever the play the Heat.

This. Perhaps the Heat are the biggest reason why Pop and the FO hired Jim Boylan. I still think that the Spurs should try to improve their frontcourt via free agency. Tiago Splitter is soft as fuc* and gets his shots blocked by midgets.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Splitter and Baynes.

[CitizenDwayne]

he looks like a

Popovich, on the other hand, looks delightful.

[SpurPadre]

Baynes and Splitter if he comes back will spend a lot of time with him I'd assume.

I welcome the hire but does he have the ability to give Splitter a pair of balls?

[TheGoldStandard]

I welcome the hire but does he have the ability to give Splitter a pair of balls?

Nope

[TheGreatYacht]

I welcome the hire but does he have the ability to give Splitter a pair of balls?

LMAO. That's what I'm asking myself.

[SA210]

I welcome the hire but does he have the ability to give Splitter a pair of balls?

Or is he capable of -slapping Pop?

[TheGreatYacht]

Or is he capable of -slapping Pop?

That too.

[dallasmaverickslose]

Was hoping for PJ but maybe this guy will be good. Some new blood can't hurt. Lucky guy, he gets to work with Pop. I'm sure any assistant coach in the league would kill for an opportunity like this.

[tesseractive]

That's Jim Boylan. I know, it's freakishly close spelling and both are coaches.

Holy crap, I totally had them mixed up.

[temujin]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...te.html?pg=all

Good insight into Jim's capabilities in this brief article.

"Boylen’s main duty is working with the Pacers’ big men, and he’s been given some of the credit for helping develop Roy Hibbert into an All-Star. Indiana coach Frank Vogel is extremely complimentary of Boylen.

“He’s been a big-time help,’’ said Vogel. “He and Brian Shaw — adding those two guys to our staff has improved everything we do from a coaching staff standpoint. Honestly, I feel like we have two of the best assistant coaches in the NBA.’’
Vogel also said he believes Boylen has “a future as a head coach’’ in the NBA.
“The day-to-day game plans he gives us on the teams we’re playing, the analysis he gives on our own team and the ways that we can improve — really he’s one of the brightest basketball minds I’ve ever been around,’’ Vogel said.

"Including myself" concluded Vogel.

[Baam]

Great news, bring back PJ as well and we're set.

[bluebellmaniac]

yeah i remember hearing of a book that had found a correlation between someones -like appearence and their bball knowledge...i never read it though because the cover was pretty boring

LOL!

[Russ]

Larry Bird just said that losing him was a "big blow."

[manustarting2gd]

This guy has some good pedigree.

[Dex]

Good hire. He already has familiarity with the Spurs thanks to his appearances in the Wayne Wright-sponsored copyright commercials.

[cd98]

Our bigs outside of Duncan need all the help they can get. This looks like a smart hire as Tim will need some help and the other bigs fill some holes, but create others with their weaknesses. I'd imagine he is a good hire because the Spurs hire great minds in basketball and no doubt he has a better shot at becoming a head coach from Pop's bench then from Vogel's.

[ca®lo]

Maybe he'll have the guts to tell pop not to bench his best player with 28 secs left

[Darkwaters]

Splitter and Baynes.

How long before Playblair comes in and assures us it's to make Blair a starter again?

[ace3g]

official press release:

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/130628...ssistant_coach

[LakerHater]

Jim Boylen hiring is official for Spurs. Brett Brown will be considered lead assistant, unless he gets a head coaching job elsewhere.

[SenorSpur]

Now that Brown has bolted too, perhaps Pop should re-hire PJ?