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The Organisation:
GM: R.C. Buford - Arguably the best GM in the game. He first joined the Spurs in 1988 as part of Larry Brown coaching staff. He then spent a few years at the Clippers before moving to the University of Florida for the 1993-94 season. Popovich hired Buford to be the head scout for the Spurs in the summer of '94 and has remained with the organisation ever since. The Spurs have won 3 Championships with Buford as GM.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/2007-05-21-cover-buford_N.htm
Head Coach: Gregg Popovich - The media darling and Head Coach of the Spurs Juggernaut, Popovich will go down as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. With the exception of the lock-out season (1998-99), the Spurs have never won less than 50 games in a season and never finished the regular season in worse than 2nd place while Pop has been coach. Above all, he has lead this team to 4 Championships in that time and turn them into a model of consistency and professionalism. Popovich has won coach of the year twice.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1207572/1/index.htm
Assistants:
Chip Engelland - Chip "the Machine Gun" Engelland started his coaching career as a shooting consultant with the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets before excepting a role on the Spurs coaching panel in 2005.
Chad Forcier - The Chad has worked with the Seattle Supersonics, the Pistons and the Pacers before joining the Spurs in 2007 as an assistant responsible for player development.
Ime Udoka - The journeyman forward played 3 seasons for the Spurs during his career before being hired as an assistant coach in 2012.
Jim Boylen - Jim "Not the Milwaukee guy" Boylen is the newest member of the coaching team, replacing the out-going Budenholzer. Boylen has had quite a distinguished career, being an assistant to Rudy Tomjanovich when the Rockets went back to back in 1994 and 95. Boylen was the Head Coach for the Utah Utes from 2007-2011, lead them to a 69-60 record and winning the Mountain West Conference title in his 2nd season. He has also been an assistant with Golden State, Milwaukee and Indiana.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/130628_spurs_name_jim_boylen_assistant_coach
Depth chart:
PG: Parker/Ginobili/Joseph/Mills
SG: Green/Ginobili/Belinelli
SF: Leonard
PF: Duncan/Diaw/Ayres/Bonner
C: Splitter/Diaw/Duncan/Bonner
2013 Draft Picks:
#28 Livio Jean-Charles - Forward 6'9" 217lbs (France)
#58 Deshaun Thomas - Forward 6'7" 220lbs (Ohio State)
2014 Draft Picks:
#30 Kyle Anderson - Point Forward 6'9 230lbs (UCLA)
#58 & #60 traded to Philadelphia for Nemanja Dangubic
International Rights:
GM: R.C. Buford - Arguably the best GM in the game. He first joined the Spurs in 1988 as part of Larry Brown coaching staff. He then spent a few years at the Clippers before moving to the University of Florida for the 1993-94 season. Popovich hired Buford to be the head scout for the Spurs in the summer of '94 and has remained with the organisation ever since. The Spurs have won 3 Championships with Buford as GM.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/2007-05-21-cover-buford_N.htm
Head Coach: Gregg Popovich - The media darling and Head Coach of the Spurs Juggernaut, Popovich will go down as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. With the exception of the lock-out season (1998-99), the Spurs have never won less than 50 games in a season and never finished the regular season in worse than 2nd place while Pop has been coach. Above all, he has lead this team to 4 Championships in that time and turn them into a model of consistency and professionalism. Popovich has won coach of the year twice.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1207572/1/index.htm
Assistants:
Chip Engelland - Chip "the Machine Gun" Engelland started his coaching career as a shooting consultant with the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets before excepting a role on the Spurs coaching panel in 2005.
Chad Forcier - The Chad has worked with the Seattle Supersonics, the Pistons and the Pacers before joining the Spurs in 2007 as an assistant responsible for player development.
Ime Udoka - The journeyman forward played 3 seasons for the Spurs during his career before being hired as an assistant coach in 2012.
Jim Boylen - Jim "Not the Milwaukee guy" Boylen is the newest member of the coaching team, replacing the out-going Budenholzer. Boylen has had quite a distinguished career, being an assistant to Rudy Tomjanovich when the Rockets went back to back in 1994 and 95. Boylen was the Head Coach for the Utah Utes from 2007-2011, lead them to a 69-60 record and winning the Mountain West Conference title in his 2nd season. He has also been an assistant with Golden State, Milwaukee and Indiana.
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/130628_spurs_name_jim_boylen_assistant_coach
Depth chart:
PG: Parker/Ginobili/Joseph/Mills
SG: Green/Ginobili/Belinelli
SF: Leonard
PF: Duncan/Diaw/Ayres/Bonner
C: Splitter/Diaw/Duncan/Bonner
2013 Draft Picks:
#28 Livio Jean-Charles - Forward 6'9" 217lbs (France)
#58 Deshaun Thomas - Forward 6'7" 220lbs (Ohio State)
2014 Draft Picks:
#30 Kyle Anderson - Point Forward 6'9 230lbs (UCLA)
#58 & #60 traded to Philadelphia for Nemanja Dangubic
International Rights:
C Robertas Javtokas 2001 NBA Draft 56th pick
C Sergei Karaulov 2004 NBA Draft 58th pick
SF Viktor Sanikidze 2004 NBA Draft 42nd pick
F-C Erazem Lorbek 2005 NBA Draft with the 15th pick in 2011, in return for George Hill
PF Ryan Richards 2010 NBA Draft 49th pick
SF Dāvis Bertāns 2011 NBA Draft 42nd pick
G-F Adam Hanga 2011 NBA Draft 59th pick
G Marcus Denmon 2012 NBA Draft 59th pick
Apologies if I've missed anyone. If there is anything you want me to add to the OP just let me know.
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