Jonathon Simmons soared, finishing off an alley-oop from Kawhi Leonard in Wednesday’s Spurs win against Milwaukee.
It was a high-flying play for the Spurs rookie, and there are thousands of fans up the road in Austin who have seen that before.
Simmons spent two seasons playing for the Austin Spurs in the NBA D-League, developing under the arm of the Spurs organization.
“He’s the epitome of the type of player you want to see come out of the D-League,” Spurs director of scouting Brian Pauga said. “He worked and listened to his coaches, and he’s an example of the work players and coaches put in when they’re in Austin.