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Report: Thunder hiring longtime Spurs assistant coach Chip Engelland

The Oklahoma City Thunder are hiring San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Chip Engelland, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

ESPN Sources: The Oklahoma City Thunder are hiring Chip Engelland as an assistant coach. Engelland, considered the NBA's preeminent shooting coach, spent 17 years with the Spurs where he's considered to have had an immense impact on Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker, among others.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 27, 2022

Wojnarowski says the longtime Spurs assistant left the club because “the sides couldn’t agree on a new contract.