The San Antonio Spurs are familiar with having to replace their assistant coaches often as Gregg Popovich’s coaching tree is always in high demand.
Pop’s tree includes the likes of Doc Rivers, Mike Brown, Brett Brown, Monty Williams, and Mike Budenholzer among others that have all gone on to have success after learning from the greatest coach in NBA history.
With Ime Udoka taking Monty Williams’ old job as Brett Brown’s top assistant in Philadelphia and Ettore Messina returning to Italy as the head coach and director of basketball operations with Olimpia Milano, there will be some open spots to fill on the Spurs’ bench next to Gregg Popovich.