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Austin Spurs

Austin Spurs

American professional basketball team of the NBA G League


The Austin Spurs are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Cedar Park, Texas, and are affiliated with the San Antonio Spurs. The team plays their home games at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. The team has made the postseason in 8 out of 14 seasons in the NBA Development League.

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On October 15, 2014, after the San Antonio Spurs purchased the franchise, the team colors and logo were changed to reflect the silver and black motif used by the Spurs.[1]

The Spurs are coached by Will Voigt. Their general manager is Brent Barry.

Franchise history

The Austin Spurs were established in Columbus, Georgia, as the Columbus Riverdragons. The franchise in 2005 was sold to Southwest Basketball, LLC, and were relocated to the city of Austin, Texas. Following the relocation, the franchise changed their name and logo becoming the Austin Toros, which was unveiled on August 10, 2005. The Toros name was the only NBA-associated team and first D-League team to possess a nickname of Spanish origin. The Toros began play during the 2005–06 season.

On June 28, 2007, the Toros were acquired by the San Antonio Spurs, becoming the second D-League team to be owned by an NBA team, after the Los Angeles D-Fenders were purchased by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2006.[3]

On August 9, 2010, the Toros announced they would move to the Cedar Park Center from the Austin Convention Center and for the 2010–11 season.

On April 28, 2012, the Toros defeated the Los Angeles D-Fenders in Game 3 of the NBA D-League Finals to capture their first championship in franchise history.[4]

On October 15, 2014, the team announced that they would be changing their name to the Austin Spurs, in reference to their parent team.[1]

On April 10, 2018, the Spurs defeated Raptors 905 to secure their second G League championship.[5]

In 2019, the Spurs played in the 2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Rio de Janeiro, as the first G League team to play in the tournament.[6] Austin lost in the semi-final to Flamengo.

In 2020, the Spurs named Tyler Self, son of Hall of Fame coach Bill Self, as the Austin Spurs' general manager and Matt Nielsen as the head coach.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team played an abbreviated 2020–21 bubble season in Orlando.

Prior to the 2021–22 season, Petar Božić was named Austin's head coach after Nielsen was moved over to San Antonio as an assistant coach.[8][9]

Prior to the 2022–23 season, Brent Barry was named Austin Spurs' general manager.[10]

Home arenas

Season-by-season

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Current roster

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Head coaches

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NBA affiliates

Columbus Riverdragons

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Austin Toros

Austin Spurs

In international competitions

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

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References

  1. "Spurs Sports & Entertainment Austin-based NBA Development League team has been renamed the Austin Spurs". Spurs.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. October 15, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. "Austin Spurs Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. "Austin Toros Win 2012 NBA Development League Championship". Archived from the original on 2014-08-17. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  4. "Austin Spurs Name Petar Božić Head Coach". OurSports Central. September 17, 2021.
  5. "Spurs name Matt Nielsen assistant coach". NBA.com. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  6. "Brent Barry Named Austin Spurs General Manager". austin.gleague.nba.com. September 23, 2022.

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