Officially announced the signing! Former NBA sharpshooter! Join the Spurs as coach

On August 20, the Spurs officially announced that Rashard Lewis joined the team as player development coach. In addition, the Spurs also hired Tim Martin and Scott King as assistant coaches. Player development coaches are mainly responsible for the skills training of young players to help them improve their personal abilities.

The Spurs have many young players, and it is very important to develop a coach. This position also belongs to the coaching staff member, but unlike ordinary assistant coaches, the coach does not need to help the coach formulate a game plan. During this summer league this year, Lewis, as a special coach, specially directed the Spurs' No. 14 pick Carter Bryant in the first round.

Carter Bryant was born on November 26, 2005. He is 2 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.13 meters. He is a 3D forward. Lewis' main task next season is to be responsible for Kabu's training and help him polish his offensive skills. Lewis was born on August 8, 1979. He is 2.08 meters tall, with a wingspan of 2.19 meters, and has a space type No. 4 position. In the 1998 NBA Draft, Lewis was selected by the Seattle Supersonics with the 32nd pick. At that time, he was determined to join the Rockets, a hometown team. At that time, the Rockets held three first-round picks, but still did not choose Lewis. In his rookie season, Lewis averaged only 2.4 points per game, and increased to 8.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in the second year of his career, entering the team rotation. In the third season of his career, Lewis secured his start. He averaged 34.9 minutes per game, scored 14.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals, and his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 43.2%, becoming the top scorer in the league. In February 2003, Ray Allen was sent to the Supersonics by the Bucks, and he and Lewis formed the "Seattle Gemini".

2006-07 season, Ray Allen averaged 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and Lewis averaged 22.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Both of them averaged the highest scores in their careers, but the Supersonics ranked second to last in the West with 31 wins and 51 losses. The team decided to rebuild and traded Ray Allen to the Celtics in the summer of 2007.

On July 12, 2007, Lewis signed $118 million in 6 years and then joined Magic. Some fans said that Lewis is the first 100 million-dollar gentleman in the NBA, but it is not. As early as 1996, Zhu Wan Howard had already won the first NBA contract of hundreds of millions. Since then, O'Neal, Morning, Camp, Garnett and others have all obtained hundreds of millions of contracts.

2009 Eastern Conference Finals G1, Lewis hit a perfect score in the last 14.7 seconds, and the Magic narrowly defeated the Cavaliers 107-106. In the finals, the Magic played against the Lakers, and Lewis scored 34 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in G2. In the next 2009-10 season, Lewis's data declined significantly, and the Magic sent him to the Wizards in exchange for Arenas.

Lewis was sprayed with a garbage contract at that time and was bought out by the Wizards in the summer of 2012, and joined the Heat with a basic salary. In 2013, Lewis won the championship with the Heat and ended his NBA career in 2014. He played a total of 1,049 regular season games, averaging 14.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and his three shooting percentages: 45.2%, 38.6%, and 80.5%.

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