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New Toros Coach Brad Jones Integrating With Spurs Culture

By Matt MooreOct 1st 2010 – 2:00PM

Brad Jones has been head coach of the Austin Toros for less than a week. But that hasn't stopped the Spurs from giving him the full immersion treatment. Jones is in San Antonio this week for Spurs training camp, being just as involved as Quin Snyder was during his time here with the Toros. It's the Spurs way: the Austin...

Brad Jones Named Austin Toros Head Coach

By Scott SchroederSep 28th 2010 – 2:10PM

The Austin Toros, NBA Development League affiliate of the San Antonio Spurs, have named Brad Jones as head coach for the upcoming D-League season. Jones had been the head coach for the Utah Flash the past three seasons but will now take over in Austin for Quin Snyder, who has been added to the Philadelphia 76ers coaching...

Report: Danny Ferry Returning to Spurs, Will Oversee D-League's Toros

By Scott SchroederAug 25th 2010 – 11:30PM

Dell Demps spent three season as general manager of the Austin Toros before being hired last month to the same position with the New Orleans Hornets, becoming the first person to use the D-League as a stepping stone to the top of an NBA front office. Danny Ferry may be hoping he's the next. Ferry, who resigned as...

Dell Demps' Last Weekend With Spurs Outlines a Hornets Future

By Matt MooreJul 26th 2010 – 10:30AM

It's Dell Demps' final weekend as Vice President of Basketball Operations for the San Antonio Spurs and General Manager of the Austin Toros. He just doesn't know it yet. Demps is at NBA Summer League with the Spurs, but has arrived to find that he is at the top of lists. These are not bad lists, so he's got that going for...

NBA D-League Playoffs: Vipers Defeat Toros in Classic to Advance to Finals

By Matt MooreApr 22nd 2010 – 12:20AM

We hyped it, because we knew it could be good. It was better. The Rio Grande Valley Vipers advanced to the NBA D-League Finals Wednesday night with a 99-98 win over the Toros at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo. The game was an absolute classic in front of a huge (by D-League standards) crowd that was plugged in from the...

Austin Toros News From the Web

  • 05/17/12 OKC Thunder: Q&A with Lakers assistant coach Quin... Source: The Oklahoman - Oklahoma City OK Former Missouri coach Quin Snyder is a first-year assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers after previously spending time as an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers.
  • 05/09/12 CHAMPION: Community leaders continue the education... Source: Hill Country News - Cedar Park TX Last week, the district celebrated the graduates from our seventh Leadership Leander ISD class.
  • 05/04/12 M. Basketball. Sam Young and DeJuan Blair in NBA... Source: PittsburghPanthers.com PITTSBURGH —Two former University of Pittsburgh basketball players— DeJuan Blair and Sam Young —are currently competing for their respective teams in the NBA Playoffs First Round this week.
  • 04/30/12 FREE EVENT TONIGHT: Ever wanted your photo taken with... Source: Hill Country News - Cedar Park TX THE AUSTIN TOROS ARE HOSTING A FREE HOMETOWN CELEBRATION AT 7 P.M.
  • 04/29/12 Toros take two in LA to win D-League title Source: Hill Country News - Cedar Park TX After the Austin Toros dropped Game 1 of the NBA Development League finals on Tuesday, Toros head coach Brad Jones said that while he expected many people were counting Austin out, he promised to go to Los Angeles and "see if we can change some minds."

Background on Austin Toros

The Austin Toros are a NBA Development League minor league basketball team based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States.

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