Spurs Assign Williams To Austin Toros

The San Antonio Spurs today assigned forward Marcus Williams to the team's NBA D-League affiliate Austin Toros.

Williams' is the 45th assignment of the 2008-09 NBA D-League season and the first for Williams in his career.

Williams, a 6-7 forward, played in 45 games, all starts, for the Toros this season before earning a GATORADE Call-Up to the Spurs on April 8. Williams has appeared in two games for San Antonio this season scoring four points in three minutes.

At the time of his call-up, Williams was averaging 23.0 points, good for second-best in the NBA D-League, to go with 7.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.7 steals. He scored in double figures 44 times, including a 29-point, 14-rebound, 13-assist triple-double in Austin’s 129-112 win over the Iowa Energy on April 4, 2009.