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According to a Denver Nuggets beat writer, Georgetown Hoyas “Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Head Manager” Jonathan Wallace is indeed leaving for a role with a western conference team.
Nuggets have hired Jonathan Wallace into a basketball operations associate role. Wallace played at Georgetown from 2004-08, spent several season overseas and recently coached at Georgetown. Denver has also brought on Boniface N'Dong in a player development role.
— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) September 28, 2019
He had been rumored to be heading to the NBA in July, per The Athletic’s Ben Standig:
Something connecting my various worlds: Hearing former Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace, now a member of Patrick Ewing's staff, is in talks to join one of the NBA's Western Conference contenders. Sounds more FO than coaching.
— Ben Standig (@BenStandig) July 15, 2019
Wallace, a former Hoyas standout that has been a member of Georgetown’s coaching staff since 2016-17, is currently listed on GUHoyas.com as the Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Head Manager on Patrick Ewing’s bench.
As recently as late August, Wallace was seen on the bench in the Bahamas and in clips of defensive drills in practice on campus:
from Game 2. #BahamasBusinessTrip | #HOYASAXA | #WEAREGEORGETOWN pic.twitter.com/Pu4MsvCpP3
— Georgetown Hoops (@GeorgetownHoops) August 15, 2019
Georgetown’s three assistant coaches remain Louis Orr, Robert Kirby and Akbar Waheed.
In other GU Hoops Alumni NBA news, the Sixers also the role for Roy Hibbert (Player Development Specialist) and a promotion for Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (Assistant General Manager of the Delaware Blue Coats).
Good luck and HOYA SAXA!