Turner Sports has announced that former Spurs player and current Vice President of Basketball Operations, Monty Williams, will receive the inaugural Sager Strong Award, named after iconic sideline reporter Craig Sager, who passed away in December of 2016 after a near three-year battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
The award will be presented annually “to an individual who has been a trailblazer while exemplifying courage, faith, compassion and grace.” Williams, father of five children, tragically lost his wife, Ingrid, in a car accident in February of 2016. He was an assistant coach with the Oklahoma City Thunder at the time and joined the Spurs front office before the 2016-2017 season.