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Tobias Harris appeared in 136 games, averaging 13.5 points on 47.3% shooting from the field, while adding 5.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game in his latest stint with the Detroit Pistons. (Clarence Tabb Jr./The Detroit News/TNS)

SAN FRANCISCO — A decade ago, Spurs assistant Corliss Williamson narrowly missed a chance to coach Tobias Harris in Orlando.

Williamson is looking forward to his chance to coach Harris in San Antonio.

The veteran forward signed a two-year, $31-million free agent deal with the Spurs on Monday, the first day teams and players were allowed to finalize new contracts.

“Just to watch him mature from the time he first came into the league until now, where he’s a savvy vet,” Williamson said. “It’s been a joy to watch.”

Harris was initially the 19th pick in the 2011 NBA draft, selected by Charlotte as part of a prearranged deal to send him to Milwaukee.

The Bucks traded Harris to Orlando in February 2013. He spent three years with the Magic before being traded to Detroit ahead of the 2016 NBA trade deadline.

A few months later, Williamson arrived in Orlando to join Frank Vogel’s staff as an assistant.

Williamson, who is coaching the Spurs’ Summer League squad in San Francisco and Las Vegas, said he has long admired Harris’ skillset and is looking forward to what he might bring to San Antonio.

“His versatility on both ends of the floor, offensively and defensively, is something that can definitely help us,” Williamson said. “The experience he’s had as a vet, the experience he’s had in the playoffs, that’s definitely something he can bring to the table to help our young guys continue to mature.”

The Spurs are counting on the 6-foot-8, 230-pound Harris to provide depth and shooting from the power forward spot.

“He can run the floor, he can shoot, drive, post up every now and then,” Williamson said. “We’re excited to have him.”

Harris reportedly also received interest from several other teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers and the L.A. Clippers in the Western Conference.

The Spurs won the bid for Harris’ services due to one overriding factor.

“The urgency to win a championship,” Harris told HoopsHype last week when asked why he chose to sign with the defending Western Conference champions. “It felt like both our goals aligned.”

Harris has been well-traveled throughout his 15-season NBA career, spending time with five clubs.

The soon-to-be 34-year-old played the past two seasons in Detroit, his second career stop in the Motor City. Harris averaged 13.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists last season while start­ing 63 games for the Pistons, helping the team reach the Eastern Conference semifinals, where they lost in seven games to Cleveland.

He is one of six active NBA players with 1,000-plus games, 16,000-plus points, 6,000-plus rebounds and 500-plus blocks. The others are LeBron James, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Brook Lopez and Nikola Vucevic.

Harris’ best season came in 2018-19 with the Los Angeles Clippers, when he averaged 20.9 points and nearly eight rebounds per contest.

In San Antonio, Harris can put his vast pro experience to good use, Williamson said.

“We are still a young team,” Williamson said. “The more times we have veteran guys in our program to help these guys figure it out is going to be beneficial for them.”

Lukewarm reviews for summer free-throw rule tweak

The NBA is experimenting with a new free-throw rules at Summer League designed to speed up game flow.

The aptly named “one free-throw rule” awards a single attempt for any foul that would typically result in one, two or three free throws under normal NBA rules. That free throw is worth the same total number of points as the free throws it replaces.

Standard NBA free-throw rules apply in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter and throughout overtime.

The change has been met with lukewarm reviews at Summer League.

“It’s OK,” Williamson said. “Sometimes you wish you had that second or third free throw, especially if you miss one. But the rule is what it is. We have to adjust to it.”

The one free throw rule has been in effect in the G League since 2019.

Williamson said he has trouble envisioning it coming to the NBA on a full-time basis.

“I get it for Summer League,” Williamson said. “You want to try to speed up the game. I understand that. I think there would be a lot of pushback if you wanted to bring that to the NBA. It would be really hard.”

Quaintance makes most of Summer League time

Spurs first-round pick Jayden Quaintance is not playing for the Summer League squad while working his way back from a knee injury.

That does not mean the experience has been wasted for the 20th overall pick in last month’s draft.

The 18-year-old big man from Kentucky has been a spectator at every practice, walk through and timeout so far.

“He’s taking everything in from the sidelines right now,” Williamson said. “He’s been engaged.”

Williamson said the team has been impressed so far by Quaintance’s willingness to learn, even though he has not been cleared to step on the floor.

“He’s there and asking questions,” Williamson said. “He’s engaged and wants to continue to learn.”

Staff writer Tom Orsborn contributed to this report