Peach Tree Times

Longtime Atlanta Hawks star Jeff Teague has rejoined the organization as a team scout.

Teague told the organization he has been all around the world watching basketball, which gives him a good eye for who can play at a certain level, a recent news release on NBA.com said. He also said that during his second tenure with the team, he reached out to Hawks President Travis Schlenk and asked if he would be up to help him gain a job in the front office once he was done playing.

"Yeah, I'm never going to retire," Teague said in the release.

He currently ranks fifth on Atlanta's all-time assists list (2,771), seventh in steals (632) and 11th in three-point field goals made (430), the release said. The former point guard won a title with the Milwaukee Bucks in his last NBA season as a player, and before that he made nine straight playoff appearances with the Hawks, Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves.

This most recent shift marks Teague's third different stint with the Hawks, the release said.