There will be a couple of celebrations in the Kevin Willis home about a month from now.

The 7-foot, well-muscled center will ring in his 42nd year on Sept. 6 and will prepare for his 20th NBA training camp.

The Spurs announced Friday they re-signed Willis for at least one more round in the rough and tumble world of professional basketball.

"When you are integrating as many new faces into a team as we are, it's important to have people who are familiar with and committed to that team's system and who understand the results it can produce," general manager R.C. Buford said.

"It just makes good sense to bring back a player with Kevin's purpose, a player who came to work every day and set aside any personal agenda for the benefit of the team.