Nets add Prigioni to staff

The Nets are adding to their coaching staff, with The Post learning exKnick Pablo Prigioni will join the group. He will aid in development, especially helping to groom a glut of young point guards that will be key in the rebuilding process.

The team also announced the addition of Tiago Splitter to the position of pro scout, with added duties related to player on-court development. Coming off a 28-53 season, and without their own draft pick in June, developing in-house talent will be paramount. The South American duo should help toward that end.

The Knicks tried to hire Prigioni, who spent from 2012-15 in the Garden and helped them to their most recent playoff berth in 2012-13. But that was last spring, under the since-fired Jeff Hornacek. Instead Brooklyn brought him on board to work under head coach Kenny Atkinson, whom he has known for years through European basketball and Basketball Without Borders.

“I’m still learning from these guys,” Prigioni had told The Post during a weeks-long visit with the Nets’ coaching staff. Now the Argentine is joining them, with no indication that anybody is leaving to make way for either he or Splitter.

Prigioni spent most of his professional career in Spain, winning the Spanish Cup MVP Award in 2006 and twice being named All-EuroLeague second-team. And when he decided to try his hand at coaching, that’s where he started.

After playing his final season at Baskonia in 2016-17, he retired and — rejecting an offer from the Knicks last spring — took over as Baskonia’s head coach. But he stepped down in October after starting 0-3 in EuroLeague and 2-3 in LigaACB.