The Spurs have a ton of assets and chose to step back from the Kevin Durant<\/a> chase, with the superstar traded to the Houston Rockets<\/a>.<\/p>\n One move the team did make on the same day Durant was traded was to hire a key assistant coach with a connection to Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>.<\/p>\n The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to hire Dallas Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney, a key part of Jason Kidd\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n Sweeney will work under Mitch Johnson and attempt to propel the team forward as Victor Wembanyama enters his third season in the NBA.<\/p>\n One intriguing connection is Sean Sweeney\u2019s past relationship with Giannis Antetokounmpo, where the coach worked as an assistant on the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> between 2014 and 2018.<\/p>\n The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> broke down the strong connection between the pair: \u201cDuring his time in Milwaukee, Sweeney built a strong relationship with star Giannis Antetokounmpo, accompanying the Bucks\u2019 young star at practices all over the globe and at all times of day. <\/p>\n \u201cAccording to Antetokounmpo, the two forged a bond that made them like brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo is the top prize<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo is the top prize available for teams in the trade market, and the Milwaukee Bucks do not want to let him leave.<\/p>\n However, the San Antonio Spurs are one team who have the assets that may be able to persuade the Bucks to strike a deal.<\/p>\n Various mock trades have been proposed<\/a>, allowing the Spurs to build a super-team around Giannis and Victor Wembanyama<\/a>.<\/p>\n Considering the strength of the West, the Spurs may need to make a super move like this to take the leap.<\/p>\n If they do decide to take the plunge, then adding Sweeney to their coaching staff certainly makes the Spurs more attractive to Giannis.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Antonio Spurs are busy preparing for the 2025-26 season. It is a time of change for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,123,3361,6,969,474,4075,4074,534,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-118628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","10":"tag-mitch-johnson","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-sanantoniospurs","16":"tag-spurs","17":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114733170275052509","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jason](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-511346582-941x627.jpg\")
Photo by Mike McGinnis\/Getty ImagesSean Sweeney connection to Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n