Two-time NBA Champion Brent Barry has left his publish as vp of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs and is heading to Phoenix as an assistant coach of the Suns.
Humbled and excited to be part of the @Suns group and recognize so many who have a component on this step in a basketball journey that has not chapters however volumes to be written. Trying ahead to the journey w/some unimaginable minds however furthermore some unimaginable gamers
— Brent Barry (@Barryathree) July 24, 2024
“Humbled and excited to be part of the @Suns group and recognize so many who have a component on this step in a basketball journey that has not chapters however volumes to be written. Trying ahead to the journey w/some unimaginable minds however furthermore some unimaginable gamers.”
Barry joins former Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer, who signed on because the Suns new head coach final Might.
Beforehand, Coach “Bud” and “Bones” labored collectively on the Spurs. Barry performed with the Silver & Black from 2004-2008, profitable each of his rings right here. Budenholzer was Pop’s assistant coach from 1996-2013, overlaying Barry’s total tenure with the squad.
Barry shared the information in a pair of tweets saying the transfer and thanking the Spurs.
And to the @spurs organization-there aren’t phrases there may be solely what has already been shared. It’s household and it’s group and it’s figuring out that there’s a life larger than basketball. There isn’t a place like SA and also you helped increase three males, I’m perpetually grateful
— Brent Barry (@Barryathree) July 24, 2024
“And to the @spurs organization-there aren’t phrases there may be solely what has already been shared. It’s household and it’s group and it’s figuring out that there’s a life larger than basketball. There isn’t a place like SA and also you helped increase three males, I’m perpetually grateful.”
Barry joined the Spurs entrance workplace in 2018 and spent the final six years supporting arguably probably the most drastic modifications to the group in a long time.
In the meantime, the Suns are slowly constructing a San Antonio Spurs coalition in Phoenix.
Suns teaching employees underneath Mike Budenholzer:
David FizdaleChad ForcierVince LegarzaMike HopkinsChaisson AllenBrent Barry
Is perhaps room for yet one more, and we all know former Atlanta Hawks large man Pero Antic was with the Suns at Summer season League for a trial run
— Brendon Kleen (@BrendonKleen14) July 23, 2024
Along with Budenholzer and Brent Barry, the teaching employees options Chad Forcier, San Antonio assistant coach from 2007-2016. He rejoins Coach Bud after helping him in Milwaukee from 2019-2023.
With the blockbuster Kevin Durant commerce in 2023 draining the Suns of 4 future first-round draft picks, Phoenix has been pressured right into a “win-now” mode.
After being swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves within the playoffs final season, they fired Frank Vogel, who coached the Lakers to the 2020 NBA Championship and employed Budenholzer, who was on the helm of the Bucks 2021 title, during which Milwaukee defeated the Phoenix Suns.
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