The total cost is $4 billion! Spurs were approved to build a new arena, and executives are optimistic that Wenban and Alphabet can win the championship

On May 17, Beijing time, the San Antonio City Council recently approved a new plan with a total cost of $4 billion, aiming to create a downtown sports and entertainment complex, part of which will be used to build a new arena for the Spurs and finance it through state taxes. Sidery said that meant San Antonio would have a state-of-the-art arena in the Wembanyama era. The completion date of the project is not yet known.

In addition to this, ESPN reported that a city councilor also submitted a request to rename San Antonio International Airport after Popovich, calling Popovich's impact on the city "immeasurable." Popovich previously announced that he would no longer coach the Spurs and would instead focus on becoming the team's president.

Popovich spent 29 seasons as head coach of the Spurs, during which time he won 1,422 regular-season games, the most in NBA history. During his tenure at the helm, he won 5 NBA championships for the team.

Since joining the Spurs as an assistant coach to Larry Brown in the summer of 1988, Popovich has been in NBA coaching and management roles for 37 years. Between 1992 and 1994, he served as an assistant coach to Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson. He spent the other 35 seasons with the Spurs.

In addition, the Spurs are a potential next home for Brother Alphabet. An anonymous Eastern Conference executive said that if Giannis could join the Spurs, they would be the strongest contenders for the championship.

"If the Spurs can pair Giannis with Wembanyama, they will be the favourites next year. It's a terrible configuration for a team to have two players who could be in the top five in the league at the same time. More importantly, they play a compatible style of play – they can create top-tier defense that keeps opponents from scoring inside, and they can attack with a more lethal 'five outside tactics' than the Bucks. ”

Since Shams reported that Brother Alphabet is open to leaving Milwaukee, many reporters have followed up on the dynamics of Brother Alphabet, and there are also reports that Brother Alphabet would prefer to stay in the East to play.