Report: Nick Nurse to fulfill with 76ers with reference to move teaching place

Former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse will meet with the Philadelphia 76ers possession and administration to debate their open head teaching place, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer studies.

The 76ers fired head coach Doc Rivers Tuesday after a Spherical 2 playoff exit by the hands of the Boston Celtics.

Rivers led the 76ers to their second straight 50-win season behind NBA MVP Joel Embiid however once more didn’t cause them to the Jap Convention Finals for the primary time since 2001. The Sixers haven’t received an NBA championship since 1983.

The Raptors fired Nurse on April 21 following a disappointing house loss to the Chicago Bulls within the NBA’s play-in match.

Nurse registered a 237-170 report as Raptors head coach, guiding the staff to a championship title within the 2018-19 season, the primary in franchise historical past.

If the 76ers do certainly select to rent Nurse, he and Embiid may have to work on their chemistry, because the MVP has blasted Nurse within the media on a number of events up to now.

This post-season, after the 76ers took a 2-0 sequence lead on the Nets with a 96-84 win, Embiid mentioned Brooklyn did the identical factor as Nurse after Sport 1 of the Philadelphia-Toronto first-round sequence final 12 months — complain concerning the officiating.

“I noticed after the sport final time, they (Nets) sort of took the Nick Nurse route of begging totally free throws and calling out the referees,” Embiid mentioned. “Then they arrive out they usually bought quite a lot of calls, which I assume is sweet for them.”

Perhaps Embiid would change his tune if Nurse bought him a number of extra foul calls…