FAYETTEVILLE — Isaiah Joe is going from playing for University of Arkansas Coach Eric Musselman to playing in the NBA for one of Musselman’s mentors.
Joe will start his professional career with Philadelphia and Doc Rivers, who is going into his first season as the 76ers’ head coach, but his 22nd season of leading an NBA team.
Rivers became an NBA head coach for the first time during the 1999-2000 season with the Orlando Magic. Musselman was one of Rivers’ assistant coaches after being retained from Chuck Daly’s staff.
The Magic finished 41-41 in Rivers’ first season and missed the playoffs, but he was voted NBA Coach of the Year by the media.