The Sixers are very much in the honeymoon phase with new head coach Nick Nurse. Several players have lauded Nurse’s creativity and the freedom they feel playing for him.
With that comes the occasional (intentional or unintentional) pot shot at former head coach Doc Rivers.
Paul Reed was a player that seemed to always find himself in Rivers’ doghouse. The veteran coach, who had a reputation for not using young guys, played bigs like DeAndre Jordan, Paul Millsap and Montrezl Harrell over Reed — when the evidence was quite clear who the best option was.
After practice Tuesday, Reed talked about Nurse empowering him to shoot.