On Saturday, the Sixers formally announced the hiring of Doc Rivers to be the team’s next head coach.
First, some thoughts on the hire:
Throughout the coaching search, my personal favorite candidate was Ty Lue. I think he’s a really good coach, and in his time in Cleveland he showed both his ability to corral star players with big egos, and also his malleability to adjust his game plans during the playoffs.
I also liked Mike D’Antoni. I wasn’t at all dissuaded by the current roster’s antithetical personnel for D’Antoni’s historically high-powered offenses mainly because, to me, an MDA hire would signal a true roster transformation.