Yesterday afternoon, news broke out that former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse became the next head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers replacing head coach Doc Rivers who was with the team for 4 seasons according to Adrian Wojnarowski.
ESPN Sources: Nick Nurse has reached an agreement to become the next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Nurse — who won an NBA championship and a coach of year award with Toronto — now gets to coach the 2023 MVP Joel Embiid. pic.twitter.com/SrsXhzx7Y3
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 29, 2023
Nurse will now be reuniting with Daryl Morey for the first time since Nurse’s G League days coaching Rio Grande Valley back in 2011.