Welcome to the city of Brotherly Love Coach @DocRivers!!!! Excited for the future and what were building here #PhillyForever– Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) October 1, 2020.
Sources informed ESPN on Thursday that a person serious possibility to sign up with Rivers personnel is Alvin Gentry, who in August was dismissed as head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans after 5 seasons.
Rivers, 58, had actually two years left on his Clippers agreement, sources stated, so he remains owed a substantial sum of money, although typically there are offset contracts on the payment put into place needs to a coach be hired in a brand-new job.
In Rivers seven seasons at the helm, the Clippers went 356-208, winning 63.1% of their regular-season video games– the fifth-best record in the NBA and the very best by any team without a conference finals appearance.
The Clippers went 49-23 during this regular season, the fourth-best record in franchise history, however they wasted a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals versus the Denver Nuggets, giving up leads of 16, 19 and 12 points as the franchises Western Conference finals dry spell reached 50 years.
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After a quick courtship and negotiation, Doc Rivers has actually reached arrangement on a five-year offer to become the next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
Rivers handle the Sixers comes only three days after he parted with the LA Clippers. It likewise means hell go back to the Atlantic Division, where hell be a primary competitor of the Boston Celtics, with whom Rivers won an NBA title in 2008 as coach.
Sixers general manager Elton Brand on Monday connected to Rivers and his agent, Lonnie Cooper, to determine interest in the Sixers task. Rivers quickly was on a flight to Philadelphia, where conferences on Wednesday with Brand, owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer had the sides moving quickly towards working out a multiyear offer.
* Win diff. from season before Rivers arrival.
Rivers takes control of a Sixers team that lost in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs and continues to think about changes to a lineup that Brand remains figured out to build around All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.
Theres also hope that a reunion with Rivers can be impactful to forward Tobias Harris optimizing his have fun with the Sixers. Before the Clippers traded Harris to the Sixers in February 2019, Harris was having his best NBA season under Rivers– balancing 20.9 points on 50% shooting from the field and 43% from the 3-point line.
Rivers was a late entry into a procedure that had actually become significantly concentrated on former Houston Rockets coach Mike DAntoni.
Rivers had been interested enough with the market, lineup and company to fly from the West Coast to take a seat with Philadelphias hierarchy.
He is successful Brett Brown, who had the job for seven seasons however was fired after the 76ers were swept by Boston in the very first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Philadelphia hasnt won an NBA championship given that 1983.
Embiid invited Rivers on Twitter, stating he was “thrilled for the future and what were building here.”.
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1 RelatedRivers was the coach in 5 of the Clippers 6 finest regular seasons, however he went 3-8 in potential playoff series-clinching games with the Clippers, tied for the worst mark by a single coach with one group.
Rivers, who likewise coached the Orlando Magic in addition to the Clippers and Celtics, has 943 career wins– 11th most by a head coach perpetuity.
Sixers assistant coach Kevin Young also talked to for the head-coaching task and made a strong impression on the organization, sources stated.
The Sixers likewise spoke with Clippers assistant Ty Lue today, sources stated, but Lue is becoming a strong prospect to change Rivers with the Clippers. The Clippers are preparing to speak with other candidates, starting quickly, sources said.
The Pelicans are preparing to speak with Lue in the near future, too, sources stated. Lue and Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin have strong ties, most significantly working together to win an NBA title in Cleveland in 2016.
