And here’s the Monday night bombshell: Nick Nurse is officially the Sixers’ new coach! He follows Doc Rivers, who failed to meet the NBA title goals set by the franchise. A new page of the sports project opens, with the former Raptors coach at the helm. He will have under his command the MVP of the season, Joel Embiid.
wow! This is one less place available on the market, the Sixers have indeed found a shoe that suits them. The new tactician of the city of Love is called Nick Nurse, and has quite a CV: NBA champion 2019 with the Raptors, and Coach of the year in 2020. A real experience therefore, which must help the Sixers to pass this glass ceiling that are the semi-finals of the Eastern Conference to finally get the title, a goal not achieved for several years. Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Nurse hesitated with the Suns, but his desire to coach Joel Embiid finally got the better of the Phoenix project.
He follows Doc Rivers, who was widely criticized for his tactical mismanagement against the Celtics in this season’s Playoffs. If he had assured that he thought of staying, the Doc makes room for Nurse. Little hospital corridor joke, it seems. More seriously, Nick’s first steps will be analyzed with great attention, because like Rivers, he too was fired by his franchise a few weeks ago. In question ? Poor management of his group, and probably also the end of a cycle in terms of game plan.
Oh wow ! Nick Nurse aux Sixers ! Damn ! https://t.co/TXDx6pagZY
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Let’s talk about it, about his group management, since he will be expected at the turn on this. This season, the Raptors have often relied on shortened rotations and monster playing times for starters. Will it work with a case like Joel Embiid, ultra-performing but often prone to physical glitches? The answer is no. It will therefore be appropriate for Nurse to find the happy medium so that his star is at the optimal point of performance.
Is Nick Nurse an upgrade from Doc Rivers? Yes.
Has Nick Nurse already shown with Kawhi in Toronto that he knows how to spare his stars? Yes.
Is it reassuring for all that concerning the management of Embiid by a very Thibodian Nick Nurse? Nope.
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However, this recruitment is also a guarantee for the Sixers to find a clean game tactically, where Doc Rivers had the annoying habit of not adapting in time to the opponent. Second good point: the management of the stars. In 2019, Kawhi Leonard was able to unfold his best basketball thanks to remarkable management of the double N. This recruitment could therefore be a factor that will play an important role in the decision of James Harden this summer, he who has recently been linked to several rumors on the Houston side.
The tone is therefore set: a coach who has already been to the end, who knows how to manage his group. That’s what the Sixers probably lacked. They now have everything on paper, all that remains is to give even more on the pitch to experience eternal joy next year.
Source : Adrian Wojnarowski
2023-05-29 21:14:00
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