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Buzzer beaters, NBA stars highlight best of Duke-UNC rivalry
Read full article: Buzzer beaters, NBA stars highlight best of Duke-UNC rivalryThe Duke-North Carolina rivalry has been filled with future NBA stars and intense finishes through nearly 100 meetings in Mike Krzyzewski's Hall of Fame tenure with the Blue Devils.
AP Interview: Morey embraces challenges of leading 76ers
Read full article: AP Interview: Morey embraces challenges of leading 76ersMorey hasn't had to make any major moves in his first season running the Philadelphia 76ers. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)PHILADELPHIA ā Like any top NBA executive this time of the season, Daryl Morey is trying to better his roster. āI just grabbed all the Sixers,ā Morey said. āYounger fans want to feel like theyāre part of something,ā Morey told The Associated Press in an interview this week. āWell, we happen to have the best inside players in the NBA,ā Morey said.
New 76ers president Morey: Embiid, Simmons can work together
Read full article: New 76ers president Morey: Embiid, Simmons can work togetherPressed on Embiid and Simmons, Morey quipped he was low on the tenure board. āI think they absolutely can work together,ā Morey said, ābut Docās been here a little longer than me. āWhatever my role needs to be, I accept that role,ā Brand said. āThe goal is not to shoot 3-pointers, the goal is to win,ā Morey said. Or Morey and Rivers, who bring decades of sustained winning to Philly and will demand players do it their way?
AP sources: Morey in advanced talks to lead 76ers
Read full article: AP sources: Morey in advanced talks to lead 76ersMorey stepped down as GM of the Rockets earlier this month after blockbuster moves that failed to lead the franchise to the NBA Finals. The Rockets made the playoffs 10 times since Morey was hired in 2007, including the last eight seasons, for the longest active streak in the NBA. The Sixers named Doc Rivers coach this month as they chase their first NBA championship since 1983. Morey and the Rockets split a little over a year after he sparked a rift between the NBA and Chinese government. Hinkie started The Process and now it's up to Morey, if hired, to finally complete what his onetime underling started.
Doc is in: 76ers expect Rivers to lead them to NBA title
Read full article: Doc is in: 76ers expect Rivers to lead them to NBA titlePHILADELPHIA ā Doc Rivers takes over a team tasked not with leading a Process-type rebuild or massaging the egos of two talented ā yet frustrating ā All-Stars. Enter Rivers, the 58-year-old former NBA guard who coached the Boston Celtics to the championship in 2008 and another NBA Finals appearance in 2010. Just two days after he split with the Los Angeles Clippers, Rivers was in Philadelphia with ownership and general manager Elton Brand, and on Thursday he accepted the job to succeed Brett Brown. If good things are going to happen in Philadelphia, Rivers needs more than social media support out of the talented 7-footer who has battled injuries and struggled with conditioning. āEmbiid is a better scorer, obviously, and does things, and size, you canāt plan for that,ā Rivers said at the time.
AP source: 76ers set to hire Rivers as new coach
Read full article: AP source: 76ers set to hire Rivers as new coachPHILADELPHIA ā There's a new Doc in Philadelphia ā one charged with reviving a 76ers organization that fell far short of NBA championship expectations. Rivers earned the Doc nickname by the late college coach Rick Majerus from wearing a T-shirt of former 76ers great āDr. Rivers is 943-681 in nearly 21 seasons as an NBA coach. He was the 1999-00 NBA Coach of the Year. āThe 76ers ownership group made an excellent decision hiring Coach Doc Rivers.
Sixers GM Brand says Embiid, Simmons won't be traded
Read full article: Sixers GM Brand says Embiid, Simmons won't be tradedPHILADELPHIA The next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers can count on having Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. I would love to see this group with Ben Simmons, but I dont want to make any excuses. The new coach also has got to find that balance on how to push these All-Star players to that next stage. You have a great mix of veteran players, young players learning how to win in this game. Ive grown as a leader and Ive grown as a general manager, Brand said.
76ers fire Brett Brown after being swept out of playoffs
Read full article: 76ers fire Brett Brown after being swept out of playoffsPhiladelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown reacts after receiving a technical foul during the third quarter of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kim Klement/Pool Photo via AP)PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia 76ers fired coach Brett Brown on Monday, a day after his seventh season ended in a postseason sweep. The 76ers were 43-30 this season and had woefully underachieved in a year when they were expected to be serious contenders in the Eastern Conference. Instead, they weren't close, and the move was expected after the sixth-seeded Sixers were swept by the Boston Celtics. Brown had guided the 76ers back from the bottom of the NBA but someone else will try to take them further. I have a tremendous level of respect for Brett both personally and professionally and appreciate all hes done for the 76ers organization and the City of Philadelphia, genreal manager Elton Brand said in a statement.