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10 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Sixers general manager Elton Brand reached out to Rivers and his agent, Lonnie Cooper, on Monday, gauging interest in the Sixers job and soon had Rivers had on a flight to Philadelphia where meetings with Brand, owners Josh Harris and David Blitzer, on Wednesday had the sides moving quickly toward negotiating a multi-year deal.

10 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Sixers assistant coach Kevin Young also interviewed for the head coaching job, and he made a strong impression on the organization, sources said. The Sixers also interviewed Clippers assistant Ty Lue this week, sources said, but Lue is emerging as a strong candidate to replace Rivers with the Clippers. The Clippers are planning to interview other candidates, starting soon, sources said.

10 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

76ers hiring Doc Rivers as head coach

Adrian Wojnarowski: After a rapid courtship and negotiation, Doc Rivers has reached agreement on a deal to become the next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.

10 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: Rivers connected quickly with GM Elton Brand and Sixers ownership in Wednesday’s meetings and sides moved quickly toward negotiating a multi-year deal that culminated with a formal agreement minutes ago, sources said.

10 months ago – via Twitter davidaldridgedc

David Aldridge: Source confirms the 76ers have agreed to hire Doc Rivers as their next head coach (@Adrian Wojnarowski first). Very rapid negotiation that overcame initial internal desire for Mike D’Antoni.

10 months ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Keith Pompey: Doc Rivers has agreed to take the Sixers job, sources confirm.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ fusion.inquirer.com

76ers deal with Doc Rivers 'could be imminent'

It’s clear that Doc Rivers is now the leading candidate for the 76ers’ head coaching job, and that a deal could be imminent. A league source said the Sixers and Rivers are working through details and the job is his to turn down. The former Los Angeles Clippers coach interviewed on Wednesday. Sources confirmed that he watched the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals with the Sixers owners that night.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ fusion.inquirer.com

One source said that Rivers wasn’t going to leave town without an offer. Another source said the expectation is the Sixers will announce Rivers as their next coach. The team had intended to make the coaching hire as early as Thursday.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ fusion.inquirer.com

Yet as of early Thursday afternoon, he was publicly regarded as just the favorite to get the job. Mike D’Antoni, the former coach of the Houston Rockets, remains a candidate. Former Clippers assistant Ty Lue is out of the mix.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ fusion.inquirer.com

So what’s the holdup, considering there’s mutual interest on both sides? Could they be negotiating? With the Clippers, Rivers had a say in personnel decisions. It’s no secret that the Sixers are looking to add basketball minds to their front office. The team has said it is looking for an addition that would rank below general manager Elton Brand. This comes after multiple league sources had said the team was inquiring about the possibility of hiring a president of basketball operations.

10 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Doc Rivers the frontrunner for 76ers' coaching job

Marc Stein: On the NBA’s fast-moving coaching carousel … The growing belief in league circles is that Doc Rivers has swiftly supplanted Mike D’Antoni as the favorite for the Philadelphia job … With Ty Lue ranking as the early favorite to replace Rivers with the Clippers

10 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: After a productive Wednesday of talks with Sixers, Doc Rivers has emerged as a serious candidate in process to hire a new coach, sources tell ESPN. Rivers left town after meeting with ownership and GM Elton Brand. Mike D’Antoni remains other prominent candidate in search.

10 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Philadelphia 76ers ownership — including Josh Harris and David Blitzer — will meet with Doc Rivers in Philadelphia on Wednesday night on the franchise’s head-coaching job, sources told ESPN. Rivers talked earlier Wednesday in a virtual session with general manager Elton Brand. Brand will also attend the meeting with Rivers and the 76ers ownership.

10 months ago – via John Clark @ NBC Sports

Former Clippers coach Doc Rivers has touched down in Philadelphia, arriving in the city on Wednesday afternoon at 4:20 p.m. (see video above). A source tells me that he’ll be interviewing for the Sixers’ head coaching job tonight.

10 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Philadelphia 76ers ownership — including Josh Harris and David Blitzer — will meet with Doc Rivers in Philadelphia on Wednesday night on the franchise’s head-coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Rivers talked earlier Wednesday with general manager Elton Brand.

10 months ago – via Twitter ShamsCharania

Doc Rivers to meet with 76ers in Philadelphia

Shams Charania: Former Clippers coach Doc Rivers will meet with the 76ers in the Philadelphia area, sources tell @The Athletic @Stadium.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ty Lue completes in-person interview with Sixers

Tyronn Lue got a long-awaited, behind-the-scenes glimpse of what he hopes becomes his home-away from home. The Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach toured the 76ers practice facility in Camden as part of Tuesday’s interview for the vacant coaching job, according to sources.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

As of Sunday, Lue and former Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni were the remaining candidates for the job that has been open since Brett Brown was fired on Aug. 23. Sources said the job was D’Antoni’s to turn down.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

However, the Sixers spoke Monday to Doc Rivers’ representatives shortly after the head coach was fired by the Clippers.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

If that’s the case, the Sixers must ask themselves whether waiting for him is worth possibly losing out on D’Antoni or Lue. Before Rivers was fired, a source said the team would prefer to name a coach this week.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Lue, a former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach, has some options. The Clippers reached out to him Monday about being a candidate to replace Rivers, who is a close friend, according to sources. Sources added that representatives of the New Orleans Pelicans are scheduled to fly to the West Coast for an informal meeting with Lue on Friday. He’s also scheduled to interview for the Houston Rockets job next week. But Lue is interested in coaching the Sixers.

10 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Clippers, Rockets and Sixers interested in Ty Lue

Marc Stein: Clippers assistant Ty Lue will obviously be a candidate to replace Doc Rivers in LA, remains in the hunt for the Philadelphia job — although Mike D’Antoni is widely considered the favorite — and Lue has also received support for the Houston job, league sources say

10 months ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Tyronn Lue has interest from Clippers, Sixers, Rockets and Pelicans

Brad Turner: Sources: Ty Lue not only has the Clippers interested in talking to him for their opening in the wake of Doc Rivers being let go, but Lue has the 76ers, Rockets and Pelicans preparing to talk to him in coming days. Lue scheduled to meet with 76ers Tuesday or Wednesday.

10 months ago – via Twitter MarcJSpears

Philadelphia 76ers and New Orleans Pelicans reach out to Doc Rivers

Marc J. Spears: New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers have already reached out to former Clippers head coach Doc Rivers in regards to their head coach openings, sources told @TheUndefeated.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sixers to interview Tyronn Lue on Tuesday

Lue is scheduled to interview for the job on Tuesday, according to multiple sources. One has to wonder if he thinks his meeting could just be a formality and/or insurance in case former Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni, whose job it is to lose, doesn’t accept the job. Back on Aug. 25, the day after Brett Brown was fired, Lue was the prime candidate. He and the Sixers had mutual interest. The thought was that his recruitment for the job would pick up once the Clippers were eliminated from the playoffs.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

But it’s hard to criticize the Sixers for not hiring a qualified Black coach when, in fact, Brand, the person publicly in charge of leading the decision, is another Black male. Yet, as first noted Wednesday, this coaching search has been eye-opening for several league sources. The sources have said it’s hard to tell who’s in charge because of ownership’s earlier-than-expected involvement. Sources have been saying for weeks that the job is D’Antoni’s to turn down. They say he’s the guy the ownership group wants. One source even said the 69-year-old would have to bomb his interview with the Sixers owners not to be offered the job.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Now, word is leaking out that Brand is pushing hard for the Sixers to hire D’Antoni and that Embiid gave his blessing. According to multiple sources, Embiid is happy that he’ll face the basket instead of posting up in D’Antoni’s proposed five-out system. D’Antoni’s plan is to move Tobias Harris back to power forward. The Sixers will also make trades if he’s hired, according to reports. The expectation is that he’ll have a say in picking players for his freewheeling style of play.

10 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

But what about Lue? Source have said his progress has been different. So far, his candidacy has consisted of just discussions with Brand, according to sources. The GM did not meet with him in person like other candidates in the first round of interviews. Nor has Lue heard from anyone in the ownership group.

10 months ago – via Philly Voice

Some are more skeptical that the interest is a two-way street. Multiple league sources who spoke with PhillyVoice have questioned whether D’Antoni is genuinely interested in the job or whether it’s a leverage play to get a better deal elsewhere. There are other teams, most notably the Pacers and Pelicans, with rosters that better suit his style of basketball.

10 months ago – via Philly Voice

On Philadelphia’s end, the interest appears legitimate. Ownership has long been a fan of D’Antoni dating back to his brief stint as an assistant on Brett Brown’s staff.

10 months ago – via Twitter TheSteinLine

Mike D'Antoni and Tyronn Lue remain top candidates for Sixers job

Marc Stein: Former Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni and Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue remain top candidates for Philadelphia’s coaching job, league sources say, after a third leading candidate — former Thunder coach Billy Donovan — took the Chicago job

10 months ago – via Twitter KevinOConnorNBA

Mike D'Antoni the frontrunner for 76ers' coaching job?

Kevin O’Connor: Rumblings of Mike D’Antoni going to the Sixers have gotten much louder this past day. Nothing’s final, I’m just intrigued since his preferred style isn’t a fit for Philly’s roster. It’d be weird. Would hiring him be a precursor to changes to modernize the team? MDA does love CP3.

10 months ago – via Chris Sheridan @ basketballnews.com

Mike D’Antoni’s next coaching job will likely wind up being with the Indiana Pacers or Philadelphia 76ers, league sources tell BasketballNews.com.

10 months ago – via Chris Sheridan @ basketballnews.com

There have been maturity issues involving Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons that have been problematic for that franchise for several seasons, but league sources said that having a new voice leading the locker room – along with a new offensive game-plan emphasizing speed and scoring that presumably would be welcomed by Simmons, Embiid and Tobias Harris – would be part of the appeal in order for Sixers ownership to go hard after D’Antoni.

11 months ago – via Shams Charania @ The Athletic

The Bulls are narrowing to finalists for their head coaching job and expect to conduct final interviews soon, sources said. Denver assistant Wes Unseld Jr., Philadelphia assistant Ime Udoka, Milwaukee assistant Darvin Ham and former Brooklyn head coach Kenny Atkinson are among the coaches who have had strong interviews so far.

11 months ago – via Twitter

Jason Dumas: Source tells me that Mike D’Antoni & Billy Donovan should be in Camden this week to interview with the Sixers for the head coaching job.

11 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Billy Donovan could be a candidate with Bulls, Pelicans, Sixers or Pacers

Donovan will be a significant commodity on the open NBA market, and could become a candidate among the openings in Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Indiana.

11 months ago – via Marc Narducci @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Question: Any chance of getting Dawn Staley as the coach? — Deirdre Childress Hopkins from Facebook. Answer: First off, it’s great to hear from you, Deirdre, and thanks for the question. My colleague Marcus Hayes wrote recently that the Sixers should interview Staley because of her accomplishments as a player and a coach. I would hope that if the Sixers interview her that it just wouldn’t be for public relations reasons and that they would truly be considering her. I have been on record saying that I think the Sixers need somebody with NBA head-coaching experience, who can push Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid and I still think they will go that way. That doesn’t mean that somebody like Staley wouldn’t work and she would be a fascinating hire. There is always a chance the Sixers could go this route, but I don’t think it will happen.

11 months ago – via Brian Lewis @ New York Post

Doc Rivers rooting for Tyronn Lue

Even as his Clippers braced to face the Nuggets in the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals beginning Thursday, Rivers sounds like he’s rooting for Lue, and happy his assistant’s name is at the top of the wish lists for the Nets. And 76ers. And whoever else. “He’s been great. He’s been great. I’m glad it is. He deserves it,” Rivers said Wednesday via Zoom. “It’s a joke that he’s not a head coach, but it’s to my advantage that he’s not.”

11 months ago – via Twitter jonjohnsonwip

Tyronn Lue to Philadelphia 76ers not a done deal

Jon Johnson: To clarify: there is no done deal with Lue. Apologies to Sixers. More to come.

11 months ago – via Twitter KyleNeubeck

Kyle Neubeck: my read from asking around is that the Sixers’ head coaching search remains ongoing

11 months ago – via Twitter jonjohnsonwip

Philadelphia 76ers close to hiring Tyronn Lue as head coach?

Jon Johnson: Per source, Sixers are close to a deal with Tyronn Lue to be next HC.

11 months ago – via Twitter SIChrisMannix

Sixers to aggressively pursue Ty Lue to be head coach

Chris Mannix: There’s strong mutual interest between the Sixers and Ty Lue, per sources. With Wright out of the mix, expect Philly to aggressively pursue Lue.

11 months ago – via Twitter

Jay Wright says he's not a candidate for Sixers coaching job

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— Jay Wright (@VUCoachJWright) September 2, 2020

11 months ago – via Twitter APgelston

Dan Gelston: Jay Wright says no thanks to the 76ers : “I am not a candidate for the job. I am very happy and honored to coach at Villanova.”

11 months ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Jason Kidd interested in Sixers head coach position

Keith Pompey: Los Angeles #Lakers assistant coach Jason Kidd wants the 76ers coaching job, according to multiple league sources.

11 months ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Keith Pompey: The #Sixers may another respected coaching candidate. Sources have said Houston Rockets player development coach John Lucas is interested in a second go-round as the #Sixers head coach.

11 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike Brown in the mix for Sixers' head-coaching job?

Golden State Warriors associate head coach Mike Brown could be in the mix for the 76ers’ head-coaching vacancy. A league source says communications are happening on that front. Will he get an interview? To be determined. The Sixers fired Brett Brown on Monday after seven seasons. The organization is looking for a veteran coach to push All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.

11 months ago – via Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue is a candidate for the Sixers job. Multiple sources have said Lue and the Sixers have mutual interest. Lue would bring an NBA-championship resume (Cavaliers, 2016). He also won consecutive NBA titles as a reserve guard for the Lakers in 2000 and 2001. His second title came against the Sixers.

11 months ago – via New York Times

Lue, of course, has also been mentioned for months as a top candidate in the Nets’ looming coaching search. The latest rumbles in N.B.A. coaching circles suggest that the Nets or the Philadelphia 76ers are more likely landing spots for Lue than New Orleans despite his Griffin ties.

11 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Sixers targeting Tyronn Lue?

Adrian Wojnarowski: “I think the (coaching) search is going to start with Tyronn Lue, the assistant with the Clippers.”

11 months ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Tyronn Lue a top candidate for Sixers, Pelicans and Nets

Keith Pompey: Source confirms Ty Lue and #Sixers have mutual interest. However, Lue expects an offer from the Brooklyn Nets. The New Orleans Pelicans have also expressed significant interest. However, Lue wants to to coach a contending team and intrigued with the #Sixers.

11 months ago – via Twitter NYPost_Berman

Marc Berman: Knicks get very lucky with way restart worked regarding being only team conducting coaching search. Ordinarily, Sixers would have been in market for coach within 10 days of Knicks regular season finale. Sixers had appeal to Tom Thibodeau, per source.

11 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Tyronn Lue, Jay Wright and Dave Joerger among Sixers head coaching candidates

The Sixers plan for a head coach will focus on LA Clippers assistant Ty Lue, sources said. Lue won a championship in 2016 as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ head coach, and his ability to challenge and command the respect of high-level players makes him attractive to the Sixers — and others — in this job market.

11 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

Another possible candidate the Sixers are expected to gauge interest in, sources said: Villanova’s two-time national championship coach, Jay Wright.

11 months ago – via Adrian Wojnarowski @ ESPN

The search is expected to expand beyond those two candidates, but Lue fits the profile of an extremely limited pool of candidates with championship, playoff and high-profile star coaching experience.

11 months ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: The Sixers will run a coaching search and talk to multiple candidates, but the interest in Clippers assistant Ty Lue is expected to be mutual, sources said. The Sixers cornerstone talent and resources are intriguing to candidates, including Lue.

11 months ago – via Shams Charania @ The Athletic

Keep an eye on the following potential coaching candidates, according to sources: 76ers assistant Ime Udoka, Clippers assistant Ty Lue, Villanova’s Jay Wright, and former Grizzlies and Kings coach Dave Joerger.