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2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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

2 years 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.

7 years ago – via NBA.com

Sixers hire Mike D'Antoni

The Philadelphia 76ers today announced the team has agreed to terms with Mike D’Antoni to become Associate Head Coach. D’Antoni brings 25 years of coaching experience to the Sixers’ staff, including 12 seasons as an NBA head coach.

7 years ago – via Philadelphia Inquirer

Veteran NBA coach Mike D’Antoni is now the associate head coach of the 76ers, two league sources said Thursday night. D’Antoni, 64, was spotted when he arrived at Philadelphia International Airport. He had been in talks with the Sixers to join their coaching staff.

7 years ago – via New York Post

The desperate 76ers are on the verge of hiring former Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni as unofficial offensive coordinator to Brett Brown. Sources said D’Antoni is here finalizing a deal to become the associate head coach, but is not expected to be on the bench for Friday’s game against the Knicks.

7 years ago – via New York Post

According to a source, D’Antoni has been living on a golf resort in West Virginia, playing almost every day. D’Antoni’s speedball attack, which he used to turn the Suns into perennial Western Conference contenders a decade ago, is the rage of the NBA and gave the Lakers coach Phil Jackson fits during their mid-2000s rivalry.

7 years ago – via Twitter JakeLFischer

Jake Fischer: Team source said Mike D’Antoni should be first meeting with the Sixers players tomorrow.

7 years ago – via Philadelphia Inquirer

Mike D’Antoni has arrived in town to meet with the 76ers. The former NBA coach was spotted arriving at Philadelphia International Airport. He had been in talks with the Sixers to become the associate head coach.

7 years ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Keith Pompey: Mike D’Antoni has arrived to town. He was spotted at #PhillyAirport.

7 years ago – via Philadelphia Inquirer

The 76ers confirmed reports that they are talking to Mike D’Antoni about joining the team as the associate head coach. However, they are publicly saying that reaching out to D’Antoni isn’t related to last week’s hiring Jerry Colangelo as chairman of basketball operation. The coach has 12 years of NBA head-coaching experience with the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers.

7 years ago – via Philadelphia Inquirer

“Having a graybeard, true-veteran-type NBA coach has been discussed for a while as it relates to growing my staff,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said. “Vance Walberg and Chad Iske left last year. We opted to take our existing staff, which I think is fantastic and I love and has been great to me, and grow them.”

7 years ago – via Philadelphia Inquirer

Brown added that getting a new coach has been kind of ever-present for a while. “The timing is disturbing of the leak,” he said of the news breaking Friday night, four days after Colangelo was hired. “We have been talking about it for a while.”

7 years ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

Keith Pompey: #Sixers Brett Brown on discussions w/ Mike D’Antoni “This is a good thing. That name is a good thing. How could that not be a good thing?”

7 years ago – via Twitter brianseltzer

Brian Seltzer: Brett Brown said Sixers have been in touch w/ Mike D’Antoni, and he is of “special interest” to Brown. Situation needs to play itself out.

7 years ago – via Twitter MollyFrenchCSN

Molly French: Brett Brown continued: “The timing (of the leak) is disturbing because we’ve been talking about it for a while. Nothing has been agreed to.”

7 years ago – via Yahoo! Sports

Mike D'Antoni to the Sixers?

New Philadelphia 76ers chairman Jerry Colangelo is beginning to impose his influence on the franchise, engaging Mike D’Antoni in talks to join Brett Brown’s staff as associate head coach, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

7 years ago – via Yahoo! Sports

D’Antoni, a four-time head coach in the NBA, has been discussing with Colangelo and Brown a role on the Sixers’ bench that could begin later this month, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

7 years ago – via Twitter JeffZillgitt

Jeff Zillgitt: When I saw Mike D’Antoni @ Pelicans camp, I could tell he missed being around basketball. Was last guy to leave gym. Loved talking w/coaches

7 years ago – via Twitter JeffZillgitt

Jeff Zillgitt: But I also didn’t get the impression D’Antoni was itching to return to the NBA. Also enjoyed living in West Virginia near family.

7 years ago – via Twitter JakeLFischer

Jake Fischer: Mike D’Antoni has been advising his brother at Marshall this season while caring for his 101-year-old father in West Virginia.