Sixers hire Nick Nurse

[GoSixersBro]

Gut. The. Bench.

And the starting line-up for that matter.

[Arsenal]

McDaniels- I think he was a very good acquisition. However, he didn’t hit his shots. Nevertheless, I would like to see what Nurse thinks of him.

Didn't hit his shots? He shot 40% on 3s with a .580 TS% in the regular season. Perfectly fine numbers. In the playoffs, the numbers weren't that great, but he took a TOTAL of 20 shots. Volume that low means basically nothing. Two shots going in instead of bouncing out would've taken his numbers from subpar to excellent.

Just another talented young player buried by Glenn.

[Mik317]

Few things

1. Gonna be calling for his job after the first bad streak....as god intended lol.

2. people going "oh he will over play the starters"....Doc's all bench lineups makes me almost okay with this lol.

3. If the locker room lost stuff is true then you probably can cross off any former Raptor

4. Biid needs to worry about himself now...Doc was the easy scape goat...Nurse is now lower than Biid on the blame list by virtue of the owners won't fire him anytime soon

5. He was my choice because he seems like a nutso that will throw **** at the wall...but I want to know what is his initial plan for the offense and defense.

Overall..good first step. Now on to the Harden situation.....if it was up to me (thank god its not lol); I'd let him walk and see what Morey's plan B is....probably not wise short term but I can only stomach one slow dude on the team going forward and that being my center is better than it being my point guard lol.

i expected the MDA pick to be the decision so maybe Morey can lower himself on my **** list even more....

still on it tho....it is a long list however.

[youngcrev]

McDaniels- I think he was a very good acquisition. However, he didn’t hit his shots. Nevertheless, I would like to see what Nurse thinks of him.

Didn't hit his shots? He shot 40% on 3s with a .580 TS% in the regular season. Perfectly fine numbers. In the playoffs, the numbers weren't that great, but he took a TOTAL of 20 shots. Volume that low means basically nothing. Two shots going in instead of bouncing out would've taken his numbers from subpar to excellent.

True. But along those same lines, that 40% was on 30 attempts.

I imagine he'll get more of an opportunity with Nurse if he sticks around. Hopefully he's somewhere chugging protein shakes right now.

[sixers hoops]

McDaniels- I think he was a very good acquisition. However, he didn’t hit his shots. Nevertheless, I would like to see what Nurse thinks of him.

Didn't hit his shots? He shot 40% on 3s with a .580 TS% in the regular season. Perfectly fine numbers. In the playoffs, the numbers weren't that great, but he took a TOTAL of 20 shots. Volume that low means basically nothing. Two shots going in instead of bouncing out would've taken his numbers from subpar to excellent.

He got pulled in the Celtics series because in his three games, he shot 2-8 for six points. When your offensive role is to hit shots on low volume, that’s the stuff that lands you on Doc’s bench.

[sixers hoops]

McDaniels- I think he was a very good acquisition. However, he didn’t hit his shots. Nevertheless, I would like to see what Nurse thinks of him.

Didn't hit his shots? He shot 40% on 3s with a .580 TS% in the regular season. Perfectly fine numbers. In the playoffs, the numbers weren't that great, but he took a TOTAL of 20 shots. Volume that low means basically nothing. Two shots going in instead of bouncing out would've taken his numbers from subpar to excellent.

Just another talented young player buried by Glenn.

Yeah. That’s kind of my point. He misses a few shots and he’s out. Doc has a long history of sticking with the wrong guys way too long. In my opinion, Ben over Maxey in the Hawks series. DeAndre Jordan over Paul Reed. I would like to see what some of these guys can do under a coach that will give them an honest run.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

Nurse worked my nerves against us in the playoffs, but I gotta admit...It was because what he was doing was working against us. One thing about him is his guys did compete. This should be interesting between him and Embiid. I hope it works. Let's get some athletes here for him to work with.

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

I wonder if Nurse will have any say on the roster or how we change/upgrade it from now until the start of the season?
A couple of names to keep an eye on in free agency
Oshae Brissett (I liked him in Indy, I think he's a great fit with us).
Terence Davis (We're signing him! That is it!)
Norman Powell if we can pull off a trade for him.

All three of them were on the 2020 Raptor roster. I especially like Brissett and Davis. Adding both of them would pay huge dividends to our bench.

[rocketsfan100]

He has a very good relationship from his rio grande Rockets affiliated G league team with Morey ….I think it’ll be interesting what he does with Melton, McDaniels ( assuming he returns) Springer( defensive potential is high) and Reed(assuming he returns)

He has a history mod molding players into good solid defensive players by teaching the fundamentals of solid team defense. Tucker will be his voice on the floor

[rocketsfan100]

I wonder if Nurse will have any say on the roster or how we change/upgrade it from now until the start of the season?
A couple of names to keep an eye on in free agency
Oshae Brissett (I liked him in Indy, I think he's a great fit with us).
Terence Davis (We're signing him! That is it!)
Norman Powell if we can pull off a trade for him.

All three of them were on the 2020 Raptor roster. I especially like Brissett and Davis. Adding both of them would pay huge dividends to our bench.

Boucher would be a solid get as well for backup 4/5 if Reed leaves

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

I wonder if Nurse will have any say on the roster or how we change/upgrade it from now until the start of the season?
A couple of names to keep an eye on in free agency
Oshae Brissett (I liked him in Indy, I think he's a great fit with us).
Terence Davis (We're signing him! That is it!)
Norman Powell if we can pull off a trade for him.

All three of them were on the 2020 Raptor roster. I especially like Brissett and Davis. Adding both of them would pay huge dividends to our bench.

Boucher would be a solid get as well for backup 4/5 if Reed leaves

Yeah, I love Boucher. He'd be a great addition. I think the goal with Nurse though would be to turn Reed into another Boucher. All Reed really needs is a reliable three and he'd be a better version.

[GoSixersBro]

I wonder if Nurse will have any say on the roster or how we change/upgrade it from now until the start of the season?
A couple of names to keep an eye on in free agency
Oshae Brissett (I liked him in Indy, I think he's a great fit with us).
Terence Davis (We're signing him! That is it!)
Norman Powell if we can pull off a trade for him.

All three of them were on the 2020 Raptor roster. I especially like Brissett and Davis. Adding both of them would pay huge dividends to our bench.

I remember Brissett having multiple 20 point outings at the end of the 2021-2022 season. Seems to produce with playing time. Wouldn't be opposed.

[Arsenal]

Letting BBall go would be a catastrophe. He's on the verge of breaking out into becoming a difference maker, ala Robert Williams for the Celtics last year. That was the thing that turned them from a pretender into a contender.

[djsunyc]

there's alot of pressure to get to the ecf's (if not the finals) so the team will want to win alot of games.

whether harden is on the team or not...a big part of next season will be how the team performs in the non-embiid minutes so nurse doesn't feel the pressure to play him 36+ mins a night.

[Arsenal]

there's alot of pressure to get to the ecf's (if not the finals) so the team will want to win alot of games.

whether harden is on the team or not...a big part of next season will be how the team performs in the non-embiid minutes so nurse doesn't feel the pressure to play him 36+ mins a night.

It's all about the depth. When he had it in TOR, Nurse had no problem limiting starters' mins. Give him our current roster and he won't overplay the starters.

[Jay555]

Good hire. Way better than Doc.

[djsunyc]

there's alot of pressure to get to the ecf's (if not the finals) so the team will want to win alot of games.

whether harden is on the team or not...a big part of next season will be how the team performs in the non-embiid minutes so nurse doesn't feel the pressure to play him 36+ mins a night.

It's all about the depth. When he had it in TOR, Nurse had no problem limiting starters' mins. Give him our current roster and he won't overplay the starters.

yes but we (raptors) won alot of games with that depth. but if there's a threat of not winning games, then nurse will tighten it up...and that's really important when it comes to embiid's mins. can the sixers play him 30-32 mins and still win? that's gonna be a big thing to look for next season.

[youngcrev]

Watch on YouTube

Video is way too long, but you can get some idea of his offensive philosophy if you skim through. He still carries a lot of the same values from his days in Houston's organization. Spacing, free throws, layups, corner 3s. Midrange = bad offense.

Harden actually seems to fit into his philosophy a lot better than Jo, but obviously you can't argue with Jo's efficiency. Might start to see him catching the ball in different spots though, and taking more 3s, which wouldn't be the worst thing.

[Embiid P]

there's alot of pressure to get to the ecf's (if not the finals) so the team will want to win alot of games.

whether harden is on the team or not...a big part of next season will be how the team performs in the non-embiid minutes so nurse doesn't feel the pressure to play him 36+ mins a night.

It's all about the depth. When he had it in TOR, Nurse had no problem limiting starters' mins. Give him our current roster and he won't overplay the starters.

yes but we (raptors) won alot of games with that depth. but if there's a threat of not winning games, then nurse will tighten it up...and that's really important when it comes to embiid's mins. can the sixers play him 30-32 mins and still win?

The two biggest factors as to why our depth isn't good as it should be are Tobias Harris's contract and our lack of quality young players on rookie contracts to make up for it. If we were to trade Tobias, I prefer it to be for more depth. Of course all of this is for naught if Harden leaves. In that case, it's best to simply punt this season, hang onto Harris until he expires and then go after a significant free agent or two in 2024.

[Arsenal]

Watch on YouTube

Video is way too long, but you can get some idea of his offensive philosophy if you skim through. He still carries a lot of the same values from his days in Houston's organization. Spacing, free throws, layups, corner 3s. Midrange = bad offense.

Harden actually seems to fit into his philosophy a lot better than Jo, but obviously you can't argue with Jo's efficiency. Might start to see him catching the ball in different spots though, and taking more 3s, which wouldn't be the worst thing.

We need to play 5-Out at times ala MIL with Lopez and BOS with Horford. That is a way to rest Embiid on offense and open up the lane for Harden and Maxey. Not all the time, just once in awhile as a changeup. Finding ways to save Jo's energy will be key.