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A Carroll native who’s currently coaching the Philadelphia 76ers is hosting events in his hometown this week. It’s called the Nick Nurse Foundation’s Golf and Music Festival and the golf tournament starts tomorrow. A popular indie rock band called Mt. Joy will headline Thursday evening’s entertainment. Nurse connected with the band in Philadelphia. “They had a big concert, probably about 17,000 (in the audience). It was kind of the last show of their big tour last year, in Philly, and he dragged me up there and we played a ‘Fleetwood Mac’ song ‘Dreams’ and I played the piano, which was an unbelievable experience,” Nurse said, “so I kind of just was thinking about it: ‘How can I get some of the people we get involved in the foundation involved in the show?'”
The band will recreate Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 “Tusk” music video with help from the Carroll and Carroll Kuemper marching bands. “Another great Fleetwood Mac song and video…with the USC marching band and, you know how it is, you’ve just got to ask all the participants if they’re in,” Nurse said. “…They’ve been practicing all summer.”
Adam Aaronson: Daryl Morey says Nick Nurse has been “unbelievable” during this process, mentioning Nurse’s experience running teams before he was an NBA head coach. Says all of Maxey/George/Embiid wanted to come to Edgecombe’s workout, but only Maxey could get to it. Says Maxey/VJ got along.
Cameron Johnson on Tom Thibodeau’s firing: “It’s a copycat league and some teams have done it with a lot of success. You look at Golden State going from Mark Jackson to Steve Kerr, championships, dynasty run. You look at um Toronto going from Dwayne Casey to Nick Nurse and immediately coming up with a championship. So, I think that's kind of set a a precedent that like this can be a successful a a formula for winning to getting over the hump."
Elsewhere on Philadelphia’s assistant coaching front, Coby Karl is not expected back, league sources told HoopsHype. Karl was previously head coach of the South Bay Lakers and Delaware Blue Coats before joining Nick Nurse’s staff in 2023.
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If McNair and Sacramento part ways, the Houston Rockets have been mentioned as a potential landing spot. McNair worked for the Rockets from 2007-2020. Meanwhile, interim coach Doug Christie has gone 27-24 since taking over for Brown. Christie is said to be liked by Kings governor Vivek Ranadive and has support from former Kings teammate and executive Vlade Divac. Nuggets interim coach David Adelman has since guided Denver to a 3-0 record to finish the season, earned the fourth seed in the West, and has a real chance to keep the job going forward, league sources told HoopsHype. While Daryl Morey publicly stated he and coach Nick Nurse are both returning to Philadelphia next season, there’s an expectation that Nurse’s assistant coaching staff will see changes this offseason, league sources told HoopsHype.
Adam Aaronson: Daryl Morey and Nick Nurse both expressed confidence that Tyrese Maxey, Jared McCain and Quentin Grimes can all fit alongside each other moving forward. Nurse says he would like for McCain and Grimes to both be able to handle backup point guard minutes.
Daryl Morey says he and Nick Nurse will return with 76ers next season
Austin Krell: Daryl Morey confirmed he and Nick Nurse will be back. Opened the door to significant changes elsewhere, though.
Adam Aaronson: Daryl Morey says he “didn’t set the tone well for the group” going into the season. He says himself and Nick Nurse will take a step back for a few days and evaluate everything, but both will be back.
Nick Nurse’s marching orders for Adem Bona in the makeshift 76ers’ remaining games are simple. “Just continue to keep doing what he’s doing,” the Sixers coach said this week, before the Sixers beat the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, 122-103. “Again, my thing with him is: Can he continue to do it on a nightly basis? I think his plate’s pretty full right now. He’s starting. He’s playing huge minutes. He’s been against some of the best big guys in the league.”
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Brian : 4 of the last 6 NBA championship coaches have been fired. One (Vogel) has been fired twice 2019: Nick Nurse fired 2020: Frank Vogel fired 2021: Mike Budenholzer fired 2022: Steve Kerr still there 2023: Michael Malone fired 2024: Joe Mazulla still there
Adam Aaronson: Nick Nurse says Tyrese Maxey is out for tonight’s game when asked about the report that he’s been shut down for the season. Says Maxey received more imaging. “Our medical just told me he’s out for tonight.” Asked outright if the ESPN report is wrong, Nurse says “I don’t know.”
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