The Philadelphia 76ers are moving into a new era, bringing in Nick Nurse to replace the fired Doc Rivers.
The Sixers went 154-82 under Rivers’ guidance, and he did many good things in Philadelphia, but three consecutive exits in the conference semifinals sealed his fate.
In comes Nurse who looks to bring his innovative thinking to the position and try to get the Sixers past that second-round hump. He has a career record of 227-163 across his four seasons with the Toronto Raptors, and he led the team to its first NBA title in 2019.
Let’s begin to dissect the Nurse hire: see in which areas Toronto thrived and in which they didn’t during his time and assess how he can help the Sixers get to a championship.