New Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse is building his first coaching staff with the Sixers after four seasons with the Toronto Raptors.
The Sixers lost assistant Sam Cassell to the Boston Celtics after he spent three seasons in Philadelphia with former coach Doc Rivers. It is also expected that Dan Burke will join Monty Williams and the Detroit Pistons.
The Sixers are adding former Sacramento Kings guard and assistant coach Bobby Jackson to Nurse’s staff. Jackson won the Sixth Man of the Year award in 2003 when he averaged 15.2 points and 3.7 rebounds off Sacramento’s bench. He was an assistant with the Kings in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. He was coach of the G League’s Stockton Kings in the 2022-23 season.
Source confirms Former NBA veteran and Kings coach Bobby Jackson is joining the Sixers as an assistant coach under Nick Nurse @ShamsCharania first reported pic.twitter.com/tHBAUdOlKj
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 11, 2023
Jackson will likely work with Tyrese Maxey and the other young guards on the roster to help them continue to develop. He did some player development work with Sacramento in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
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