Mike D'Antoni joins Sixers as associate head coach, sources say

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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.

D'Antoni has 12 years of head coaching experience with the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers. He also is someone the new chairman of basketball operations, Jerry Colangelo, trusts to be his eyes and ears when Colangelo is more than 2,000 miles away in Phoenix.

The two have a relationship dating back to their days with the Suns in the early 2000s. Colangelo is the former Suns owner and was a longtime cornerstone of the franchise. D'Antoni went 253-156 in five seasons as Suns coach. They also worked together on the USA Basketball staff, where Colangelo served as the chairman.


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[Conch]

1. Meaning...

they will improve to some extent and a roster that could have been nightmare on D will never give defense a second thought. Mike D'Antoni is the dictionary definition of a good coach. Only good... he is Flip Saunders 2.0 (RIP).

He is a transition coach... he can take a poor team and make it okay, or take an okay team and make it good. His style won't bring any team (barring some sort of windfall of greatness like Phil Jackson was able to find, twice) to the promise-land.

[crewprimal]

2. we talkin bout practice?

A.I should be hired!