Daily News | Nick Nurse has had an ‘interesting experience’ coaching against Joel Embiid. Now, they’re on the same team.
New Sixers head coach Nick Nurse smiles as he answers questions during an introductory press conference at the team's practice facility in Camden on Thursday.New Sixers coach Nick Nurse is getting quite the star at the center of his roster in Joel Embiid, a player he’s no stranger to battling with in the past.
So it was no surprise on Thursday that Nurse was asked about his previous interactions with the reigning MVP —— including Embiid coining the phrase “The Nick Nurse Route” in reference to a coach complaining his way into favorable calls. But Nurse seems genuinely thrilled to no longer have to coach against Embiid.
”First of all, I think that it’s been an interesting experience coaching against Joel,” Nurse said during his introductory press conference on Thursday. “In many different seasons, we threw almost everything I think you could possibly throw at a guy because it was that hard for us to try to stop him. So we threw a lot at him… there’s one part of that.”
“You know, the rest of that, it’s a little bit entertaining for me, because I understand there were some exchanges and things. I didn’t even really — when you’re out there and you’re in the heat of really competing, I didn’t even really remember them. But I accidentally had my TV on yesterday and I saw a couple of them and they were pretty good. I was like, man, I don’t even remember that. Now I know what everybody’s talking about here a little bit.
“And then as far as building the relationship, listen, I think he really competes and he really wants to be great. It’s a collaborative effort. ‘How do you see it? Here’s how I see it. Let’s figure this out.’ And for me, I just want him to have as much success as possible and that translates to as much team success as possible as well.”
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