Bobby Jackson will join the Sixers’ coaching staff, a source confirmed to NBCSPhilly. NoahLevick has the details:
Before his first season coaching Stockton, Jackson led the Kings to the Las Vegas summer league championship.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
“I told them training camp was going to be hard, but I kept preaching teamwork, chemistry, having each other's backs, defending at a high level, making other teams uncomfortable, and taking things away,” Jackson said following that 2021 summer league title, per a. “The offensive side of the ball will come, as long as we approach it in the right way.”
Since retiring following a 12-year NBA playing career, Jackson has served in a variety of coaching roles. In addition to his work with the Kings, Jackson also spent time as a Timberwolves player development coach under Rick Adelman, who’d coached him in Sacramento. He seemingly had no hesitation about pushing players.. “He said, ‘I want them to have some legs when training camp starts.’ I had to cut the workouts to one a day.
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