Nick Nurse met with Joel Embiid during the interview process, according to a league source. And the source said the meeting went well. No disrespect to Nurse and Daryl Morey, but … what took so long?
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He met with Embiid during the interview process, according to a league source. And the source said the meeting went well. He compiled a 227-163 record with three playoff appearances in five seasons as Toronto’s head coach. That came after he spent five seasons in Toronto as an assistant. And this move enables him to reunite with Morey.As the Houston Rockets’ general manager, Morey hired Nurse before the 2011-12 season to coach the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Houston’s affiliate in the NBA Development League . A season later, Nurse led the Vipers to the title.
“If you beat him to the spot and he runs you over, it’s a foul. I thought he threw three or four elbows to the face. He got called for one.”His words didn’t have any impact on how Game 2 was officiated. Embiid made 12 of 14 free throws and the Sixers had a 30-12 advantage in free-throw attempts.“Respectfully, I told him to stop bitching about calls,” Embiid said later in a press conference, “because I saw what he said last game.
“He’s certainly playing great here, and there’s nothing there. But I was trying to compete against him and him trying to compete against us.”No longer having to game-plan against Embiid, Nurse will use his unconventional coaching style to get Embiid easier looks. And as their positive meeting indicates, he has received Embiid’s blessing for the job.
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