D’Antoni brings 25 years of coaching experience to the Sixers’ staff, including 12 seasons as an National Basketball Association head coach with four teams.
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The Philadelphia 76ers have hired seasoned National Basketball Association veteran Mike D’Antoni as associate head coach, The Inquirer reported Thursday night, citing two league sources.
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Brown said he placed a lot of calls to D’Antoni over the last few days, joking that he usually heard “the crack of a 3-iron” in the background.
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D’Antoni, 64, had a successful tenure as head coach of the Suns when Colangelo owned them and led the team to appearances in the Western Conference Finals.
The official hiring of D’Antoni comes a week after Brown agreed to a two-year contract extension with the team.
“I can’t tell you how much I enjoy talking to somebody of that experience”, Brown said.
Brown said he had wanted to add an experienced coach to his staff for some time.
“We played some sloppy defense and they benefited from that”, Okafor said.
“We started sharing names, and he mentioned the name Mike D’Antoni. That’s a hell of a name.’ Less than 24 hours later, he came and said, ‘Mike is yours.’ The speed of it caught me way off guard”. The 1972-73 76ers now own the title of the worst team ever with a 9-73 record.
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Brown said he was eager to work alongside D’Antoni, who posted a 253-136 record with the Suns from 2003-08 while featuring a dynamic offense. We’re rebuilding. What’s your motive?’ ‘I’m bored.
