Head coach Nick Nurse of the Toronto Raptors seems to be on throughout the third quarter in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on December 19, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images/AFP
Doc Rivers and Nick Nurse are among the many remaining candidates for the Phoenix Suns’ teaching emptiness, a number of media retailers reported on Tuesday.
Nurse was just lately fired as coach of the Toronto Raptors, the staff he coached to an NBA championship in 2018-19.
Rivers, who led the Boston Celtics to the 2007-08 title, just lately misplaced his job because the Philadelphia 76ers’ coach.
Others within the operating for the Phoenix job embody Suns affiliate head coach Kevin Young and Sacramento Kings affiliate head coach Jordi Fernandez, per ESPN and The Athletic.
In addition, The Athletic listed one other ex-NBA championship coach, Frank Vogel, as a fifth Suns finalist. Vogel guided the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2019-20 crown.
According to ESPN, the Suns have simply 4 finalists who will meet with the franchise’s brass.
The Suns fired coach Monty Williams after the staff fell to the Denver Nuggets in six video games within the Western Conference semifinals. The Nuggets subsequently swept the Lakers to succeed in the NBA Finals.
Williams, the NBA Coach of the Year in 2021-22, led the Suns to a 45-37 mark this season. In his second season on the Phoenix bench, the Suns reached the 2020-21 NBA Finals earlier than shedding to the Milwaukee Bucks. Williams, 51, had a 194-115 regular-season file in 4 seasons with Phoenix.
Rivers, 61, compiled a 154-82 file throughout his run with the 76ers, leaving his profession mark at 1,097-763 via his stints with the Orlando Magic (1999-2000 to 2003-04), Boston (2004-05 to 2012-13), the Los Angeles Clippers (2013-14 to 2019-20) and Philadelphia (2020-21 to 2022-23).
Nurse, 55, produced a 227-163 file with the Raptors, his lone NBA head-coaching job.
Vogel, 49, has a 431-389 mark after stays with the Indiana Pacers (2010-11 to 2015-16), Orlando (2016-17 to 2017-18) and the Lakers (2019-20 to 2021-22).
Young, 41, was an assistant for 4 years with the 76ers earlier than spending the previous three seasons as an assistant in Phoenix.
Fernandez, 40, labored for six years as an assistant with the Nuggets previous to spending the present season with the Kings.
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