Doc Rivers will return as the Sixers' head coach next season, president of basketball operations Daryl Morey said Friday.
It was the second straight season the Sixers were bounced in the second round with Rivers as head coach and the fourth time in the past five seasons. In 2019-20, the Sixers were swept in the first round, which resulted in Brett Brown’s firing.20-Year-Old Nakyah Barnes-Nelson Charged With Arson In Mother's Day Apartment Fire In Camden That Left 22 Displaced
The Sixers hired Rivers on Oct. 3, 2020, to replace Brett Brown. The Sixers earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference in Rivers’ first year as head coach but were eliminated in seven games in the semifinals by the Atlanta Hawks. This season, the Sixers finished 51-31 and fourth in the East while playing half of the season without their second-best player, Ben Simmons, who demanded a trade and caused off-court distractions. Joel Embiid put together another MVP-caliber season, and the Sixers finally jettisoned Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets in a blockbuster trade for James Harden.
Ultimately, Harden wasn’t enough and Embiid’s injuries proved too much to overcome in the postseason.They won’t be searching for a new head coach.
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