Turner next on list
The 76ers will interview Houston Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner on Friday in Philadelphia.
Turner next on list
The 76ers will interview Houston Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner on Friday in Philadelphia.
Turner told KRIV-TV in Houston that he plans to interview for both the Sixers opening and the Chicago Bulls opening. Turner said he hasn't yet set a date for his interview with the Bulls.
Turner previously interviewed for the head coaching vacancies with the Phoenix Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves. He has worked as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers and, for the last three seasons, with the Rockets.
The Sixers have interviewed six candidates so far: Doug Collins, Avery Johnson, Sam Mitchell, Bill Laimbeer, Dan Majerle, and Monty Williams. The search, it appears, continues.
--Kate
So who do the SIXERS draft tuesday ??? johnnyu
What about Mike Woodson? Atlanta didn't renew his contract, and he is known to be a good defensive coach— Llamaboy1375- give Mike Brown the job....better than anyone else they have on their list.— EaglesBleedMoney
- Have you looked at CYO?— JimDunfee
- Please don't bother Ed Snider while he is on his Flyers joy ride? Comcast has made a mess of the Sixers since they owned them. They're grasping at straws. Please Larry Brown, or Doug Collins, please help us overcome our gross mismanagement of the roster. And, remember, we MUST draft the player with highest upside even though we have a roster full of high upside players who can't play. The saga continues.— RunningTheBases
Comment removed.- isnt phil jackson's contract up after this year? why not hire him and let him build the team...oh wait that might sound too much like something smart...— hermano1
- Agree with the Mick074, Just go ahead and hire Doug Collins. I believe he is the man to lead us through this mess. I think Stefanski will wait until after the draft lottery to whittle down the finalists if in fact HE still employed by the 76ers.— dudega
- This sounds more like stalling than searching.— echosmyron
If this is a joke, forgive me if I dont laugh.— combocancer1975- I coach High School basketball.....Where do I send my resume?— jaydes
- I would rather have EVAN Turner than this yahoo.— redcans
- OK at what point to we narrow it down or do we make a double switch?? Can Stefanski, hire Brown anjd let him hire a coach. What a great concept!! for those naysayers, what a great concept!!— hrlevine
- You gotta be kidding me!— ohiophilly
This is a sick joke. Hey, Ed - can I get an interview as long as you're handing them out like candy?— jpk- LET'S GO FLYERS!— kozykoz26
- FIRE ED STINKANSKI OR WE ARE DOOMED— VonHayes09
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- Um, didn't go through this SAME EXACTING F'ING PROCESS LAST YEAR????? The Sixers have no clue what they are looking for in a coach. Last year they interviewed the entire Eastern Seaboard and ended up with EDDIE F'N JORDAN. Please just hire Avery Johnson (wait, Mr. Flyers hockey is too cheap to ever pay a Sixer's head coach decent money), so I guess so with Laimbeer. Then, after you hire him, FIRE ED STEFANSKI.— brmorgen81
- hire allen iverson!!!!! now that would be hilarious.— sasquatches
- just hire collins already. at least he'll have the balls to tell management this team needs to be blown apart; or maybe he already has, and that's why he hasn't been hired yet...— themick074
- I can see the Sixers thought process... Yeah.. Turner.. he'd be a good choice... He was a good backup point guard for us.. and Scott Brooks was a former backup point guard for us, and he's done a great job. Scott Skiles was with us, and he's OK. Then... when he gets there they realize that the former point guard was Andre Turner. Interview over. Sorry Elston. Where is Greg Grant by the way? Dana Barros???— madecaro
- The problem is in order to get a recognizable name as a coach, he has to believe in the players. Good luck.— B in DC
- This is a joke ... The Sixers are a laughingstock ..— azsixerfan
- WHO???? get the f*!k outta here.— eglftbl1
Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He takes over the Sixers beat after covering the Temple men’s basketball team for the past three years and Temple football the past two seasons. Pompey also previously covered the Penn and Drexel men’s basketball team and Villanova football team after initially focusing on high school sports.
Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh. Follow him on Twitter @PompeyOnSixers or reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.
ABOUT MARC NARDUCCI
Marc Narducci has served in a variety of roles with the Inquirer since beginning in 1983. He has covered the 76ers as a backup and a beat writer. In addition, Narducci has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series and a lot in between. Narducci also has a true passion for South Jersey scholastic sports, which he has covered for many years.
