McKie, who was most recently released by the Grizzlies, will join a Sixers assistant coaching staff that includes Jim Lynam, John Loyer and Jeff Ruland.

The Sixers are expected to make the official announcement on Monday.

McKie, who graduated from Simon Gratz High in Philadelphia and then starred at Temple in the early 1990s, played for the Sixers from 1997 to 2005. After a stint with the Lakers, McKie returned to the Sixers in 2007 as an assistant coach.

Because the Lakers still held McKie's rights, even though he was a coach with the Sixers, he was involved in a midseason Lakers-Grizzlies trade that sent Pau Gasol to Los Angeles.

On June 22, McKie was arrested on a charge of lying on a gun application. McKie was placed on probation.