Candidate for Sixers head coach is now off the board initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Philadelphia

One determine who’d been a part of the Sixers’ head teaching search accepted one other job on Tuesday.

Billy Donovan agreed to develop into the Bulls’ subsequent head coach, the workforce introduced.

Along with the Sixers, the Pacers, Pelicans, Thunder and Rockets have head teaching vacancies. Tyronn Lue and Mike D’Antoni are among the many candidates nonetheless within the combine for the Sixers.

Donovan made the playoffs in all 5 seasons because the Thunder’s head coach and completed third this 12 months in Coach of the 12 months voting. He had a adorned 19-year run at Florida earlier than transferring to the NBA. Along with his contract expired, he parted methods with Oklahoma Metropolis after the Thunder fell to the Rockets in seven video games within the first spherical of the playoffs.

By way of the Sixers’ emptiness, Donovan’s adaptability and success teaching each younger and veteran gamers had been engaging qualities, although it was honest to marvel if he was the fitting coach to guide the Sixers’ ascent to true competition.

Ime Udoka, the Sixers’ lead assistant underneath Brett Brown, had appeared to be a robust candidate for the Chicago job. The rebuilding Bulls fired head coach Jim Boylen final month and are led by new govt vp of basketball operations Artuas Karnisovas. Marc Eversley had been serving because the Sixers’ VP of participant personnel till he left to develop into the Bulls’ GM in April.

As for the Sixers’ entrance workplace, nothing has modified but this offseason, although GM Elton Model stated on Aug. 25 that he’d be doing a “thorough evaluation.” Each the teaching search and the entrance workplace analysis stay ongoing.