Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Phil Handy is finalizing a deal to become an assistant coach with Philadelphia Sixers head coach Nick Nurse, a source said. Handy previously worked with Nurse in Toronto and with LeBron James with the Cavs and Lakers. Great addition for Nurse.

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CartoonsAndAppleJack

33 | 3 hours ago

damn that’s a NICE pickup for Philly.

Phil Handy is the TRUTH when it comes to skills development. Miss tf out of him in LA

Outside-Prize5731 | Lakers

7 | 3 hours ago

It’s the LeConnection

Rook2Rook

5 | 2 hours ago

Perfect for LaBaron and VJ

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

1 | 27 minutes ago

Phil Handy is the Paul Pierce of assistant coaches

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

28 | 3 hours ago

Super underrated pickup. Raptors and Lakers players and coaches loved him. An elite basketball mind with LeBron and Nurse the IQ on the Sixers will be off the charts

Upstairs_Baby8424 | Lakers

7 | an hour ago

Handy turned Rui into an absolute sharpshooter.

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

5 | an hour ago

Handy unlocked Siakam too. He’s truly one of the best assistants of all-time

Theonlygus | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Dude deserves his flowers

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

1 | 28 minutes ago

Jaylen Brown now has the 7th highest IQ on the entire Sixers org

Frosted_Tips | Lakers

1 | 16 minutes ago

Basketball IQ, but his IQ IQ is way up there /s

Bustabusnow

14 | 3 hours ago

That’ll come in handy

_Wash | Timberwolves

7 | 3 hours ago

LeBron got his guy

fph00 | Pelicans

4 | an hour ago

LeGM at work again

lalakingmalibog | Mavericks

1 | 27 minutes ago

LeOffseason moves

bleghssed | Raptors

5 | 2 hours ago

won the chip in 19 with Nurse in TO, and 20 with Bron in LA

crimxona | Canada

4 | an hour ago

Cleveland 2016 too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Handy

angel2timez | CHI

3 | an hour ago

Players and teams have extremely benefited from this guy. Rui credits him a lot as well as reeves

MandemModie

3 | an hour ago

A Nurse-Handy is exceptional

sunbomb | Spurs

1 | 39 minutes ago

Looked through both of the posts for comments on this and you, sir/madam, are the only one who delivered. I rest today, knowing that Reddit retains that place in my mind.

hhhhana

2 | 2 hours ago

damn we just lost our guy

ajdp024

2 | 2 hours ago

This is bigger loss than Klay for Mavs. Handy could have help their young guys a lot even for just a season.

Gristle__McThornbody | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Dude is a winner. Sixers got a good one.

Eric_T_Meraki

1 | 7 minutes ago

Hines and Handy player development duo will be killer combo especially for the younger players on Sixers. Major W.

Parking_Cheek_237

-1 | 2 hours ago

Woah nurse is staying on as coach?

Thought he’d get le kick right off the bat.

AprilsMostAmazing | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

If that happens Nursey ends up in Toronto real quick

noname_SU

1 | 2 hours ago

Why did you think that? Nurse is a Klutch client.

nbaistheworst

-1 | 2 hours ago

But will he help Embiid stay healthy?

uncleoptimus

2 | 2 hours ago

Handy is a skills development coach, not a trainer.

… Unless maybe one of the skills he trains is “how to stay healthy’

nbaistheworst

-3 | an hour ago

Joke diss wrt Embiid’s being injury prone, feel free to disregard.

[Spears] Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Phil Handy is finalizing a deal to become an assistant coach with Philadelphia Sixers head coach Nick Nurse, a source said. Handy previously worked with Nurse in Toronto and with LeBron James with the Cavs and Lakers.