LA Clippers assistant Tyronn Lue is no longer considered to be in the mix for the Philadelphia 76ers head coaching position.
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00:00 LA Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue is no longer considered to be in the mixer Philadelphia's
00:04 Vaganet coaching position.
00:05 Instead, former Clippers head coach Doc Rivers is supposed to be the guy for the Sixers now
00:10 and a deal could be imminent according to Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey.
00:15 Rivers reportedly met with Philadelphia's ownership on Wednesday night and watched Game
00:18 1 of the NBA Finals with them.
00:19 There seems to be a good chance that the hire is announced as soon as this weekend.
00:24 As far as the Clippers are concerned, the franchise is to be happy with this news.
00:26 Not only will Rivers be getting another job in the near future, but Lue now has one less
00:31 option on the table.
00:32 Other franchises will surely be courting Lue as it stands the Sixers, Clippers, Oklahoma
00:37 City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans, and Houston Rockets ring with that head coach.
00:41 He's emerged as a strong candidate to replace Rivers in LA, but the front office is planning
00:46 to interview additional options soon according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
00:50 It remains to be seen how many candidates LA will consider.
00:53 Jeff Van Gundy is supposedly one of them, and while Clippers assistant Sin Casel hasn't
00:59 emerged as a name just yet, it would be surprising if he wasn't in the mix as well.
01:02 That said, this is arguably the most important decision the franchise has had to make in
01:06 its 50-year history.
01:07 Clippers have never been closer to winning an NBA title so far, and with only one guaranteed
01:13 year of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George remaining, there is no margin for error.
01:17 Whether Lue ends up landing the job or not is going to be a thorough, drawn-out process
01:21 and rightfully so.