After parting ways with Nick Nurse, the Toronto Raptors have been searching for their next coach. One of the finalists is reportedly a famous European. According to Andrea Tosi from the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Virtus Segafredo Bologna head coach Sergio Scariolo is among the Top 3 candidates to replace Nurse. The outlet reports that a final meeting is about to be held to determine whether Scariolo will be the new Raptors head coach ..read more

Keith Pompey: Nick Nurse met with Joel Embiid during the #Sixers coaching interview process, according to a league source. The source said the meeting went well. pic.twitter.com/eGUyFjlaV3 Source: Twitter @PompeyOnSixers What’s the buzz on Twitter? Noah Levick @NoahLevick A column here on the Sixers picking Nick Nurse as their new head coach: nbcsports.com/philadelphia/s… – 9:35 PM Keith Pompey @PompeyOnSixers No disrespect to Nick Nurse and Daryl Morey, but — what took so long? inquirer.com/sports/sixers-… via @phillyinquirer – 9:16 PM Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria Now on @njdotcom Sixer ..read more

Keith Pompey: Nick Nurse met with Joel Embiid during the #Sixers coaching interview process, according to a league source. The source said the meeting went well. pic.twitter.com/eGUyFjlaV3 ..read more

Fred VanVleet: ESPN Sources: Nick Nurse has reached an agreement to become the next coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Nurse — who won an NBA championship and a coach of year award with Toronto — now gets to coach the 2023 MVP Joel Embiid. pic.twitter.com/SrsXhzx7Y3 — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 29, 2023 ..read more

There are several legitimate possibilities that have emerged in conversations with multiple league sources: * Steve Nash would be a good fit and may thrive under with a more stable management and roster situation than he had to deal with in a tumultuous tenure with the Brooklyn Nets. * Sacramento associate head coach Jordi Fernandez is among the most highly regarded assistants in the league and was a finalist for the vacant Phoenix job that a source says has been narrowed to Nurse and Doc Rivers ..read more

* Sergio Scariolo, the former Raptors assistant and current coach of the Spanish national team, may want to become the first truly international head coach in the NBA. Ujiri and Webster flew to Italy to conduct an interview earlier this month. * Monty Williams has a proven track record with the Phoenix Suns and is highly respected throughout the league, but it’s unclear whether the Raptors formally interviewed him ..read more

A name to watch in Toronto’s slower-moving-than-most coaching search, says one league source, is Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernández ..read more

A source has confirmed that Nurse pulled out of being considered for the Milwaukee Bucks head-coaching job, leading to the team hiring his former Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin on Saturday. Nurse interviewed with the Sixers on Monday before meeting with the Suns on Thursday. The 55-year-old coach is pondering the best destination for him, according to sources. However, a source would not say if the Sixers offered him the gig ..read more

The Bucks hired Griffin, never before an NBA head coach, over Nick Nurse and Kenny Atkinson to replace Mike Budenholzer, who is the only coach in Milwaukee’s 55-season history not named Larry Costello to lead the franchise to a championship. With the benefit of hindsight, I realize now that I should have bought in with more conviction earlier this week when told that Griffin could indeed win a race headlined by his former Toronto boss. The word all week had been that Antetokounmpo wanted Budenholzer’s successor to be a former player. Now we have our proof that those rumbles weren’t e ..read more

Kelly Iko: Now, if this was last season, a top-five pick is as good as anything. There are teams [interested]. For example, the Raptors have already called. There are teams that still believe that No. 4 is a pretty good pick. And there are teams that are going to want to acquire that pick, but I’m just speaking in the sense of teams that have win-now veterans. What is the calculus about? Do we think, Amen Thompson or Ausar Thompson are going to really push the needle ..read more