According to the fine people at ESPN, as well as those at Comcast SportsNet, Eddie Jordan has been hired to be the next head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. While there don't seem to be any details on the deal, Jordan's already getting paid $4 million by the Washington Wizards next season to not coach them, and they have to make up the difference on his new contract, so the Sixers might be getting him to coach for little to no money out of their checkbooks next season.
While some people would have probably liked to see Jeff Van Gundy or Avery Johnson pick up this job, the writing was on the wall. Jordan was one of only two candidates to have a second interview with Ed Stefanski, and worked with the Sixers' GM when they were both part of the New Jersey Nets. It should be interesting to see if Jordan can be the guy that gets the Sixers over the .500 mark and into at least the second round of the playoffs. My hopes aren't that high for the Sixers next season, but at least now they have a man in charge, even though his career record is well under .500. Now it's time to wait and see what happens.
I'll post more on this as I find out more.
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