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Tyler Nettuno

Everyone had the same obvious joke when the 76ers hired Nick Nurse

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Following a frustrating Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics in this year’s Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Philadelphia 76ers chose to go in a different direction.

The team parted ways with coach Doc Rivers, who spent three seasons with the team and fell in the conference semifinals all three seasons. Now, they’ll be swapping one coach who won an NBA championship with a conference rival for another.

On Monday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the team had agreed to a deal with former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. In five years in Toronto, Nurse won an NBA championship in 2019 and the league’s Coach of the Year award in 2020.

While Nurse is certainly a solid hire for the team, it also opened the door for fans to make the most obvious joke of all time.

And boy, did they take advantage.

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