The most eye-opening thing about this summer’s coaching searches is how Lue and other Black coaches rarely get credit for Xs and Os or getting the best out of players.
While some will argue with that assessment, they can’t argue the longstanding diversity issues in the NBA’s coaching and front-office ranks. There are only five Black head coaches in a league where 81.8% of the players are Black, according to
interbasket.net. Meanwhile, Sixers general manager Elton Brand is just one of seven Black front-office executives with different degrees of decision-making power.
Those small numbers are reasons why a lot people in the league are focused on recent coaching vacancies.
The New York Knicks, the Brooklyn Nets, and Chicago Bulls all had qualified Black coaching candidates, but filled their vacancies with white coaches. In addition to the Sixers, the Indiana Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans and Rockets all have vacancies. Chicago filled its vacancy with Billy Donovan, the Knicks hired Tom Thibodeau, and the Nets welcomed first-time coach Steve Nash. All three men are white.
The Sixers might receive some criticism for hiring D’Antoni, who is also white, instead of Lue, a Black man, during a time when the NBA is promoting Black Lives Matter.
But it’s hard to criticize the Sixers for not hiring a qualified Black coach when, in fact, Brand, the person publicly in charge of leading the decision, is another Black male.
Yet, as first noted Wednesday, this coaching search has been eye-opening for several league sources.
The sources have said it’s hard to tell who’s in charge because of ownership’s earlier-than-expected involvement. Sources have been saying for weeks that the job is D’Antoni’s to turn down. They say he’s the guy the ownership group wants. One source even said the 69-year-old would have to bomb his interview with the Sixers owners not to be offered the job.
The problem is that Brand is supposed to have a huge input on the hire. The ownership group is only supposed to approve or deny Brand’s suggestion.
The most eye-opening thing about this summer’s coaching searches is how Lue and other Black coaches rarely get credit for Xs and Os or getting the best out of players.
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Their Breonna Taylor commentary was some shit straight from Fox or OAN. Reasonable people disagree and see things differently sometimes but defending her killing is some real clown shit.
Looks like this shit will happen. When outside open back up I WILL NOT be going to any fuckin 76er games as long as that Dabney Coleman lookin muthafucka is tiptoeing the sidelines 
No bitch post neither. I'm pissed!!!! 
