Following the end of the regular season on Sunday, Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey met with the media. As part of that meeting, Morey said that both he and head coach Nick Nurse would be returning to the Sixers for the 2025-26 season.
Morey said it was “obviously a tough season” for Philadelphia. He also stressed that he and Nurse would “assess everything” to avoid a similar fate next year.
“We expect more. We really feel for the fans who put their heart and soul into this team, and we know we’ve let you down,” Morey said. “Ownership gave us the resources to make aggressive moves this offseason to put a championship roster around Joel [Embiid] and Tyrese [Maxey] and sometimes, those aggressive moves don’t initially work out, but we feel good about [them].”
Morey said the trio of Embiid, Maxey and Paul George would be “100%” for next season. All three stars missed considerable time this season, in addition to suffering season-ending injuries with several games to play.
The Sixers finished with the NBA’s fifth-worst record. That’s important, because if Philadelphia’s pick in the 2025 NBA Draft falls seventh or lower, that pick will be conveyed to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The fate of that pick won’t be known until after the NBA Draft Lottery on Monday, May 12, but the 76ers would have to jumped by two teams in the lottery to lose their pick.