The coaching offices at the Advocate Center didn’t stay vacant very long.
Weeks after purging most of the staff – minus Chris Fleming remaining the lone holdover – new head coach Billy Donovan grabbed a definite Oklahoma City flavor on Monday, adding Chicago native Maurice Cheeks and former Thunder/Bucks coach Josh Longstaff.
Former 76ers assistant coach John Bryant was reportedly hired on last week, although wasn’t given a specific title.
Cheeks was not a bit of a surprise, playing the role of Donovan’s right-hand man all throughout his tenure with the Thunder. Longstaff worked in OKC, but also with the Knicks, and most recently in Milwaukee.