The Sixers news got started on Wednesday with the announcement that Joel Embiid was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for January, and now we have another fantastic update from the team.
Assistant coach Dave Joerger has been away from the team since Nov. 13 to undergo cancer treatment. Now, the Sixers have announced that Joerger’s treatments finished in mid-December and he’ll be returning to the team’s bench on a full-time basis.
The Sixers also shared a comment from Joerger in their press release:
“Words can’t describe how grateful I am to be back around this basketball team.