Philadelphia 76ers Practice Media Availability 🎙️ | Coach Nurse | 10.19.25

Joe and Paul were full participants today with that group five and five line today. Yep. All the way through. Pretty pretty heavy day. Um as far as you know uh this is kind of one of the last days of a real long extensive session and yeah both went start to finish. How happy are you I know it’s an obvious question but how happy are you that season here? Um, yeah, I’m looking forward to it, right? I think that um, how happy am I? I’m excited. No, I’m excited. Yeah, I mean, listen, it’s it’s exciting. I think that, um, the one thing that has me happier or excited is guys are filtering back in after a long stretch of the other way around. And that certainly makes a big difference. And um you know I think that and I talked to him today I won’t get into specifics but I talked to him today about some of the stuff we’ve really been working on show showing up you know from the film room to the practice floor to to a game like situation. So that’s really important that uh that we can make progress in those kind of things. What stood out? Uh, how did Paul look and what stood out to you today? He looked good. He’s moving good. Uh, he needs to he needs to have some some more conditioning and things, but he looked good. He’s he’s um really really pushing himself to to get in shape. He defensively looked really good. He was really moving and he’s just such a good guy at reading situations and being able to get back with his length and close out handle closeout situations and and uh really knows what he’s doing on that end and um but yeah, he’s making making progress. Is he like going a little bit ahead of schedule than you envisioned or I don’t know about that. Um but he’s he’s check with check with those guys on that. I mean, he’s out there. I think he’s made progress in each of the last three sessions. I mean, again, it’s it’s the first practice that he’s been all the way through. So, it’s, you know, I mean, last practice was the first time he’d ever played five on five. So, I’m not he’s again, we’re happy to see him out there. We just keep making progressions. Yeah. Were you you a little nervous like on that last play with Joel when he collided with the uh the guy underneath the basket um when he you know got up he looked a little wobbly for a second. I must have been doing something. I don’t know. I don’t even remember seeing it. So I wasn’t I didn’t see it. You saying that some of the stuff you guys have been working on the last couple showing up in game situations. Um, how would you characterize me? Anything different you think about how you this year’s training versus anything else? Yeah, I mean, I don’t know. I mean, I think that I would go back to I go back to like we’re trying to dig out of a hole here, right? And and I think it’s been a really hard working I wouldn’t even say training camp. I’d throw I’d throw them at least four to five weeks on top of that and maybe another four or five on top of that from player development work from the summer since summer league. And that’s basically that’d be it. That’d be it’s like listen I think I think we’ve got to pull ourselves and dig ourselves out of a hole and that’s we’ve we’ve tried to have that mindset of of there’s going to be some long grinding type practices here. Um, but you know, as far as other stuff, I mean, I mean, we’re trying we’re trying to figure out things that will help this this particular group of guys, right? And and so that’s some of that’s been new and different. So, there’s been there’s been a lot of emphasis on getting through some of that stuff. And but it’s been a good hard work training camp and a good good focus. Yeah, you just mentioned obviously it’s different kind of having guys filter rather than obviously sitting out. I guess like as a coach is more like a is it better for you mentally going into the year knowing that yeah was here fall is right around the corner that you’re going to have your all nearly full complimented players. Well, yeah. I mean, listen, I think that we were we were all hoping and will continue to hope that we’re going to have a lot better luck on the injury front, right? And certainly I think that gives gives us as a staff, gives everybody a chance to put our best foot forward out there, right? As as an organization, as a team, as a coaching staff, as a group of players, as as guys, we get we get some all that all that stuff adds to a little more depth and and being able to sustain a style of play and all that kind of stuff. So, yeah, it’s it’s certainly important to get bunch of guys back. Yeah, it’s all right. My fault. A lot of the conversation on Friday was how reacts leading up to today, you know, what was the feedback? Well, he went through practice today, so I think that’s our that’s our biggest uh you know, that’s our biggest tell is is uh he’s he’s out there doing a full practice, so he’s reacted pretty good. Yeah, we were told that Trenton Trendan partially participated. So, what was he able to do? What was he not able to do? What progress has he made? Well, he’s making progress, too. He’s obviously running more. He’s He’s in the five on stuff. Um, and it was in a little bit of the drill work at the beginning. That was I mean, it’s not quite live action, but it’s pretty close to live action. And that then that was it. You guys made a pretty deliberate choice to get younger, more athletic in the offse. I think we saw that manifest on Friday with the tempo equipment. How have you seen that impact your your practices as you guys behind? Well, I mean, I think that um you know, to be able to do that, you certainly have to have some personnel to do it, which you mentioned at the start of your question. And I think as guys keep filtering back in, I mean Q Q was a latecomer, he he adds a burst of speed. Uh um you know, even even when Jared gets back, he’s another guy that can fit in fit into that. Um VJ certainly added to that. Tyrese is again playing a little bit more free in transition etc. So um you know and then it’s you know you can’t forget about like you know Barlo’s activity and energy and Bona’s activity and energy. So there’s I think there’s a there’s a number of guys that feed into to that which we’re just trying to maximize right and and hopefully we can. You mentioned uh DJ that you know the second day he was here you had him already working on a shot and kind of making meaningful tweaks or whatever but like what have you seen as the progress you made? I know we took six the other night. Um just what have you kind of seen his progress there? Progress has been really good. Um like from from you know technically the things that we’ve done he’s corrected. You know he really has worked hard on it. Um, and now to me it’s just a matter of getting them up there, you know? I mean, it I I know it sounds funny, but you got to take them in in in real NBA games and meaningful shots and mean and it’s just and it’s to me it’s just a matter of time, right? Even even if it goes like this for a while, it’s just a matter of time. You got to get those reps into you. Um, but he’s he’s I think the best thing is is the opportunities are there. the guys are create, you know, collapsing down, finding him like like he’s got some he’s got some good looks. Um, and I’m super confident he’s going to make them. When that’s going to be, he made it through the other night, couple the other night after he hadn’t made any. Um, but his work and his numbers in this setting are outstanding. So again, just just to consider like when when it gets swung over to him and he’s getting ready to pull it, I’m very excited because I’m I’m expecting it to go in because of the work that he’s put in. Thanks, coach. Yep. All right. Thanks everybody.

Coach Nurse speaks to the media following a team practice.

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