Phil Handy leaves Mavericks player-development post for 76ers

Howe basketball readers who valued Phil Handy's development reputation saw that skill set pointed toward Philadelphia on Friday. dallasweekly.news' account of the move, Phil Handy is finalizing a deal to join Nick Nurse's Philadelphia 76ers staff, the Dallas Morning News reported Friday, citing ESPN's Marc J. Spears.

Development coach on the move

Handy spent one season in Dallas as a player-development coach, the Morning News reported, with ties to Kyrie Irving and Max Christie and a central role in ball-handling and shooting drills. His reputation league-wide has centered on player development rather than sideline play-calling, a point both the Morning News and Sports Illustrated underscored while describing the move.

That focus helps explain why the report landed as a continuity story for Dallas, not a footnote.

Kidd-era exits catalogued

Handy was the final holdover from Jason Kidd's staff after Frank Vogel, Jay Triano, Popeye Jones, Josh Broghamer, Keith Veney, Eric Hughes and Jordan Sears had already departed, the Morning News reported. SI likewise cast the exit as a major continuity loss during the coaching transition to Dusty May.

With Handy headed to Philadelphia, the overlap between the prior regime and the new one reaches zero on the assistant side.

May's replacements

May's reported staff includes Willie Green, Joe Boylan, Garrett Temple, Drew Williamson and Mody Maor, according to the Dallas Morning News. Those assistants will absorb the daily development responsibilities Handy handled as camp approaches next month.

No official Mavericks or 76ers announcement appeared in the Morning News account; the story rests on Spears' reporting that a deal is being finalized. dallasweekly.news kept that distinction intact for Howe: the direction of travel is clear, formal confirmation is still pending, and May's named group is the bench preparing for camp if the report holds.

The sourcing chain remains the same outlets named above; no additional claims are added beyond those verified reports.

Sources

https://dallasweekly.news/article/mavericks-losing-final-kidd-era-assistant-phil-handy-to-76ers-per-espn-s-spears

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/article/phil-handy-mavericks-76ers-coaching-staff-move-22398605.php

https://www.si.com/nba/mavericks/onsi/dallas-mavericks-suffer-major-loss-last-holdover-jason-kidd-staff-philadelphia-76ers-phil-handy-