nba.com - 8/23/2008
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The Philadelphia 76ers announced Friday that Jeff Ruland has been hired as an assistant coach. As part of Maurice Cheeks' staff, Ruland will work with and help develop the Sixers' post players
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76ers replace Henry Bibby with Jeff Ruland
Philadelphia 76ers —
... The Sixers announced the hiring today of Jeff Ruland as an assistant coach to replace Henry Bibby, who was not renewed. Ruland was the coach of the D-League’s Albuquerque Thunderbirds this past season, which was the Sixers affiliate. This year, the destination that the Sixers won’t be sending anyone to is Erie. Sorry, BayHawks fans. ...
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Sixers 4 guidos —
... it will be before the season starts.
Anyway it’s great to see that Sixers keep us bloggers/fans in such high consideration, and that a GM takes some of his time to talk directly to us. This is something new in the NBA, as far as I know, and hopefully it becomes a trend and eventually a standard for every team. Hats off to Stefanski and the Sixers’ public relations dept for setting up this.
4) Sixers brought back Jeff Ruland also, this time as an assistant coach
5) USA Team won the gold medal at the Olympics in ...
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