Sixers Add Roy Hibbert to Player Development Staff
The Philadelphia 76ers have a really big team. Everyone in their starting lineup is 6’6″ or taller while four out of the five guys are 6’9″ or taller. Elton Brand and the Sixers front office kept with that trend in a new coaching hire.
According to Shams Charania, the Sixers are adding former NBA center Roy Hibbert to their player development staff.
The Philadelphia 76ers have hired nine-year NBA center Roy Hibbert — a two-time All-Star with Indiana — to a player development coaching role, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 9, 2019
Hibbert was originally selected 17th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors but was traded to the Pacers just one month later. Hibbert played nine seasons with stops in Indiana, Los Angeles with the Lakers, Charlotte, and Denver before retiring.
In 662 career games, Hibbert averaged 14.5 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks. The two-time All-Star led some of the NBA’s best defenses during his time with the Pacers. Hibbert, along with Paul George, George Hill, and Lance Stephenson, created problems for the opposition offensively. Perhaps the best example of Hibbert and the Pacers’ defensive prowess was during the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals. Indiana pushed LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh to seven games before losing 99-76 in game seven.
In adding Hibbert, the Sixers get a guy who was elite and going up and protecting the rim without fouling. He’ll provide some good advice for guys like Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, who are constantly growing on the defensive end.
Hibbert, 32, is a native of Bethesda, Maryland. He went to college at Georgetown and made his NBA debut on October 29, 2008.
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