Nelson, who spent 14 seasons within the NBA with 5 groups, has been progressing steadily by means of the Sixers group since arriving three years in the past. Earlier than this elevation, Nelson had been the Delaware Blue Coats’ assistant common supervisor and a 76ers scout.
an enormous congrats to @jameernelson for being promoted to Normal Supervisor!👏 pic.twitter.com/OIxk2x833I
— Delaware Blue Coats (@blue_coats) November 10, 2023
Nelson succeeds Prosper Karangwa because the G League staff’s GM. Karangwa has moved right into a extra distinguished function with the Sixers’ entrance workplace after profitable a G League title final yr, sources stated.
Nelson has a well-regarded historical past within the Philadelphia space as a participant from close by Chester who turned a first-round NBA draft decide at Saint Joseph’s within the metropolis. He was an All-Star in 2009 for the Orlando Magic, the franchise that drafted him twentieth general in 2004 out of the Atlantic 10 college.
