“Take it from there”: Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse explains reason behind sending Kai Jones to G League

The Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse has explained the plan regarding young centre Kai Jones. The 23-year-old joined the G League’s side Delaware Blue Coats on just a 10-day deal.

Sixers head coach Nurse was recently quoted in a report after the match against the Charlotte Hornets where he revealed reasons behind sending the youngster to the G League for 10 days.

“I think that we just wanted to get him 10 days down there (in the G League), first and foremost,” he. “Then after those 10 days, we’ll re-evaluate and take it from there.”

Nurse was earlier also quoted in a report where he stated that he went to see Jones' performance in the G League on Friday where he did ‘some good things’.

“I went out there last night (Friday) and watched him,” said the 56-year-old. “He did some good things. He’s got some size, he’s got some athleticism. I don’t know how many dunks he had last night — probably five or six — and a couple of them were pretty important tip-back dunks.

“He seemed to play his role really well. He doesn’t seem to try to do too much. He rebounds, he runs, he really screens. He moves it to the next action over and over again. So for his first game, that wasn’t too bad.”