Rivers will be back for 76ers

Gets backing from upper management

Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey said coach Doc Rivers will return next season for a third year with the franchise.

“I just think he’s a great coach,” Morey said after recent exit interviews after the 76ers were eliminated by Miami in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

“I love working with him. I feel like I’m learning from him. I think [general manager] Elton [Brand] and I and him make a great team, and we’re gonna see where this journey takes us.

“But we feel very good about where it’s gonna take us, and it’s gonna be where we have a very good chance to win the title.”

The 76ers haven’t won a championship since 1983.

Warriors

Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are cherishing this playoff run a little more given they spent the past two years watching the postseason instead of their familiar position chasing championships. Now, with those experienced faces and a cast of new stars, the Warriors are headed to another Western Conference Finals. “It’s unbelievable knowing what we’ve been through these last two years and six of the last eight we have an opportunity to play for the Finals. To have another opportunity to get four more wins and play for a trophy, that’s special,” said Curry.

Nets

Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving has long had one of Nike’s most popular and profitable signature basketball shoes, but uncertainties surrounding his NBA future have left the company unlikely to extend him to a similar signature deal beyond the 2022-23 season, sources said. Irving has a new edition of his shoe set to debut in the fall, but that is expected to be the final year of a lucrative signature series that he has had with Nike since 2014.

Grizzlies

The NBA’s youngest team to reach a conference semifinal in the past 25 years has wasted little time turning disappointment into motivation. “This is going to motivate us moving forward,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said. “The growth individually, the growth collectively from this season, it’s only going to make us better. This is a step in the direction of this bright future that we