The source also said that the Sixers have not asked the Mavericks for permission to speak with assistant Dwane Casey, the runner-up to Eddie Jordan in last year’s search. ESPN reported yesterday that New Orleans has received permission from Dallas to speak with Casey.

The sixers have NOT asked about Casey

But yeah, talk to the go with ZERO NBA coaching experience, including any assistant position

I read thats because they feel comfortable right now not interviewing him with regards to the fact they interviewed him twice last year and he was technically the runner up.

Maybe they should consider Marc Jackson. He has the same amount of coaching experience, and is even more entertaining with his constant streams of profanity. And he’s a Philly guy- and we know how that always works…

When reached by phone Monday, former Raptors coach Sam Mitchell said, "I am ready to get back into coaching."

According to Mitchell’s agent Lonnie Cooper the Sixers have interest in the former NBA coach of the year, but "Ed Stefanski has not called to set anything officially up."

Mitchell meanwhile finds Philadelphia’s franchise intriguing.

"I love the Sixers," Mitchell said. "They have talent. They need some pieces along with focus and discipline."

At that point Mitchell started talking basketball. Samuel Dalembert, who is easy for many to criticize, he likes.

"Just give Sam his defined role," he explained. "Play him 35-38 minutes a night. Tell him to go get every rebound and block shot out there and if he fouls out in the process so be it. Just show him love,"

Mitchell clearly has looked at this team and its roster in anticipation of getting an invite to talk to the Sixers brass.

He likes Louis Williams and Elton Brand from the free throw line in. He would see to it that Andre Iguodala’s three-point attempts decreased and his free-throw attempts increased – and not by just a little bit.

"If I saw Iguodala attempt more then two threes in a game, I would cry," he said. He went on to add that Iguodala should be attempting double figure free-throw attempts as opposed to long jumpers.

Iguodala attempted double-figure free throws only five times this season, four of which took place in the final three weeks when Iguodala, then playing two-guard, admitted he was more aggressive.

On the season Iguodala shot 31 percent from three, averaging almost four attempts per game, and he averaged just five free-throws attempts.

Mitchell guided the Raptors to an Atlantic division title in 2007, winning 47 games. His roster included All-Star Chris Bosh, who surrounded by guys like Anthony Parker, Rasho Nesterovich, a young Andrea Bargnani, and T.J. Ford, to name a few.

"We won 47 games because we out-executed people; we couldn’t out run or shoot you but we could out execute you and we did," Mitchell said.

Mitchell, who will be 47 in September, put in his dues as a player, becoming an NBA rookie at the age of 26. He proceeded to have a 13-year NBA career.

He is pursuing a second coaching chance with the same vigor.

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