Gillie Da Kid has thrown his name into the ring as a possible replacement for Doc Rivers as the head coach of his beloved Philadelphia 76ers.
The rapper-turned-podcaster took to Instagram on Tuesday (May 16) to share a few coaching candidates, after reports came out that the decorated NBA coach had been fired by the 76ers following yet another disappointing second-round playoff exit.
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“Doc is gone. We ain’t take that long. I told you he was putting that n-gga on the first thing smoking,” he said. “No disrespect, Doc, you’re a hall-of-fame coach you just weren’t for the Sixers.
“Now Philadelphia 76ers I got four selections for you — No. 1 Mark Jackson, No. 2 Sam Cassell, No. 3 Jerome Allen, No. 4 now this is a good one — me and Wallo. I do the coaching, Wallo give out all the muthafuckin’ motivational speeches before the game. How the fuck we gon’ lose?”
Gillie Da Kid puts himself forward for 76ers coaching job after Doc Rivers firing 😅https://t.co/52WCdDsvQrpic.twitter.com/JCp5IchtF5
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) May 17, 2023
Rivers was fired by the 76ers following his third season at the helm where he brought the team to the playoffs but couldn’t advance past the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
The Sixers were bounced at the hands of the Boston Celtics in blowout fashion as the C’s blew the doors off Philly in the second half of Game 7 to win 112-88.
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The elimination brings about an interesting off-season for the Sixers with plenty of changes possibly on the horizon as star point guard James Harden is expected to decline his player option and test free agency.
As for other Gillie news, the Million Dollaz Worth of Game personality ruffled a few feathers over the weekend when he pleaded with aspiring MCs to put the mic down if their rap careers haven’t gained any traction by a certain age.
“Fucking right there’s an age limit to rap,” he said. “If you ain’t poppin’ by a certain age, let that shit go. Muthafuckas be like all the time, ‘Yo Gil, your platform crazy this the perfect time drop something now.’
“Shut the fuck up, man. Fuck is you talking about? Do I look like a n-gga that’s holding onto yesterday, n-gga? Or do I look like a n-gga that’s elevating? And escalating, n-gga. And glowing and growing. What the fuck is wrong with you?”
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He continued: “Let me drop another debut album at 46. Get the fuck out of here. That is not me. That is for n-ggas that can only rap. Fuck all that. I got bigger and better shit that I’m gon’ climb and try to climb and get to. I’m not no n-gga that’s trying to live no throwback Thursday, man.
“If you ain’t got no traction at all by a certain age and you still doing this shit. Loser.”
