Former Syracuse basketball player Demetris Nichols leaves Wake Forest for NBA job

Demetris Nichols

Demetris Nichols, a former Syracuse star and graduate assistant coach, is now a player development coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. Dennis Nett | [email protected]

Syracuse, N.Y. ― Demetris Nichols recently left Wake Forest after one year as an assistant coach to become a player development coach with the Philadelphia 76ers.

In a telephone interview from Salt Lake City, where he is already working with the Sixers’ summer league team, Nichols said he enjoyed his year at Wake Forest, but the opportunity to return to the pro ranks was just too good to pass up.

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