The NBA has yet to determine a date for the start of free agency, but the Philadelphia 76ers have already landed a pair of all-stars.

Not, of course, all-stars on the court, but off it. The 76ers on October 3 signed Doc Rivers to a five-year deal as their head coach. Later in the same month, Philadelphia brought in Daryl Morey as their new president of basketball operations, also on a five-year contract.

The tandem represents a new age of leadership for a 76ers team that has been seeking for years to be a dominant force in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers have been near the top of the conference each of the past three seasons but failed to make a splash in the playoffs behind stars Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid.

Rivers brings an impressive track record to a Philadelphia team in need of strong leadership. He most recently compiled a 356-208 record in seven seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers after spending nine seasons coaching the Boston Celtics. Although he was unable to bring star-studded Clippers rosters to the Western Conference Finals, Rivers has made the playoffs 16 times in his 21-year coaching career, including an NBA Finals victory in 2008 with the Celtics.

Rivers has coached myriad superstars over the years, from Boston’s “Big Three” of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, to the Clippers’ “Lob City” era of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, to the Clippers most recent superstar duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. This experience should prepare him well to work with Simmons and Embiid, two immensely talented players that many have argued do not fit together.

Sixers general manager Elton Brand, who fired previous head coach Brett Brown, insisted after the season ended that he is not looking to trade his young superstars but instead would like to build a better roster around them. Brand will keep his position as general manager under Morey, per ESPN.

Morey is coming off a similarly successful GM tenure with the Houston Rockets, who have the second-best regular season record in the league since Morey joined the front office in 2006. Best known for introducing the Moneyball-like analytics approach to basketball front offices, Morey has built a reputation as a wheeling-and-dealing GM always in pursuit of innovative ways to maximize his roster’s potential.

He notably traded for superstar James Harden who, although he averaged 17 points per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was not yet the MVP candidate he would become in Houston. With Harden as his franchise centerpiece, Morey built teams that often led the league in 3-point attempts, ushering in the current age of free-shooting NBA basketball.

Much like Rivers, however, Morey’s consistent regular season success ended with consistent postseason failure. Despite making the playoffs 11 times in 14 years with the Rockets, Morey’s teams never made it to the NBA Finals, losing both of their Western Conference Finals appearances.

The hope with the two big-name hires is that they’ll be able to overcome their playoff struggles and elevate the Sixers to championship contention. The Eastern Conference is crowded at the top right now with several teams looking to contend, and Philadelphia’s move to bring in a head coach and team president of such high pedigrees demonstrates their commitment to winning now and for the foreseeable future.