October Recap Philadelphia 76ers And Look To The Future

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Sep 26, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Jerryd Bayless (0) during media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Patience For Now

We’ve been here before. The team needs just a small sliver of success to give Brett Brown opportunity to see what works and what does not. Perhaps the mini-slump of either Dario Saric, Robert Covington, or Gerald Henderson will vanish as mysteriously as they arrived?

Perhaps Richaun Holmes will earn a more significant role with the team, and bring his 70 percent shooting accuracy to help pull the team’s nose up from this dive. Perhaps Nik Stauskas will emerge as that “sharpshooter” Sam Hinkie envisioned when he traded for him in 2015.

Perhaps the team will improve upon the 28.6 percent accuracy from three-point range?

#Sixers Covington: 'We've been getting a lot of good (3-point) looks. The same ones that aren't falling now are going to fall later.'
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) October 31, 2016

And so is the way of basketball. Sometimes the shots fall, sometimes they don’t. Now is not the time to panic, and from the comments so far, everyone is calm cool and collected.

Brown has been here before, each year he has coached this team. He understands the complexities of finding the right combination on the floor, and the patience needed to let it happen.

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October was a dark night with two very bright stars shining. Dawn will come soon enough. Enjoy the starlight fans.