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Can O’Brien and Brown Coach These Philadelphia 76ers?

By Bret Stuter

Apr 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown goes over a play with his team during the third quarter of the game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Wells Fargo Center. The Milwaukee Bucks won 109-108 in OT. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown goes over a play with his team during the third quarter of the game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Wells Fargo Center. The Milwaukee Bucks won 109-108 in OT. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown goes over a play with his team during the third quarter of the game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Wells Fargo Center. The Milwaukee Bucks won 109-108 in OT. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown goes over a play with his team during the third quarter of the game against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Wells Fargo Center. The Milwaukee Bucks won 109-108 in OT. Mandatory Credit: John Geliebter-USA TODAY Sports /

In adding Jim O’Brien as an assistant coach, the Philadelphia 76ers have reassembled the coaching staff to lead the team this season? But can this duo do it?

We know head coach Brett Brown, or after three years of motivating a young, inexperienced team, we should. But assistant head coach Jim O’Brien is a new variable, an unknown. That creates some debate as to the coaching acumen of the Philadelphia 76ers this season.

That’s where we step in as guides.

To develop a strong coaching staff, a team needs to compliment the weaknesses of one coach with the strengths of another. So which strengths will you find in the two top coaches of the Philadelphia 76ers?

In head coach Brett Brown, the Philadelphia 76ers have a coach who is from Gregg Popovich’s coaching tree, and as such Brown has incorporated much of Popovich’s philosophy and scheme. Before I am corrected incessantly in the comments section, I understand that Gregg Popovich has no “system” per se. He develops a scheme to suit his players, and uses that “built to fit” scheme to optimize the strengths of each lineup.

Brett Brown is very gifted at developing players.  But he is also very good at player subsititutions. Remember the night where the Philadelphia 76ers nearly upset the Golden State Warriors?  But the results of Jim O’Brien in developing players has not been graded very highly, at least not when he was the coach of the Indianapolis Pacers.

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