Philadelphia 76ers Emerging As Pace Space Pass Legends

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May 17, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown (right) poses with NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum after the 76ers receive the first pick in the 2016 NBA draft during the NBA draft lottery at New York Hilton Midtown. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

Part VI of a Series of Team Analysis. Pace Space and Pass Basketball is the Mantra of Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown. But how good will this team become in each area? Judging by the 2015-2016 season, pretty good.

Pace Space and Pass. It’s the mantra of Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown, and is the legacy of the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Since the changing of the guard in the executive suite, Brown is the last bastion to the Philly Phenom known as “Trust The Process”. While much of the accolades for the inception of the pushing-the-NBA-patience-beyond-normal-limits-to-rebuild go to former executive Sam Hinkie, it was Brett Brown’s choice to buy in and coach a team knowingly on a seven year plan to become competitive in the post season.

This year is the hump. Year four of that seven year plan. While any other situation would refer to this as the crest of the hill and all downhill from here, in this situation this is the year of the nadir, and everything is uphill from here. And so, the grading scale which tended to focus on “attendance” and “participation” as keys for the past three years is sliding away now. Going forward the evalution of the players’, and team’s, performance will be based on what did they try to do, how well did do it, and how effective was it?

So reach for that glass of wine, cold beer, hot coffee, tea or even a tall glass of ice water. We have a lot of ground to cover.

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