Time for the Philadelphia 76ers to graduate from kindergarten to first grade. To do so, it may be time for the team to consider parting ways with head coach Brett Brown.
The Philadelphia 76ers have had a run of poor seasons for the past three years. But it’s not by accident. You see, the team has been set up for failure since the arrival of head coach Brett Brown.
Understandably, this “process” had more to do with the roster decisions made by the front office than it did with Brett Brown and his coaching staff. No one can deny that Brown was given the worst ingredients in the kitchen. From the raw, inexpensive and inexperienced players, he was expected to make the greatest meal for one of the greatest basketball cities ever. Ever try making banana bread out of green bananas?
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Through these excruciating four seasons of Brown’s tenure as head coach, the team is 53-219 out of 272 games. That’s a 19.5 winning percentage, the worst in NBA history among head coaches with a minimum of 200 games.
They have also drafted/traded for five lottery picks since then: Ben Simmons in 2016 (#1), Jahlil Okafor in 2015 (#3), Joel Embiid in 2014 (#3), Nerlens Noel in 2013 (#6 from New Orleans Pelicans), and Michael Carter-Williams (MCW) in 2013 as well (#11).
One can be argue that MCW has been the best pick they’ve made in Brown’s tenure, given his production and numbers in his rookie year.