As the frustration between player Nerlens Noel and coach Brett Brown builds, Bryan Colangelo is mishandling the team with clumsy misuse of media and messaging
Bryan Colangelo might as well be quoted as saying: “I am not my predecessor’s keeper”. He could not have done more damage across the board as he did with this message out today.
#Sixers B Colangelo: 'We have a logjam at center due to decisions that were made before I got here.'
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) December 19, 2016
Let’s not misread the facts. Technically, he is correct. Technically, he arrived to the team with Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, and Joel Embiid on the roster. He came to the club knowing the team had three potential starting centers. But the team had time. The team had incentive.
Nothing happened.
More from The Sixer Sense
- 3 Sixers players who could help Team USA Basketball
- 76ers 2k24 ratings: 3 most underrated players on Philadelphia roster
- 76ers head coach Nick Nurse bares lofty plans for Paul Reed this season
- Grade the Trade: 76ers swap Tobias Harris for superstar PG in mock deal
- Sixers Podcast: Danny Green returns + James Harden bombshell
Bryan Colangelo was the basketball minded executive with connections to other basketball executives, to player agents, and to the media. His was a new direction, open communication and frank honest dealings with the business side of things.
He talked about building versus rebuilding. But the truth is that this team has already converted to building a championship roster from the moment Joel Embiid and Dario Saric would join the team in the 2016-2017 season.