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How Long Can Brett Brown Keep This Up?

By Bret Stuter

Dec 5, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown reacts during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Wells Fargo Center. The Denver Nuggets won 106-98. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 5, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown reacts during the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Wells Fargo Center. The Denver Nuggets won 106-98. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Don’t Do Brown Any Favors

Attracting talent to the Philadelphia 76ers is not an easy task. The NBA found it easy to complain about the Philadelphia 76ers lack of significant free agent activity in the past three years. But in the 2016 free agency market, the Philadelphia 76ers landed two NBA veterans and one international veteran. And right now, none are healthy enough to play.

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Doing is never as easy as saying. It’s a fact.  Just like building a winning roster is easier said than done. Right now,the limits of Brett Brown’s team are the players on the roster. But on top of that, the healthy players on the roster are too few.

Critiquing Rules Apply To All

Now it’s just as easy for me to critique team moves today as it was for NBA basketball-minds to question the tactics of the team’s moves in the past. But it’s not doing Brett Brown any favors by sending his players away without a solid long term plan in place.

Successful players expect retention. Successful teams give it to them.

The latest move of waiving Hollis Thompson was more reaction at risking signing unhealthy veteran free agents than a complete failure on Thompson’s part. And there is the part that hurts Brown.  Brown develops players, take them as far as he can.  Errors in the front office end the relationship, prematurely.