The Philadelphia 76ers are coached by NBA nice guy Brett Brown. But during the 2017 NBA Draft, should Philadelphia embrace an NBA Bad Boys role?
After watching the NBA Championship where the Golden State Warriors dismantled the Cleveland Cavaliers, the future of the Philadelphia 76ers lays in the balance. If the team plans to outpace, outspace, and outpass those Golden State Warriors on the way to the city’s own championship run, that could take quite some time to accomplish.
But is there another way?
Sir Charles In Charge
Well, there may be. In fact, some of the pieces are on the roster. More are coming. It’s a path few teams can successfully pull off. But it has some promise.
What if the Philadelphia 76ers embrace an NBA Bad Boy role?
Bad Boy Physicality
The Philadelphia 76ers are a young team, and a big team. In fact, this is a team with plenty of blue collar mentality embedded in the psyche. On one hand, this is the team nobody gives credit to. On the other hand, this is the team few expect positives from. Finally, this is the team whose future was so dismal, the head coach’s primary responsibility was merely to infuse optimism in each player.
And so far, the team survived the depths of The Process.
But there are pieces on this team that warrant full exploitation. And they deserve to be explored, and even optimized. Let’s look at the five ingredients needed to create a successful NBA Bad Boy team.
I. Physicality
II. Defense First
III. Flamboyancy
IV. Fearlessness
V. Passion
Now let’s examine why the Philadelphia 76ers could be very close to assuming that NBA Personna?