The Sixer Sense
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Philadelphia 76ers fulfilling hopes from around the world

By Bret Stuter

PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 2: Dario Saric #9 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates with Joel Embiid #21 and Ben Simmons #25 after making a basket and getting fouled in the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at the Wells Fargo Center on December 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - DECEMBER 2: Dario Saric #9 of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates with Joel Embiid #21 and Ben Simmons #25 after making a basket and getting fouled in the second quarter against the Detroit Pistons at the Wells Fargo Center on December 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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The glue who binds all together

We’ve nominated Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown for NBA Coach of the Year based on what he has done with so many young players. But we didn’t mention anything about the diversity of the team.  That’s no small matter. Let’s refocus on the Philadelphia 76ers trajectory. In the 2015-2016 season, the Philadelphia 76ers owned the worst record in the NBA. Ten wins is not a success which inspires players to work hard.  And yet, Coach Brown found the key to each player.

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    • When the 2016-2017 arrived, Brown had to motivate his internationally rostered team.  Despite the loss of Australian Ben Simmons, and losing Cameroon Joel Embiid after 31 games, he found a way to tap into the team’s diversity and strength.  Somehow he found the way to hitch the team to Croatian Dario Saric, and fast-tracked Frenchman Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.

    Foreign cavalry on the way for 2018

    But this season, he has an international roster. And next year, it will diversify even further.  The team has Latvian center Anzecs Pasecniks, Australian power forward Jonah Bolden, and French small forward Mathias Lessort will only reinforce the team’s international roster next year.

    The way it now stands, Pasecniks will sign in as Jahlil Okafor’s vacated spot. Bolden will sign one at Amir Johnson’s vacated spot. And Lessort could fill the spot (albeit not a similar role) as the Nik Stauskas vacated spot.  Do you see a pattern? Latvian, Australian, and French prospects on a team with East European, Australian, and French players?  Bryan Colangelo has a reputation for favoring international players. That reputation will only grown with his moves as President of the Philadelphia 76ers.