Philadelphia 76ers: 3 players that Brett Brown failed

3 players that Brett Brown failed: Kendall Marshall

During the Philadelphia 76ers rebuild dubbed “The Process”, they had struggled to find a capable point guard since trading away Michael Carter-Williams. Ish Smith was used as a stop-gap the season before but left via free agency. Kendall Marshall was set to be the team’s point guard to manage the rebuilding team at the very least.

Prior to joining the 76ers, Marshall was a former lottery pick turned journeyman. He played for three teams in three seasons prior to joining Philly for his fourth year. He started his career with the Phoenix Suns before playing for the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks in the following seasons.

Marshall had his best season with the Lakers where he averaged career 8.0 points and 8.8 assists, while converting 39.9 percent from deep. It probably helped that the Lakers were coached by Mike D’Antoni who is usually able to bring the best out of point guards on his roster, remember Jeremy Lin and Steve Nash.

Marshall didn’t play as well with the Bucks he was still a positive NBA point guard, but that didn’t continue with the Sixers. Part of the issues was that Marshall was recovering from an ACL injury but it clear that Brown wasn’t able to bring out the best in Marshall, in particular his passing ability.

With the Sixers 3.7 points and 2.4 assists, well below his career average. What was the real shame is that his poor showing with the 76ers effective ended his NBA career. Philly traded him at the following offseason and he never played in the NBA again. I was a big fan of Marshall coming out of college but injuries, poor fit, and a coach’s inability to get the most out of him ruined his chances for a long career.