[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

This comes as no surprise. I was a defender of his for years and thought he did a great job during the process years and early days of simmons-embiid. But as the talent level and expectations grew, he just didn’t seem like the coach to take the team to the next level. He had clearly lost the locker room and even without Simmons a first round sweep to Boston was an embarrassment to the franchise. While I think he deserves somewhere, his time in philly was clearly up.
Jason Kidd and Tyronn lue probably top the list of candidates for Philly, but they will also probably be lead candidates for the Brooklyn job as well. Ime udoka may get some consideration if the sixers want to hire someone who already has experience with the franchise. If they wanted to think more outside the box maybe they gauge jay wrights interest in the job.

[sniperParticipant]

I don’t get the feeling Tim Duncan is really committed to a coaching career … if not maybe Brown returns to SA as an assistant and Pop’s eventual successor.

As for Philly, I don’t know how much of this was Brown’s fault and how much was Embiid’s, but watching the Sixers in that series was like watching every college team with a dominant center and not much else in the last 30 years. Sure, if he gets the ball in his sweet spot and isn’t double-teamed, he will score, and often by dunking in your face. But every team with a decent defensive scheme will keep him from getting the ball in his sweet spot, and when they double-team him he won’t know what to do.

[armchairgmParticipant]

Lue will have his choice of the Nets/Philly/NO job.
Brooklyn- Ty Lue (unless they lure Poppovich)
NO- Jason Kidd
Philly- Ime Udoka (unless Pop goes to Brooklyn then Lue gets this job or they can somehow lure Jay Wright away from Villanova)
Chicago- Adrian Griffin

[canadabasketballisrisingParticipant]

I think Phillidelphia and new orleans should be going after Mike Dantoni

[armchairgmParticipant]

I know it is being said no matter what he is done in Houston and he is the frontrunner for Indiana, but let the man be done coaching this year and let go first.

[BKGingerSnapParticipant]

I understand people like Brett Brown but he was horrible in the bubble. Playing Horford and Embiid together doesn’t make any sense in today’s nba. Horford chasing Jaylen Brown around screens is a surefire to lose. Brett Brown was too deferential to Ben Simmons and never forced him to shoot 3’s. Finally, given how much every national TV announcer gushes about Philly’s individual defenders (Simmons, Embiid, Thybulle), Philly’s defense in the bubble was horrendous as well. Everyone says Brett Brown did a good job developing players but Embiid’s defense has regressed dramatically as he refuses to show on screens and dropping on every kemba/theis pick and roll. As a Celtic’s fan, I will miss crushing philly and brown in the playoffs.

[BothTeamsPlayedHard-Participant]

The Process was always more of a marketing campaign/plot to cut payroll for multiple years and lock in profits from shared league revenues than actual plan to win a title. Teams have to cut bait and clear payroll. After the Bynum trade failed, they always needed to rebuild. Many of the teams ahead of Philly right now had to make the same decision either at or after Philly. No one else tried to be bad for multiple years, and no other team had such disregard for the value of competing to try to find players who can help them along the way. The value of competing to help develop players was lost on that franchise. They have been arrogant beyond belief, and didn’t contemplate that going all in with picks is a problem because even successful rebuilds have missteps and bad luck along the way. That is why it always takes and all-of-the-above approach to team building. It takes free agents, development, picks, and second chance guys. Look at Toronto’s rotation, #27, #23, a couple #24s, #46, #48, and multiple undrafted players. Their only former lottery pick is Stanley Johnson, and he does not play. Similar story with Miami, but they could see who was the alpha on Philly last year and moved heaven and earth to get him. Milwaukee’s former lottery picks are vets picked up off the scrap heap.

Brett Brown was a survivor who finally got what was coming. Philly never looked like a well-coached team, but he hung around. He got too much credit for being a good soldier during the tank days. The fact that ESPN has been enamored by Philly since they came up with their marketing gimmick probably bought him more time. They were never favorites this year in the East. It never made sense that anyone thought they could be better without Jimmy Butler and JJ Redick when no one else wanted the ball late in playoff games. This sweep was a much-needed reality check. Still, if pinning the blame on Brown or Brand allows Embiid and Simmons to again think it is not their fault and don’t have to get better, then they are spinning their wheels with a high payroll. Good thing, Josh Harris pocketed all those profits during the tank.

[canadabasketballisrisingParticipant]

Priorties should be:
Mike Dantoni, contract up
Jay wight
Tye Lue
Mark Jackson
Kenny Atkinson

[HitsterParticipant]

Brett had probably taken the 76ers as far as he could. A lot of teams rebuilding will consider him in due course. I could see him returning to the Spurs they lost Messina back to Europe last summer and Brown’s experience and rebuilding skills may appeal to them. Be it when Popps eventually steps down as coach and he takes over or as an excellent lead assistant to a younger person.

[BothTeamsPlayedHard-Participant]

It would seem as though Pop and the Spurs already have three young possible successors Duncan, Becky Hammon, and Will Hardy on staff.

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