[MopgrassParticipant]

 Can we say that Brett Brown is a great coach yet? 

The 76ers tanked so terribly and depleted their roster so completely and Brett Brown still made some impossible rosters look not so embarrassing. The year they took Michael Carter Williams, it was MCW and the D-League for a roster. Brown’s team kept playing too well, Hinkie had to keep trading other players so they would stop winning so much. It was hard to keep Brett Brown down. 

There was talk, at the beginning of the year, about how you have your developing coaches and winning coaches, and how Brown did great in developing players, but that it was time for a playoff coach. 

However, I’d like to applaud the 76ers in this “they’re not good today, let’s throw them away” basketball culture. They get it. Not just loyalty, but they have the vision to see that someone who hasn’t been playoff coach can become one. Brett Brown deserves wins after what he’s dealt with. And these guys are going to win for a long time. 

 

 

[frogmanParticipant]

Yes Brett Brown is a great coach.

Want to give props to Erik Spoelstra too.  A team starting Dragic, Tyler Johnson, James Johnson, Josh Richardson and Whiteside really shouldn’t be anywhere near the playoffs.

 

 

[SlickBouncePassParticipant]

 just a shout out to all the processors on here.

we faced a lot of negativity about Embiid’s health.  From Jakarr Sampson and Hollis Thompson, to Ben and Joel and a first round playoff series win.  

I still think we got lucky to land Joel and Ben, but best of luck to the rest of the NBA.

 

Loving the Paul George talk I think his perosnality and game fits best with Philly.  I guess I’d be fine with Lebron though.  

 

I actually really look forward to Boston being good again, I hope the Lakers get good, and we get some sustained Lakers-Philly-Boston rivalries again.  That is, if something happens in GS or Houston.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cohenbc1Participant]

 Stephen A. Smith was on TV the other day screaming about Jay Wright taking the ’76ers job now that he’s a God in Philly. I’d been afraid something like that would happen to Brett Brown … that when the team finally started winning they’d go after a big name and kick Brown to the curb with the worst coaching record in the history of professional sports. 

With Philly making the 2nd round I think firing Brown just got a lot harder, fortunately. And I think they’ll win the 2nd round too, which should seal the deal.

 

[BeastMode716Participant]

 & he is finally getting the credit for building an Amazing Culture w/ a group of incredible young talent who are 100% Loyal & would run thru a brick wall for him 

Consider this: The National Media was hammering Phila’s Rebuild for Years – all but Inviting Sixers Players to Leak anonymous quotes Ripping the organization 

And in ALL that time there was NEVER a Single Negative remark attributed to a Sixers player disparaging the Organization!

What does that tell you about how the man ran that team? All that Losing and the Locker Room is as Tight as a Drum

That’s a man under Extraordinary Professional pressure in danger of losing his Job for years & Never once put his needs over his players needs – how many of us would have rationalized Blaimg all the Losses on the players & saying it’s Not my fault just ONE time to protect our Career??? 

Brown has NEVER blamed ANY player or said Anything bad – not even 10 day contract guy – think about what kind of credibility that man has now w/ Players across the NBA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The GoatParticipant]

 Brown has been extremely positive for five long years. He has always been supportive and has shown unbelievable patience. It was his decision to play a 6’10" rookie power forward with no jumper at PG full time. He had to put up with year long injuries to Noel, Embiid, Simmons and Fultz, deal with the Okafor saga, the Fultz saga, patch a team together with RoCo and no names.. after all that and the job hes done this year, he deserves coach of the year. 

[r377Participant]

 Brett Brown has experience under Gregg Popovich and also as head coach of the Boomers.  He was sort after and the only way the Sixers could get him was to offer him a 4 year contract.

 

 

 

Also helps that he has been there longer than all the players so no brought in egos.

 

[treytalkssports.comParticipant]

Great coach? Depends on your definition. I keep the term "great coach" for all-time greats. 

Is he top 10 in the NBA right now? Probably. 

Is he top 5? Probably not. 

I have Pop, Stevens, Casey, Snyder, and Kerr ahead of him for sure. As far as pure coaching ability, I’d probably have Carlisle and maybe Stotts ahead of him too, but it is pretty close. Fizdale, Malone, and Gentry look like they are in a similar tier as Brown. 

Having great talent can make any coach look pretty good. He’s made some good coaching decisions – I’ll give him that. We’ll see how the next round goes. He might get out-coached by Stevens and this discussion will turn into "Should the Sixers fire Brett Brown?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sewok15Participant]

Kerr is a good coach but I would like to see him with a team that isn’t the most stacked in history to get a more fair idea of how good of a coach he is. 

Luke Walton led to Warriors to a 39-4 start two years ago winning 91% of his games. He is 61-103 (37%) as the Lakers head coach. His young team is improving but nobody is going to call him a top 5 coach in the league at the moment…where if he stayed in GS and Kerr never returned he would be in that discussion since he would be winning. 

Riley Curry could coach that team to 55 wins a year. That isn’t a mix of Pat Riley and Steph Curry I am talking about that is Steph’s 5 year old daughter. 

 

 

[treytalkssports.comParticipant]

I don’t disagree with you.

However, there is some evidence that he has been a good coach. There have been some adjustments made by Kerr that have shaken the league — small ball, Green at the 5, etc. They also run some of the best half-court sets out there, constantly getting easy looks through their flex offense. 

Also, sometimes good leadership is knowing when be influential and when to let those you are leading do their thing. Kerr’s approach has been hands off, which has been good coaching and leadership anyway. 

All of that said, I’m not sure what he would be without all of that talent. However, with the talent, its pretty apparent he is at least a top 10 coach, and I have him in my top 5. 

 

 

 

 

[holefillers1Participant]

Brown is a system guy. Nothing wrong with that.  Pop is the same way. D’antoni as well.  I would prefer an Erik Spolstra or Brad Stevens who can translate any rostor into wins.  But once a system is established you have culture so there are many ways to skin a cat.

[Sewok15Participant]

How many Wins would Stevens or Spo have had in Philly two years ago….maybe 13? Both of their teams overachieved this year but "any roster" is a stretch. 

[cohenbc1Participant]

Pop is a "system guy"?

In 1998 he started a front line of Tim Duncan, David Robinson and Will Perdue (If you don’t remember who Will Perdue was … the Spurs started 3 7-foot centers). 

That only lasted one year, but for the next decade or so the Spurs were known for smashmouth defense and a high post/low post offense with wings cutting and slashing, and not a lot of 3-point shooting. 

That stopped working so well from 2008-10 and so the Spurs reinvented themselves with a mashup of theTriangle and D’Antoni ball, with Parker and Ginobili handling the ball in pick n rolls with constant motion off the ball. The best shot was the most open shot no matter who took it. That was the team that went to back-to-back finals against the Heatles.

Last year, the Spurs went to the Western Conference finals by just letting Kawhi go iso against his man like he was MJ in 1997. 

So I would say Pop is probably the all-time greatest at adapting his system to his personnel and incorporating new knowledge about the game.

 

 

 

[Sewok15Participant]

 Perdue started 30 games and played less than 19 minutes per game. Pop didn’t roll that lineup out there all season.

  The league has certainly changed since those days. Pick and roll and 3 point shooting are what the NBA is about now…he didn’t invent those things but he did adapt to them…so I agree he is very adaptable.

The corner 3 is something that Pop seemed to popularize especially when he had Bruce Bowen who could only make them from the corners. 

 

 

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