Chris Broussard: “The blame goes all over the place in Philadelphia starting with the front office. First, letting JJ Redick go, who was their shooter. Then they couldn’t find a way to get Jimmy Butler into the culture, and didn’t have a strong enough culture to handle him. Miami does and he’s been terrific there. They also overpaid Al Horford, and some would even argue they overpaid Tobias Harris although he’s a really good player. So the front office is not absolved of blame. Joel Embiid likes to float round to the three-point line 50% of the time. I’ve blamed it on Ben Simmons for Embiid having to play down low for the most part, but even when Simmons isn’t there Embiid does the same thing. He lets guys like Daniel Theis push him out to 15 and 16 feet on his postups and then he faces up. He’s not playing big enough and a lot of that is on Embiid. Ben Simmons not being able to take a jump shot is on Simmons, so I get there is a lot of blame going around. But if I had to do a blame pie, the biggest slice would still go to Brett Brown. It is your job as the head coach to connect with your players. To get Ben Simmons to understand the importance of getting a jump shot. To get Joel Embiid to understand the importance of playing down low 85% of the time, and punishing people down low like Shaq would. You can talk about the front office decisions all you want, when I look at that roster, they’ve got talent… It is the coach's job to bring those guys together and maximize their potential, and Brett just hasn’t done it. I think it was the right decision to get rid of him.” (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Chris Broussard explain to Colin Cowherd why he believes the Philadelphia 76ers were right to move on from charismatic head coach Brett Brown, who had helped rebuild the franchise rebuild from the seemingly bottomless depths of ‘The Process’, but also played a big role in the team’s chronic underachieving.
Check out the video above as Chris Broussard details why first and second round playoff exits simply aren’t good enough when you have that type of roster talent that is built to win big, especially in a cutthroat market like Philadelphia.
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