San Antonio Spurs assistant Brett Brown has agreed to become the new head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN.
Brown will sign a four-year contract to coach the Sixers, according to SI.com, which reported the agreement earlier.
The 52-year-old Brown has been an assistant under Spurs coach Gregg Popovich for the past seven seasons and previously served as San Antonio's player-development coach. He also has international coaching experience, guiding Australia to a seventh-place finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Brown becomes the second Spurs assistant to land a head-coaching job this offseason, joining Mike Budenholzer (Hawks).
Brown replaces Doug Collins, who was not retained after three seasons as the 76ers' coach.
tribe_pride wrote:How did it take the 76ers that long? Collins resigned on April 18, almost 4 months ago.
I think it's part of the Sixers plan to suck this year and get as many balls in the lottery as possible. Trade your best players, draft prospects, wait as long a possible to hire a coach, get lucky in the lottery.
That's exactly the Sixers philosophy for this year. Do as bad as possible to stack the lottery in your favor. Supposed to be the best draft in years coming up with Wiggins being the grand prize.
Ivytalk wrote:There is speculation on WIP about the 76ers' trying to break their own NBA record for single-season futility: 9-73! Can you say Leroy Ellis?
DSUrocks07 wrote:Nobody in Philly cares about the Sixers.
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That is not true. The Sixers may be a distant 4th behind the Eagles, Phillies and Flyers, but if they win people show up.
The Sixers were mediocre in a league where it's better to suck than to be average. It's very difficult to improve if you are making the playoffs as the 7th or 8th seed. Going to be tough to draw fans this year, but if the Sixers do well in the lottery they can become relevant in a few years. They will also have money under the cap next year so they could be players in the free agent market.
