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If the Celtics without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward beat the Sixers, when will the Sixers ever be able to beat the Celts? Both teams have bright futures, but the Sixer's have a greater representation of their future healthy and ready to compete in this second round playoff series. If Brett Brown is ever to get a series against Brad Stevens, this one would be it. If the Sixer's lose this series then the process will need a new head coach.

Disagree strongly.

The players have developed awesomely under Brett Brown. I'd give him another season for sure.

SelfishPlayer wrote:If the Celtics without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward beat the Sixers, when will the Sixers ever be able to beat the Celts? Both teams have bright futures, but the Sixer's have a greater representation of their future healthy and ready to compete in this second round playoff series. If Brett Brown is ever to get a series against Brad Stevens, this one would be it. If the Sixer's lose this series then the process will need a new head coach.

If Brad Stevens ever wants to win a series against Brown it would be this before the Process adds Lebron and Simmons gets a shot.

Sixers are a year early. Embiid and Simmons are ascending players. Embiid made the jump from top 30 player (according to ESPN rankings) into the top 10 (only reason ESPN put him at 30 was due to injury)

So embiid is ascending and likely jumps into the conservation of top 5 next season.

Simmons is in the top 20-25 now. He likely jumps to 10-15 Range next season.

So sixers losing in playoffs this season has no bearing on their future. Their two main stairs are still improving.

And I haven’t even addressed the Fultz situation or any future free agent signings.

If Embiid or Simmons choke, will they be traded?

lambchop wrote:The players have developed awesomely under Brett Brown. I'd give him another season for sure.

I disagree. Nerlens Noel never developed a jump shot after Brett Brown totally recostructed his shooting form. Jahlil Okafor never developed after having to compete for playing time at center behind Embiid, Noel, and even Holmes, never getting minutes at PF. Now we are seeing that play out again with Fultz having to compete for playing time exclusively at PG behind Simmons and TJ McConnell.

No. The Sixers are still a very young team and Brown has done a very good job developing their young players and coming up with good lineups. Don't try to fix what's working.

Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

chrisab123 wrote:Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

Same team that's playing a game 7 today in round 1?

JShuttlesworth wrote:

chrisab123 wrote:Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

Same team that's playing a game 7 today in round 1?

Yup. 76ers too young, Celtics too beat up. Pacers not good enough and the Raps crap their pants at the sight of LeBron. I think It’s pretty easy to predict

chrisab123 wrote:Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

What?! The Cavs are playing a game 7 for the first time since the 2016 NBA Finals, have dropped 3 games to 5th seeded 48 win Indiana (i.e. not even a title or Finals contender) when they have only lost 5 games in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the past 3 years and you still think they're going back to the NBA Finals?!! The writing is on the wall. The Cavs are done. It's the end of an era and the beginning of something new. This year is very similar to 2011 when the Lakers have failed to make a 4th consecutive trip to the Finals. The Mavs ended the Lakers reign in the West and from 2012 onward the Lakers have never made it back to the top, not even close. I see the same thing happening to the Cavs next year except instead of being a 2nd round exit they go back to the lotto after Lebron bolts.

chrisab123 wrote:

JShuttlesworth wrote:

chrisab123 wrote:Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

Same team that's playing a game 7 today in round 1?

Yup. 76ers too young, Celtics too beat up. Pacers not good enough and the Raps crap their pants at the sight of LeBron. I think It’s pretty easy to predict

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't think anyone predicted Indiana taking them to 7. They've also handled them in a few of the games so far.

If Embiid can't dominate Horford/Baynes that's on him.

premature question

the Celtics aren't favuored vs Philly but let a few games go in and for the Celtics to win a few games before these type of questions arise.

honestly this is pretty ridiculous

Absolutely not. Its thier experience in the playoffs any thing they do at this point is a plus. Brett Brown is better than the FA coaches available.

Sixers just started competing, they're ahead of schedule. Brett still has a lot of time left before they get the contending coach.

jonjames wrote:

chrisab123 wrote:Brown is a solid coach. One series shouldn’t define a team and It’s not like Brown/Tatum are scrubs either. Whoever wins this series is just going to get smacked around by the one man team known as LeBron anyways

What?! The Cavs are playing a game 7 for the first time since the 2016 NBA Finals, have dropped 3 games to 5th seeded 48 win Indiana (i.e. not even a title or Finals contender) when they have only lost 5 games in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the past 3 years and you still think they're going back to the NBA Finals?!! The writing is on the wall. The Cavs are done. It's the end of an era and the beginning of something new. This year is very similar to 2011 when the Lakers have failed to make a 4th consecutive trip to the Finals. The Mavs ended the Lakers reign in the West and from 2012 onward the Lakers have never made it back to the top, not even close. I see the same thing happening to the Cavs next year except instead of being a 2nd round exit they go back to the lotto after Lebron bolts.

While I do hope you’re right the only team that I saw even giving LeBron a series in the ECF is the Celtics pre Irving injury.

The Boy wrote:Sixers just started competing, they're ahead of schedule. Brett still has a lot of time left before they get the contending coach.

If the Sixer's are ahead of schedule then where are the current Celtics?

SelfishPlayer wrote:

The Boy wrote:Sixers just started competing, they're ahead of schedule. Brett still has a lot of time left before they get the contending coach.

If the Sixer's are ahead of schedule then where are the current Celtics?

Current Celtics are fluid like water, they can contend with no set window.