Five reasons the 76ers extending Brett Brown was a good move

1. It’s impossible to tell how good of a coach he is

This is probably the biggest factor in any favorable reaction to Brown’s extension. There is literally no chance that anyone can definitively look at the rosters that Brown has been coaching over the past three seasons and be able to definitively determine whether or not he is a high-quality NBA coach. You could have the best chef in the world in the kitchen, but if you only give them a dog turd and Hamburger Helper, there’s only so much that he’s going to be able to do with that.

More importantly, Brown has shown signs of being a highly perceptive coach that has the makings of being a great coach in this league if it weren’t for the severe lack of talent on the team that he’s being asked to guide through the “Process.” Look back on Carter-Williams rookie year in Philly. Brown knew that his team couldn’t shoot and couldn’t defend, so he pushed the pace to an absurd degree to just try and muddy things up because it was the team’s best chance to succeed.

Why this important in terms of the extension is that things have to start trending upward as soon as the start of next season. Extending Brown as the team starts trying to move into Phase 2 of the “Process” allows the front office the opportunity to see if Brown is as good of a coach as many people around the league think he could be. But the point is, there’s no way to be able to determine that as of right now.