It's always a challenge coaching the Philadelphia 76ers but head coach Brett Brown is now pointing to one thing in particular that's making the job tough.
The three big men of Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel are all deserving of minutes when it comes to talent. But that's hard to dish out and over the last two games, Noel has been the odd man out playing just 10 and eight minutes, respectively.
That's gotten Noel upset and caused Brown to speak out on the challenge at hand.
“I think it would be an extreme challenge,” Brown said when asked what it would be like having all three centers healthy all season.
“If you went to our owners, if you went to [president] Bryan [Colangelo], if you went to our team, me, we appreciate it’s a challenging situation,” he said. “To tick off on untenable, to tick off on it’s impossible, I’m not going there.
“I think it is most definitely a challenging situation.”
There's been some thought for a long time that a trade for the Sixers was inevitable.
These three centers are just the beginning once Ben Simmons — who might be the best fit at power forward — returns to the lineup.
It's getting crowded down there and it would best serve the Sixers to find a new home for one of their young big men if possible.
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