Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown recently spoke about former Sixers shooting guard JJ Redick, who parted ways with the team over the summer to sign a lucrative two-year, $26.5 million deal with the New Orleans Pelicans. According to Brown, the Sixers are definitely missing the presence of the sharp-shooting veteran in more ways than one.
“Where do I begin?” Brown started, via Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
“You can go to the obvious place of shooting, but I go to about several other areas that come to my mind with his personality and spirit. I was personally as fond of him as any player I have ever coached. No doubt. I really respected him. I thought his sense of humor was off the charts and he is highly intellectual and curious.”
The Sixers have had a so-so start to the new season, currently holding a 9-5 record for the fifth spot in a wide open Eastern Conference. There's no denying that the team has found it difficult to fill the void left by Redick, but as it turns out, Brown and company also miss the 35-year-old's valuable contributions to the team off the court.
Brown then went on to share the three most important criteria he personally uses in assessing the value of his players.
“Can you coach him, is he manically competitive, does he have a skill set that is elite,” Brown said. “JJ is off the charts in all of those and he is fantastic and tremendously missed.”
For his part, Redick has been as good as advertised for the Pelicans, and is currently putting up averages of 15.0 points (on 45.2 percent shooting), 2.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists, while also connecting on a career-high 3.4 3-pointers per ballgame on an astounding 47.5-percent clip.
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