Without question, acquiring star-level talent is the first step toward team-building. After that (admittedly huge) hurdle is cleared, the next step is figuring out how to arrange the time those players will spend both together and apart within the rotation. You only have to look back upon Scott Brooks’ coaching tenure in Oklahoma City to recognize the extent those sorts of decisions will be analyzed.
If the first two games of the regular season are any indication, Sixers head coach Brett Brown clearly intends to have either Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons on the court as much as possible.