You have to give 76ers coach Brett Brown some love.
At the beginning of the season, folks raved over the Sixers' potential. He was banking on Ben Simmons, and the first overall draft pick got hurt. For weeks, he didn't know about the status of Joel Embiid, and truthfully, he still doesn't.
Yet, even with all that, the Sixers still headed into Saturday night's game against Detroit Pistons at the Wells Fargo Center with a 23-38 record. That's impressive, considering they had won a combined 28 games over the previous two seasons.
Obviously, we have seen better basketball, which would make people think the Sixers are on the upswing.