AS MUCH as the landscape has changed for the 76ers lately, it has eerily stayed the same in some respects for coach Brett Brown.
Since the trade of reigning rookie of the year Michael Carter-Williams on Feb. 19, 2015, Brown has seen a bevy of point guards come and go, start and sub, somewhat succeed but mostly badly fail. MCW's best replacement, Ish Smith, had a successful 25-game run to end the season in 2015 and helped to grow the struggling offensive game of Nerlens Noel. But then-general manager Sam Hinkie chose not to bring back the veteran point guard the next season, instead reasoning that the lot of Kendall Marshall, Tony Wroten (who were both recovering from ACL surgeries), Scottie Wilbekin, Pierre Jackson and T.