Basketball has been Brett Brown’s life. He grew up around the game and eventually played for his father, who was a coach at South Portland High School in Maine. Brown went on to play at Boston University and quickly entered the coaching ranks after graduating from college. He has been a coach without much down time at all since 1988.
But, under all the coaching layers, and away from his responsibilities to the 76ers, there is a basketball fan, a man who talks about the excitement of a Game 7 with a childlike glee.
“We may have a few Game 7s coming up,” he said, referring to the current playoff landscape, as his smile widened.