NEW YORK – Brett Brown respects how Jimmy Butler has tried to integrate himself into the 76ers. The All-Star swingman has been extremely patient since being acquired on Nov. 10 in a blockbuster trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves.
"He's not force-feeding anything," the Sixers coach said before Sunday's game against the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center. "Not his offensive game. Not his defensive game. And not his personality."
While he likes temperance and patience, there are times when Brown wants the 29-year-old to be more aggressive.
"There was a series of possessions the other day where there was probably five to six trips up and down the court that he didn't get a touch," Brown said of Friday's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center.