Sixers have Brett Brown beaming with pride

MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer Sixers coach Brett Brown has glowing praise for this year’s roster. With television cameras lining the back wall of a Center City restaurant and photographers leaning over appetizers to catch Brett Brown’s preseason statements about the Sixers, what was billed as a casual luncheon felt just like any other staged media event.

The difference Wednesday was that while the cameras were rolling as the health of a basketball player was being discussed, reporters were also spitting out olive pits and gnawing on bread.

Although the lunch-time media session was just that, Brown brought a light and jovial mood to the room. He beamed with pride over his current roster…