GIVEN HIS statements the last 2 days about focusing on winning next season, Sixers coach Brett Brown might seem a bit out of step with the vague time frames for winning offered by majority owner Josh Harris and general manager Sam Hinkie.
It is not a challenge, but it does point out the contrast between management's strategy of patient growth and the coach's concern about producing in the here and now.
It is simply a matter of being comfortable.
If you are Harris, your patience can be as limitless as your willingness to sit through the inevitable growing pains of a slow rebuilding project.