2018-19 Season Preview: Philadelphia 76ers

Opportunities and Threats

Brad Stevens

The biggest threat to Philadelphia and some may not agree to this is Brad Stevens. Brad Stevens, in my opinion, is on the path to be one of the greatest coaches of all time. He is the reason the Celtics-Cavaliers series stretched to the 7th game.

Brad Stevens does not have set plays like the 'triangle ' with Phil Jackson, but he has developed a system on how the players and balls should move in different situations. Stevens is the kind of coach who for the first 3 quarters only gives little advice all the while analyzing the current movement of the opposition players to expose offensive liabilities. It is also because of Stevens that players like Marcus Morris, Marcus Smart, and Terry Rozier were able to put up decent numbers on the stat sheet as his plays are not player specific but reliable on exploiting mistakes as a team.

The biggest opportunity that the Philadelphia 76ers have currently is that their superstars are all under 25 years of age. Even Robert Covington and T.J.Mconnel are only 26 and 27 respectively. This means that these players haven't even entered their primes and they are big contenders for winning the Championship.

The problem which they face is that going forward they need a good GM to convince free agents, not superstars, but free agent starters to come to Philly. Reports like ' Simmons wants Crawford at 76ers' are a good thing. Veterans like Jamal Crawford are good role models as well as hard workers who could be the difference makers during the Boston series last season.