{"id":2022326,"date":"2026-07-02T00:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2022326"},"modified":"2026-07-02T00:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:34:18","slug":"the-76ers-finally-have-a-reason-to-dream-again-after-landing-jaylen-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2022326","title":{"rendered":"The 76ers finally have a reason to dream again after landing Jaylen Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Philadelphia 76ers became a better basketball team today.<\/p>\n

They became a more durable team. They put a guardrail against Joel Embiid\u2019s body steadily breaking down. And, in the process, they put themselves into the Eastern Conference arms race, one that seemed to be getting away from them as recently as lunchtime on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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By trading for Jaylen Brown and sending Paul George and a basket full of picks to the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia became a legitimate threat. The 76ers ended last season with Tyrese Maxey as their offensive engine, and Embiid as another one, when he was able to remain upright. George was very good last season, and borderline sensational at times. But he was very good and borderline sensational\u2026 as a role player. As good as he was, his overall calculus had obviously changed as a basketball player. George, as of last season, was no longer a nightly star.<\/p>\n

Jaylen Brown is still a star \u2014 a borderline superstar. He is someone capable of carrying a basketball team offensively. I thought so much of Brown last season, I voted him First Team All-NBA. I was also the only media member who voted him as high as No. 2 on the NBA\u2019s Most Valuable Player ballot.<\/p>\n

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Memorable moments from Jaylen Brown’s 10 seasons in Boston<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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