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Yet Another Dumb Sixers Take From Washed Up Columnist

By Kyle Scott

Published: Jul 18th, 2016 · 5:03 PM EDT

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Man, in the Roundup this morning I picked on a John Smallwood comment and thought I was digging in on what would undoubtedly be his dumbest take of the day. Nope. Smallwood wrote this column criticizing Brett Brown – seriously – for sheepishly using the phrase “I don’t know” in completely meaningless off-season interviews.

BIGTIME SHIT HERE FROM SMALLWOOD:

I wish Brett Brown would stop saying, “I don’t know.”

The other day, the Sixers head coach gave a triple “I don’t know” when asked how he planned to use newly signed power forward Dario Saric.

During last season, he said he didn’t know how he was going to get young centers Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor to work cohesively on the court, and their season-long struggles went on to prove he did not figure it out.

He has intimated that he doesn’t know if he wants prized rookie and No.1 overall draft pick Ben Simmons to play as a “point forward” or a “point guard.”

I understand the context of the statements concerning Saric and Simmons. Both responses were light-hearted in light of the players’ versatility and the fact that those are good problems to have.

But Brown isn’t in a position to make throwaway comments about uncertainties.

Bostralian Brown is still a question mark, but Smallwood, in claiming that he won’t judge Brown by his thus far 47-199 head coaching record given the laughable roster of misfits he’s been dealt, cited Brown’s record no less than three times in eight paragraphs before concluding that a slow start could put Brown on da hawseat.

I’m not Brown evangelist – I think he seems like he can be great coach – but on what planet is it worthwhile deriving a take from a series of offseason interviews in which he’s simply word-marinating in his good fortune?

H/T to (@Jtripper0925)