the NBA’s tracking stats<\/a>, he shot 48.8% when taking 7-plus dribbles (5.3 attempts per night) and 49.6% when taking 3-to-6 dribbles (8.6 attempts).<\/p>\nThat type of ability can make life easier for both Maxey and Embiid on the offensive end. Having Brown on the floor makes defenders have to choose when it comes to shading help towards a certain player on each possession. The Sixers were able to snag Dean Wade in free agency, who has an incredibly low usage rate and can knock down an open 3, and his presence should make life easier for Philadelphia in finding that offensive flow. When one of the five starters doesn’t need the ball, it makes it easier for the coaching staff to find shots for the main pieces.<\/p>\n
3. What can Brown do for VJ Edgecombe?<\/p>\n
Now, a real question is whether Brown’s ball dominance will hinder the development of VJ Edgecombe. The young guard is looking to build off an impressive rookie season, and adding someone like Brown could slow him down a bit, but it remains to be seen how the two of them will be able to co-exist around guys like Maxey and Embiid as well. Edgecombe’s usage was at 20.1% as a rookie, but that number figures to go down with Brown’s presence and relegate him to a lesser role. One has to wonder if the Sixers can continue to get Edgecombe the opportunities he needs to develop and be the player they want him to be.<\/p>\n
With that being said, the Brown addition is a home run for this group and Philadelphia will be looking to make it all work. Led by coach Nick Nurse, the staff will have to find ways to make it all flow and come together on the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 4, 2026, 4:06 p.m. ET The Philadelphia 76ers pulled off a stunner in the offseason when they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,72400,7,6,678,207,3817,91010,72473,72474,72404,72444,72422,72445,72475,72406,72477,72403],"class_list":["post-778680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers","tag-sourcesixers-wire","tag-sstssportsnbasixers","tag-sstsnsixers","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagphiladelphia-76ers","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtyrese-maxey","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116866626614219329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}