His job would have been more in question when they were winning, orbit...

He was getting good results with the roster prior to the trade deadline....then they gutted his squad of pretty much 2 of his best 3 players (Hawes & Turner) for pretty much picks & spare parts.

not his fault GM/Owner knew this would be the result after the trades were made...he ain't a miracle worker!

He didn't have much to work with at start of the year now with Hawes and Turner trades they're even worse.
Not Brown's fault

Hopefully they've got the right strategy. MCW in the mix for ROY and Noels coming back from injury - add a couple of good draft picks and they might have something to build on.

MCW & Exum back court ould cause headaches for alot of teams!!!

That said prefer Dante heads to a major market....Lakers/Boston etc

He's in beast mode!!

This suggests he isn't safe at all:

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/01/14/phillys-murder-rate-skyrocketing-2014/

'That said prefer Dante heads to a major market....Lakers/Boston etc'

Philadelphia is a major market. When they're winning they're one of the major TV markets. Plus the city is one of the largest in the US. Though Philadelphia is one of the rare markets in the US where the NHL team is actually bigger than the NBA team, so it will be beneficial for the NBA to have Philadelphia be successful.

You guys do realise this front office is actively losing as many games as possible this season...?

I wonder how intrusive Adam Silver will be with league-wide parity decisions like the Chris Paul/Lakers deal. I can see the same kind of issues developing in the coming years.

That lakers veto was a peculiar case in that it was driven by the fact that there was a league-owned team. I doubt we will see such a situation recur.

Correct, Mick.

If the league could veto trades under normal circumstances, I doubt we would have seen the infamous Lakers-Memphis 'Kwame Brown + expiring contracts, draft picks and cash for Pau Gasol' deal go down all those years ago.

76ers are tanking, no doubt about it. Brett Brown should be safe for the time being.

Of course New Orleans is league-owned. What I'm getting at is the talent disparity, which is the reason the league said no to the trade.

Look at the talent disparity in the league atm. I don't know much about the full history of the NBA, but I assume the kind of gap going on right now is one of the more extreme cases in league history (barring the era of transition from ABA to NBA).

I do think the league will step in in coming years. How intrusive they will be, I don't know.

New Orleans was league-owned. They now have a private ownership group.

The NBA intervented with the Hornets-Lakers trade because they felt it was a bad deal for the franchise, not because of a talent disparity in the NBA.

Given they would have traded Chris Paul to remain a middle-of-the-pack team headlined by Gasol, Scola and Ariza, I think it was a smart decision despite the scrutiny from fans.

No NBA coach is truly ever safe. It's the nature of professional sport. That said, I'd be shocked if they fired him. What was he supposed to do with this abomination of a roster and having one of his best players traded away mid season? The club can't go down the path they've decided to go down and then hang the coach out to dry. But I guess you never know.....

Oh I didn't realise they'd changed owners.

Anyway 'keeping Paul was best for the New Orleans team' was the official word yes, but from where I stand, Stern always tried to push parity in the league. He did say that Miami's big three was fine, but he has put in some measures to stop that.

My actual point was that I think the NBA will have some tough decisions to make in the coming years with numerous teams participating in a race to the bottom as there are some pretty good draft classes coming up from all reports.

Brett Brown is as safe as it gets. everyone knew they were going to tank and the front office has been steadily removing talent all season (e.g. Spencer 'patty mills beast mode GOAT' Hawes)...

Sacking Brown would be like going for a sex tour of Thailand and complaining afterwards that your genitals spontaneously combusted. This is exactly what they expected would happen, it's not a surprise. Philly sucking is part of the plan.

In fact he was probably in more danger when they were winning! The games they did win with the better (although still meager) roster is proof enough that Brown's systems are on the right track.

I was more concerned when they were winning. Philly has gone to extraordinary efforts to tank. This year and next year are two great years to tank.

Dunlap is different because the Bobcats ownership had no idea what they are doing.

Philadelphia have a specific plan.

And that Pau Gasol trade worked out pretty well for Memphis, wouldn't you say?

Those sorts of deals happen all the time now that people value first round draft picks more. No one would batt an eyelid in 2014 if a star player got trade for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron Mckie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and 2 future first round draft picks.

It was never lopsided, the NBA has just grown smarter. GMs, fans, journalists, etc. were a lot less enlightened back then. They now understand how valuable picks are.

Brett Brown needs to beast activate! An no I don't mean go and get Patty.