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Brett Brown fired: Can a new coach fix the Philadelphia 76ers?

Philadelphia's on-court chemistry will be a puzzle for the coach replacing Brett Brown to solve. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Can a new coach help the Philadelphia 76ers fulfill the potential their roster was expected to offer entering the season?

After adding Al Horford and Josh Richardson to a core of All-Stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons last summer, the Sixers were trendy picks to improve on last year's playoff run -- when they gave the eventual champion Toronto Raptors their toughest test before losing at the buzzer in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Instead, the 76ers were swept out of the playoffs by Boston, and coach Brett Brown lost his job.

With relatively little flexibility to make changes to the roster, the 76ers will hope replacing Brown can produce better results.

Is that realistic? Let's look at how they can make it work.

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