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This is something that can be found lacking in the Sixers for most of the 90s. There was little discipline and even less technique. Brown, in the span of two seasons, has done something that five coaches over seven seasons couldn't do: give the fans hope.

He has built a pretty promising young team around arguably the best player in the game today, Allen Iverson.

Under Brown's coaching, Iverson has raised the play of his game and instead of firing the ball every time he touches it, like he did under Davis, he is looking to create a play, whether that be passing it off or taking it himself.

Brown has pushed Iverson all over the court and has let him know it each and every time he slips at all. It is this kind of discipline that can make a young superstar like Iverson thrive. Right now, Iverson is the hardest person in the league to guard against.

Rounding out the other starters Brown has assembled, we see a good mix of young players and free agent veterans who help the team out.

The emergence of George Lynch and Eric Snow under Brown has worked to their benefit all season.

In recent games, we have even seen a lot of the post-up work that the Sixers are capable of, too. Theo Ratliff and Matt Geiger have played the best basketball of their lives

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in their last couple of games.

Unlike other teams in the Sixers' past, this one plays hard defense, and it is that type of team that makes it into the playoffs.

This emphasis on defense takes a lot of the offensive pressure off of the young players that Brown has to coach.

In years past, players like Jerry Stackhouse were ruined because they weren't given the opportunity to learn how to play the game better.

Now, players such as Larry Hughes are given an opportunity to learn more about the game they are expected to be stars in.

The hopeful thing about this team, though, is that it can only go up from here.

Hughes and Iverson may be the best onetwo punch the NBA has seen since Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas in the 80's.

However, according to many on the team, the future is now, and they want to make a run at getting deep into the playoffs this year.

It seems the only one who does not have as good a picture of his team is Brown, usually his team's worst critic.

But now the signs of life seem to be favoring the Sixers, and maybe we will see the curse of the uniform wear off, pun intended.

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