that splitting the season into 1/3s strategy...

Now that its basically the last 1/3rd, he got Ben attempting 3's



I'm guessing he wanted to wait until the playoffs were a near certainty so that there was no pressure on Simmons... If Simmons had flubbed a bunch at the beginning or middle of the season he could really have gotten into his own head about it. Now he doesn't have to worry about the fear of failure.


Brown has this incredible combo of emotional and practical intelligence that he applies to his players development