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Cooney: Finally some legitimate building blocks for the Sixers' offseason

Henry Sims, James Anderson, Elliot Williams, Tony Wroten, Jarvis Varnado, Casper Ware, Brandon Davies, James Nunnally.

WHEN BRETT BROWN took over the coaching position of the 76ers in August 2013, then-general manager Sam Hinkie laid out a plan for a rebuild the likes of which no one in sports had ever seen.

Winning certainly wasn't expected to be the gauge of how Brown was doing his job and when his first season got to this time of the year, the above-mentioned players were some who were getting important minutes. It was no wonder the team played out those remaining 12 games with a lack of enthusiasm you'd expect.