Harris, and eight season veteran yet still only 26 years old, will be hoping that after stints in Milwaukee, Orlando, Detroit and the LA Clippers, his nomadic journey is finally over. The career 36% 3 point shooter has the ball handling and passing chops to be a high end secondary creator when the opposition puts too much time into Embiid and Simmons. Defensively, he's adequate at the 3, but is able to slide up to the 4 when Horford is at centre, giving coach Brown a very switchable front line.

Whilst the starting unit - arguably the league's best - is the bedrock of the team, don't sleep on the backups. The Sixers have a deep an d versatile bench. In Trey Burke and the underrated Raul Neto, Brown has two dependable veterans to run his offense.

Aussie Jonah Bolden, fan favourite Mike Scott and free agent addition Kyle O'Quinn all provide some stretchyness from the four and five sports, whilst former Perth Wildcat James Ennis III will compete with youngsters Zhaire Smith and Matisse Thybulle for backup wing minutes.

Perhaps the only thing holding the Sixers back is Brett Brown. The long time Spurs assistant and former NBL Championship Coach (Vale, North Melbourne Giants) is a lightning rod for Sixers fans criticism. Brown was brought in by former GM Sam Hinkie to oversee The Process.

Brown has certainly been a success on a cultural level, keeping the team motivated and putting in place outstanding work habits and professionalism throughout the seemingly never ending losing of the mid decade. Now that the team is chasing success, is Brown a good enough X's and O's coach? It's up for debate.

He's certainly not on a Rick Carlisle, Gregg Popovich or Erik Spoelstra level. But he is working with such an unusual array of talent, led my the inimitable Embiid and the shot shy Simmons, that it's not completely fair to judge. If he had more conventional talents such as the recent Golden State or Houston rosters, would his offense look better? That said, it's fair to say that this season will either make or break Brown's tenure with the team.

More than coaching, it's talent that wins in the upper echelons of the NBA. The Sixers talent from top to bottom is perhaps only matched by the Clippers. After last season's heartbreak, signs from Philly appear positive.

If Embiid's health kick brings results, Simmons takes (and ideally makes) the occasional jumper, and Horford doesn't age in dog years, then Philly look primed to make their first finals appearance since the heyday of Allen Iverson.

Sixers fans will tell you that this is why 'Hinkie died for our sins'. Six long years after the dramatic tear down and rebuild of the franchise, the Philadelphia 76ers are now truly in a position to compete for the NBA title.