LeBron James signed with the Philadelphia 76ers after they acquired Jaylen Brown via a trade with the Boston Celtics, forming a formidable title contender over the course of a single summer.
Many have pointed out just how stacked this team is. Kevin Durant recently argued that the 2026-27 Sixers are more loaded than his 2016-17 Golden State Warriors. However, some have questioned how the star-studded 76ers will share the ball and mesh together on offense. Brown’s trainer, Dash Lovell, discussed how the team will tackle this.
Jaylen Brown’s Trainer Details How the 76ers Will Have a Holistic Offense
Lovell, in an interview with r.org, spoke about how Brown will fit alongside Joel Embiid, LeBron James, and Tyrese Maxey.
“Yeah, they’re going to figure it out directly. But individually, it’s about trying to develop what you need,” he said. “When we talk about flying around and shooting, it’s basketball. It doesn’t matter who you play with. You’re going to have to make a catch-and-shoot jump shot.”
Brown shot 33.1% from beyond the arc on catch-and-shoot threes last season while attempting 2.5 per game on the Celtics.
Lovell didn’t directly address this below-average percentage, but did say, “Now that he has guys like Bron, those guys are going to draw a lot of attention. Jaylen is also going to draw a lot of attention for those guys to get easy shots, too. It’s just basketball. Sometimes, we overcomplicate this and make it seem more difficult than it is.”
76ers head coach Nick Nurse has historically succeeded with a clear superstar surrounded by 3-and-D wings. The 2026-27 Sixers pose a brilliant equation of how a championship-level coach will adapt to having multiple stars capable of being the No. 1 option.
Lovell believes the offense’s answer lies with Maxey and his client, Brown.
“I think the team is really going to be pushed by Tyrese and JB. Then, I think everyone else will blend right in,” he said.
He rejected the notion that the team would be divided over the age-old question that plagues ultra-talented teams such as these: “Whose team is it?”
“I don’t mean with Tyrese and JB that the team belongs to them. The team belongs to everyone. It’s a team sport,” he added. “But that’s how you start the narrative of separation. It’s a team sport. I hate when the media starts off saying it’s his team or that team. That’s when it gets into guys’ heads, and they wonder whose team it is. It’s their team.”
Brown seems to agree, as he addressed this during his introductory presser with the Sixers. While admitting that he was still “processing the trade,” he said his focus during every practice, shootaround, and film session will be, “How do we win night in and night out?”
“Sometimes that may change, sometimes it may look different, but whatever it takes,” he continued. “At this point in my career, nothing else really moves me.”
As for what Brown is working on this offseason, Lovell gave a behind-the-scenes look at his offseason training.
“A lot of ball-handling, shooting, and playing in the midrange,” he said of Brown’s offseason work. “He’s just improving his ability to play through contact and play through physicality. He’s being strong with the ball. He’s being more explosive in different windows and pockets. He’s trying to figure out when guys try to meet him at the rim.
“He’s so big and physical, so we’re trying to see if he can get to spots and pull up instead of trying to run them over at the rim. He’s also picking up on his ability to post up. We’ve been working on understanding who is guarding him when he decides to post up and understand how to defend it. We have different scenarios where we post up in different ways because of the defender.
“If we’re dealing with a big, tall defender that likes to flop and take a charge, how do we want to attack him? If we’re dealing with a person who is feistier and is overly aggressive, how do we go at him? We’re working on how we want him to get into his postups depending on who’s guarding him… He’s also improving his conditioning as he’s flying around as he shoots the ball.”
If these 76ers truly jell well together, expect them to skyrocket up the standings and escape the measly Play-In tournament and look to establish themselves as a home-court-advantage team.
