The Philadelphia 76ers have moved on from head coach Brett Brown. Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Philadelphia 76ers fire head coach Brett Brown

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 24, 2020 5:31 PM ET

As has been expected following the club's first-round playoff exit via a sweep at the hands of the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers fired coach Brett Brown on Monday.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported the news and added that general manager Elton Brand will explore changes within the franchise's front office while he continues to oversee basketball operations.

Sixers managing partner Josh Harris: pic.twitter.com/5VD3I9MWD0
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 24, 2020

Earlier in the day, The Athletic's Shams Charania wrote that the Sixers aren't planning on moving on from either Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons before the start of the 2020-21 campaign. Simmons, 24, was linked with the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this month. He suffered a season-ending knee injury before the playoff series versus Boston.

Wojnarowski added that Los Angeles Clippers assistant and former Cleveland head coach Tyronn Lue, reportedly coveted by the Houston Rockets, and Villanova's Jay Wright are on Philadelphia's radar.

Brown failed to guide the Sixers past the Eastern Conference semifinals during his tenure with the organization.

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Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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