The Philadelphia 76ers are really ready to go there.

If the latest reporting is to be believed, Philly's brass are laying down the gauntlet for head coach Brett Brown: if he can't take care of business Sunday on the road in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semis against the Raptors, he's done.

And if the Sixers do lose that game and Brown does get fired, it will be proof-positive that #TheProcess was for nothing, and that this franchise is suffering from a loathsome and indefensible rot at the very top.

Sure, maybe young general manager Elton Brand had a plan all along to move on from Brown, who pre-dated him with the team, and appoint his own guy. NBA front office bosses generally consider it their right to do so in a number of circumstances. But this team isn't the Lakers– man-oh-man are they not, and thank goodness. So… why sack a terrific coach who just led you to a 51-win season one year after winning 52, and who's been dealt a terrible hand this postseason thanks to a troublesome injury to franchise star Joel Embiid?