When last season ended for the 76ers , it did so with inner turmoil that included players’ claims of mismanagement.

Stay-at-home dad has its perks.

Eddie Jordan dropped off his two youngest children at the bus stop in the morning. He dutifully picked them up in the afternoon.

He spent his days on lunch dates with his wife, or maybe grabbed his clubs and played a round or two of golf.

“Let me say this, winter golf is brutal in the east,” Jordan said, laughing.

So is unemployment.

When the wife and kids went to bed, Jordan would stay up all night watching NBA games.

With the 76ers set to begin training camp today at St. Joseph’s University, four free agents were officially added to the team’s roster to bring it to 17 players.

Andre Miller saw a better opportunity, not to mention significantly more money, in Portland than in Philadelphia.

Elton Brand finally began to feel like his old All-Star self at a Los Angeles gym where summer pickup games featured some of the NBA’s top stars. Brand, Paul Pierce, Ron Artest, Emeka Okafor all played for hours, usually with no refs, banging and shoving and dishing out all kinds of abuse.

Those rugged games prepped Brand like no solo workouts could.

Brand had the power and explosiveness from his left leg that had all but vanished after he ruptured his Achilles’ tendon in 2007.

As NBA camps open this week, each team has questions to answer. But first, Charley Rosen needs to ask them, and he’s not shy.

Basketball REPORTER

Eddie Jordan’s imitation 76ers needed some help.

Jordan stationed members of the media around the court as part of a drill to better understand his Princeton offense. Holding a microphone, Jordan asked for a dribble handoff, only to watch a sports writer attempt a bounce pass.

“I’m going to be a coach the rest of my life, not a player personnel director,” Jordan laughed.

His hand-picked media team badly needed some work on perfecting Basketball 101.

Elton Brand is healthy enough to model the 76ers’ new uniforms, but is he healthy enough to endure an 82-game season?