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Here's a lengthy summary of the Philadelphia 76ers as an organization and team starting from the Doug Collins era in 2010 through the completion of the 2015 NBA Draft. I wanted to do this project to better understand the state of the franchise over the last five years, shed some light on why decisions were made when they were made, and to shatter the misconception that the Sixers have been outright tanking for three consecutive years.
2010-2011 Season:
General Manager Ed Stefanski hires Doug Collins as coach on May 21st, 2010. At the draft lottery, they win the #2 pick and select Evan Turner. The Sixers go 41-41 in the regular season after having gone 27-55 the previous season with Eddie Jordan as Coach. They end up with the 7th seed. The second seeded Miami Heat (in their first season of the Big Three) beat them in the playoffs in the first round in five games. Doug Collins finishes second in the Coach of the Year voting. The Dallas Mavericks become NBA Champions over the Miami Heat in six games.
2011 Offseason (New Owners Arrive):
Nikola Vucevic is taken with the 16th pick of the first round. Lavoy Allen is drafted in the second round with the 50th pick. The current ownership group of the Sixers, led by Joshua Harris, buys the franchise from Comcast-Spectacor in July of 2011. General Manager Ed Stefanski is immediately fired, and Rod Thorn remains as a President without a GM during the upcoming lockout-shortened 2011-2012 season.
2011 - 2012 season:
Roster and Assets:
JRue Holiday (3rd year)
Lou Williams
Evan Turner (2nd year)
Jodie Meeks (2nd year)
Andres Nocioni
Thad Young (4th year)
Elton Brand
Spencer Hawes (4th year)
Lavoy Allen (Rookie)
Nikola Vucevic (Rookie)
All of our 1st round picks through the 2017 Draft.
Summary of the season:
An NBA lockout ends, with the 82-game regular season reduced to 66 games. The Sixers finish 3rd in their division with a 35-31 record. JRue Holiday makes the all-star team as a reserve guard. The Sixers go on to beat a #1 seed Bulls team in six games in the first round of the playoffs, punctuated by the two famous series-clinching free throws from Andre Iguodala at home. The Bulls would most certainly had won that series, but lost Rose and Noah to injuries. The Sixers then take Boston to seven games in the conference semifinals before being eliminated from the playoffs. The Miami Heat become NBA Champions.
2012 Offseason (Bynum Trade and Moultrie Trade):
With the 15th pick of the 2012 draft, The Sixers picked Moe Harkless. They also traded a future first round pick (lottery protected through 2015, becomes a 2016 and 2017 second rounder if it doesn't convey by 2015) to Miami for the 27th pick to choose Arnett Moultrie with. The one-time Amnesty clause is then used on Elton Brand.
During a lengthy search for a new General Manager, Sam Hinkie is one of several candidates who interview for the position and advises against pulling the trigger on the rumored impending Bynum trade.
On August 10th, 2012, Rod Thorn consummates the Bynum trade. The Bynum trade cripples the Sixers' franchise in ways that very few trades ever have. The majority of the fanbase was ecstatic about the trade, but it turned out that Bynum was a nuclear bomb that dropped devastation on the franchise. We gave up Andre Iguodala (who was likely to walk in free agency anyway) to Denver and Nikola Vucevic, Moe Harkless, and our 2017 first round pick to Orlando for Bynum and Jason Richardson. The one saving grace? At the press conference where Bynum was introduced as a Sixer, Owner Josh Harris was ready to sign soon-to-be free agent Bynum to a multi-year extension right then and there, literally saying "where do I sign?". Thankfully, that never happened, or the Bynum trade would have been even more disastrous.
The ownership decides to hire from within, and they promote Tony Dileo to GM in September of 2012.
2012-2013 Season:
Roster and Assets
Jrue Holiday
Nick Young
Evan Turner
Dorell Wright
Jason Richardson (33 games)
Thad Young
Arnett Moultrie (Rookie)
Spencer Hawes
Kwame Brown
Lavoy Allen
Andrew Bynum (never plays a game)
2013 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it defers to 2014 or 2015)
2014 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2015 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2016 Sixers 1st
(2017 Sixers 1st belongs to Orlando)
No international players stashed overseas
Summary of season:
The Sixers finish 34-48 (4th in the division) and miss the playoffs. In March 2013, Bynum has surgery on both knees. A month later in April 2013, Doug Collins announces his resignation as coach near the end of the season. The Miami Heat become NBA Champions.
2013 Offseason (The Sam Hinkie Era Begins):
On May 10th, 2013, Sam Hinkie is hired as GM and Rod Thorn retires as President. Hinkie begins his plan to blow up the roster and rebuild from scratch. At the 2013 Draft, Jrue Holiday is traded to New Orleans for the #6th pick (Nerlens Noel, who was rehabbing an ACL injury) and New Orleans' 2014 first round pick (top-five protected). Hinkie also selects Michael Carter-Williams with the #11th pick. In August of 2013, Brett Brown is hired as coach.
2013-2014 Season - Hinkie Year One:
Roster and Assets:
Michael Carter-Williams (Rookie)
Tony Wroten
Evan Turner
Hollis Thompson
Thad Young
Spencer Hawes
Lavoy Allen
Nerlens Noel (Rookie - out for the year)
2014 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it defers to 2015)
2015 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2016 Sixers 1st
(2017 Sixers 1st belongs to Orlando)
International Stash - Arsalan Kazemi
Summary of season:
The Sixers go 19-63 in the first season of the Sam Hinkie/Brett Brown era. Hinkie was accused of "tanking" this season after midseason trades of Turner, Hawes, and Allen that netted them five future second round picks and Henry Sims. If the Sixers made the playoffs this season, they would lose their lottery-protected first round pick. MCW is named Rookie of the Year. The San Antonio Spurs become NBA Champions.
2014 Offseason:
At the end of the season, Thad was traded to Minnesota for Miami's top-10 protected 2015 first round pick. During the 2014 Draft, Joel Embiid was taken with the #3 pick, and then Elfrid Payton was taken at #10 (with the New Orleans Pick from the Jrue Holiday trade) and subsequently traded to Orlando for #12 (Dario Saric), the Sixers 2017 first round pick (previously traded away), and Orlando's 2015 second round pick. In this draft, Hinkie also selected KJ McDaniels, Jerami Grant, Vasilije Micic, and Jordan McRae.
2014-2015 Season - Hinkie Year Two:
Roster and Assets:
Michael Carter-Williams
Tony Wroten
Robert Covington (signed to a four-year contract shortly after the season started)
Hollis Thompson
KJ McDaniels (Rookie)
Luc M'bah A Moute
Jerami Grant (Rookie)
Nerlens Noel
Joel Embiid (Rookie - out for the year)
Furkan Aldemir
2015 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it becomes two seconds in '16 and '17)
2015 Miami 1st (Top-Ten Protected)
2016 Sixers 1st
2017 Sixers 1st (Returned to us via the Payton-Saric trade)
Multiple second round picks
International Stashes - Dario Saric, Jordan McRae, Vasilije Micic, and Arsalan Kazemi.
Millions and Millions of Dollars of Cap Room
The Sixers go 18-84 in the second season of the Sam Hinkie/Brett Brown eta. Hinkie is again accused of tanking this season to keep their lottery-protected first round pick. At the trade deadline, more accusations of tanking occur when MCW is traded at the trade deadline to Milwaukee for the 2015 Lakers' top-five protected first round pick and when KJ McDaniels (and his player-friendly contract) is traded to Houston. Cap room is also used at the deadline to acquire an additional first round pick from OKC that is heavily protected and another future second round pick. Nerlens Noel has a very impressive second-half to end his rookie season in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors become NBA Champions.
2015 Offseason:
The Miami, Laker, and OKC picks all do not convey after the outcome of the Draft Lottery. In June 2015, it is reported by the organization that there is a "setback" with Joel Embiid's foot and that all options, including a second surgery, are being explored. At the Draft, the Sixers select Jahlil Okafor with the #3 pick and Richaun Holmes, Arturas Gudaitis, JP Tokoto, and Luka Mitrovic are taken in the second round. Free Agency is yet to begin, so this section remains incomplete.
As of right now, the Sixers' 2015-2016 roster and assets are:
Isiaiah Canann
Hollis Thompson
Robert Covington
Jerami Grant
Richaun Holmes (rookie)
Nerlens Noel
Jahlil Okafor (rookie)
Joel Embiid (if healthy)
Furkan Aldemir
Tony Wroten (injured and rehabbing)
2016 Sixers 1st
2016 Lakers 1st (top-3 protected 2016 and 2017, unprotected in 2018)
2016 Miami 1st (top-10 protected in 2016, unprotected in 2017)
2016 OKC 1st (top-15 protected in 2016)
2017 Sixers 1st
Multiple second round picks
International Stashes - Dario Saric, Jordan McRae, JP Tokoto, Vasilije Micic, Arturas Gudaitis, Luka Mitrovic, and Arsalan Kazemi
Millions and Millions of Dollars of Cap Room
Concluding Thoughts:
During Doug Collins' tenure as coach, the Sixers were never serious contenders to win a championship, but when the team got lucky in the 2012 NBA Playoffs, management was convinced that we should load up now in exchange for future assets. The Moultrie trade happened, and then the Andrew Bynum trade was hoped to be what would put the team over the top and make them legitimate title contenders. We went all-in.
Unfortunately, the Bynum trade ended up being a nuclear bomb that destroyed the franchise in both the present and future sense. He never played a game for the Sixers. Collins became burnt out and resigned. Ownership threw out the management people and hired Sam Hinkie, the very guy that advised them against the Bynum trade, to take over the reins. Hinkie almost immediately put his plan into action and cleaned ship, squeezing whatever value he could get out of the assets remaining in place (Holiday, Hawes, Turner, and Thad) into future assets and young talent on cheap contracts. He also cleverly took advantage of rules in the CBA that allowed him to acquire additional future assets for cap room during trading deadlines.
People criticizing Sam Hinkie and the organization at this time tend to say that the Sixers have been tanking for three complete seasons, and that is an absolute falsehood. When Jahlil Okafor was drafted by the Sixers, Sam Hinkie had been GM for just over two years. I believe that a competitive team will be put on the floor by the time the 2015-2016 season and that by the time the 2016 Draft approaches, the critics of Philadelphia and Sam Hinkie will get quieter and quieter.
As a life-long fan who remembers celebrating at Five-Point when the Sixers won the Championship in 1983, I have endured decades of a mediocre product since then (other than several exciting Iverson seasons). I will gladly take yet another season of watching Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor develop together in the front court and see if Sam struck gold with our other pick. As the years go by, the outlook for our franchise gets brighter and brighter.
And in the off chance that Sam Hinkie is somehow mistakenly fired before the 2016 Draft by ownership who have reversed course and want to "win now", the next GM would enter the organization with a cupboard that is loaded with young talent on affordable contracts, numerous first and second round picks, and an enormous amount of cap space. That's a pretty ideal "Post-Hinkie" scenario to deal with, no?
Here's a lengthy summary of the Philadelphia 76ers as an organization and team starting from the Doug Collins era in 2010 through the completion of the 2015 NBA Draft. I wanted to do this project to better understand the state of the franchise over the last five years, shed some light on why decisions were made when they were made, and to shatter the misconception that the Sixers have been outright tanking for three consecutive years.
2010-2011 Season:
General Manager Ed Stefanski hires Doug Collins as coach on May 21st, 2010. At the draft lottery, they win the #2 pick and select Evan Turner. The Sixers go 41-41 in the regular season after having gone 27-55 the previous season with Eddie Jordan as Coach. They end up with the 7th seed. The second seeded Miami Heat (in their first season of the Big Three) beat them in the playoffs in the first round in five games. Doug Collins finishes second in the Coach of the Year voting. The Dallas Mavericks become NBA Champions over the Miami Heat in six games.
2011 Offseason (New Owners Arrive):
Nikola Vucevic is taken with the 16th pick of the first round. Lavoy Allen is drafted in the second round with the 50th pick. The current ownership group of the Sixers, led by Joshua Harris, buys the franchise from Comcast-Spectacor in July of 2011. General Manager Ed Stefanski is immediately fired, and Rod Thorn remains as a President without a GM during the upcoming lockout-shortened 2011-2012 season.
2011 - 2012 season:
Roster and Assets:
JRue Holiday (3rd year)
Lou Williams
Evan Turner (2nd year)
Jodie Meeks (2nd year)
Andres Nocioni
Thad Young (4th year)
Elton Brand
Spencer Hawes (4th year)
Lavoy Allen (Rookie)
Nikola Vucevic (Rookie)
All of our 1st round picks through the 2017 Draft.
Summary of the season:
An NBA lockout ends, with the 82-game regular season reduced to 66 games. The Sixers finish 3rd in their division with a 35-31 record. JRue Holiday makes the all-star team as a reserve guard. The Sixers go on to beat a #1 seed Bulls team in six games in the first round of the playoffs, punctuated by the two famous series-clinching free throws from Andre Iguodala at home. The Bulls would most certainly had won that series, but lost Rose and Noah to injuries. The Sixers then take Boston to seven games in the conference semifinals before being eliminated from the playoffs. The Miami Heat become NBA Champions.
2012 Offseason (Bynum Trade and Moultrie Trade):
With the 15th pick of the 2012 draft, The Sixers picked Moe Harkless. They also traded a future first round pick (lottery protected through 2015, becomes a 2016 and 2017 second rounder if it doesn't convey by 2015) to Miami for the 27th pick to choose Arnett Moultrie with. The one-time Amnesty clause is then used on Elton Brand.
During a lengthy search for a new General Manager, Sam Hinkie is one of several candidates who interview for the position and advises against pulling the trigger on the rumored impending Bynum trade.
On August 10th, 2012, Rod Thorn consummates the Bynum trade. The Bynum trade cripples the Sixers' franchise in ways that very few trades ever have. The majority of the fanbase was ecstatic about the trade, but it turned out that Bynum was a nuclear bomb that dropped devastation on the franchise. We gave up Andre Iguodala (who was likely to walk in free agency anyway) to Denver and Nikola Vucevic, Moe Harkless, and our 2017 first round pick to Orlando for Bynum and Jason Richardson. The one saving grace? At the press conference where Bynum was introduced as a Sixer, Owner Josh Harris was ready to sign soon-to-be free agent Bynum to a multi-year extension right then and there, literally saying "where do I sign?". Thankfully, that never happened, or the Bynum trade would have been even more disastrous.
The ownership decides to hire from within, and they promote Tony Dileo to GM in September of 2012.
2012-2013 Season:
Roster and Assets
Jrue Holiday
Nick Young
Evan Turner
Dorell Wright
Jason Richardson (33 games)
Thad Young
Arnett Moultrie (Rookie)
Spencer Hawes
Kwame Brown
Lavoy Allen
Andrew Bynum (never plays a game)
2013 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it defers to 2014 or 2015)
2014 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2015 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2016 Sixers 1st
(2017 Sixers 1st belongs to Orlando)
No international players stashed overseas
Summary of season:
The Sixers finish 34-48 (4th in the division) and miss the playoffs. In March 2013, Bynum has surgery on both knees. A month later in April 2013, Doug Collins announces his resignation as coach near the end of the season. The Miami Heat become NBA Champions.
2013 Offseason (The Sam Hinkie Era Begins):
On May 10th, 2013, Sam Hinkie is hired as GM and Rod Thorn retires as President. Hinkie begins his plan to blow up the roster and rebuild from scratch. At the 2013 Draft, Jrue Holiday is traded to New Orleans for the #6th pick (Nerlens Noel, who was rehabbing an ACL injury) and New Orleans' 2014 first round pick (top-five protected). Hinkie also selects Michael Carter-Williams with the #11th pick. In August of 2013, Brett Brown is hired as coach.
2013-2014 Season - Hinkie Year One:
Roster and Assets:
Michael Carter-Williams (Rookie)
Tony Wroten
Evan Turner
Hollis Thompson
Thad Young
Spencer Hawes
Lavoy Allen
Nerlens Noel (Rookie - out for the year)
2014 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it defers to 2015)
2015 Sixers 1st (contingent on above)
2016 Sixers 1st
(2017 Sixers 1st belongs to Orlando)
International Stash - Arsalan Kazemi
Summary of season:
The Sixers go 19-63 in the first season of the Sam Hinkie/Brett Brown era. Hinkie was accused of "tanking" this season after midseason trades of Turner, Hawes, and Allen that netted them five future second round picks and Henry Sims. If the Sixers made the playoffs this season, they would lose their lottery-protected first round pick. MCW is named Rookie of the Year. The San Antonio Spurs become NBA Champions.
2014 Offseason:
At the end of the season, Thad was traded to Minnesota for Miami's top-10 protected 2015 first round pick. During the 2014 Draft, Joel Embiid was taken with the #3 pick, and then Elfrid Payton was taken at #10 (with the New Orleans Pick from the Jrue Holiday trade) and subsequently traded to Orlando for #12 (Dario Saric), the Sixers 2017 first round pick (previously traded away), and Orlando's 2015 second round pick. In this draft, Hinkie also selected KJ McDaniels, Jerami Grant, Vasilije Micic, and Jordan McRae.
2014-2015 Season - Hinkie Year Two:
Roster and Assets:
Michael Carter-Williams
Tony Wroten
Robert Covington (signed to a four-year contract shortly after the season started)
Hollis Thompson
KJ McDaniels (Rookie)
Luc M'bah A Moute
Jerami Grant (Rookie)
Nerlens Noel
Joel Embiid (Rookie - out for the year)
Furkan Aldemir
2015 Sixers 1st (we lose it if we make the playoffs, or it becomes two seconds in '16 and '17)
2015 Miami 1st (Top-Ten Protected)
2016 Sixers 1st
2017 Sixers 1st (Returned to us via the Payton-Saric trade)
Multiple second round picks
International Stashes - Dario Saric, Jordan McRae, Vasilije Micic, and Arsalan Kazemi.
Millions and Millions of Dollars of Cap Room
The Sixers go 18-84 in the second season of the Sam Hinkie/Brett Brown eta. Hinkie is again accused of tanking this season to keep their lottery-protected first round pick. At the trade deadline, more accusations of tanking occur when MCW is traded at the trade deadline to Milwaukee for the 2015 Lakers' top-five protected first round pick and when KJ McDaniels (and his player-friendly contract) is traded to Houston. Cap room is also used at the deadline to acquire an additional first round pick from OKC that is heavily protected and another future second round pick. Nerlens Noel has a very impressive second-half to end his rookie season in the NBA. The Golden State Warriors become NBA Champions.
2015 Offseason:
The Miami, Laker, and OKC picks all do not convey after the outcome of the Draft Lottery. In June 2015, it is reported by the organization that there is a "setback" with Joel Embiid's foot and that all options, including a second surgery, are being explored. At the Draft, the Sixers select Jahlil Okafor with the #3 pick and Richaun Holmes, Arturas Gudaitis, JP Tokoto, and Luka Mitrovic are taken in the second round. Free Agency is yet to begin, so this section remains incomplete.
As of right now, the Sixers' 2015-2016 roster and assets are:
Isiaiah Canann
Hollis Thompson
Robert Covington
Jerami Grant
Richaun Holmes (rookie)
Nerlens Noel
Jahlil Okafor (rookie)
Joel Embiid (if healthy)
Furkan Aldemir
Tony Wroten (injured and rehabbing)
2016 Sixers 1st
2016 Lakers 1st (top-3 protected 2016 and 2017, unprotected in 2018)
2016 Miami 1st (top-10 protected in 2016, unprotected in 2017)
2016 OKC 1st (top-15 protected in 2016)
2017 Sixers 1st
Multiple second round picks
International Stashes - Dario Saric, Jordan McRae, JP Tokoto, Vasilije Micic, Arturas Gudaitis, Luka Mitrovic, and Arsalan Kazemi
Millions and Millions of Dollars of Cap Room
Concluding Thoughts:
During Doug Collins' tenure as coach, the Sixers were never serious contenders to win a championship, but when the team got lucky in the 2012 NBA Playoffs, management was convinced that we should load up now in exchange for future assets. The Moultrie trade happened, and then the Andrew Bynum trade was hoped to be what would put the team over the top and make them legitimate title contenders. We went all-in.
Unfortunately, the Bynum trade ended up being a nuclear bomb that destroyed the franchise in both the present and future sense. He never played a game for the Sixers. Collins became burnt out and resigned. Ownership threw out the management people and hired Sam Hinkie, the very guy that advised them against the Bynum trade, to take over the reins. Hinkie almost immediately put his plan into action and cleaned ship, squeezing whatever value he could get out of the assets remaining in place (Holiday, Hawes, Turner, and Thad) into future assets and young talent on cheap contracts. He also cleverly took advantage of rules in the CBA that allowed him to acquire additional future assets for cap room during trading deadlines.
People criticizing Sam Hinkie and the organization at this time tend to say that the Sixers have been tanking for three complete seasons, and that is an absolute falsehood. When Jahlil Okafor was drafted by the Sixers, Sam Hinkie had been GM for just over two years. I believe that a competitive team will be put on the floor by the time the 2015-2016 season and that by the time the 2016 Draft approaches, the critics of Philadelphia and Sam Hinkie will get quieter and quieter.
As a life-long fan who remembers celebrating at Five-Point when the Sixers won the Championship in 1983, I have endured decades of a mediocre product since then (other than several exciting Iverson seasons). I will gladly take yet another season of watching Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor develop together in the front court and see if Sam struck gold with our other pick. As the years go by, the outlook for our franchise gets brighter and brighter.
And in the off chance that Sam Hinkie is somehow mistakenly fired before the 2016 Draft by ownership who have reversed course and want to "win now", the next GM would enter the organization with a cupboard that is loaded with young talent on affordable contracts, numerous first and second round picks, and an enormous amount of cap space. That's a pretty ideal "Post-Hinkie" scenario to deal with, no?
