Philadelphia 76ers: Timeline of ‘The Process’
By Owen Nelson
Here is a timeline of the Philadelphia 76ers‘ period during “The Process.” The long, yet somewhat successful, ambitious tanking job, led by Sam Hinkie.
“The Process” has been a very long-winded rebuild, but we’re finally seeing it pay off, at least a little bit. Many Philadelphia 76ers fans are excited at the prospect of getting young, high potential players. Other fans are fed up over how long it has taken.
Here’s a quick timeline of how “The Process” played out.
2013-14
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Record — 19-63
2013 Draft: Michael Carter-Williams (11th overall)
Key Transactions
July 12th — Jrue Holiday + Pierre Jackson (Pelicans) for 6th overall pick (Nerlens Noel) + 2014 1st round pick (Elfrid Payton (later traded for Dario Saric)).
August 14th — Brett Brown hired.
August 22nd — 2014 2nd round pick for Tony Wroten.
February 20th — (1) Lavoy Allen + Evan Turner (Pacers) for Danny Granger + 2015 2nd round pick. (2) Spencer Hawes (Cavaliers) for Henry Sims, Earl Clark + 2 2014 2nd draft picks.
February 26th — Danny Granger waived.
2014-15
Record — 18-64
2014 Draft: Joel Embiid (3rd overall), Elfrid Payton (10th overall), K.J. McDaniels (32nd overall), Jeramy Grant (39th overall).
Key Transactions
June 26th — Elfrid Payton (Magic) for Dario Saric + 2015 2nd round pick.
August 23rd — Thaddeus Young (Timberwolves) for 2016 Cavaliers 1st round pick, Luc Mbah a Moute + Alexey Shved.
February 19th — Michael Carter-Williams (Bucks) for Lakers’ future 1st round pick (Top 3 protected in 2017).
2015-16
Record — 10-72
2015 Draft: Jahlil Okafor (3rd overall), Richaun Holmes (37th overall).
Key Transactions
July 9th — Arturas Gudaitis + Luka Mitrovic (Kings) for Nik Stauskas, Jason Thompson, Carl Landry, 2018 1st round pick + right to swap picks in 2017 draft.
December 24th — Tony Wroten waived. 2016, 2017 2nd round draft picks (Pelicans) for Ish Smith.
2016-17
Current record — 4-14
2016 Draft: Ben Simmons (1st overall), Timothy Luwawu-Cabarrot (24th overall), Furkan Korkmaz (26th overall).
Key transactions
August 26th — Kendall Marshall (Jazz) for Tibor Pleiss + 2 2017 2nd round draft picks
November 1st — Jerami Grant (Thunder) for Ersan Ilyasova + 2020 1st round draft pick
Next: Covington Slowly Getting Out of Slump
Overall, “The Process” has given Sixers fans something to look forward to. Teams could only wish to have generational talents like Embiid and Simmons. If we never decided to change things up, we may have been a team stuck in mediocrity; at least we did something about it.