2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season
Encyclopedia
The 2007-08 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association
(NBA).
. On June 28, The Sixers then used that pick to select forward Thaddeus Young
from Georgia Tech
. The Sixers also held picks 21 and 30 of the first round that they received last season in a trade with the Denver Nuggets
for Allen Iverson
. They used these picks to select guard Daequan Cook
from Ohio State
and Petteri Koponen
from Finland
. In the second round the Sixers selected center Kyrylo Fesenko
with the 30th overall pick. During the draft, Daequan Cook was traded to the Miami Heat
for also recently drafted forward Jason Smith. Petteri Koponen was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers
for swingman Derrick Byars
. Finally, Kyrylo Fesenko was traded to the Utah Jazz
for forward/center Herbert Hill
.
in New York, New York
.
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: black; color: #D9AF62; text-align: center;" | Philadelphia 76ers roster
|- style="background-color: #D80303; color: white; text-align: center;"
! Players !! Coaches
|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="sortable" style="background:white; margin:0px; width:100%;"
! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From
!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | C
| Samuel Dalembert
|| Jason Smith || Calvin Booth
|| style="background:#edbebf" | Herbert Hill
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | PF
| Thaddeus Young
|| Reggie Evans
|| Louis Amundson
|| style="background:#edbebf" | Shavlik Randolph
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | SF
| Andre Iguodala
|| Rodney Carney
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | SG
| Willie Green
|| Kevin Ollie
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | PG
| Andre Miller
|| Louis Williams
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|}
|-
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | PPG
|-
|
| 16 || 0 || 4.0 || .500 || .000 || .286 || .8 || .0 || .06 || .06 || 1.1
|-
|
| 31 || 0 || 6.6 || .333 || .000 || .600 || 1.2 || .3 || .19 || .58 || .8
|-
|
| 70 || 6 || 14.8 || .403 || .317 || .679 || 2.1 || .5 || .56 || .33 || 5.8
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || 33.2 || .513 || .000 || .707 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 10.4 || .5 || .49 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.34 || 10.5
|-
|
| 81 || 61 || 23.2 || .439 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || .467 || 7.5 || .8 || 1.06 || .10 || 5.2
|-
|
| 74 || 74 || 26.6 || .436 || .285 || .757 || 2.5 || 2.0 || .73 || .30 || 12.4
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 39.5 || .456 || .329 || .721 || 5.4 || 4.8 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.09 || .60 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 19.9
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || 36.8 || .492 || .088 || .772 || 4.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6.9 || 1.28 || .07 || 17.0
|-
|
| 40 || 0 || 7.5 || .420 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .800 || .5 || 1.0 || .25 || .00 || 1.8
|-
|
| 9 || 0 || 3.0 || .286 || .000 || .000 || 1.2 || .3 || .11 || .33 || .9
|-
|
| 76 || 1 || 14.6 || .455 || .286 || .659 || 3.0 || .3 || .29 || .66 || 4.5
|-
|
| 80 || 0 || 23.3 || .424 || .359 || .783 || 2.1 || 3.2 || 1.01 || .16 || 11.5
|-
|
| 74 || 22 || 21.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .539 || .316 || .738 || 4.2 || .8 || .99 || .11 || 8.2
|}
|-
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | PPG
|-
|
| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .000 || .500 || 3.5 || .0 || .00 || .00 || 2.5
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 14.0 || .387 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .500 || 1.2 || .8 || 1.17 || .33 || 5.0
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 32.2 || .422 || .000 || .842 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 9.5 || .5 || .33 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.67 || 9.0
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 24.7 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .000 || .625 || 7.8 || .5 || .83 || .00 || 6.8
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 23.7 || .431 || .200 || .643 || 1.3 || 2.0 || .83 || .67 || 9.0
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 39.0 || .333 || .143 || .721 || 4.8 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 5.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.17 || .17 || 13.2
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 38.2 || .438 || .000 || .636 || 3.2 || 3.3 || .83 || .00 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 15.3
|-
|
| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .250 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || .3 || 1.0 || .67 || .00 || 1.3
|-
|
| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .750 || .0 || .0 || .00 || .00 || 1.5
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 13.7 || .444 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || 2.5 || .5 || .17 || .83 || 3.3
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 22.5 || .400 || .222 || .733 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 1.00 || .00 || 12.0
|-
|
| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 26.7 || .480 || .200 || .857 || 4.5 || .7 || 1.17 || .00 || 10.2
|}
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| June 28, 2007
| valign="top"| To Miami Heat
Rights to Daequan Cook
(2007
21st overall draft pick), second round draft pick (2009
) and cash considerations
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Rights to Jason Smith (2007
20th overall draft pick)
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| June 28, 2007
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Rights to Derrick Byars
(2007
42nd overall draft pick) and cash considerations.
| valign="top"| To Portland Trail Blazers
Rights to Petteri Koponen
(2007
30th overall draft pick)
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| June 28, 2007
| valign="top"| To Utah Jazz
Rights to Kyrylo Fesenko
(2007
38th overall draft pick)
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Rights to Herbert Hill
(2007
55th overall draft pick)
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| September 10, 2007
| valign="top" | To Denver Nuggets
Steven Hunter and Bobby Jones
| valign="top" | To Philadelphia 76ers
Reggie Evans
and draft rights to Ricky Sanchez
|-
|- bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 29, 2007
| valign="top" | To Philadelphia 76ers
Gordan Giriček
and future first round pick
| valign="top" | To Utah Jazz
Kyle Korver
|}
| valign="top" |
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="width:140px"|Player || style="width:70px"|Date signed || style="width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Calvin Booth
|| style="font-size: 80%"|September 10 || Washington Wizards
|}
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="width:140px"|Player || style="width:70px"|Date left || style="width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Derrick Byars
|| style="font-size: 80%"|October 22 || Köln 99ers
|- style="height:40px"
| Gordan Giriček
|| style="font-size: 80%"|February 29 || Phoenix Suns
|- style="height:40px"
|}
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
(NBA).
Key dates
- June 28: The 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA DraftThe 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
took place in New York City, New York. - July 1: The free agencyFree agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
period started. - October 12: The Sixers pre-season started with a game against the New Jersey NetsNew Jersey NetsThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
. - November 2: The Sixers season started with a game against the Chicago BullsChicago BullsThe Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
. - December 4: General Manager Billy KingBilly KingBilly King is the general manager of the New Jersey Nets, and former general manager and team president of the Philadelphia 76ers. King grew up in Sterling, Virginia where he played basketball at Park View High School, and received a scholarship to play at Duke University. He was known primarily...
was fired and replaced by former New Jersey NetsNew Jersey NetsThe New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
GM Ed StefanskiEd StefanskiEdward Stefanski is the Executive Vice-President of Basketball Operations for the Toronto Raptors. He was the General Manager for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA, serving from 2007 to 2011, when he was dismissed by the new 76ers ownership led by Josh Harris on October 18...
. - April 4: The Sixers clinched a playoff berthNBA PlayoffsThe National Basketball Association Playoffs is a best-of-seven elimination tournament among sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference , ultimately deciding the final four teams who will play in the NBA Conference Finals.-Format:Following the NBA regular season, eight teams in...
to the 2008 NBA Playoffs2008 NBA PlayoffsThe 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4–2....
.
- May 1: The Sixers were eliminated from the 2008 NBA Playoffs2008 NBA PlayoffsThe 2008 NBA Playoffs was the postseason for the National Basketball Association's 2007–08 season which ended with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4–2....
with their game 6 loss to DetroitDetroit PistonsThe Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
finishing the series 4-2.
NBA Draft 2007
On May 22, the Sixers were assigned the 12th overall selection in the NBA Draft LotteryNBA Draft Lottery
The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association in which the teams who had missed the playoffs in the previous season, or teams who hold the draft rights of another team that missed the playoffs in the previous season, participate in a lottery process to...
. On June 28, The Sixers then used that pick to select forward Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Charles Young is an American professional basketball player. Young is a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is tall and weighs...
from Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that...
. The Sixers also held picks 21 and 30 of the first round that they received last season in a trade with the Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
for Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson is an American professional basketball point guard and shooting guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the number one pick in the 1996 NBA Draft. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1996–97 season...
. They used these picks to select guard Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder....
from Ohio State
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
The Lucas Sapp men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes won their only National Championship in 1960 and have made a total of 21 NCAA Tournament appearances...
and Petteri Koponen
Petteri Koponen
Petteri Koponen is a Finnish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Virtus Bologna. He is a point guard, weighs 195 pounds and is 6 feet 4.5 inches tall . He played for Virtus Bologna in Italian Lega Basket Serie A basketball league...
from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. In the second round the Sixers selected center Kyrylo Fesenko
Kyrylo Fesenko
Kyrylo Fesenko is a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He is a 7'1" and 280 lb center.-Ukrainian career:Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Fesenko began his basketball career in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, first with the second division team of BC Azovmash in 2003 then to its first division...
with the 30th overall pick. During the draft, Daequan Cook was traded to the Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
for also recently drafted forward Jason Smith. Petteri Koponen was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
for swingman Derrick Byars
Derrick Byars
Derrick JaVaughn Byars is an American professional basketball player for the Pro A team Cholet Basket. Collegiality, he played for Virginia, and later for Vanderbilt...
. Finally, Kyrylo Fesenko was traded to the Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
for forward/center Herbert Hill
Herbert Hill (basketball)
Herbert Hill is an American basketball player currently playing for the Incheon Elephants in the Korean Basketball League....
.
Draft picks
Philadelphia's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
in New York, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Thaddeus Young Thaddeus Young Thaddeus Charles Young is an American professional basketball player. Young is a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is tall and weighs... |
Small forward | Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that... |
|
| 1 | 21 | Daequan Cook Daequan Cook Daequan Cook is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.... (traded to Miami Miami Heat The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami... ) |
Shooting guard | Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball The Lucas Sapp men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes won their only National Championship in 1960 and have made a total of 21 NCAA Tournament appearances... |
|
| 1 | 30 | Petteri Koponen Petteri Koponen Petteri Koponen is a Finnish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Virtus Bologna. He is a point guard, weighs 195 pounds and is 6 feet 4.5 inches tall . He played for Virtus Bologna in Italian Lega Basket Serie A basketball league... (traded to Portland Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the... ) |
Point guard | Tapiolan Honka Tapiolan Honka Espoon Honka is a basketball club based in Espoo, Finland. Espoo is Finland's second largest city, with a population over 240,000. It is nearby Helsinki.Originally, one sport club Tapion Honka existed in Espoo. It was founded in 1957... (Finland Korisliiga Korisliiga is the top league of basketball in Finland, comprising the top 12 teams of the country. In current format each team plays all other teams twice in the regular season, both at home and away... ) |
|
| 2 | 38 | Kyrylo Fesenko Kyrylo Fesenko Kyrylo Fesenko is a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He is a 7'1" and 280 lb center.-Ukrainian career:Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Fesenko began his basketball career in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, first with the second division team of BC Azovmash in 2003 then to its first division... (traded to Utah Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association... ) |
Center | SK Cherkassy (Ukraine Ukrainian Basketball Super League The Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is the top professional basketball league in Ukraine.-2010–2011 Teams:* Azovmash Mariupol* BC Kyiv* Khimik Yuzhny* MBС Mykolaiv* BC Donetsk* BC Budivelnik* BC Halychyna* BC Hoverla* BC Dnipro-Azot... ) |
|
Roster
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; |width:100%;}}"|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color: black; color: #D9AF62; text-align: center;" | Philadelphia 76ers roster
|- style="background-color: #D80303; color: white; text-align: center;"
! Players !! Coaches
|-
| valign="top" |
{| class="sortable" style="background:white; margin:0px; width:100%;"
! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From
Depth chart
{| style="text-align: center; background:black; color:#d9af62"!width="40"|Pos.
!width="165"|Starter
!width="165"|Bench
!width="165"|Reserve
!width="165"|Inactive
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Dalembert
Samuel Davis Dalembert is a Haitian Canadian professional basketball player who most recently played center for the NBA's Sacramento Kings. Dalembert began playing in Montreal, Quebec and played college basketball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, United States...
|| Jason Smith || Calvin Booth
Calvin Booth
Calvin Lawrence Booth is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-College career:...
|| style="background:#edbebf" | Herbert Hill
Herbert Hill (basketball)
Herbert Hill is an American basketball player currently playing for the Incheon Elephants in the Korean Basketball League....
! style="background:#d80303" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Young
Thaddeus Charles Young is an American professional basketball player. Young is a small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is tall and weighs...
|| Reggie Evans
Reggie Evans
Reginald Jamaal "Reggie" Evans is an American professional basketball player. The power forward most recently played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA...
|| Louis Amundson
Louis Amundson
Louis Gabriel "Lou" Amundson is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Golden State Warriors. He has played in the NBA D-League and was named D-League Rookie of the Year in 2006. On August 14, 2008, Amundson signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns...
|| style="background:#edbebf" | Shavlik Randolph
Shavlik Randolph
Ronald Shavlik Randolph is an American professional basketball player. Randolph played for Duke University from 2002 to 2005.-Family and childhood:...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Andre Iguodala
Andre Iguodala
Andre Tyler Iguodala is an American professional basketball player who plays small forward for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association . Iguodala is listed at 6 ft 6 in and 207 lbs. . Iguodala played his high school basketball for Lanphier High School in Springfield, Illinois...
|| Rodney Carney
Rodney Carney
Rodney Dion Carney is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of Memphis and was selected in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls and shortly afterwards traded to the Philadelphia 76ers.-Early college career:Carney made the Conference USA...
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Willie Green
Willie Green
Willie J. Green is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by Philadelphia from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights...
|| Kevin Ollie
Kevin Ollie
Kevin Jermaine Ollie is an American former professional basketball player. He played for eleven National Basketball Association franchises in thirteen seasons...
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#008040"
! style="background:#d80303" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Andre Miller
Andre Miller
Andre Lloyd Miller is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.- College career :...
|| Louis Williams
Louis Williams
Louis "Lou" Tyrone Williams is an American professional basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers, who selected him with the 45th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft...
|| || style="background:#edbebf" |
|}
Regular season
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! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | PPG
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| 16 || 0 || 4.0 || .500 || .000 || .286 || .8 || .0 || .06 || .06 || 1.1
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| 31 || 0 || 6.6 || .333 || .000 || .600 || 1.2 || .3 || .19 || .58 || .8
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| 70 || 6 || 14.8 || .403 || .317 || .679 || 2.1 || .5 || .56 || .33 || 5.8
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || 33.2 || .513 || .000 || .707 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 10.4 || .5 || .49 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.34 || 10.5
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| 81 || 61 || 23.2 || .439 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || .467 || 7.5 || .8 || 1.06 || .10 || 5.2
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| 74 || 74 || 26.6 || .436 || .285 || .757 || 2.5 || 2.0 || .73 || .30 || 12.4
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 39.5 || .456 || .329 || .721 || 5.4 || 4.8 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.09 || .60 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 19.9
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 82 || 36.8 || .492 || .088 || .772 || 4.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6.9 || 1.28 || .07 || 17.0
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| 40 || 0 || 7.5 || .420 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .800 || .5 || 1.0 || .25 || .00 || 1.8
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| 9 || 0 || 3.0 || .286 || .000 || .000 || 1.2 || .3 || .11 || .33 || .9
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| 76 || 1 || 14.6 || .455 || .286 || .659 || 3.0 || .3 || .29 || .66 || 4.5
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| 80 || 0 || 23.3 || .424 || .359 || .783 || 2.1 || 3.2 || 1.01 || .16 || 11.5
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| 74 || 22 || 21.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .539 || .316 || .738 || 4.2 || .8 || .99 || .11 || 8.2
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Playoffs
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! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="10%" | Player
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | APG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#000000;color:#d9af62;" width="6%" | PPG
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| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .000 || .500 || 3.5 || .0 || .00 || .00 || 2.5
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 14.0 || .387 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .500 || 1.2 || .8 || 1.17 || .33 || 5.0
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 32.2 || .422 || .000 || .842 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 9.5 || .5 || .33 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.67 || 9.0
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 24.7 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | .500 || .000 || .625 || 7.8 || .5 || .83 || .00 || 6.8
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 23.7 || .431 || .200 || .643 || 1.3 || 2.0 || .83 || .67 || 9.0
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 39.0 || .333 || .143 || .721 || 4.8 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 5.0 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 2.17 || .17 || 13.2
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 38.2 || .438 || .000 || .636 || 3.2 || 3.3 || .83 || .00 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 15.3
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| 3 || 0 || 6.3 || .250 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || .3 || 1.0 || .67 || .00 || 1.3
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| 2 || 0 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || .750 || .0 || .0 || .00 || .00 || 1.5
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 13.7 || .444 || .000 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 1.000 || 2.5 || .5 || .17 || .83 || 3.3
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 0 || 22.5 || .400 || .222 || .733 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 1.00 || .00 || 12.0
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| style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || style="background:#d80303;color:white;" | 6 || 26.7 || .480 || .200 || .857 || 4.5 || .7 || 1.17 || .00 || 10.2
|}
Awards
- Andre MillerAndre MillerAndre Lloyd Miller is an American professional basketball player, currently with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.- College career :...
was named the Eastern ConferenceEastern Conference (NBA)The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams, organized in three divisions of five teams each.The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records, with all...
Player of the Week for games played from February 4 through February 10.
Records
- The Sixers broke the team record of fewest points allowed in a game by only giving up 63 points to the Charlotte BobcatsCharlotte BobcatsThe Charlotte Bobcats is a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, two seasons after Charlotte's previous NBA...
on November 7, 2007. - Willie GreenWillie GreenWillie J. Green is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by Philadelphia from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights...
had a career-high 37 points against the Toronto RaptorsToronto RaptorsThe Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion...
on April 4, 2007.
Transactions
The 76ers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.Trades
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2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top"| To Miami Heat
Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
Rights to Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook
Daequan Cook is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder....
(2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
21st overall draft pick), second round draft pick (2009
2009 NBA Draft
The 2009 NBA Draft was held on June 25, 2009, the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
) and cash considerations
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Rights to Jason Smith (2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
20th overall draft pick)
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The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Rights to Derrick Byars
Derrick Byars
Derrick JaVaughn Byars is an American professional basketball player for the Pro A team Cholet Basket. Collegiality, he played for Virginia, and later for Vanderbilt...
(2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
42nd overall draft pick) and cash considerations.
| valign="top"| To Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
Rights to Petteri Koponen
Petteri Koponen
Petteri Koponen is a Finnish professional basketball player. He currently plays for Virtus Bologna. He is a point guard, weighs 195 pounds and is 6 feet 4.5 inches tall . He played for Virtus Bologna in Italian Lega Basket Serie A basketball league...
(2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
30th overall draft pick)
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2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top"| To Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
Rights to Kyrylo Fesenko
Kyrylo Fesenko
Kyrylo Fesenko is a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He is a 7'1" and 280 lb center.-Ukrainian career:Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Fesenko began his basketball career in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, first with the second division team of BC Azovmash in 2003 then to its first division...
(2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
38th overall draft pick)
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Rights to Herbert Hill
Herbert Hill
Herbert Hill was the labor director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for decades and was a frequent contributor to New Politics as well as the author of several books...
(2007
2007 NBA Draft
The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
55th overall draft pick)
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2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top" | To Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
Steven Hunter and Bobby Jones
| valign="top" | To Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Reggie Evans
Reggie Evans
Reginald Jamaal "Reggie" Evans is an American professional basketball player. The power forward most recently played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA...
and draft rights to Ricky Sanchez
Ricky Sanchez
Ricardo "Ricky" Sánchez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He has played with the Idaho Stampede in the NBA Development League and the Continental Basketball Association, and with the Caguas Creoles and Humacao Grays in the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico actually...
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| December 29, 2007
2007-08 NBA season
The 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...
| valign="top" | To Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Gordan Giriček
Gordan Giricek
Gordan Giriček is a Croatian professional basketball player who is currently playing for Cibona Zagreb. Previously, he played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Phoenix Suns...
and future first round pick
| valign="top" | To Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently a part of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
Kyle Korver
Kyle Korver
Kyle Elliot Korver is an American basketball player, who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association...
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Additions
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|- style="height:40px"
| Calvin Booth
Calvin Booth
Calvin Lawrence Booth is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-College career:...
|| style="font-size: 80%"|September 10 || Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
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Subtractions
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| style="width:140px"|Player || style="width:70px"|Date left || style="width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Derrick Byars
Derrick Byars
Derrick JaVaughn Byars is an American professional basketball player for the Pro A team Cholet Basket. Collegiality, he played for Virginia, and later for Vanderbilt...
|| style="font-size: 80%"|October 22 || Köln 99ers
|- style="height:40px"
| Gordan Giriček
Gordan Giricek
Gordan Giriček is a Croatian professional basketball player who is currently playing for Cibona Zagreb. Previously, he played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Phoenix Suns...
|| style="font-size: 80%"|February 29 || Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...
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See also
- 2007-08 NBA season2007-08 NBA seasonThe 2007–08 NBA season was the 62nd season of the National Basketball Association. The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 30, 2007, and ended on Wednesday, April 16, 2008...