2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season

2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coach Maurice Cheeks
Arena Wachovia Center
Results
Record 40–42 (.488)
Place Division: 3rd (Atlantic)
Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish First Round
(eliminated 2–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television CSN Philadelphia, WPSG
Radio WIP, WPHT

The 2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Sixers finished the regular season at 40-42. In the first round of the playoffs, they lost to the Detroit Pistons in six games.

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2007

On May 22, the Sixers were assigned the 12th overall selection in the NBA Draft Lottery. 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.

Draft picks

Philadelphia's selections from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 12 Thaddeus Young Small forward  United States Georgia Tech
1 21 Daequan Cook (traded to Los Angeles) Power Forward  United States Ohio State
1 30 Petteri Koponen (traded to Portland) Point guard  Finland Tapiolan Honka (Finland)
2 38 Kyrylo Fesenko (traded to Utah) Center  Ukraine SK Cherkassy (Ukraine)

Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
PF 20 United States Amundson, Louis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UNLV
PF 52 United States Booth, Calvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Penn State
SF 25 United States Carney, Rodney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Memphis
C 1 Haiti Dalembert, Samuel 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Seton Hall
PF 30 United States Evans, Reggie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Iowa
SG 33 United States Green, Willie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Detroit
SG 35 United States Hill, Herbert  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Providence
SF 9 United States Iguodala, Andre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Arizona
PG 7 United States Miller, Andre 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
PG 12 United States Ollie, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Connecticut
PF 42 United States Randolph, Shavlik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke
C 14 United States Smith, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Colorado State
PG 23 United States Williams, Lou 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) South Gwinnett HS (GA)
SF 21 United States Young, Thaddeus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgia Tech
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2007-12-29

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve Inactive
C Samuel Dalembert Jason Smith Calvin Booth Herbert Hill
PF Thaddeus Young Reggie Evans Louis Amundson Shavlik Randolph
SF Andre Iguodala Rodney Carney
SG Willie Green Kevin Ollie
PG Andre Miller Louis Williams

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 66 16 .805 – 35–6 31–10 14–2
x-Toronto Raptors 41 41 .500 25 25–16 16–25 10–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 40 42 .488 26 22–19 18–23 7–9
New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 32 21–20 13–28 4–12
New York Knicks 23 59 .280 43 15–26 8–33 5–11

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
2008 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Louis Amundson 16 0 4.0 .500 .000 .286 .8 .0 .06 .06 1.1
Calvin Booth 31 0 6.6 .333 .000 .600 1.2 .3 .19 .58 .8
Rodney Carney 70 6 14.8 .403 .317 .679 2.1 .5 .56 .33 5.8
Samuel Dalembert 82 82 33.2 .513 .000 .707 10.4 .5 .49 2.34 10.5
Reggie Evans 81 61 23.2 .439 1.000 .467 7.5 .8 1.06 .10 5.2
Willie Green 74 74 26.6 .436 .285 .757 2.5 2.0 .73 .30 12.4
Andre Iguodala 82 82 39.5 .456 .329 .721 5.4 4.8 2.09 .60 19.9
Andre Miller 82 82 36.8 .492 .088 .772 4.0 6.9 1.28 .07 17.0
Kevin Ollie 40 0 7.5 .420 .000 .800 .5 1.0 .25 .00 1.8
Shavlik Randolph 9 0 3.0 .286 .000 .000 1.2 .3 .11 .33 .9
Jason Smith 76 1 14.6 .455 .286 .659 3.0 .3 .29 .66 4.5
Louis Williams 80 0 23.3 .424 .359 .783 2.1 3.2 1.01 .16 11.5
Thaddeus Young 74 22 21.0 .539 .316 .738 4.2 .8 .99 .11 8.2

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Louis Amundson 2 0 5.0 .500 .000 .500 3.5 .0 .00 .00 2.5
Rodney Carney 6 0 14.0 .387 .500 .500 1.2 .8 1.17 .33 5.0
Samuel Dalembert 6 6 32.2 .422 .000 .842 9.5 .5 .33 1.67 9.0
Reggie Evans 6 0 24.7 .500 .000 .625 7.8 .5 .83 .00 6.8
Willie Green 6 6 23.7 .431 .200 .643 1.3 2.0 .83 .67 9.0
Andre Iguodala 6 6 39.0 .333 .143 .721 4.8 5.0 2.17 .17 13.2
Andre Miller 6 6 38.2 .438 .000 .636 3.2 3.3 .83 .00 15.3
Kevin Ollie 3 0 6.3 .250 .000 1.000 .3 1.0 .67 .00 1.3
Shavlik Randolph 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .750 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.5
Jason Smith 6 0 13.7 .444 .000 1.000 2.5 .5 .17 .83 3.3
Louis Williams 6 0 22.5 .400 .222 .733 2.0 2.0 1.00 .00 12.0
Thaddeus Young 6 6 26.7 .480 .200 .857 4.5 .7 1.17 .00 10.2

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

The 76ers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Trades

June 28, 2007[2] To Los Angeles Clippers
Rights to Daequan Cook (2007 21st overall draft pick), second round draft pick (2009) and cash considerations		 To New York Knicks
Rights to Jason Smith (2007 20th overall draft pick)
June 28, 2007[2] To Dallas Mavericks
Rights to Derrick Byars (2007 42nd overall draft pick) and cash considerations.		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Rights to Petteri Koponen (2007 30th overall draft pick)
June 28, 2007[2] To Utah Jazz
Rights to Kyrylo Fesenko (2007 38th overall draft pick)		 To Orlando Magic
Rights to Herbert Hill (2007 55th overall draft pick)
September 10, 2007[3] To Denver Nuggets
Steven Hunter and Bobby Jones		 To Philadelphia 76ers
Reggie Evans and draft rights to Ricky Sanchez
December 29, 2007[4] To Utah Jazz
Gordan Giriček and future first round pick		 To Atlanta Hawks
Kyle Korver

Free Agents

Additions

Player Date signed Former team
Calvin Booth September 10 Minnesota Timberwolves

Subtractions

Player Date left New team
Derrick Byars October 22 Dallas Mavericks
Gordan Giriček February 29 Utah Jazz

See also

References

  1. ↑ , NBA.com, November 12, 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association
  3. ↑ ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association
  4. ↑ ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association

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