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 June 28: The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City, New York. July 1: The free agency period started. October 12: The Sixers pre-season started with a game against the Brooklyn Nets. November 2: The Sixers season started with a game against the Chicago Bulls. December 4: General Manager Billy King was fired and replaced by former Brooklyn Nets GM Ed Stefanski. April 4: The Sixers clinched a playoff berth to the 2008 NBA Playoffs. May 1: The Sixers were eliminated from the 2008 NBA Playoffs with their game 6 loss to Detroit finishing the series 4–2.
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 Georgia Tech 1 21 Daequan Cook Shooting guard Ohio State 1 30 Petteri Koponen Point guard Tapiolan Honka 2 38 Kyrylo Fesenko Center SK Cherkassy
Roster
Regular season
Standings
Playoffs
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 20 || @ Detroit || || Miller (20) || Evans (14) || Iguodala (8) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 1–0 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 2 || April 23 || @ Detroit || || Williams (17) || Evans (11) || Iguodala (4) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 1–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 25 || Detroit || || Dalembert (23) || Dalembert (16) || Green, Iguodala (6) ||Wachovia Center18,805 || 2–1 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 4 || April 27 || Detroit || || Young (15) || Dalembert (12) || Iguodala (5) ||Wachovia Center18,347 || 2–2 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 5 || April 29 || @ Detroit || || Iguodala (21) || Evans (7) || Iguodala (6) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 2–3 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 6 || May 1 || Detroit || || Iguodala (16) || Evans (7) || Evans, Ollie (3) ||Wachovia Center14,130 || 2–4
Player statistics
Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 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 82 82 33.2 .513 .000 .707 10.4 .5 .49 2.34 10.5 81 61 23.2 .439 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 82 82 39.5 .456 .329 .721 5.4 4.8 2.09 .60 19.9 82 82 36.8 .492 .088 .772 4.0 6.9 1.28 .07 17.0 40 0 7.5 .420 .000 .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 .539 .316 .738 4.2 .8 .99 .11 8.2
Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG 2 0 5.0 .500 .000 .500 3.5 .0 .00 .00 2.5 6 0 14.0 .387 .500 .500 1.2 .8 1.17 .33 5.0 6 6 32.2 .422 .000 .842 9.5 .5 .33 1.67 9.0 6 0 24.7 .500 .000 .625 7.8 .5 .83 .00 6.8 6 6 23.7 .431 .200 .643 1.3 2.0 .83 .67 9.0 6 6 39.0 .333 .143 .721 4.8 5.0 2.17 .17 13.2 6 6 38.2 .438 .000 .636 3.2 3.3 .83 .00 15.3 3 0 6.3 .250 .000 1.000 .3 1.0 .67 .00 1.3 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .750 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.5 6 0 13.7 .444 .000 1.000 2.5 .5 .17 .83 3.3 6 0 22.5 .400 .222 .733 2.0 2.0 1.00 .00 12.0 6 6 26.7 .480 .200 .857 4.5 .7 1.17 .00 10.2
Awards and records
Awards Andre Miller was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 4 through February 10., NBA.com, November 12, 2007. Thaddeus Young, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team
Records The Sixers broke the team record of fewest points allowed in a game by only giving up 63 points to the Charlotte Bobcats on November 7, 2007. Willie Green had a career-high 37 points against the Toronto Raptors on April 4, 2007.
Milestones
Transactions The 76ers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.
Trades June 28, 2007ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association To Los Angeles ClippersRights to Daequan Cook (2007 21st overall draft pick), second-round draft pick (2009) and cash considerations To New York KnicksRights to Jason Smith (2007 20th overall draft pick) June 28, 2007 To Dallas MavericksRights to Derrick Byars (2007 42nd overall draft pick) and cash considerations. To Portland Trail BlazersRights to Petteri Koponen (2007 30th overall draft pick) June 28, 2007 To Utah JazzRights to Kyrylo Fesenko (2007 38th overall draft pick) To Orlando MagicRights to Herbert Hill (2007 55th overall draft pick) September 10, 2007ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association To Denver NuggetsSteven Hunter and Bobby Jones To Philadelphia 76ersReggie Evans and draft rights to Ricky Sanchez December 29, 2007ESPN - NBA Basketball Transactions - National Basketball Association To Utah JazzGordan Giriček and future first-round pick To Atlanta HawksKyle 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 2007-08 NBA season
References