The 1994–95 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 46th season for the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association, and their 32nd season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Season summary
Off-season The 76ers received the sixth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft, and selected power forward Sharone Wright out of Clemson University. During the off-season, the team signed free agents Scott Williams, Jeff Grayer, undrafted rookie power forward Derrick Alston, and then signed Willie Burton during the first month of the regular season. The 76ers also hired John Lucas as their new head coach and General Manager.
For the season, the 76ers redesigned their home and road uniforms, which featured the team nickname "Sixers" on the front of their jerseys, slated blue side panels on their jerseys and shorts, and the team's primary logo on the right leg of their shorts. The white home uniforms featured a white and red trim, and white and red outlines next to the side panels, while the red road uniforms featured a red and white trim, and red and white outlines. The team's new uniforms would remain in use until 1997.
Regular season Under Lucas and with the addition of Wright, Burton and Williams, the 76ers struggled losing six of their first seven games of the regular season. After a 10–16 start to the season, the team posted a nine-game losing streak between December and January, as Jeff Malone only played just 19 games due to a sprained ankle injury, and was out for the remainder of the season. After holding a 14–34 record at the All-Star break, the 76ers posted an eight-game losing streak in March, and finished in sixth place in the Atlantic Division with a 24–58 record.
Dana Barros averaged 20.6 points, 7.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and led the 76ers with 197 three-point field goals; he shot .464 in three-point field-goal percentage, shot .899 in free-throw percentage, and was named the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year. In addition, Malone averaged 18.4 points per game, while Clarence Weatherspoon provided the team with 18.1 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, and Burton contributed 15.3 points per game and 106 three-point field goals. Meanwhile, Wright provided with 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, and second-year star Shawn Bradley played a full season, averaging 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game. Grayer contributed 8.3 points per game in only just 47 games, Williams provided with 6.4 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, and Alston averaged 4.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
During the NBA All-Star weekend at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, Barros was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was his first and only All-Star appearance. In addition, Barros also participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the third consecutive year, while Wright was selected for the NBA Rookie Game, as a member of the Green team, and Tim Perry participated in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest for the third time.
The 76ers finished 25th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 507,806 at the CoreStates Spectrum during the regular season, which was the third-lowest in the league.
Aftermath Following the season, Barros signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics, while Burton and Grayer were both released to free agency, and first-round draft pick B.J. Tyler was left unprotected in the 1995 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the Toronto Raptors expansion team.
Offseason
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 6 Sharone Wright PF/C Clemson 1 20 B.J. Tyler PG University of Texas at Austin
Roster
Roster Notes Center Shawn Bradley was raised in the U.S., but played for Germany internationally.
Regular season
Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
Regular season
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | November 5, 1994 | @ Orlando | L 107–122
| Orlando Arena | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 12, 1994 | Orlando | L 103–116
| CoreStates Spectrum | 1–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | December 9, 1994 | Indiana | L 88–94
| CoreStates Spectrum | 7–10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 14, 1995 | @ Orlando | L 70–91
| Orlando Arena | 10–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 28, 1995 | @ Indiana | L 103–106 (OT)
| Market Square Arena | 12–30
|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 17, 1995 | @ Orlando | L 83–129
| Orlando Arena | 14–36
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 10, 1995 | San Antonio | L 94–100
| CoreStates Spectrum | 17–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 14, 19957:30p.m. EST | Houston | L 107–136 | Barros (50) | Weatherspoon (8) | Barros (8) | CoreStates Spectrum11,484 | 17–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 16, 1995 | @ San Antonio | L 86–112
| Alamodome | 17–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 19, 19953:30p.m. EST | @ Houston | L 103–114 | Weatherspoon (25) | Bradley (12) | Barros (10) | The Summit16,611 | 17–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 25, 1995 | Indiana | L 75–84
| CoreStates Spectrum | 18–50
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 75 | April 8, 1995 | Orlando | W 109–99
| CoreStates Spectrum | 21–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 19, 1995 | @ Indiana | L 91–103
| Market Square Arena | 23–57
Player statistics
Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG† 3 0 10.0 .091 2.7 .0 .0 .0 .7 64 1 16.1 .465 .000 .492 3.4 .5 .6 .5 4.7 82 82 40.5 .490 .464 .899 3.3 7.5 1.8 .0 20.6 82 59 28.8 .455 .000 .638 8.0 .6 .7 3.3 9.5 53 31 29.5 .401 .385 .824 3.1 1.8 .6 .4 15.3† 5 0 12.6 .333 .214 1.000 1.4 .8 .4 .0 4.6 5 0 19.6 .231 .000 .500 4.0 1.8 .2 .0 3.8 11 8 25.5 .471 .133 .455 1.6 3.0 .7 .1 5.0 50 7 15.5 .426 .214 .753 1.2 1.3 .6 .1 5.0 47 25 23.4 .428 .333 .699 3.2 1.6 .6 .1 8.3 10 0 15.8 .396 1.000 .500 2.3 1.2 .9 .0 4.6 21 1 12.2 .368 .267 .667 2.0 .9 .4 .2 3.3 19 19 34.7 .507 .393 .864 2.9 1.5 .8 .0 18.4 42 1 10.6 .346 .000 .550 2.1 .3 .2 .4 1.8† 5 0 7.2 .000 .000 .250 .2 2.2 .0 .0 .2 55 8 14.7 .381 .314 .700 1.1 3.2 .7 .0 3.5 76 76 39.4 .439 .190 .751 6.9 2.8 1.5 .9 18.1 77 43 23.1 .475 .000 .738 6.3 .8 .9 .5 6.4 79 49 25.9 .465 .000 .645 6.0 .6 .5 1.3 11.4
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Awards and honors Dana Barros, Most Improved Player of the Year Sharone Wright, NBA All-Rookie Team, Second Team
Transactions The 76ers were involved in the following transactions during the 1994–95 season.
Trades July 25, 1994 To Philadelphia 76ers1996 second-round pick To Detroit PistonsEric Leckner
Free agents
Additions Player Signed Former team Scott Williams July 28 Chicago Bulls Tate George October 5 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Steve Bardo October 6 Wichita Falls Texans (CBA) Lloyd Daniels October 8 San Antonio Spurs Willie Burton November 8 Miami Heat Jaren Jackson November 15 Portland Trail Blazers Jeff Grayer January 5 Golden State Warriors Kevin Pritchard February 15 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Jerome Harmon February 17 Unsigned Alaa Abdelnaby March 24 Sacramento Kings Alphonso Ford March 27 Tri-City Chinook (CBA) Corey Gaines April 4 Scavolini Pesaro (LBA)
Subtractions Player Left New team Moses Malone waived, June 17 San Antonio Spurs Isaac Austin released, July 28 CRO Lyon (France) Johnny Dawkins waived, October 6 Detroit Pistons Steve Bardo waived, October 27 Chicago Rockers (CBA) Tate George waived, November 7 Milwaukee Bucks Lloyd Daniels waived, November 14 Limoges CSP (LNB Pro A) Jaren Jackson waived, January 4 Pittsburgh Piranhas (CBA) Alaa Abdelnaby waived, April 12 Papagou B.C. (Greece) Alphonso Ford waived, April 14 Grupo AGB Huesca (LEB Oro)
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References
See also 1994-95 NBA season