2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Philadelphia 76ers 2008 40 42 atlantic 3 7 Maurice Cheeks Wachovia Center CSN Philadelphia (72 games) WPSG (5 games) CN8 (5 games) WIP, WPHT First Round(lost to Pistons 2–4) PHI 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 (traded to Los Angeles) Shooting guard Ohio State 1 30 Petteri Koponen (traded to Portland) Point guard Tapiolan Honka (Finland) 2 38 Kyrylo Fesenko (traded to Utah) Center SK Cherkassy (Ukraine) Roster Philadelphia 76ers 2007–08 black #D9AF62 #D80303 white 20 Lou Amundson F/C 6 9 220 UNLV 52 Calvin Booth C 6 11 230 Penn State 25 Rodney Carney G/F 6 7 205 Memphis 1 Samuel Dalembert C 6 12 250 Seton Hall 30 Reggie Evans F 6 8 245 Iowa 33 Willie Green G 6 4 200 Detroit 35 Herbert Hill basketball F/C 6 10 240 Providence IN 9 Andre Iguodala F/G 6 6 207 Arizona 7 Andre Miller G 6 3 200 Utah 12 Kevin Ollie G 6 4 195 Connecticut 42 Shavlik Randolph F/C 6 10 240 Duke 14 Jason Smith basketball, born 1986 F/C 7 0 245 Colorado State 23 Lou Williams G 6 1 175 South Gwinnett HS 21 Thaddeus Young F 6 8 221 Georgia Tech Maurice Cheeks (West Texas A&M) Henry Bibby (UCLA) John Loyer (Akron) Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's) Moses Malone (Petersburg HS (VA)) Bernard Smith (East Stroudsburg) Frank Zanin (West Chester) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2008.html Regular season Standings PHI PHI Playoffs Philadelphia 76ers 2008 yes Philadelphia 76ers First Round yes yes 1 2 1 2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 20 || @ Detroit || https://archive.today/20130103023407/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280420008 90–86 || Miller (20) || Evans (14) || Iguodala (8) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 1–0 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 2 || April 23 || @ Detroit || https://archive.today/20130103132644/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280423008 88–105 || Williams (17) || Evans (11) || Iguodala (4) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 1–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 25 || Detroit || https://archive.today/20130103044657/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280425020 95–75 || Dalembert (23) || Dalembert (16) || Green, Iguodala (6) ||Wachovia Center18,805 || 2–1 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 4 || April 27 || Detroit || https://archive.today/20130103013631/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280427020 84–93 || Young (15) || Dalembert (12) || Iguodala (5) ||Wachovia Center18,347 || 2–2 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 5 || April 29 || @ Detroit || https://archive.today/20130102235144/http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280429008 81–98 || Iguodala (21) || Evans (7) || Iguodala (6) ||The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 || 2–3 |- style="background:#edbebf;" | 6 || May 1 || Detroit || https://archive.today/20130102230630/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280501020 77–100 || Iguodala (16) || Evans (7) || Evans, Ollie (3) ||Wachovia Center14,130 || 2–4 |- PHI yes 2008 Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Amundson, Louis Louis Amundson 16 0 4.0 .500 .000 .286 .8 .0 .06 .06 1.1 Booth, Calvin Calvin Booth 31 0 6.6 .333 .000 .600 1.2 .3 .19 .58 .8 Carney, Rodney Rodney Carney 70 6 14.8 .403 .317 .679 2.1 .5 .56 .33 5.8 Dalembert, Samuel Samuel Dalembert 82 82 33.2 .513 .000 .707 10.4 .5 .49 2.34 10.5 Evans, Reggie Reggie Evans 81 61 23.2 .439 1.000 .467 7.5 .8 1.06 .10 5.2 Green, Willie Willie Green 74 74 26.6 .436 .285 .757 2.5 2.0 .73 .30 12.4 Iguodala, Andre Andre Iguodala 82 82 39.5 .456 .329 .721 5.4 4.8 2.09 .60 19.9 Miller, Andre Andre Miller 82 82 36.8 .492 .088 .772 4.0 6.9 1.28 .07 17.0 Ollie, Kevin Kevin Ollie 40 0 7.5 .420 .000 .800 .5 1.0 .25 .00 1.8 Randolph, Shavlik Shavlik Randolph 9 0 3.0 .286 .000 .000 1.2 .3 .11 .33 .9 Smith, Jason Jason Smith 76 1 14.6 .455 .286 .659 3.0 .3 .29 .66 4.5 Williams, Louis Louis Williams 80 0 23.3 .424 .359 .783 2.1 3.2 1.01 .16 11.5 Young, Thaddeus Thaddeus Young 74 22 21.0 .539 .316 .738 4.2 .8 .99 .11 8.2 Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG Amundson, Louis Louis Amundson 2 0 5.0 .500 .000 .500 3.5 .0 .00 .00 2.5 Carney, Rodney Rodney Carney 6 0 14.0 .387 .500 .500 1.2 .8 1.17 .33 5.0 Dalembert, Samuel Samuel Dalembert 6 6 32.2 .422 .000 .842 9.5 .5 .33 1.67 9.0 Evans, Reggie Reggie Evans 6 0 24.7 .500 .000 .625 7.8 .5 .83 .00 6.8 Green, Willie Willie Green 6 6 23.7 .431 .200 .643 1.3 2.0 .83 .67 9.0 Iguodala, Andre Andre Iguodala 6 6 39.0 .333 .143 .721 4.8 5.0 2.17 .17 13.2 Miller, Andre Andre Miller 6 6 38.2 .438 .000 .636 3.2 3.3 .83 .00 15.3 Ollie, Kevin Kevin Ollie 3 0 6.3 .250 .000 1.000 .3 1.0 .67 .00 1.3 Randolph, Shavlik Shavlik Randolph 2 0 2.0 .000 .000 .750 .0 .0 .00 .00 1.5 Smith, Jason Jason Smith 6 0 13.7 .444 .000 1.000 2.5 .5 .17 .83 3.3 Williams, Louis Louis Williams 6 0 22.5 .400 .222 .733 2.0 2.0 1.00 .00 12.0 Young, Thaddeus Thaddeus Young 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 Category:Philadelphia 76ers seasons Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Category:2007 in Philadelphia Category:2008 in Philadelphia