2007-08 Philadelphia 76ers season

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2007-08 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head Coach	Maurice Cheeks
Arena	Wachovia Center
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (East)
Playoff Finish	First Round (eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Philadelphia 76ers seasons
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The 2007-08 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 69th season of the franchise, 59th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

[edit] 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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey Nets GM Ed Stefanski.
• April 4: The Sixers clinched a playoff berth to the 2008 NBA Playoffs.

Contents 1 Key dates 2 Summary 2.1 NBA Draft 2007 3 Draft picks 4 Roster 5 Depth chart 6 Regular season 7 Playoffs 7.1 Game log 8 Player statistics 8.1 Regular season 8.2 Playoffs 9 Awards and records 9.1 Awards 9.2 Records 9.3 Milestones 10 Transactions 10.1 Trades 10.2 Free Agents 10.2.1 Additions 10.2.2 Subtractions 11 See also 12 External links

• May 1: The Sixers were eliminated from the 2008 NBA Playoffs with their game 6 loss to Detroit finishing the series 4-2.

[edit] Summary

[edit] NBA Draft 2007

On May 22, the Sixers were assigned the 12^th 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 30^th 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 Trailblazers for swingman Derrick Byars. Finally, Kyrylo Fesenko was traded to the Utah Jazz for forward/center Herbert Hill.

[edit] 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 Miami)	Shooting guard	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)

[edit] Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 3.5 F 20 USA Amundson, Louis 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UNLV 5.0 C 52 USA Booth, Calvin 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Penn State 3.0 SF 25 USA Carney, Rodney 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Memphis 5.0 C 1 CAN Dalembert, Samuel 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Seton Hall 4.0 PF 30 USA Evans, Reggie 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Iowa 2.0 SG 33 USA Green, Willie 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Detroit 4.5 F/C 35 USA Hill, Herbert  82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Providence 3.0 SF 9 USA Iguodala, Andre 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Arizona 1.0 PG 7 USA Miller, Andre 74 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah 1.0 PG 12 USA Ollie, Kevin 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Connecticut 4.0 PF 42 USA Randolph, Shavlik 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke 5.0 C 14 USA Smith, Jason 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Colorado State 1.0 PG 23 USA Williams, Louis 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) South Gwinnett HS (GA)* 3.0 SF 21 USA Young, Thaddeus 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgia Tech	Head coach Maurice Cheeks (UTEP) Assistant coach(es) John Loyer (Akron) Henry Bibby (UCLA) Jim Lynam (Saint Joseph's) Moses Malone (Petersburg HS (VA)*) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Draft pick (FA) Free agent Injured Roster • Transactions Last change: 2007-12-29

[edit] 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

[edit] Regular season

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	Home	Road	Div	GB	GP
Boston Celtics1	66	16	.805	35–6	31–10	14–2	--	82
Toronto Raptors6	41	41	.500	25–16	16–25	10–6	25.0	82
Philadelphia 76ers7	40	42	.488	22–19	18–23	7–9	26.0	82
New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	21–20	13–28	4–12	32.0	82
New York Knicks	23	59	.280	15–26	8–33	5–11	43.0	82

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Game log

2008 Game Log
First Round Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 April 20 @ Detroit 90–86 Miller (20) Evans (14) Iguodala (8) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–0 2 April 23 @ Detroit 88–105 Williams (17) Evans (11) Iguodala (4) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 1–1 3 April 25 Detroit 95–75 Dalembert (23) Dalembert (16) Green, Iguodala (6) Wachovia Center 18,805 2–1 4 April 27 Detroit 84–93 Young (15) Dalembert (12) Iguodala (5) Wachovia Center 18,347 2–2 5 April 29 @ Detroit 81–98 Iguodala (21) Evans (7) Iguodala (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076 2–3 6 May 1 Detroit 77–100 Iguodala (16) Evans (7) Evans, Ollie (3) Wachovia Center 14,130 2–4
2008 Playoff Schedule

[edit] 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

[edit] Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

[edit] Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
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

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

• Andre Miller was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from February 4 through February 10.^[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Transactions

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

[edit] Trades

June 28, 2007[2]	To Miami Heat Rights to Daequan Cook (2007 21st overall draft pick), second round draft pick (2009) and cash considerations	To Philadelphia 76ers Rights to Jason Smith (2007 20th overall draft pick)
June 28, 2007[2]	To Philadelphia 76ers 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 Philadelphia 76ers 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 Philadelphia 76ers Gordan Giriček and future first round pick	To Utah Jazz Kyle Korver

[edit] Free Agents

[edit] Additions

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