2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 70th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coachBrett Brown
General managerElton Brand
OwnersJoshua Harris
ArenaWells Fargo Center
Results
Record5131 (.622)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Atlantic)
Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Semifinals
(Lost to Raptors 3–4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionNBCSPHI, NBCSPHI+, 6ABC
RadioWPEN

In the 2017–18 season, the 76ers were led by Joel Embiid, who played in his first All-Star Game, and 2018 Rookie of The Year Ben Simmons. During the season, the team made some major trades, In November, they traded Dario Saric, Robert Covington, Jerryd Bayless, and a 2022 second round pick, for Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton. Then just before the trade deadline, they acquired Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott, in exchange for Landry Shamet, Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala, the Sixers own 2020 first round pick, and the Miami Heat's unprotected first round pick in 2021 and two second round picks in 2021 and 2023. Finally, they traded Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic, for Jonathon Simmons, and a first and second round pick. The 76ers would win one less game then the previous season, going 51–31, and clinching the 3rd seed playoff spot for the second consecutive season.

In the playoffs, the 76ers defeated the Brooklyn Nets in the first round in five games, but lost to the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in seven games due to a Kawhi Leonard buzzer beater in Game 7, which gave the Raptors a 92–90 victory.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College / Club
1 16 Zhaire Smith SG  United States Texas Tech
1 26 Landry Shamet SG  United States Wichita State
2 54 Shake Milton PG  United States Southern Methodist

Entering the 2018 NBA Draft, the 76ers had two first round picks and four second round pick. Their top selection was previously acquired through a three-way trade involving the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, with the Suns trading away the Los Angeles Lakers' selection (which was previously protected from 2015–2017 before ending up at #10) in exchange for Brandon Knight, while Philadelphia traded Michael Carter-Williams to Milwaukee, joining Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee. Their other first round pick would be their own selection, which rose up as high as #26 thanks to their 17-game winning streak ending the previous season. Philadelphia also acquired two straight selections in the second round at #38 & #39 through trades with the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks (for selections that were possibly going to be from the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers) respectively. Furthermore, the 76ers held two of the last five picks of the 2018 NBA Draft, with the #56 selection being their own and the last pick of the draft being from the Houston Rockets as a part of Houston's ultimate blockbuster trade to acquire Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. By the end of the night, their number of selection were cut in half.

Originally, the 76ers selected local small forward Mikal Bridges from Villanova University with the #10 pick of the draft. However, the 76ers would trade Bridges to the Phoenix Suns (thereby returning that selection from their 2012 Steve Nash trade back to them) in exchange for the Miami Heat's unprotected 2021 first round pick and the 16th pick of the draft, which became shooting guard Zhaire Smith from Texas Tech University. Despite starting out the previous season as a less-than-highly regarded prospect, Smith grew his game to be one of the more highly regarded players of the season, as well as a key reason for Texas Tech's journey into the Elite 8. In 37 games played for Texas Tech (21 of which he started in), he averaged 11.3 points (on .556 overall shooting and a .450 three-point percentage), 5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.1 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game, which resulted in him earning spots on both the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. Next, with their original first round pick at #26, Philadelphia selected shooting guard Landry Shamet from Wichita State University. Shamet was a redshirted sophomore who was previously the MVC Freshman of The Year and an All-MVC First Team member in his redshirted freshman year before a conference change lead to him being a member of the All-ACC First Team in his last season at Wichita State. During that season, Shamet averaged 14.9 points (on .489 shooting percentages with a very good .442 three-point percentage), 5.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and 0.7 steals in 31.7 minutes per game throughout 32 games played and stated.

As for their second round picks, all of their original selections there would be traded. With the 38th pick (which became point guard Khyri Thomas from Creighton University), Philadelphia traded that selection to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for two future second round picks. A selection later, the 76ers traded the German small forward Isaac Bonga to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the Chicago Bulls' 2019 second round pick and cash considerations. Finally, with their last two second round picks (which became power forward Ray Spalding from Louisville University and Greek combo forward Kostas Antetokounmpo (brother of player Giannis Antetokounmpo) from Dayton University respectively), they would trade both of those second rounders to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Dallas' original last second round pick, which was Southern Methodist University point guard Shake Milton at the 54th pick. Throughout his time at Southern Methodist, Milton earned an honor for each season played there, with an All-ACC Rookie Team spot being acquired in his freshman year, and two All-ACC Second Team spots acquired during both his sophomore and junior years respectively. During his last season there, Milton recorded 18 points (on .449 overall shooting percentages with a very good .434 three-point percentage), 4.7 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.6 blocks in 36.4 minutes per game throughout 22 games played and started before ending his season prematurely with a hand injury.

Game log

Preseason

2018 pre-season game log
Total: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–0)
2018–19 season schedule

Regular season

2018–19 game log
Total: 51–31 (Home: 31–10; Road: 20–21)
2018–19 season schedule

Playoffs

2019 playoff game log
Total: 7–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 3–3)
2019 playoff schedule

Standings

Atlantic division

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
yToronto Raptors 58 24 .707 0.0 32–9 26–15 12–4 82
xPhiladelphia 76ers 51 31 .622 7.0 31–10 20–21 8–8 82
xBoston Celtics 49 33 .598 9.0 28–13 21–20 10–6 82
xBrooklyn Nets 42 40 .512 16.0 23–18 19–22 8–8 82
New York Knicks 17 65 .207 41.0 9–32 8–33 2–14 82

Conference standings

Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 zMilwaukee Bucks * 60 22 .732 82
2 yToronto Raptors * 58 24 .707 2.0 82
3 xPhiladelphia 76ers 51 31 .622 9.0 82
4 xBoston Celtics 49 33 .598 11.0 82
5 xIndiana Pacers 48 34 .585 12.0 82
6 xBrooklyn Nets 42 40 .512 18.0 82
7 yOrlando Magic * 42 40 .512 18.0 82
8 xDetroit Pistons 41 41 .500 19.0 82
9 Charlotte Hornets 39 43 .476 21.0 82
10 Miami Heat 39 43 .476 21.0 82
11 Washington Wizards 32 50 .390 28.0 82
12 Atlanta Hawks 29 53 .354 31.0 82
13 Chicago Bulls 22 60 .268 38.0 82
14 Cleveland Cavaliers 19 63 .232 41.0 82
15 New York Knicks 17 65 .207 43.0 82

Roster

Roster listing
2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 43 Bolden, Jonah 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–01–02 UCLA
G/F 23 Butler, Jimmy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1989–09–14 Marquette
F/C 21 Embiid, Joel 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1994–03–16 Kansas
F 11 Ennis, James 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–07–01 Long Beach State
F 33 Harris, Tobias 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1992–07–15 Tennessee
F 7 Highsmith, Haywood (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–12–09 Wheeling Jesuit
F/C 5 Johnson, Amir 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1987–05–01 Westchester HS (CA)
G/F 30 Korkmaz, Furkan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–07–24 Turkey
C 51 Marjanović, Boban 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1988–08–15 Serbia
G 12 McConnell, T. J. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–03–25 Arizona
G 18 Milton, Shake (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1996–09–26 SMU
F/C 55 Monroe, Greg 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1990–06–04 Georgetown
G 17 Redick, JJ 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–06–24 Duke
F 1 Scott, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1988–07–16 Virginia
G/F 25 Simmons, Ben 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1996–07–20 LSU
G/F 14 Simmons, Jonathon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1989–09–14 Houston
G 8 Smith, Zhaire 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1999–06–04 Texas Tech
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2019–04–04

Player statistics

Regular season

Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts.
Jonah BoldenPF 4410639165401739207
Corey BrewerSF 73140171012253
Jimmy ButlerSF 55551,82429022099291,002
Wilson ChandlerPF 3632951168722218241
Robert CovingtonSF 131344067142423147
Joel EmbiidC 64642,154871234461221,761
James EnnisSF 18228165143795
Markelle FultzSG 19154277059175155
Tobias HarrisPF 2727944213791113492
Haywood HighsmithSF 504052109
Demetrius JacksonPG 6039352022
Amir JohnsonC 516529147601613201
Furkan KorkmazSG 48767910752292279
Boban MarjanovićC 22330511332510180
T. J. McConnellPG 7631,4701742587917483
Shake MiltonSG 20026835188887
Greg MonroeC 30521371041
Mike MuscalaPF 4761,041200621827349
Justin PattonC 302163205
JJ RedickSG 76632,37918620632171,372
Dario ŠarićPF 1313396862643144
Mike ScottPF 2736471022295211
Landry ShametSG 5441,1087859248449
Ben SimmonsPG 79792,700697610112611,337
Jonathon SimmonsSF 150219263311183
Zhaire SmithSG 6211113102240

After all games.[2]
Waived during the season
Traded during the season
Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts.
Jonah BoldenPF 100791432116
Jimmy ButlerSF 12124217362177233
Joel EmbiidC 111133411537825222
James EnnisSF 11023242124383
Tobias HarrisPF 121244310948136186
Amir JohnsonC 402052108
Furkan KorkmazSG 4036650119
Boban MarjanovićC 11010536112364
T. J. McConnellPG 90756112124
Greg MonroeC 101903145440
JJ RedickSG 1212376171913161
Mike ScottPF 1001933453056
Ben SimmonsPG 121242185721512167
Jonathon SimmonsSF 7052921025
Zhaire SmithSG 20500100

Transactions

Trades

June 21, 2018[3] To Philadelphia 76ers
Draft rights to Zhaire Smith
2021 Miami first-round pick
To Phoenix Suns
Draft rights to Mikal Bridges
June 21, 2018[4] To Philadelphia 76ers
Two future second-round picks
To Detroit Pistons
Draft rights to Khyri Thomas
June 21, 2018[5] To Philadelphia 76ers
Draft rights to Shake Milton
To Dallas Mavericks
Draft rights to Ray Spalding
Draft rights to Kostas Antetokounmpo
July 6, 2018[6] To Philadelphia 76ers
2019 second-round pick
Cash considerations
To Los Angeles Lakers
Draft rights to Isaac Bonga
July 6, 2018[7] To Philadelphia 76ers
Wilson Chandler
Future second-round pick
To Denver Nuggets
Cash considerations
July 20, 2018[8] To Philadelphia 76ers
Cash considerations
To Phoenix Suns
Richaun Holmes
July 25, 2018[9] To Philadelphia 76ers
Mike Muscala (from Atlanta)
To Atlanta Hawks
Carmelo Anthony (from Oklahoma City)
Justin Anderson (from Philadelphia)
2022 protected first-round pick (from Oklahoma City)
To Oklahoma City Thunder
Dennis Schröder (from Atlanta)
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (from Philadelphia)
November 12, 2018[10] To Philadelphia 76ers
Jimmy Butler
Justin Patton
To Minnesota Timberwolves
Robert Covington
Dario Šarić
Jerryd Bayless
2022 second-round pick
February 6, 2019[11][12] To Philadelphia 76ers
Tobias Harris
Boban Marjanovic
Mike Scott
To Los Angeles Clippers
Wilson Chandler
Mike Muscala
Landry Shamet
2020 protected first-round pick
2021 unprotected first-round pick
2021 second-round pick (from Miami)
2023 second-round pick (from Detroit)
To Philadelphia 76ers
Malachi Richardson
Draft rights to Emir Preldžić
2022 Toronto second-round pick
To Toronto Raptors
Cash considerations

Free agents

Re-signed

Player Signed
JJ Redick[7] July 6, 2018
Amir Johnson[13] July 16, 2018
Demetrius Jackson[14] July 27, 2018

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Shake Milton[15] Two-way contract SMU Mustangs
Norvel Pelle[16] August 3, 2018 Fiat Torino
Anthony Brown[17] August 29, 2018 Minnesota Timberwolves/Iowa Wolves

Subtractions

Player Reason Left New Team
Ersan İlyasova[18] Free Agency Milwaukee Bucks
Marco Belinelli[19] Free Agency San Antonio Spurs

References

  1. Polacek, Scott. "Kawhi Leonard Drains Buzzer-Beater, Leads Raptors Past 76ers in Epic Game 7". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Regular season Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  3. "Draft 2018 | Sought-After Prospect, Future Pick Highlight Acquisitions". NBA.com. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  4. "Detroit Pistons Acquire Draft Rights to Khyri Thomas and Select Bruce Brown Jr. in the 2018 Draft". NBA.com. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  5. Karalla, Bobby (June 21, 2018). "Mavericks acquire draft rights to Ray Spalding and Kostas Antetokounmpo". Mavs.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  6. "Lakers Acquire Isaac Bonga in Trade with Philadelphia". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  7. "76ers Re-Sign JJ Redick and Acquire Wilson Chandler From Denver". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  8. "Team Trades Player Contract of Richaun Holmes to Phoenix in Exchange For Cash Considerations". NBA.com. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  9. "Muscala Trade Adds Frontcourt Depth". NBA.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  10. "Team Acquires Four-Time All-Star Jimmy Butler". NBA.com. November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  11. "Harris, Marjanović, and Scott Acquired From LA Clippers". NBA.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  12. "Richardson, Preldžić, Second-Round Pick Acquired From Toronto". NBA.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  13. "Team Re-Signs Johnson". NBA.com. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  14. "Team Re-Signs Demetrius Jackson to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  15. "Team Signs Shake Milton to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  16. "Team Signs Pelle". NBA.com. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  17. "Team Signs Anthony Brown". NBA.com. August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  18. "Milwaukee Bucks Sign Ersan Ilyasova". NBA.com. July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  19. "SPURS SIGN MARCO BELINELLI". NBA.com. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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