2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season

2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coach	Maurice Cheeks
Arena	Wachovia Center
Results
Record	40–42 (.488)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round (lost to Pistons 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Philadelphia (72 games) WPSG (5 games) CN8 (5 games)
Radio	WIP, WPHT

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	United States	Georgia Tech
1	21	Daequan Cook (traded to Los Angeles)	Power Forward	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)

Roster

2007–08 Philadelphia 76ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 20 Amundson, Lou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) UNLV C 52 Booth, Calvin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Penn State G/F 25 Carney, Rodney 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Memphis C 1 Dalembert, Samuel 6 ft 12 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Seton Hall F 30 Evans, Reggie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Iowa G 33 Green, Willie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Detroit Mercy F/C 35 Hill, Herbert (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Providence G/F 9 Iguodala, Andre 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Arizona G 7 Miller, Andre 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah G 12 Ollie, Kevin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Connecticut F/C 42 Randolph, Shavlik 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Duke F/C 14 Smith, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Colorado State G 23 Williams, Lou 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) South Gwinnett HS F 21 Young, Thaddeus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Georgia Tech

Head coach Maurice Cheeks (West Texas A&M) Assistant coach(es) Henry Bibby (UCLA) John Loyer (Akron) Jim Lynam (Saint Joseph's) Moses Malone (Petersburg HS (VA)) Bernard Smith (East Stroudsburg) Frank Zanin (West Chester) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
z-Boston Celtics	66	16	.805	–	35–6	31–10	14–2
x-Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	25	25–16	16–25	10–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers	40	42	.488	26	22–19	18–23	7–9
New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32	21–20	13–28	4–12
New York Knicks	23	59	.280	43	15–26	8–33	5–11

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	66	16	.805	–
2	y-Detroit Pistons	59	23	.732	7
3	y-Orlando Magic	52	30	.634	14
4	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	45	37	.549	21
5	x-Washington Wizards	43	39	.524	23
6	x-Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	25
7	x-Philadelphia 76ers	40	42	.488	26
8	x-Atlanta Hawks	37	45	.451	29
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	30
10	New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32
11	Chicago Bulls	33	49	.402	33
12	Charlotte Bobcats	32	50	.390	34
13	Milwaukee Bucks	26	56	.317	40
14	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	43
15	Miami Heat	15	67	.183	51

Record vs. opponents

2007-08 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOH	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Boston	3–0	—	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3
Charlotte	2–2	1–3	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3
Chicago	2–2	0–4	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2
Cleveland	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2
Dallas	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	—	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–0
Detroit	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0
Houston	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Indiana	2–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
L.A. Clippers	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	–	0–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–4	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–2
L.A. Lakers	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Memphis	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–3	1–1
Miami	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–4
Milwaukee	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2
Minnesota	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	0–4	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	—	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1
New Orleans	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–2
New York	0–4	0–4	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	2–0
Portland	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	—	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Sacramento	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	—	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0
Seattle	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	0–4	0–2
Toronto	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–3
Utah	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	—	2–0
Washington	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	—

Playoffs

2008 playoff game log
First Round: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team 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

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

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Louis Amundson	16	0	4.0	.500	.000	.286	.8	.0	.06	.06	1.1
Calvin Booth	31	0	6.6	.333	.000	.600	1.2	.3	.19	.58	.8
Rodney Carney	70	6	14.8	.403	.317	.679	2.1	.5	.56	.33	5.8
Samuel Dalembert	82	82	33.2	.513	.000	.707	10.4	.5	.49	2.34	10.5
Reggie Evans	81	61	23.2	.439	1.000	.467	7.5	.8	1.06	.10	5.2
Willie Green	74	74	26.6	.436	.285	.757	2.5	2.0	.73	.30	12.4
Andre Iguodala	82	82	39.5	.456	.329	.721	5.4	4.8	2.09	.60	19.9
Andre Miller	82	82	36.8	.492	.088	.772	4.0	6.9	1.28	.07	17.0
Kevin Ollie	40	0	7.5	.420	.000	.800	.5	1.0	.25	.00	1.8
Shavlik Randolph	9	0	3.0	.286	.000	.000	1.2	.3	.11	.33	.9
Jason Smith	76	1	14.6	.455	.286	.659	3.0	.3	.29	.66	4.5
Louis Williams	80	0	23.3	.424	.359	.783	2.1	3.2	1.01	.16	11.5
Thaddeus Young	74	22	21.0	.539	.316	.738	4.2	.8	.99	.11	8.2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Louis Amundson	2	0	5.0	.500	.000	.500	3.5	.0	.00	.00	2.5
Rodney Carney	6	0	14.0	.387	.500	.500	1.2	.8	1.17	.33	5.0
Samuel Dalembert	6	6	32.2	.422	.000	.842	9.5	.5	.33	1.67	9.0
Reggie Evans	6	0	24.7	.500	.000	.625	7.8	.5	.83	.00	6.8
Willie Green	6	6	23.7	.431	.200	.643	1.3	2.0	.83	.67	9.0
Andre Iguodala	6	6	39.0	.333	.143	.721	4.8	5.0	2.17	.17	13.2
Andre Miller	6	6	38.2	.438	.000	.636	3.2	3.3	.83	.00	15.3
Kevin Ollie	3	0	6.3	.250	.000	1.000	.3	1.0	.67	.00	1.3
Shavlik Randolph	2	0	2.0	.000	.000	.750	.0	.0	.00	.00	1.5
Jason Smith	6	0	13.7	.444	.000	1.000	2.5	.5	.17	.83	3.3
Louis Williams	6	0	22.5	.400	.222	.733	2.0	2.0	1.00	.00	12.0
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.
• 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.

Transactions

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

Trades

June 28, 2007	To Los Angeles Clippers Rights to Daequan Cook (2007 21st overall draft pick), second round draft pick (2009) and cash considerations	To New York Knicks Rights to Jason Smith (2007 20th overall draft pick)
June 28, 2007	To Dallas Mavericks 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	To Utah Jazz Rights to Kyrylo Fesenko (2007 38th overall draft pick)	To Orlando Magic Rights to Herbert Hill (2007 55th overall draft pick)
September 10, 2007	To Denver Nuggets Steven Hunter and Bobby Jones	To Philadelphia 76ers Reggie Evans and draft rights to Ricky Sanchez
December 29, 2007	To Utah Jazz Gordan Giriček and future first-round pick	To Atlanta Hawks Kyle 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