2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season

2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coach	Brett Brown
General manager	Elton Brand
Owner(s)	Joshua Harris
Arena	Wells Fargo Center
Results
Record	51–31 (.622)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals (Lost to Raptors 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	NBCSPHI, NBCSPHI+, 6ABC
Radio	WPEN

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

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 eventual NBA champion 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.

Draft picks

Main article: 2018 NBA draft

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
Pre-season: 3–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 September 28 Melbourne 104–84 Embiid (20) Embiid (13) Simmons (16) Wells Fargo Center 20,318 1–0 2 October 1 Orlando 120–114 Embiid (21) Embiid, Muscala (7) Simmons (7) Wells Fargo Center 12,005 2–0 3 October 5 Dallas 120–114 Redick (28) Embiid (10) Simmons (10) Mercedes-Benz Arena 15,992 3–0 4 October 8 Dallas 112–115 Embiid (29) Simmons (9) Simmons, Redick (6) Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre 17,396 0–0
2018–19 season schedule

Playoffs

See also: 2019 NBA Playoffs

Standings

Atlantic division

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Toronto Raptors	58	24	.707	0.0	32–9	26–15	12–4	82
x – Philadelphia 76ers	51	31	.622	7.0	31–10	20–21	8–8	82
x – Boston Celtics	49	33	.598	9.0	28–13	21–20	10–6	82
x – Brooklyn 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	z – Milwaukee Bucks *	60	22	.732	–	82
2	y – Toronto Raptors *	58	24	.707	2.0	82
3	x – Philadelphia 76ers	51	31	.622	9.0	82
4	x – Boston Celtics	49	33	.598	11.0	82
5	x – Indiana Pacers	48	34	.585	12.0	82
6	x – Brooklyn Nets	42	40	.512	18.0	82
7	y – Orlando Magic *	42	40	.512	18.0	82
8	x – Detroit 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

2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (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 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 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) 207 lb (94 kg) 1997–07–24 Turkey C 51 Marjanović, Boban 7 ft 4 in (2.24 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 Southern Methodist 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 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 Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) John Bryant Jim O'Brien Monty Williams Kevin Young John Townsend (shooting coach) Todd Wright (Assistant/Strength and Conditioning) Chris Babcock (Player Development) Dwayne Jones (Player Development) Tyler Lashbrook Player Development 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 • Transactions Last transaction: 2019–04–04

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Jonah Bolden	PF	44	10	639	165	40	17	39	207
Corey Brewer≠	SF	7	3	140	17	10	12	2	53
Jimmy Butler≠	SF	55	55	1,824	290	220	99	29	1,002
Wilson Chandler†	PF	36	32	951	168	72	22	18	241
Robert Covington†	SF	13	13	440	67	14	24	23	147
Joel Embiid	C	64	64	2,154	871	234	46	122	1,761
James Ennis≠	SF	18	2	281	65	14	3	7	95
Markelle Fultz†	SG	19	15	427	70	59	17	5	155
Tobias Harris≠	PF/SF	27	27	944	213	79	11	13	492
Haywood Highsmith≠	SF	5	0	40	5	2	1	0	9
Demetrius Jackson‡	PG	6	0	39	3	5	2	0	22
Amir Johnson	C	51	6	529	147	60	16	13	201
Furkan Korkmaz	SG	48	7	679	107	52	29	2	279
Boban Marjanović≠	C	22	3	305	113	32	5	10	180
T. J. McConnell	PG	76	3	1,470	174	258	79	17	483
Shake Milton	SG/SF	20	0	268	35	18	8	8	87
Greg Monroe≠	C	3	0	52	13	7	1	0	41
Mike Muscala†	PF	47	6	1,041	200	62	18	27	349
Justin Patton‡	C	3	0	21	6	3	2	0	5
JJ Redick	SG	76	63	2,379	186	206	32	17	1,372
Dario Šarić†	PF	13	13	396	86	26	4	3	144
Mike Scott≠	PF	27	3	647	102	22	9	5	211
Landry Shamet†	SG	54	4	1,108	78	59	24	8	449
Ben Simmons	PG/PF	79	79	2,700	697	610	112	61	1,337
Jonathon Simmons≠	SF	15	0	219	26	33	11	1	83
Zhaire Smith	SG	6	2	111	13	10	2	2	40

After all games.
^‡Waived during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Jonah Bolden	PF	10	0	79	14	3	2	1	16
Jimmy Butler	SF	12	12	421	73	62	17	7	233
Joel Embiid	C	11	11	334	115	37	8	25	222
James Ennis	SF	11	0	232	42	12	4	3	83
Tobias Harris	PF/SF	12	12	443	109	48	13	6	186
Amir Johnson	C	4	0	20	5	2	1	0	8
Furkan Korkmaz	SG	4	0	36	6	5	0	1	19
Boban Marjanović	C	11	0	105	36	11	2	3	64
T. J. McConnell	PG	9	0	75	6	11	2	1	24
Greg Monroe	C	10	1	90	31	4	5	4	40
JJ Redick	SG	12	12	376	17	19	1	3	161
Mike Scott	PF	10	0	193	34	5	3	0	56
Ben Simmons	PG/PF	12	12	421	85	72	15	12	167
Jonathon Simmons	SF	7	0	52	9	2	1	0	25
Zhaire Smith	SG	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0

Transactions

See also: List of 2018–19 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 21, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers Draft rights to Zhaire Smith 2021 Miami first-round pick	To Phoenix Suns Draft rights to Mikal Bridges
June 21, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers Two future second-round picks	To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Khyri Thomas
June 21, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers Draft rights to Shake Milton	To Dallas Mavericks Draft rights to Ray Spalding Draft rights to Kostas Antetokounmpo
July 6, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers 2019 second-round pick Cash considerations	To Los Angeles Lakers Draft rights to Isaac Bonga
July 6, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers Wilson Chandler Future second-round pick	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations
July 20, 2018	To Philadelphia 76ers Cash considerations	To Phoenix Suns Richaun Holmes
July 25, 2018	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	To Philadelphia 76ers Jimmy Butler Justin Patton	To Minnesota Timberwolves Robert Covington Dario Šarić Jerryd Bayless 2022 second-round pick
February 6, 2019	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	July 6, 2018
Amir Johnson	July 16, 2018
Demetrius Jackson	July 27, 2018

Additions

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

Subtractions

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