May 26, 2012: The Jrue Holiday/Andre Iguodala led 76ers lose to the KG/Pierce/Allen/Rondo Celtics in Game 7 of the ECSF
August 10, 2012: 76ers trade Andre Iguodala for Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson
April 18, 2013: 76ers fire HC Doug Collins after a 34-48 season
May 10, 2013: 76ers hire Sam Hinkie as GM and President of Basketball Operations
August 12, 2013: 76ers hire Brett Brown as HC
June 27, 2013:
- 76ers select Michael Carter-Williams #11 overall
- 76ers trade Jrue Holiday to the Pelicans for Nerlens Noel and a 2014 first round pick
June 26, 2014: 76ers select Joel Embiid #3 overall and Jerami Grant #39 overall after a 19-63 season
February 19, 2015: 76ers trade ROTY Michael Carter Williams to Bucks for a Lakers first round pick
June 25, 2015: 76ers select Jahlil Okafor #3 overall after a 18-64 season
July 1, 2015: 76ers trade rights of overseas players to Kings for Nik Stauskas, Jason Thompson, Carl Landry, an unprotected first round pick, and 2 pick swaps (salary dump by Sacramento)
July 31, 2015: 76ers trade Jason Thompson to Warriors for Gerald Wallace + 2016 pick swap
December 7, 2015: Jerry Colangelo is “hired” as a special adviser to Chairman of Basketball Operations
April 6, 2016: Sam Hinkie steps down as GM and President of Basketball Operations
April 10, 2016: Brian Colangelo is “hired” as GM and President of Basketball Operations
June 23, 2016: 76ers select Ben Simmons #1 overall after a 10-72 season
November 1, 2016: 76ers trade Jerami Grant to OKC for Ersan Ilyasova and a 2020 first round pick
June 19, 2017: 76ers trade #3 and #13 pick for #1 overall pick
June 22, 2017: 76ers draft Markelle Fultz #1 overall after a 28-54 season
May 9, 2018: The 76ers lose in Game 5 of the ECSF to a Celtics team led by a rookie Jayson Tatum and missing its 2 best players with injuries
June 7, 2018: Brian Colangelo resigns as GM and President of Basketball Operations after being caught using burner accounts to criticize his players, HC Brett Brown hired as temporary replacement
June 21, 2018: 76ers draft Mikal Bridges #10 overall and trade him to Suns for Zhaire Smith
September 18, 2018: Elton Brand promoted to GM
November 12, 2018: 76ers trade Jerryd Bayless, Dario Saric, Robert Covington and a 2022 second round pick for Jimmy Butler (and Justin Patton)
December 31, 2018: Jerry Colangelo steps down as special adviser
February 6, 2019: 76ers trade Wilson Chandler, Landry Shamet, Mike Muscala, 2020 first round pick, Detroit 2021 and 2023 second round picks for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanović, and Mike Scott
May 12, 2019: 76ers lose to the Raptors in Game 7 of the ECSF on a 4 bounce buzzerbeater by Kawhi Leonard
June 20, 2019: 76ers trade #24 and #33 pick for Matisse Thybulle
June 28, 2019: 76ers sign Al Horford to a 4 year/$109 million deal
June 30, 2019: 76ers re-sign Tobias Harris to a 5 year/$180 million deal
July 1, 2019: 76ers sign/trade Jimmy Butler to the Heat for Josh Richardson
July 15, 2019: 76ers extend Ben Simmons for a 5 year/$170 million deal
August 23, 2020: 76ers get swept by the Celtics in the First Round
August 24, 2020: 76ers fire HC Brett Brown
October 1, 2020: 76ers hire Doc Rivers as HC
October 28, 2020: 76ers hire Daryl Morey as President of Basketball Operations
November 18, 2020:
- 76ers draft Tyrese Maxey #21 overall
- November 18, 2020: 76ers trade Josh Richardson and #36 overall pick for Seth Curry
- 76ers trade Al Horford, a 2025 protected first round pick and 2020 second round pick for Danny Green, Terrance Ferguson, and Vincent Poirer
June 7, 2021: The #1 seed 76ers lose Game 7 of the ECSF to the #5 seed Hawks, after blowing and 18 and 26 point lead in Games 4 and 5 respectively, and Ben Simmons passes up an open dunk in the 4th quarter and shoots 34% from the free throw line
October 22, 2021: Ben Simmons sits out the season opener (and as it turns out the rest of the season) for various reasons
February 10, 2022: 76ers trade Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, a 2022 and 2027 first round pick the Nets for James Harden (and Paul Millsap)
May 12, 2022: 76ers lose Game 6 of the ECSF to the Heat
June 23, 2022: 76ers trade Danny Green and #23 pick to Grizzlies for D’Anthony Melton
June 30, 2022:
- 76ers sign PJ Tucker for 3 years/$33 million
- 76ers sign Daniel House for 2 years/$8.5 million
July 20, 2022: 76ers re-sign James Harden (who opted out of a $47 million option) for 2 years/$68 million with a player option for the second year
February 9, 2023: 76ers trade Matisse Thybulle and a 2023 second round pick to Portland for Jalen McDaniels and a 2029 second round pick
May 3, 2023: Joel Embiid wins League MVP
May 14, 2023: 76ers blow a 3-2 series lead, Jayson Tatum drops a Game 7 record 51 points, eliminating the 76ers for the 3rd time in 6 years
May 16, 2023: 76ers fire HC Doc Rivers
May 29, 2023: 76ers hire Nick Nurse as HC
June 29, 2023: James Harden opts in to his player option and requests to be traded from the 76ers
September 6, 2023: 76ers sign Danny Green for 1 year/$1.3 million
October 31, 2023:
- 76ers trade James Harden, PJ Tucker, and Filip Petrusev to Clippers for Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin, a 2028 first round pick, 2 second round picks, a pick swap, and an additional first round pick from unknown team
- 76ers waive Danny Green
Honestly, OKC and Spurs are not good examples since both have literally done nothing lmao. Both are still only all-potential and it remains to be seen how well OKC would do in the playoffs. They could very well end up being perpetual 2nd round exits too. Having a lot of draft picks and high potential, but young players doesn’t equal success