Saw this in a comment on r/nba courtesy of u/sartheking. Just to remind us how we got here:

A timeline of the Process:

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

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. 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, and 2 first round picks to 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

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 and second round pick and a pick swap.

I hate it here.

Again, thanks to u/sartheking for excellent record keeping.

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    1 year ago

    One thing you didn’t include- they got an extra pick for Bridges which they sent to the clippers for Tobias. It was very important to get that pick so they could sabotage the team by trading 2 first rounders for the opportunity to overpay a mid tier starter by 2 times what he was worth