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.