2018–19 Philadelphia 76ers season

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

Draft picks

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 spectacular-looking .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 superstar 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

Standings

Roster

Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G 5000000000000000000♠0 Bayless, Jerryd 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–08–20 Arizona F 7001430000000000000♠43 Bolden, Jonah 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1996–01–02 UCLA F 7001220000000000000♠22 Chandler, Wilson 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1987–05–10 DePaul F 7001330000000000000♠33 Covington, Robert 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990–12–14 Tennessee State C 7001210000000000000♠21 Embiid, Joel 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1994–03–16 Kansas G 7001200000000000000♠20 Fultz, Markelle 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998–05–29 Washington G 7001110000000000000♠11 Jackson, Demetrius (TW) 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1994–09–07 Notre Dame F/C 7000500000000000000♠5 Johnson, Amir 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1987–05–01 Westchester HS (CA) G/F 7001300000000000000♠30 Korkmaz, Furkan 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997–07–24 Turkey G 7001120000000000000♠12 McConnell, T. J. 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–03–25 Arizona G 7001180000000000000♠18 Milton, Shake (TW) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1996–09–26 SMU C 7001310000000000000♠31 Muscala, Mike 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–07–01 Bucknell G 7001170000000000000♠17 Redick, JJ 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1984–06–24 Duke F 7000900000000000000♠9 Šarić, Dario 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1994–04–08 Croatia G 7001230000000000000♠23 Shamet, Landry 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1997–03–13 Wichita State G/F 7001250000000000000♠25 Simmons, Ben 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1996–07–20 LSU G 7000800000000000000♠8 Smith, Zhaire  7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1999–06–04 Texas Tech	Head coach Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) Billy Lange Jim O'Brien Monty Williams Kevin Young John Bryant (player development) John Townsend (shooting coach) 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 Last transaction: 2018–09–20

Transactions

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed
J. J. Redick[5]	July 6, 2018
Amir Johnson[8]	July 16, 2018
Demetrius Jackson[9]	July 27, 2018

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Shake Milton[10]	Two-way contract	SMU Mustangs
Norvel Pelle[11]	August 3, 2018	Fiat Torino
Anthony Brown[12]	August 29, 2018	Minnesota Timberwolves/Iowa Wolves

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Ersan İlyasova[13]		Milwaukee Bucks
Marco Belinelli[14]		San Antonio Spurs

References