2016–17 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 2016–17 Philadelphia 76ers season is the 78th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 2016–17 season would have been the rookie season for number 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft Ben Simmons, but a broken foot injury sidelined him for the whole season. It would be the team's fourth straight season where a top prospect of theirs would be sidelined for an entire season due to an injury (the 76ers previously dealt with former center Nerlens Noel being out in the 2013–14 NBA season and Joel Embiid being out for two straight seasons before this one). However, Joel Embiid, who was previously drafted 3rd in the 2014 draft, played in his first season after suffering multiple foot injuries before later being out for the rest of the season after playing a promising 31 games throughout the season. Also, it was the first season of draft and stash prospect Dario Šarić, who was also taken in the 2014 NBA draft. The 2016 season was also the first time in three years the Sixers made a splash in NBA free agency by adding guards Jerryd Bayless, Sergio Rodríguez and veteran Gerald Henderson Jr. to the team.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / Team
1	1	Ben Simmons	SF/PF	Australia	LSU
1	24	Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot	SG/SF	France	Mega Leks (Serbia)
1	26	Furkan Korkmaz	SG/SF	Turkey	Anadolu Efes (Turkey)

Offseason

During the off season the Sixers finished their Training Complex.

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Standings

Division

Conference

Roster

2016–17 Philadelphia 76ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From 2.5 !G/F 23 Anderson, Justin 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1993–11–19 Virginia 1.5 !G 0 Bayless, Jerryd 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–08–20 Arizona 4.0 !F 33 Covington, Robert  7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990–12–14 Tennessee State 6.0 !C 21 Embiid, Joel  (C) 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1994–03–16 Kansas 1.5 !G 12 Henderson, Gerald 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1987–12–09 Duke 4.0 !F 22 Holmes, Richaun 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1993–10–15 Bowling Green 4.0 !F 36 Long, Shawn 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1993–01–29 Louisiana–Lafayette 2.5 !G/F 20 Luwawu-Cabarrot, Timothé 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1995–05–09 France 1.5 !G 1 McConnell, T. J. 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–03–25 Arizona 6.0 !C 8 Okafor, Jahlil  7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 275 lb (125 kg) 1995–12–15 Duke 4.0 !F 5 Poythress, Alex 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1993–09–06 Kentucky 1.5 !G 14 Rodríguez, Sergio  7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 1986–06–12 Spain 4.0 !F 9 Šarić, Dario 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 223 lb (101 kg) 1994–04–08 Croatia 4.0 !F 25 Simmons, Ben 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996–07–20 LSU 5.5 !F/C 47 Splitter, Tiago 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985–01–01 Brazil 1.5 !G 11 Stauskas, Nik 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–10–07 Michigan	Head coach Brett Brown Assistant coach(es) Jim O'Brien Lloyd Pierce Kevin Young John Bryant (player development) Alvin Williams (player development) John Townsend (shooting coach) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2017–04–02

Depth chart

Based on most used starting lineups and players on team at seasons end

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Joel Embiid	Richaun Holmes	Jahlil Okafor	Tiago Splitter*
PF	Dario Šarić	Shawn Long*	Alex Poythress*
SF	Robert Covington	Ben Simmons
SG	Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot	Nik Stauskas	Gerald Henderson Jr.	Justin Anderson*
PG	T.J. McConnell	Sergio Rodríguez	Jerryd Bayless

Notes

• — Injured most or all of regular season
• * Acquired via trade or signed middle of season

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Records

• Joel Embiid set second most consecutive 20+ point games by a rookie with 10 (Allen Iverson had 11)

Announcers

National TV

For the last three seasons the Sixers had not had a nationally televised game. The last being in February 2013 when a game vs the Chicago Bulls was broadcast on ESPN.

During the 2016-17 campaign the 76ers have three nationally televised games, with the home and season opener on October 26 against the OKC Thunder and December 16 vs the LA Lakers on ESPN. And a November 17 matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves on TNT.

Uniforms

On September 15 the Sixers announced they will wear special uniforms for Saturday games to honor the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers Championship team. The jerseys have a "throwback" style with PHILA on the chest of the jersey and on the shorts there is an insignia of the Liberty Bell with the 76ers logo established in the center with the words "World Championships; 1966 1967".^[5]

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Jerryd Bayless	Signed 3-year contract worth $26 million	Milwaukee Bucks
Gerald Henderson Jr.	Signed 2-year $18 million deal	Portland Trail Blazers
Sergio Rodríguez	Signed 1-year $6.8 million contract	Real Madrid Baloncesto
Dario Šarić	Signed 5-year deal worth $15 million	Anadolu Efes
James Webb III	Signed 3-year non-guaranteed	Boise State Broncos
Shawn Long	Signed 3-year deal worth $3.7 million (non-guaranteed)	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
Brandon Paul	Signed 3-year non-guaranteed deal	Illinois Fighting Illini
Cat Barber	Signed 3-year non-guaranteed contract	North Carolina State Wolfpack
Chasson Randle	Signed two 10-day contracts / 3-year deal	Westchester Knicks

Subtractions

References

External links

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