Editing Philadelphia 76ers (section)

===={{anchor|The Process}}2013–2016: "The Process"====
[[File:Brett Brown 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Brett Brown]], who coached the team from 2013 to 2020, in 2015]]
[[File:Jerry Colangelo by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|[[Jerry Colangelo]] joined the team's front office in 2015.]]
[[File:Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons.jpg|thumb|[[Joel Embiid]] and [[Ben Simmons]] were considered to be centerpieces of the 76ers' future.]]
[[File:Michael Carter-Williams in 76ers warm-up shirt.jpg|thumb|Michael Carter-Williams won Rookie Of The Year in 2014 after being drafted 11th overall by the Sixers.]]
Following the 2012–13 season, the 76ers, led by Hinkie, chose to shift in the direction of rebuilding the franchise. [[Tony Wroten]], guard for the 76ers, referred to the major [[Tanking (sports)|rebuilding culture]] surrounding Philadelphia as "The Process".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Jenkins|first1=Lee|title=Joel Embiid: 'I'm The Process'|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2016/10/26/joel-embiid-philadelphia-76ers-the-process|access-date=December 1, 2016|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126202517/http://www.si.com/nba/2016/10/26/joel-embiid-philadelphia-76ers-the-process|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12318808/the-philadelphia-76ers-radical-guide-winning|title=The 76ers' plan to win (yes, really)|date=January 26, 2015|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114204056/http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/12318808/the-philadelphia-76ers-radical-guide-winning|url-status=live}}</ref> The first move of this new plan was executed during the [[2013 NBA draft|2013 draft]], when the 76ers agreed in principle to trade All-Star [[Jrue Holiday]] and the 42nd pick in the draft, [[Pierre Jackson]], to the [[New Orleans Pelicans]] for [[Nerlens Noel]] and the Pelicans' 2014 first-round pick. The trade was later made official on July 12.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rappaport|first=Max|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/130712-pelicans-trade|title=Sixers Acquire Rights to Nerlens Noel and a 2014 First-round Pick in Trade With New Orleans|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Sixers.com|date=July 12, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716190918/http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/130712-pelicans-trade|url-status=live}}</ref> The trade was seen by some{{Who|date=December 2014}} as somewhat surprising, as Holiday had been the team's marquee player and was coming off a season that saw him make his first [[NBA All-Star Game]]. Additionally, Noel was recovering from an [[anterior cruciate ligament injury]] suffered while in college, strongly indicating that he would not be able to make an immediate impact for the 76ers as he would be inactive to start the season. The 76ers used the 11th pick in the draft to select [[Michael Carter-Williams]] as Holiday's replacement as the starting point guard. The 76ers chose [[Arsalan Kazemi]] with the 54th overall pick, making Kazemi the first [[Iran]]ian chosen in the NBA draft.<ref name=Iranian>{{cite news|title=NBA Draft: Sixers take Arsalan Kazemi, first Iranian NBA player drafted|url=http://www.nj.com/sixers/index.ssf/2013/06/nba_draft_sixers_take_arsalan.html|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219095811/http://www.nj.com/sixers/index.ssf/2013/06/nba_draft_sixers_take_arsalan.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the Holiday trade, many of the team's returning players were either waived or left the team in free agency, most notably [[Andrew Bynum]]; of the 15 players on the team's roster during their final game of the 2012–13 season, only six remained with the team by January 1, 2014. In their place were a number of young prospects, many coming from the [[NBA Development League]] or signing with the 76ers after playing limited roles on other teams. Further moves at the trade deadline on February 20, 2014, saw the exits of veterans [[Spencer Hawes]], [[Evan Turner]], and [[Lavoy Allen]], all of whom were key rotational players.

The 76ers had a 3–0 start that included wins over the two-time defending champion [[Miami Heat]] and a [[Chicago Bulls]] team with high expectations. The 76ers struggled heavily after that, at one point posting a [[List of National Basketball Association longest losing streaks|26-game losing streak]] which set a franchise record,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20140318_That_s_21_straight__Pacers_keep_Sixers_slumping.html|title=Pacers send Sixers to team-record 21st straight loss|work=philly-archives|date=March 17, 2014 |access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323025432/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20140318_That_s_21_straight__Pacers_keep_Sixers_slumping.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and tied the all-time NBA record for most consecutive losses in a single-season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nba.si.com/2014/03/27/sixers-tie-nba-record-26-straight-losses-rockets/|title=Sixers lose to Rockets, tie NBA record with 26th straight loss|author=Ben Golliver|work=SI.com|access-date=June 30, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531164635/http://nba.si.com/2014/03/27/sixers-tie-nba-record-26-straight-losses-rockets/|archive-date=May 31, 2014}}</ref> During the middle of the season, former [[Orlando Magic]] head coach [[Stan Van Gundy]] would call the Sixers' actions "embarrassing" and say "if you're putting that roster on the floor, you're doing everything you can possibly do to try to lose."<ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Dan|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/10534698/tanking-talk-hot-topic-annual-sloan-conference|title=Tanking, draft discussed at Sloan|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2025|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320101108/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/10534698/tanking-talk-hot-topic-annual-sloan-conference|url-status=live}}</ref> The 76ers finished the season with a 19–63 record, the third-worst in franchise history. Despite that, the 76ers did not have the worst win–loss record in the overall NBA standings: the [[2013–14 Milwaukee Bucks season|Milwaukee Bucks]] finished worse with a 15–67 record.

Carter-Williams led all rookies in points, rebounds, assists, and steals, joining [[Magic Johnson]] and [[Oscar Robertson]] as the only rookies to accomplish this feat.<ref name="nba.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2014/news/05/05/michael-carter-williams-kia-rookie-of-the-year.ap/|title=76ers guard Carter-Williams wins Kia Rookie of the Year|date=May 6, 2014|work=NBA.com|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627093540/http://www.nba.com/2014/news/05/05/michael-carter-williams-kia-rookie-of-the-year.ap/|archive-date=June 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also won the player of the week award in his first week, being the second rookie after [[Shaquille O'Neal]] to accomplish that.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rappaport|first=Max|title=Michael Carter-Williams Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/131104-mcw-eastern-player-week|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Sixers.com|date=November 4, 2013|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=May 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531055846/http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/131104-mcw-eastern-player-week|url-status=live}}</ref> He went on to win the Rookie of the Year award, becoming the first rookie drafted 10th or later to win the award since [[Mark Jackson]] in 1987 for the [[New York Knicks]].<ref name="nba.com"/>

In the [[2014 NBA draft]], the Sixers selected [[Joel Embiid]] with the third overall pick and traded with the Orlando Magic for [[Croatia]]n prospect [[Dario Šarić]], the twelfth pick of the draft. Neither prospect was expected to make an immediate impact for the Sixers, as Embiid was recovering from a [[stress fracture]] in the [[navicular bone]], while Šarić would likely spend one or more years playing in the [[Turkish Basketball League]].<ref name=LongGame>{{cite news|last1=Ford|first1=Bob|title=Hinkie's playing a long game|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20140627_Hinkie_s_playing_a_long_game.html|access-date=June 27, 2014|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627173117/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/20140627_Hinkie_s_playing_a_long_game.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the second round, the Sixers selected [[K. J. McDaniels]], [[Jerami Grant]], [[Jordan McRae]], and [[Serbia]]n prospect [[Vasilije Micić]]. The Sixers also traded a second-round pick to re-acquire Jackson from the Pelicans.<ref name=KPompey>{{cite news|last1=Pompey|first1=Keith|title=Sixers draft Embiid, then trade for Croatian forward|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20140627_Source__Cavs_turned_down_76ers__offer_for_No__1_pick.html|access-date=June 27, 2014|publisher=Philly.com|date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627173150/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20140627_Source__Cavs_turned_down_76ers__offer_for_No__1_pick.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 2014 off-season, the Sixers traded Thaddeus Young to Minnesota in the Kevin Love to Cleveland trade, and received the Heat's 2015 first-round draft pick, [[Luc Mbah a Moute]] and [[Alexey Shved]], leaving only two players with three years of experience on the Sixers remaining.

On November 29, 2014, the 76ers lost to the Dallas Mavericks 103–110 and set a franchise record for losses to start the season, as they fell to a record of 0–16.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chandler leads Mavericks over 76ers 110–103|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20141129/DALPHI/gameinfo.html|access-date=November 29, 2014|work=NBA.com|date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129233535/http://www.nba.com/games/20141129/DALPHI/gameinfo.html|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> After losing their next game against the San Antonio Spurs to make it 0–17, the 76ers were on the verge of tying the NBA record of 18 straight losses to start a season if they lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 3, but they broke their losing streak and won their first game of the [[2014–15 NBA season|2014–15 season]] with an 85–77 victory at Minnesota.<ref>{{cite news|title=76ers snap 0–17 start with 85–77 win over Wolves|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20141203/PHIMIN/gameinfo.html|access-date=December 4, 2014|work=NBA.com|date=December 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203233705/http://www.nba.com/games/20141203/PHIMIN/gameinfo.html|archive-date=December 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A new [[Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex|training complex]] was opened in [[Camden, New Jersey]], in September 2016. In three deals at the 2015 NBA trade deadline, the 76ers traded Carter-Williams and McDaniels for [[JaVale McGee]], [[Isaiah Canaan]], and three draft picks, including a protected 2015 first-round pick originally owned by the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. The Sixers finished the season with an 18–64 record, tied with the second-worst in franchise history since 1995–96. Despite that, the Sixers did not have the worst win–loss record in the overall NBA standings: the Timberwolves fared worse with a 16–66 record and Knicks fared second with 17–65 record.

On May 19, the 76ers were awarded the third overall pick in the [[2015 NBA draft]], where they selected [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] center [[Jahlil Okafor]] with the third overall pick. The 76ers also signed [[JP Tokoto]] with the 58th overall pick. On November 27, the 76ers lost to the [[Houston Rockets]] 116–114, giving them a 27-game losing streak dating back to the previous season, which became the longest losing streak in professional sports. During the same game, the Sixers set a franchise record of 16 [[three pointer]]s made during the losing effort. On December 1, the 76ers beat the Lakers at home by a score of 103–91, but not before setting a league record 28 consecutive losses dating to the 2014–15 season. In doing so, the 76ers also managed to avoid setting a new NBA record of most losses to begin a season. They instead tied the old record of 18 losses set by the then-[[New Jersey Nets]] in the [[2009–10 New Jersey Nets season|2009–10 season]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Casey|first1=Tim|title=Sixers get first win, ruin Kobe Bryant's farewell in Philadelphia|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2015/12/01/philadelphia-76ers-win-los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant/76645660/|work=USA Today|access-date=December 3, 2015|archive-date=December 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203060244/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2015/12/01/philadelphia-76ers-win-los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant/76645660/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 8, the 76ers announced that they would hire [[Jerry Colangelo]], chairman of the board of directors for [[USA Basketball]], as the Special Advisor to the Managing General Partner and Chairman of Basketball Operations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jerry Colangelo Joins Philadelphia 76ers|url=http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/jerry-colangelo-joins-philadelphia-76ers|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Sixers.com|date=December 7, 2015|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-date=January 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126165950/http://www.nba.com/sixers/news/jerry-colangelo-joins-philadelphia-76ers|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first move the team made after hiring Colangelo, they traded two second-round draft picks to the Pelicans in return for point guard [[Ish Smith]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/14434316/philadelphia-sixers-close-trade-ish-smith |title=Sixers trade for guard Ish Smith |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=December 24, 2015 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123044359/http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14434316/philadelphia-sixers-close-trade-ish-smith |url-status=live }}</ref> On March 1, 2016, the 76ers, at the time with a record of 8–51, missed the playoffs for the fourth straight season. The 76ers finished the season 10–72.