Editing Philadelphia 76ers (section)

===== 2018–2019: Jimmy Butler year =====
[[File:Jimmy Butler free throw.jpg|thumb|[[Jimmy Butler]] with the 76ers in 2019]]
Following a controversy involving fake [[Twitter]] accounts, the 76ers parted ways with general manager [[Bryan Colangelo]] on June 7, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Colangelo resigns as president of 76ers |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23723964/bryan-colangelo-resigns-president-philadelphia-76ers |website=ESPN.com |access-date=November 12, 2018 |date=June 7, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121220842/http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23723964/bryan-colangelo-resigns-president-philadelphia-76ers |url-status=live }}</ref> The team promoted [[Elton Brand]] from executive vice president of basketball operations to fill the vacant general manager role on September 18, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wojnarowski|first1=Adrian|title=Sixers promote VP of basketball ops Elton Brand to GM role|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24726403/philadelphia-76ers-tap-elton-brand-vacant-gm-role|website=ESPN|date=September 18, 2018|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112022819/http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24726403/philadelphia-76ers-tap-elton-brand-vacant-gm-role|url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 12, 2018, the 76ers traded Šarić, [[Robert Covington]], [[Jerryd Bayless]] and a 2022 second-round draft pick to the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] in exchange for [[Jimmy Butler]] and [[Justin Patton]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Team Acquires Four-Time All-Star Jimmy Butler|url=https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/team-acquires-four-time-all-star-jimmy-butler|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|website=Sixers.com|date=November 12, 2018|access-date=November 13, 2018|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120111734/https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/team-acquires-four-time-all-star-jimmy-butler|url-status=live}}</ref>

On February 6, 2019, the 76ers acquired forward [[Tobias Harris]], as well as [[Boban Marjanović]] and [[Mike Scott (basketball)|Mike Scott]], in a trade with the [[Los Angeles Clippers]], sending [[Wilson Chandler]], [[Mike Muscala]], [[Landry Shamet]], a protected 2020 first-round pick, Miami's unprotected 2021 first-round pick and Detroit's 2021 and 2023 second-round picks to the Clippers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/harris-marjanovic-and-scott-acquired-la-clippers|title=Harris, Marjanović, and Scott Acquired From LA Clippers|website=NBA.com|access-date=February 16, 2019|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108182048/https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/harris-marjanovic-and-scott-acquired-la-clippers|url-status=live}}</ref> The 76ers completed the season as the third seed. In the playoffs, they beat the Brooklyn Nets in five games in the first round and faced the second-seeded Toronto Raptors in the second round. The series went to seven games, which the 76ers lost 4–3, when Kawhi Leonard made a game-winning buzzer-beater in game 7 in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Arnovitz|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26735155/kawhi-ousts-sixers-unprecedented-shot|title=Kawhi ousts Sixers with unprecedented shot|website=ESPN|date=May 13, 2019|access-date=March 21, 2025}}</ref>

In the off-season, Jimmy Butler left to sign with the Miami Heat in a sign and trade that brought Josh Richardson to Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Adrian|last1=Wojnarowski |first2=Zach|last2=Lowe |title=Sources: Heat complete 4-team trade for Butler |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27099327/heat-complete-4-team-trade-butler |website=ESPN |access-date=March 21, 2025 |date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> The team also signed Al Horford.<ref>{{cite web|first=Adrian|last=Wojnarowski |title=Horford leaves Celtics to join Sixers for $109M |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27092669/horford-leaves-celtics-join-sixers-109m |website=ESPN |access-date=March 21, 2025 |date=June 30, 2019}}</ref>

On November 25, 2019, the 76ers made history by signing a sports betting partnership with Fox Bet, the joint venture of online gambling operator [[The Stars Group]] and broadcaster [[Fox Sports]]. While the NBA has struck a number of partnerships with betting operators following the [[Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association#Opinion of the Court|2018 US Supreme Court ruling]] that struck down the federal betting ban, the Fox Bet deal marked the first partnership between a betting operator and an individual NBA team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia 76ers sign partnership with Fox Bet |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/philadelphia-76ers-sign-partnership-with-fox-bet/ |website=SportBusiness |access-date=November 25, 2019 |date=November 25, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806144130/https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/philadelphia-76ers-sign-partnership-with-fox-bet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>