2017-2018 MEDIA GUIDE - National Basketball Association

2017-2018 MEDIA GUIDE

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2017-18 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS MEDIA GUIDE

GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents............................................1 Media Guidelines.............................................2 76ers Media Members & Stats Crew.............3 TV & Radio Coverage.................................. 4-6 Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex...........7 NBADirectory..................................................8 NBAD-League Directory.......................... 9-10 Delaware 87ers........................................ 11-12 The Center Information......................... 13-14

76ERS OWNERSHIP Managing General Partner Joshua Harris..16

Co-Managing General Partner David Blitzer.....16 Co-Owners............................................... 17-20

76ERS FRONT OFFICE & STAFF 76ers Staff Directory............................... 22-26 President of Bball Ops Bryan Colangelo.....27 Basketball Operations Front Office....... 28-29 Head Coach Brett Brown..............................30 Coaching Staff......................................... 31-35 Support and Medical Staff............................36 Cheif Executive Officer Scott O'Neil...........37 Business Operations Front Office.......... 38-41

COMMUNITY RELATIONS Community Engagement Program.............43 Programs and Activities.......................... 44-46 World B. Free.................................................47 NBA Cares......................................................48

PLAYERS Justin Anderson....................................... 47-48 Jerryd Bayless.......................................... 53-55 Robert Covington.................................... 57-58 Joel Embiid.............................................. 59-60 Markelle Fultz.......................................... 61-62 Amir Johnson.......................................... 63-66 Richaun Holmes...................................... 67-68 Furkan Korkmaz..................................... 69-70 Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.................... 71-72 T.J. McConnell......................................... 73-74 James Michael McAdoo........................... 75-77 Jahlil Okafor............................................. 78-79 James Blackmon Jr................................. 80-87 JJ Redick................................................... 82-84 Dario Saric............................................... 85-86 Ben Simmons.......................................... 87-88 Nik Stauskas............................................ 89-90 Jacob Pullen............................................. 91-92 Kris Humphries....................................... 93-95 Emeka Okafor.......................................... 96-98 Preseason Roster...........................................99 Players in the System........................... 99-100

YEAR IN REVIEW Season Statistics..........................................103 Game-by-Game Results..............................104 Player Season-Highs...........................105-106 RecordBreakdown......................................107 SeasonTransactions....................................108 Season Superlatives....................................109 Miscellaneous Statistics......................110-112 Standings.....................................................113 League Leaders....................................114-117

OPPONENTS Atlanta Hawks......................................119-120 Boston Celtics......................................121-122 Brooklyn Nets......................................123-124 Charlotte Hornets...............................125-126 Chicago Bulls.......................................127-128 Cleveland Cavaliers.............................129-130 Dallas Mavericks..................................131-132 Denver Nuggets...................................133-134 Detroit Pistons.....................................135-136 Golden State Warriors........................137-138 Houston Rockets.................................139-140 Indiana Pacers.....................................141-142 Los Angeles Clippers...........................143-144 Los Angeles Lakers..............................145-146 Memphis Grizzlies...............................147-148 Miami Heat..........................................149-150 Milwaukee Bucks.................................151-152 Minnesota Timberwolves....................153-154 New Orleans Pelicans..........................155-156 New York Knicks.................................157-158 Oklahoma City Thunder.....................159-160 Orlando Magic.....................................161-162 Phoenix Suns.......................................163-164 Portland Trail Blazers.........................165-166 Sacramento Kings...............................167-168 San Antonio Spurs..............................169-170 Toronto Raptors..................................171-172 Utah Jazz..............................................173-174 Washington Wizards...........................175-176 All-Time Records By Franchise..................177

HISTORY Historical Look at the Sixers..............179-181 Ownership/GMs/Nickname.........................182 All-Time Head Coaches.......................183-184 Uniform History..................................185-186 Uniform Number History...................187-189 All-Time Draft Picks............................190-195 Season-by-Season Statistics...............196-197 Yearly Record Breakdown..........................198 Monthly Record Breakdown.......................199 Opening Night Lineups..............................200 Opening Night Results................................201 Biggest Wins & Worst Losses....................202 Record vs. Division/Conference.................203 All-Time High & Low Scores.............204-205 All-Time Overtime Results.................206-207 Longest Streaks...........................................208 Attendance Breakdown.......................209-210 Triple-Doubles.............................................211

2017-18 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS MEDIA GUIDECREDITS: Editor: Rob King; Editorial Assistance: Lara Price, Dave Sholler, Patrick Rees, Lara Toscani Weems, Zack Neiner, Christian Kernozek, Jake Chernok, Mollie Applegate, and Justin Trujillo. Design and page layout: Tommy Beebe and Abby Cook, Philadelphia 76ers. Statistical sections of the media guide have been compiled with the help of the Sixers Communications staff with research assistance provided by Elias

Stats Bureau.

All NBA and team insignia depicted in this publication are the property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective teams of the NBA and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc.

The information contained in this publication was compiled by the Philadelphia 76ers and is provided as a courtesy to our fans and the press and may be used only for personal or editorial purposes. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Philadelphia 76ers.

HONORS All-NBASelections......................................213 Award Winners............................................214 All-Star Weekend Participants...................215 Hall-of-Famers.............................................216 Retired Numbers.................................217-220

RECORDS Team Single-Game......................................222 Team Single-Season....................................223 Individual Single-Game......................224-225 40 & 50-Point Clubs...........................226-229 Individual Highs (Game)............................230 Opponents All-Time Leaders......................231 Individual Highs(Season)..........................232 Individual Highs (Career)...................233-235 All-Time Rookie Leaders.............................236 Franchise ScoringLeaders.........................237 Yearly Leaders......................................238-247 The Center Records.............................248-249

PLAYOFFS Team Single-Game Records.......................252 Individual Single-Game Records...............253 Career Playoff Leaders........................254-255 Year-by-Year Breakdown............................256 All-Time Playoffs Results....................257-262 Deciding Games...........................................263 Round-by-Round Results...........................264 Single-Game Top Performances................265

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1949-50-2011-12................................. 268-336

ALL-TIME SIXERS ROSTER All-Time Roster....................................337-403 All-Time Roster By School.................404-408 All-Time Alphabetical Roster..............409-411

SIXERS QUICK FACTS

Home Court: The Center Capacity: 20,478 Colors: Red, White, Blue

FRANCHISE TIMELINE Syracuse Nationals (1949-50) Philadelphia 76ers (1963-64)

TVOUTLETS NBC Sports Philadelphia, NBC Sports Philadelphia+

RADIO FLAGSHIP The Fanatic(97.5 FM, 950 AM)

SIXERS KEY PHONE NUMBERS Executive Offices: 215.339.7600 Ticket Office: 215.339.7676 Public Relations: 215.339.7666

MAILING ADDRESS Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex 3 Banner Way Camden, NJ 08103

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Welcome.

The Philadelphia 76ers would like to welcome all members of the media to the 2017-18 season, our 22nd season in The Center and our 55th in the City of Brotherly Love. We ask you to please read this section carefully and

thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

Lara Toscani-Weems Senior Director Corporate Communications

Dave Sholler Vice President Communications

Patrick Rees Senior Director of PublicRelations

Rob King Media Relations

Manager

Zack Neiner Communications

Coordinator

CREDENTIALS: Appropriate credentials are required for access to The Center and should be kept visible at all times. A limited number of season credentials are issued each season to outlets that plan to cover the Sixers on a game-by-game basis. A single-game credential allows the same access and privileges as a season pass. In accordance with NBArules, all season passes must include a photo headshot of the approved individual. Media members wishing to cover a single game must contact the Philadelphia 76ers Public Relations staff by noon the day before the intended game. Passes are issued on a space-available basis for all single-game requests. Credentials will be left at the Press Entrance (located on the North side of the Main Concourse Level) and can be picked up two hours prior to tip-off on game nights.

ENTRANCE: Media members attending a Sixers game at The Center should enter the building through the Press Entrance, located on the North side of the Main Concourse Level.

PARKING: Media members wishing to cover a single game, and require parking, must contact the Philadelphia 76ers Public Relations staff at least 48 hours prior to game day. Media members attending Sixers games should park in Lot F, located along the 11th Street side.

MEDIA ROOM: The media room is located at the Northeast corner of the Event Floor Level. Appropriate credentials are required for media room access. The media room consists of a dining facility, working stations and wireless internet access. Food, game notes, media kits and working space are available to the media during the course of an event. Food and beverages are served two hours before tip-off time. Refreshments are available during the game. A nominal fee of $10 is charged for a pre-game meal.

SEATING: Home and visiting television as well as home and visiting radio will be seated in section 112. All other media will be assigned seats on the baseline (section 118) on a space-available basis.

STILL & VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHERS: Photo work space is limited and your cooperation is appreciated. Still and video photographers are limited to the baselines at each end of the court. In accordance with the NBA policy, no hard-back chairs are permitted courtside and all photographers must keep clear of all designated escape lanes. Rubber lens shades are required for all still photographers who are credentialed to shoot a 76ers game.

LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: The locker rooms are located on the west side (Broad Street) of the Event Level. In accordance with NBA policy, the 76ers locker room will be open 90 minutes prior and close 45 minutes prior to tip-off. Following a ten-minute cooling off period, the locker room will open after the game has been completed. Only credentialed media are allowed in the locker room and no autographs are permitted. All media members are asked to have their passes visible at all times while in The Center.

GAME NOTES & STATS: Game notes for both teams will be available in the press room two hours prior to tip-off. Play-by-play, quarterly boxes, halftime boxes, final notes and quotes will be delivered to all media locations as quickly as possible.

PRACTICES & SHOOTAROUNDS: Sixers practices are held at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex located in Camden, NJ. Parking is available across from the practice facility on South Front St. and Harbour Blvd.

PLEASE NOTE: All policies are subject to change. Please contact a representative with the 76ers Public Relations department with any questions.

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76ERS MEDIA MEMBERS

John Clark WCAU-TV

Bob Cooney Philadelphia Daily News

Howard Eskin WTXF-TV

David Murphy Philadelphia

Inquirer

Dan Gelston Associated Press

Jessica Camerato NBC Sports Philadelphia

Jack McCaffery Delaware County

Daily Times

Tom Moore Calkins

Newspapers

Keith Pompey Philadelphia

Inquirer

Marc Narducci Philadelphia

Inquirer

Molly Sullivan NBC Sports Philadelphia

Lesley Van Arsdall KYW-TV

Sarah Todd Philadelphia

Inquirer

STATS CREW

Ron Pollack, Dave Berman, Scott Berman, Michael Brock, George Burbage, Pete Gancayco, Jan Giel, Josh Ginter, , Bernie Greenberg, Shaughn Howery, Jack Li, Dan Lobacz, Drew Moceri, Bob Mueller, Jim Murray, Mike Notaro, Brian Pollack, Maria Pollack, Scott Ramalho, Norm Starks, Bill Stiles, Mike Sullivan

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TELEVISION COVERAGE

Anchored by the performance of multiple Emmy-Award winning play-by-play broadcaster Marc Zumoff, color commentator Alaa Abdelnaby, and sideline reporter Molly Sullivan, NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Philadelphia+ will team up to broadcast 74 regular season games in the 2017-18 season.

The Sixers flagship station, NBC Sports Philadelphia, will air 64 regular season games, while NBC Sports Philadelphia+ will broadcast 10 regular season matchups.

NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Philadelphia+, part of NBC Sports Group, provide award-winning sports news, analysis, live game coverage and original programming to nearly three million viewers in the Philadelphia area, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. Together the networks present more than 500 live game broadcasts annually, featuring the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, MLB's Philadelphia Phillies, MLS's Philadelphia Union, NCAA and high school events, plus extensive coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles. The networks' news and original programming teams have been distinguished with numerous Emmys and Edward R. Murrow Awards, and handle sports coverage for Philadelphia's NBC10 affiliate WCAU-TV. provides fans with comprehensive coverage of Philly's hometown teams with highlights, original stories, and up-to-the minute breaking news. Follow NBC Sports Philadelphia on Twitter at @NBCSPhilly.

In addition to the outstanding on-air personalities, the Sixers broadcast team also has exceptional behind the scenes talent. Producer J.R. Aguila, is joined in the control room by Director Nick Marchetta. Aguila is a multiple Emmy-Award winner with 35 years of experience working professional sporting events in the Philadelphia market. In addition to the Sixers, Marchetta has directed broadcasts for the Flyers, US Open Tennis and Phillies Baseball.

The duo joins Vice President of Live Events Shawn Oleksiak, a long-time member of the NBA broadcast advisory board and tentime Emmy winner as well as a producer of over 1,100 Sixers telecasts, to lead a stellar production crew in high definition 76ers broadcasts.

NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA @NBCSPHILLY

Brian Monihan President,

Comcast SportsNet

Scott Faccenda

Vice President, Comcast SportsNet

Operations

Michelle Murray Vice President, News

Operations

Shawn Oleksiak Vice President of

Live Events

Cynthia Weiss Vice President, Comcast SportsNet

Marketing

Maureen Quilter Sr. Director,

Communications

J.R. Aguila Broadcast Producer

Nick Marchetta Broadcast Director

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MARC ZUMOFF

Television Play-by-Play Announcer

Emmy-Award winner Marc Zumoff enters his 24th season as the Sixers television play-by-play announcer and his 36th as a part of the 76ers broadcast team. Zumoff, a Philadelphia native, was officially named play-by-play announcer on Aug. 17, 1994. He has been honored with an Emmy for best sports play-by-play broadcaster 17 times. Zumoff has been honored by his alma mater, Temple University, with a Lew Klein Award and is a member of the hall of fame for Temple's School of Communications and Theater. He was also inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. Zumoff is a broadcast coach for both aspiring performers as well as experienced professionals with information available at . He is also co-author of the textbook Total Sportscasting: Performance, Production and Career Development published by Focal Press. Zumoff also appears regularly at community functions on behalf of the team. Zumoff has done play-by-play for NBC Sports' coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic games, as he followed the U.S Women's basketball team to its 6th consecutive gold medal. He's also done play-byplay for NBA TV and for Turner Sports coverage of the NBA, including both regular season and playoff games, the network's coverage of the Goodwill Games as well as play-by-play for NBC Sports Philadelphia's coverage of Philadelphia Union Soccer, and college football. Prior to joining the Sixers broadcast team full time, Zumoff was a part of the now-defunct PRISM Sports Network where he anchored and produced features for 76ers coverage as well as play-by-play for a variety of events and teams in the region, including the Philadelphia Flyers, the Philadelphia Big Five and the Philadelphia Fever of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Zumoff broke into television as the play-by-play talent for the Fever which helped lead to his position with PRISM. During his days at Temple, Zumoff announced Owl football and basketball games. Following his graduation from Temple University, he had stints as a radio news anchor and reporter at WBUD and WTTM Radio in Trenton, N.J. and WHWH Radio in Princeton, N.J., where he broke into play-by-play announcing Princeton Football and Basketball games. Zumoff lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife Debbie. They have two sons, Jake and Pace, both of whom work in the aviation industry.

ALAA ABDELNABY

Television Color Commentator

Former Philadelphia 76er and NBA veteran Alaa Abdelnaby enters his third season as a member of the Sixers broadcast team. His broadcasting resume includes working as a color commentator for Westwood One Radio. He also serves as a color commentator and studio analyst with CBS Sports Network. Abdelnaby has called a number of NCAA Tournament games, including the 2015 Final Four featuring Sixers Jahlil Okafor as a member of the Duke Blue Devils. Abdelnaby is a 1990 graduate of Duke University, where he was a Third-Team All-ACC selection as a senior while averaging 15 points and 7 rebounds in 38 games played. During his collegiate career, he played in three Final Fours. Abdelnaby became the first-round selection of the Portland Trail Blazers (25th overall) in the 1990 NBA Draft. Abdelnaby enjoyed a 10 year career in professional basketball, including five seasons in the NBA and a stint with the Sixers in 1995. He and his wife Celeste, also a Duke grad, and a PhD in education and is an administrator at the HS level. They met at school where she was a Duke cheerleader! They split their time between NJ & California.

MOLLY SULLIVAN

Television Sideline Reporter

Molly Sullivan joined NBC Sports Philadelphia in April 2012. She quickly picked up NBA playoff experience as the Sixers sideline reporter for the final month of the regular season and the Eastern Conference playoffs. Sullivan also worked for Turner Sports as a reporter during the 2014 NBA Playoffs on TNT and NBA TV. The following year, Sullivan was selected by the National Basketball Association to vote for the league's most outstanding performers of the 2014-15 season. Prior to reporting on her first love, the NBA, Sullivan spent seven years on the college football and college basketball sidelines for a number of national networks. A native of Las Vegas and graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sullivan is a former ACC champion and four-time NCAA qualifier in the 1650 freestyle for the Tar Heels. She also competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials for Santa Clara Swim Club. Sullivan and her husband celebrated the birth of their daughter in May 2016.

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RADIO COVERAGE

Sixers fans will be able to catch all the Sixers action on the radio in 2016-17, as Tom McGinnis returns for his 23rd season as Voice of the Sixers. McGinnis, who hosts pregame, halftime and postgame shows for every game, can be heard on the 76ers Radio Network. The Fanatic (97.5 FM) is entering its fourth full season as the Sixers flagship station.

TOMMcGINNIS

Radio Play-by-Play Announcer

Tom McGinnis enters his 23rd season as the voice of the Sixers Radio Network. McGinnis has become one of the most recognizable radio personalities in sports today. While handling all the play-by-play on-air, he also serves as the 76ers Director of Radio Broadcasting. McGinnis hosts numerous Sixers events and community relations efforts in the offseason.

He was recently named 2014 Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA).

McGinnis, who grew up in Spring Valley, Ill., received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northern Illinois University in 1984. He played point guard his first two years in college at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. A three-sport standout in high school, McGinnis was recently inducted into the Saint Bede Academy Athletic Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining the Sixers for the 1995-96 season, McGinnis recorded 13 years of broadcasting experience, including seven years at local television stations, four years of play-by-play in the CBA with the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets (1989-90) and LaCrosse Catbirds (1990-93) and two years calling minor league hockey games with the Cleveland Lumberjacks and the South Carolina Stingrays.

McGinnis lives in New Jersey with his wife, Robin Rieger, formerly of KYW-TV, and their two children, Kenna and Luke.

October 13 October 16 October 17 December 7 December 9 January 5 January 10 January 11 January 15 February 8 February 16-18 March 1 April 11-14 April 11 April 13 April 14 April 22 April 30/May 1 May 15-16 May 31 June 11 June 17 June 21

NBA KEY DATES

NBA Preseason ends Rosters set for NBA Opening Day Start of the 2017-18 NBA Regular Season (NBA Tip-Off 2017) NBA Mexico City Games 2017, Brooklyn Nets vs. Miami Heat (Mexico City) NBA Mexico City Games 2017, Brooklyn Nets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (Mexico City) 10-day contracts may now be signed All contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season NBA London Game 2018, Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics (London) Last day to sign NBA Two-Way contracts NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET) NBA All-Star 2018 (Los Angeles, CA) Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (Portsmouth, VA) Regular Season ends Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2018, 3 p.m. ET NBA Playoffs 2018 begin NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.m. ET) Conference Semifinals begin (possible move up to April 28-29) Conference Finals begin (possible move up to May 13-14) NBA Finals 2017 begin NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET) The Finals 2018 latest possible date NBA Draft 2018

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PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TRAINING COMPLEX

SIXERS PRACTICE FACILITY

The Philadelphia 76ers officially opened the basketball operations portion of the team's 125,000-square-foot Training Complex on September 23, 2016. The Training Complex, which is the largest in the NBA, is designed to foster team building and unity, communication, innovation, and the spirit of competition. The basketball operations facility includes two NBA regulation-size basketball courts, a 2,800-square-foot player locker room, and state-of-theart performance, wellness, recovery, and hydrotherapy rooms. The basketball training facility was conceived to be a 24/7 destination for elite NBA and front office talent with amenities including a player restaurant, private balcony, film and press room.

DIRECTIONS TO THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TRAINING COMPLEX

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TRAINING COMPLEX (3 BANNER WAY, CAMDEN, NJ 08103)

BY BUS H Take NJ Transit Bus from Philadelphia (6th and

Race St.) to New Jersey (Broadway and Cooper). The facility is a 10 minute walk from that bus stop.

BY CAR

FROM NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY OR NEW ENGLAND:

H Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit 4, which is NJ-73 N.

H Take NJ-73 N to exit NJ-38 W/Kaighns Ave.

H Continue on Kaighns Ave before turning slightly right onto US-30 W.

H Take the exit toward Martin Luther King Blvd. Continine onto MLK Bvld.

H Turn left onto St. Front Street.

FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, D.C., BALTIMORE OR MARYLAND:

H Take Interstate 95 North. H Take I-76 E to exit 354 toward US 130 N/NJ-168. H Keep left, following signs for Camden/Waterfront. H T ake exit 5A toward US-30. H Follow Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd to S. Front

Street. H Turn left onto S. Front Street.

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