Chapter 6: The Darkness Before Dawn
Duke Charles has played for the 76ers for eight seasons, except for the rookie season, and then every season is basically an average of 20+10 performances per game, and Barkley currently ranks fourth in team history for the 76ers' 14184 points, second only to Allen Iverson, Julius Irving, and Hall Greer, ranking first in team history with 7079 rebounds, 8th in team history with 2276 assists, fifth in team history with 1007 steals, seventh in team history with 606 blocks, and ninth in team history with 610 appearances. On April 2, 2001, during the 76ers' game against the Warriors, the 76ers retired Barkley's No. 34 jersey as a way to show respect for Barkley.
Sending Barkley away completely destroyed the 76ers' championship dream, and the team officially entered the rebuilding mode, Hornacek majored in accounting at university, and he also loves to do this very much, this person's physical fitness is extremely average, and he is not unique in passing, organization, dribbling, and defense, so although he was selected with the 43rd pick in the draft, but because the second-round pick is only a non-guaranteed contract, Hornacek never thought that he would stay in the NBA, On the second day of being selected, he also participated in the interview organized by the accounting company, and after entering the NBA, Hornacek started from the bench, and slowly the team found that he had one of the biggest advantages, that is, he shot accurately, so after the third season, he was already a player that the Suns focused on cultivating, and Hornacek did not disappoint the Suns. The average points per game soared from 5.3 points per game in the first year to 20.1 points before being traded, and he also had a good performance with the 76ers, averaging 19.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game! In Barkley's absence, Jose Hawkins took the lead, averaging 20.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
Replacing Ross Barkley, Clarence Witherspoon became the team's third-leading scorer, averaging 15.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, and the 76ers have only won a measly 26 games this season.
The first thing 76ers management did in the summer in the 1993-1994 season was to send away Jose Hawkins, who was already playing his worth, in exchange for draft picks from Dana Barros and Sean Green. Shaun Green is averaging just four points per game in his career, and he was completely in this trade
It's an addition, what they really need is Barros, who came to the 76ers in the year before, played 69 games in the Seattle SuperSonics, 67 off the bench, and averaged 7.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 18 minutes per game, but after entering the 76ers, he made it to the starting lineup, averaging 13.3 points and 5.2 assists per game, and his shooting percentage also increased by 1.8 percentage points, and next season it will be even better, averaging 20.6 points and 7.5 assists per game! The hit rate rose again by 2.1 percentage points to 49.0%! Seeing that a new star was about to rise, the 76ers sent him away again......
Hawkins currently ranks 10th in franchise history with 7,657 points scored and seventh in franchise history with 722 steals.
The 76ers' unbelievable approach can be explained and understood by such a simple thing, take a superstar with an ability value of 10, exchange it for a star with an ability value of 9 and an addition with an ability value of 1, and then use this star with an ability value of 9 to exchange it for a star with an ability value of 8 and an addition with an ability value of 1, and then use this star with an ability value of 8 to exchange it for a star with an ability value of 7 and an addition with an ability value of 1...... And so on, and in the end, the team is playing with a group of people with an ability value of 1......
In the 1993-1994 season, the team lineup changed again, and the 76ers traded Hornacek, who was in his prime, to the Jazz in exchange for Jeff Malone, who was at the end of his career, and after 19 games this season, he was plagued by injuries and played only 25 games next season before being traded to the Heat, where he retired and left the league.
At this time, the 76ers have been completely reduced to a fish belly team, and Clarence Witherspoon has become the team's signature figure. He averaged 18.4 points, 10.1 balls and 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, and his growth was inseparable from the guidance and help given by the 76ers' re-recruitment veteran Moses Malone, in addition, Sean Bradley, who was selected with the second pick in the draft and was 229 cm tall, began to emerge, he averaged 10.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game in the 49 games before the injury, and the inside stood on Bradley, who was 229 cm tall and averaged 3.0 blocks per game, and partnered with Manute Ball, who averaged 3.1 blocks per game at 231 cmIt's a pity that Bol has only played 4 games this season due to injury, while the 76ers are fixed at 25-57 this season.
In the 1994-1995 season, the team still did not improve. Clarence Witherspoon is averaging 18.1 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, Dana Barros is playing the best game of his career, averaging 20.6 points and 7.5 assists per game, and he was sent away at the end of the season, and rookie Sharon White has a good performance, he occupies the team's starting center position in the middle of the season, averaging 11.4 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, and after two seasons, White is also rolling away. Shaun Bradley has been plagued by injuries throughout the season, so he lost to White in the intra-team competition and was relegated to the bench, Rao also averaged 9.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game, the team has won no more and no less than last season, 24-58, the 76ers have completely sunk at this time, and they urgently need a savior who can change the status quo!
In 1995, the 76ers selected Jerry Starhouse with the third pick, who was physically strong, unsurpassed in high school singles ability, known as the "first high school student", graduated from the prestigious North Carolina University, so he is called the next Michael Jordan, in addition to a variety of flying dunks, Stackhouse's signature nirvana is the back basket turnover jumper and the step-back jumper, And the gestures of the movements are extremely stretched, including the hit rate, which is quite similar to Jordan.
Although the 76ers missed out on Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace and Michael Finley in the 1995 draft, Stackhouse's performance did not disappoint the team, with 19.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals in his rookie season. Coleman, Coleman is a talented basketball player, playing as a power forward, comprehensive and tough, the first season hit 18+10 and then the data has stabilized at 20+10, but this person has a hot temper, constant trouble off the court, or an alcoholic, has missed the game many times because of off-court troubles, So even though he averaged 20.5 points and 10.6 rebounds per game on his parent team, the Nets, he was still sold, and he was taken over by the 76ers, who fantasized that Coleman could remake himself and recharge the court! But unfortunately, Coleman suffered from injuries in the first season of the 76ers, only played in 11 games in the season, and averaged only 11 points and 6.5 rebounds per game......
The 76ers have been extremely volatile this season, with as many as 24 players coming in and out throughout the season, which can greatly distract the players, and everyone, especially those who have good ability off the bench, are afraid that they will be suddenly cut tomorrow, and those who have been given regular playing time are worried about whether they will be suddenly traded, and everyone is afraid that they will wake up the next morning and see the text message on their phone -- okay, thank you for your contribution to the team, and now you are on the ** team…… It is the people who are uneasy, so the whole team system is chaotic, the team's new leader Jerry Stackhouse is not calm, belongs to the category of big mouths, the season is the first season of Jordan's comeback, and the popularity is skyrocketing, but the young Stackhouse said, I am not afraid of Jordan, it is a good thing to be young and vigorous and not admit defeat, but you have to come up with some dry goods, on January 13, 1996, Stackhouse played Jordan for the first time, Jordan slashed 48 points in the game, and Stackhouse scored only 11 points in the whole game, By the end of the game, Stackhouse was on the verge of crying......
This season, the 76ers only achieved a pitiful 18 establishments, and the six-year decline in the record also created a new embarrassing record in the NBA, but this year, it was a year of change for the 76ers, and the ultra-low record allowed the 76ers to get the champion sign again, and their choice was already set at the moment when they got the champion sign, that is, Georgetown University guard, Allen Iverson.