Philadelphia 76ers
(28-22, third in Atlantic, five game out)
DRAFT PICKS: (No. 47)

1999   D R A F T   C H O I C E S Round Pick Player Pos College 2 47 Todd MacCulloch C Washington

T E A M   S T R E N G T H S Allen Iverson Defensive pressure (on the ball) Young nucleus W E A K N E S S E S No secondary scoring option Three-point shooting C H A N G E S Ratliff on trading block? N E E D S Develop another scorer(s) N O T E S: Reached the playoffs for the first time since 1991. Defeated Orlando in the first round (3-1) before getting swept by Indiana Allen Iverson led the league in scoring (26.8), becoming the shortest player to accomplish that feat. Iverson only managed to shoot .412 from the floor and .291 from 3. Iverson's three-point shooting has dropped each of the past two seasons Matt Geiger was second on the team in scoring and his 13.5 ppg average was nearly half that of Iverson's Eric Snow had a breakthrough year, taking over the PG duties and leading the team in assists (6.3) The Sixers were the league's worst three-point shooting team (.264) and Iverson was the only player on the team to make more than nine. Philly was the second-worst three-point shooting team a year ago (.300) Went 16-9 vs. the Central but only 12-13 vs. the rest of the league Rookie Larry Hughes had a solid season, playing in all 50 games and averaging 9.1 ppg Rick Mahorn was signed late in the year to add some veteran leadership and muscle. He finished the year with more fouls (22) than points (13) Went 10-1 when they scored 100+ F I R S T   R O U N D   P I C K S   I N   T H E   9 0 ' S 1990 - None 1991 - None 1992 - Clarence Weatherspoon, F (9) 1993 - Shawn Bradley, C (2) 1994 - Sharone Wright, C (6); B.J. Tyler, G (20) 1995 - Jerry Stackhouse, G (3) 1996 - Allen Iverson, G (1) 1997 - Keith Van Horn, F (2) 1998 - Larry Hughes, G (8) P L A Y E R S   B Y   P O S I T I O N Small Forwards George Lynch Harvey Grant Jerald Honeycutt Power Forwards Theo Ratliff Tyrone Hill Centers Matt Geiger Rick Mahorn Nazr Mohammed Casey Shaw Point Guards Eric Snow Doug Overton Shooting Guards Allen Iverson Larry Hughes Aaron McKie Anthony Parker F R E E   A G E N T S 1999 Grant Snow Honeycutt Mahorn Lynch Overton 2000 Parker Shaw McKie (TO) 2001

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