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Top five worst trades made in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers

Top five worst trades made in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are a franchise of history, tradition, and success, but they also have made some awful transactions in their history.

Who could forget just deciding to trade one of the best big men the game has ever seen in Wilt Chamberlain? Or the awful Charles Barkley deal? We’re going to rank those plus a few others based on the loss the Sixers had in these deals as well as the impact the outgoing players made in their new homes.

These five deals are all bad, you can decide what’s the absolute worst, but the one thing that can be universally agreed upon is that the Sixers lost out on all of these trades.

With that said, let’s get into the list.

No. 5: 2000, Sixers send Bruce Bowen to Chicago, Larry Hughes and Billy Owens to Golden State, and acquire Toni Kukoc

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Yes, before Bowen was one of the best perimeter defenders in the league and won championships with the San Antonio Spurs, he spent one-half of a season in Philadelphia. It wasn’t entirely impressive as he only averaged 7.4 minutes in 42 games and the Bulls released him after the deal, but Kukoc was a disaster. He did not fit next to Allen Iverson and he was sent to the Atlanta Hawks along with Theo Ratliff to acquire Dikembe Mutombo. He averaged 9.8 points and 3.8 rebounds in 80 games for Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, Bowen went on to be named to the All-Defensive First Team five times and the Second Team three times and he led the league in 3-point shooting in 2002-03 while winning the first of three titles.

No. 4: 2012, Sixers trade Andre Iguodala to Nuggets, Nikola Vucevic and Moe Harkless to Magic, acquire Andrew Bynum from Lakers, Jason Richardson from Magic

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The Bynum deal was such a disaster. The Sixers were looking to build off the surprising success of the 2012 playoffs where they were just one win away from the Eastern Conference finals as a No. 8 seed and were hoping Bynum would be the guy to do it. After all, he did average 18.7 points and 11.7 rebounds and was an All-Star with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012. What could possibly go wrong?

Well, everything went wrong. Bynum suffered knee injuries by hanging out in bowling alleys and he would not even suit up once for Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Richardson would play a grand total of 52 games with the Sixers in three seasons due to injuries.

Down in Orlando, Vucevic has blossomed into one of the best…

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