1993–94 Philadelphia 76ers season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the 45th season for the Philadelphia 76ers in the National Basketball Association, and their 31st season in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[1] The 76ers received the second overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected 7' 6" center Shawn Bradley out of Brigham Young University.^[2][3][4] During the off-season, the team re-signed free agent and former 76ers All-Star forward Moses Malone, who won a championship with the team in the 1983 NBA Finals,^[5][6][7] acquired Dana Barros from the Charlotte Hornets, who acquired him from the Seattle SuperSonics two days prior,^[8][9][10] signed Eric Leckner,^[11] and signed Orlando Woolridge in November.^[12][13][14]

1993–94 Philadelphia 76ers season
Head coach	Fred Carter
Arena	The Spectrum
Results
Record	25–57 (.305)
Place	Division: 6th (Atlantic) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WPHL-TV SportsChannel Philadelphia PRISM
Radio	WIP
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

With the addition of Bradley, the 76ers tried to build a team around him; Malone, the starting center for the 76ers from 1982 to 1986, was signed to help develop the rookie from Utah, but it was to no avail. Bradley went down with a knee injury after only just 49 games, and was out for the remainder of the regular season.^[15][16][17]

The 76ers got off to a slow start losing 11 of their first 15 games, but managed to hold a 20–27 record at the All-Star break.^[18] At mid-season, the team traded Jeff Hornacek to the Utah Jazz in exchange for former All-Star guard Jeff Malone.^[19][20][21] After a 20–26 start, the 76ers suffered a 15-game losing streak between February and March, and continued to struggle as they went on an 11-game losing streak between March and April, losing 31 of their final 36 games, and finishing in sixth place in the Atlantic Division with a 25–57 record.^[22]

Second-year star Clarence Weatherspoon averaged 18.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while Malone averaged 16.8 points per game in 27 games with the 76ers after the trade, and Barros provided the team with 13.3 points, 5.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and also led them with 135 three-point field goals. In addition, Bradley averaged 10.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, while Woolridge contributed 12.7 points per game off the bench, and Tim Perry provided with 9.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Off the bench, Johnny Dawkins contributed 6.6 points and 3.7 assists per game, while Malone averaged 5.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and Leckner provided with 5.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.^[23]

Barros finished tied in seventh place in Most Improved Player voting,^[24][25] and Woolridge finished tied in sixth place in Sixth Man of the Year voting.^[26][25] Following the season, Malone was released to free agency and signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs,^[27][28][29] while Dawkins signed with the Detroit Pistons,^[30][31][32] Leckner was traded to the Pistons,^[33] Woolridge retired, and head coach Fred Carter was fired.^[34][35]

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	2	Shawn Bradley	Center	United States	BYU
2	32	Alphonso Ford	Shooting Guard	United States	Mississippi Valley State

Roster

1993–94 Philadelphia 76ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From C 30 Isaac Austin 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1969–08–18 Arizona State G 3 Dana Barros 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 163 lb (74 kg) 1967–04–13 Boston College C 76 Shawn Bradley  7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1972–03–22 BYU G 12 Johnny Dawkins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1963–09–28 Duke G 20 Greg Graham 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1970–11–26 Indiana F 43 Warren Kidd 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1970–09–09 Middle Tennessee C 45 Eric Leckner 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1966–03–27 Wyoming G 25 Jeff Malone 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1961–06–28 Mississippi State C 2 Moses Malone 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1955–03–23 Petersburg HS (VA) F 23 Tim Perry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1965–06–04 Temple F 35 Clarence Weatherspoon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1970–09–08 Southern Miss F 0 Orlando Woolridge 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1959–12–16 Notre Dame

Head coach Fred Carter Assistant(s) Tony DiLeo Jeff Ruland Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New York Knicks	57	25	.695	—	32–9	25–16	18–10
x-Orlando Magic	50	32	.610	7	31–10	19–22	20–8
x-New Jersey Nets	45	37	.549	12	29–12	16–25	17–11
x-Miami Heat	42	40	.512	15	22–19	20–21	16–12
Boston Celtics	32	50	.390	25	18–23	14–27	12–16
Philadelphia 76ers	25	57	.305	32	15–26	10–31	7–21
Washington Bullets	24	58	.293	33	17–24	7–34	8–20

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Atlanta Hawks	57	25	.695	–
2	y-New York Knicks	57	25	.695	–
3	x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Orlando Magic	50	32	.610	7
5	x-Indiana Pacers	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	10
7	x-New Jersey Nets	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Miami Heat	42	40	.512	15
9	Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	16
10	Boston Celtics	32	50	.390	25
11	Philadelphia 76ers	25	57	.305	32
12	Washington Bullets	24	58	.293	33
13t	Milwaukee Bucks	20	62	.244	37
13t	Detroit Pistons	20	62	.244	37

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993-94 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	—	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	—	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	—	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	—	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	—	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	—	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	—	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	—	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	—	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	—	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	—	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	—	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	—	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	—	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	—	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Isaac Austin	14	0	14.4	.439	.000	.609	4.9	1.2	.4	.7	5.1
Dana Barros	81	70	31.1	.469	.381	.800	2.4	5.2	1.3	.1	13.3
Manute Bol†	4	0	12.3	.429			1.5	.0	.5	2.3	1.5
Shawn Bradley	49	45	28.3	.409	.000	.607	6.2	2.0	.9	3.0	10.3
Michael Curry	10	0	4.3	.214	.000	.750	.1	.1	.1	.0	.9
Johnny Dawkins	72	12	18.7	.418	.352	.840	1.7	3.7	.9	.1	6.6
Bill Edwards	3	0	14.7	.111	.000	.400	4.7	1.3	1.0	.3	2.0
Greg Graham	70	6	12.7	.400	.080	.836	1.2	.9	.9	.1	4.8
Sean Green†	35	0	9.5	.346	.244	.722	1.0	.5	.5	.2	4.3
Jeff Hornacek†	53	53	37.6	.455	.313	.873	4.0	5.9	1.8	.2	16.6
Warren Kidd	68	14	13.0	.592		.547	3.4	.3	.3	.3	3.6
Eric Leckner	71	36	16.4	.486	.000	.646	4.0	1.2	.3	.5	5.1
Jeff Malone†	27	23	33.4	.481	.667	.809	3.1	2.2	.5	.0	16.8
Moses Malone	55	0	11.2	.440	.000	.769	4.1	.6	.2	.3	5.3
Tim Perry	80	68	29.2	.435	.365	.580	5.1	1.2	.8	1.0	9.0
Clarence Weatherspoon	82	82	38.4	.483	.235	.693	10.1	2.3	1.2	1.4	18.4
Orlando Woolridge	74	1	26.4	.471	.071	.689	4.0	1.9	.6	.8	12.7

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the 7ers only.

Player Statistics Citation:^[23]

Awards and records

• Shawn Bradley, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team