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The 2002-03 NBA season was the 76ers 54th season in the NBA and 40th season in Philadelphia.〔(2002-03 Philadelphia 76ers )〕 The Sixers improved on their last season, finishing with a 48-34 record, with the number 4 seed in the Eastern Conference. The team defeated the defunct New Orleans Hornets, (now the Pelicans and the Hornets moved back to Charlotte) led by Baron Davis in the first round, but they could not go further in the next round as they were thrashed by the Detroit Pistons in six games. This season was head coach Larry Brown's last in Philadelphia as he resigned on Memorial Day, 2003. Brown would later sign with the Detroit Pistons where he won the 2004 NBA Championship with the team. As of the 2015, the Sixers have advanced passed the first round of the playoffs only once since this 2003 playoff victory over New Orleans (2012, Bulls) ==Offseason== In the 2002 NBA draft, the 76ers drafted Czech swingman Jiří Welsch and forward-center Sam Clancy (Clancy would not play in any games in the NBA). The Sixers also made three trades on draft day. Their first trade was with the Golden State Warriors. They traded their first round pick, Jiří Welsch, for a 2004 2nd round draft pick and a 2005 1st round draft pick. In their second trade, they traded Speedy Claxton to the San Antonio Spurs for Mark Bryant, Randy Holcomb, and John Salmons. Their third and final trade of the night was with the Atlanta Hawks. They traded a 2004 2nd round draft pick and a 2006 2nd round draft pick to the Hawks for Efthimios Rentzias. On July 25, the 76ers signed Greg Buckner and Monty Williams. On August 6, the Sixers traded Dikembe Mutombo to the New Jersey Nets for Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn. This trade marked the beginning of MacCulloch's second tenure with the franchise. On August 27, the Sixers signed Brian Skinner. On September 30, the Sixers signed Art Long and William Avery. Avery would not play any games with Philadelphia. On October 11, the Sixers waived Alvin Jones. On the 23rd, they waived Damone Brown.〔http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2003_transactions.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2002–03 Philadelphia 76ers season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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