NBA History: 5 worst teams in the league over the last decade

#4 Philadelphia 76ers

(L-R) Jarvis Varnado, James Nunnally, James Anderson, and Elliot Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers

Win-Loss Record: 315-489 (39.18%)

The Sixers may be contenders this season, but this was a recent development after years and years of being ridiculed for being the worst in the league.

To start the decade, the Sixers signed Allen Iverson in November 2009 to a non-guaranteed minimum salary for a second stint with the team. The legend had to leave the team though, as he had to attend to his sick daughter and prioritze family. The Sixers ended the season with a 27-55 record.

In the next season, they were able to qualify for the playoffs in the weak East with an exact .500 record but lost in the first round. Following that year, they once again qualified for the playoffs with a 35-31 record and upset the injured Chicago Bulls in the 2012 playoffs. For some reason, though, the Sixers weren't able to build any momentum and just started falling further and further down the hole as they started "The Process".

They started trading away their good players for picks in hopes of drafting a generational talent. From the 2013-14 to the 2015-16 seasons, the team lost 63, 64, and 72 games. After starting the season to an incredible 1-30 record, they had almost tied their season losses to the Warriors' 73 wins!

There was just so much going on in the ownership and management that took the Sixers for a ride. Jerry Colangelo was hired as special advisor and chairman of Basketball Operations. He then hired Mike D'Antoni and groomed him to become the next head coach. They forced the hand of Sam Hinkie and he eventually resigned as GM. He was then replaced by Jerry's son to the surprise of well...no one.

Okafor was held out for so long while they were trying to trade him. Brett Brown has continued to be the head coach after the FO's bet Mike D'Antoni was hired by the Rockets....Colangelo continued to publicly say that Fultz had no medical reason to be held out...Bryan Colangelo's burner accounts surfaced where he had been flaming Brett Brown, dissing Embiid, and leaking medical information. He thankfully stepped down, but not before his daddy threatened to ‘damage the Sixers’ NBA relationships.

Thankfully, that saga has come to an end. We’ll see if a team built around top center Embiid and a physically gifted yet non-shooting point guard Ben Simmons can finally give the Sixers another chip.