The 2016-17 season represented a major inflection point in “The Process,” the Philadelphia 76ers multi-season tank job engineered by Sam Hinkie and widely praised and criticized by nearly everyone with any stake in the league. The beginning of the 2016-17 season saw the Sixers enter with a young core of nine players all drafted or signed under the Hinkie regime. For reference, here is those players’ performance across the subsequent seasons:
| Name | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
| Nerlens Noel | 3.7 Wins, 73% Eff., 1047 MP | 0.8 Wins, 55% Eff., 472 MP | 4.0 Wins, 56% Eff., 1056 MP |
| Joel Embiid | 3.8 Wins, 55% Eff., 786 MP | 8.1 Wins, 54% Eff., 1912 MP | 10.6 Wins, 50% Eff., 2154 MP |
| Dario Saric | 3.9 Wins, 46% Eff., 2129 MP | 4.7 Wins, 50% Eff., 2310 MP | 3.1 Wins, 47% Eff., 2022 MP |
| Jahlil Okafor | 2.2 Wins, 45% Eff., 1134 MP | 0.6 Wins, 46% Eff., 353 MP | 1.8 Wins, 48% Eff., 935 MP |
| Ben Simmons | 7.3 Wins, 54% Eff., 2732 MP | 6. Wins, 53% Eff., 2700 MP | |
| Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | 1.6 Wins, 45% Eff., 1190 MP | 1.1 Wins, 40% Eff., 806 MP | 0.6 Wins, 52% Eff., 669 MP |
| Furkan Korkmaz | 0.1 Wins, 36% Eff., 80 MP | 1.3 Wins, 47% Eff., 679 MP | |
| Jerami Grant | 2.6 Wins, 45% Eff., 1531 MP | 3.7 Wins, 51% Eff., 1647 MP | 4.8 Wins, 48% Eff., 2612 MP |
| Richaun Holmes | 2.7 Wins, 54% Eff., 1193 MP | 1.8 Wins, 52% Eff., 746 MP | 1.8 Wins, 49% Eff., 1184 MP |
| Robert Covington | 4.9 Wins, 52% Eff., 2119 MP | 5.6 Wins, 47% Eff., 2532 MP | 2.4 Wins, 51% Eff., 1203 MP |
| T.J. McConnell | 3.4 Wins, 56% Eff., 2133 MP | 2.9 Wins, 49% Eff., 1706 MP | 2.7 Wins, 50% Eff., 1470 MP |
