The Philadelphia 76ers underwent a gruelling rebuilding process (ahem, Process) starting in the summer of 2013. In the 2017-18 season, that process finally yielded results; Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid were healthy, Dario Saric, T.J. McConnell and Robert Covington were ideal role players to slot around them, and the team had veterans like Amir Johnson, JJ Redick and Marco Belinelli to fill out the roster.
It led to a third-place seed in the Eastern Conference, and valuable playoff experience for the young core.