Team:
Philadelphia 76ers
Sport: NBA Basketball
Background: The Philadelphia 76ers
are a National Basketball Association team based in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Founded: 1946-47 Syracuse Nationals
in National Basketball League, joined the National
Basketball Association in 1949-50.
Formerly known as: Syracuse Nationals
1946-1963
Home Arena: Wachovia Center
Uniform colors: Navy blue, Gold,
Red, and Sky blue
Logo design: The word "76ERS",
with a basketball streaming out of a star behind the
logo
NBA Championships: 1954-55 (Syracuse),
1966-67, 1982-83
Franchise history:
The original Philadelphia 76ers were neither
in Philadelphia nor called the 76ers. But the team
did begin in a northeastern city and did have a patriotic
name, the Syracuse Nationals. The Nats had been in
the NBA since the league's first year of existence
and came to the City of Brotherly Love in 1963, just
after the Warriors had abandoned Philadelphia for
San Francisco. Thus began the Philadelphia 76ers,
an organization that has featured one of the best
NBA teams ever to swagger onto the court (68-13 in
1966-67) and one of the worst to be blown off it (9-73
in 1972-73).
Along the way such figures as Wilt Chamberlain, Julius
Erving, Moses Malone, and Charles Barkley have registered
some of their finest seasons in a Philadelphia uniform.
Other notables, such as Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham
and Maurice Cheeks, have earned their reputations
with the team as well. Philadelphia, one of the country's
great basketball cities, and its 76ers are an important
part of the league's history and of its future.
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The Sixers opened the 2002-03 season with the additions
of Todd MacCulloch and Keith Van Horn in the line-up
after an off-season trade with New Jersey. Allen Iverson
captured back-to-back Player of the Week honors on
Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, when he led the Sixers to a 7-1
record.
The 76ers won their first 10 home games, their longest
streak to begin a season since 1966-67. In a December
18 three-team trade, the Sixers acquired forward Kenny
Thomas from the Rockets. Two nights later, Iverson’s
32 points and team-record-tying nine steals carried
Philadelphia to a 107-104 overtime victory against
the Lakers.
Basketball Hall of Famers:
• Wilt
Chamberlain
• Billy Cunningham
• Julius Erving
• Hal Greer
• Bailey Howell
• Earl Lloyd
(inducted as a contributor, not as a player)
• Moses Malone
• Dolph Schayes
Not to be forgotten:
• Jerry
Stackhouse
• Andrew Toney
Retired numbers:
• 6
Julius Erving
• 10 Maurice
Cheeks
• 13 Wilt Chamberlain
• 15 Hal Greer
• 24 Bobby
Jones
• 32 Billy
Cunningham
• 34 Charles
Barkley
• Microphone
- Dave Zinkoff, former team announcer
Current stars:
• Allen
Iverson
• Aaron McKie
• Glenn Robinson
• Eric Snow
• Kenny Thomas
Basketball Hall of Famers:
• Larry
Brown
• Chuck Daly
• Alex Hannum
• Dr. Jack
Ramsay
External links:
Philadelphia 76ers official web site (http://www.nba.com/sixers/)
Philadelphia 76ers Official Summer Pro League web
site (http://www.summerproleague.com/)
