1967 Philadelphia 76ers

[superdiamond1971]

Lets see, they traded Wilt, Luke tore his achilles, Billy C went to the ABA and Chet was traded to the Bulls for Jimmy Washington straight up. Yeah management did not handle things so well after Hanum left.

[superdiamond1971]

I remember at the time that Wilt basically demanded to be traded to the west coast because he had business dealings (owned a hotel I think) and I also believed that his father may have passed away during this time as well.

[Nickcat5]

Nate Thurmond was no slouch either. Made Wilt work for his pts in this game. He was the only center up to this time who played Wilt straight up.

[FrsBigeasy]

The 1967 76ers are still one of the best teams of all time

[0noman0]

WHAT ABOUT WAALLII JOONNEESS!!!

[Nickcat5]

@0noman0 Wally Wonder was fun to watch!! Hit some key shots!

[jacksoasis]

I was the kid hanging off the basket at the end of the game, seriously. Nice to see this clip.

[Nickcat5]

Never forgot the Championship game!! Wish I could get a copy of it!! '6ers down for 3 quarters,Barry scored 44 pts but Philly prevailed!!

[ChristopherRosato]

Luke Jackson, other than Wilt, was the strongest player in the NBA. At 6-10, 275, he was rock-hard muscle and athleticism. He manhandled Willis Reed like he was a paper doll. He ruptured his Achilles Tendon and his career was over at 27 years old. He shattered backboards and instilled terror on the court. I saw him knock Walt Bellamy on his ass, and Bellamy got up waving his heads saying "OK, OK. Let's calm down. I want no part of this."

[unclebobunclebob]

1996 Chicago Bulls...72-10...sorry Alex...the record WAS, indeed, broken.

Nothing against the Sixers...tremendous team.

As kids we always played Sixers vs. Celtics on the playgrounds.

[cowboyzsuk81]

best team of all time in all NBA history

[cowboyzsuk81]

WILT!!

[all66books]

When the Sixers dealt Wilt to the Lakers after the following season, the plan was to plug in Luke Jackson at center (Jackson was as big & strong as Willis Reed). But big Luke suffered a bad leg injury that year, and was never the same player after that.

In any event, the 66-67 'Sixers were one of the most dominant teams in NBA history.

[Nickcat5]

I believe it was his achilles heel(Jackson) and you're right,he was never the same. There was speculation that he played a season on a broken leg,He assumed was merely shin splints.# 54 was one of My All-Time Favs! Broke the backboard long before Dawkins did it,and wasn't even trying to like Darryl was.

[unclebobunclebob]

@all66books I'm sorry...how can anyone trade Wilt and expect to thrive afterward. Just plain STUPID...I don't care WHO you're plugging in. Did the Bucks ever thrive after trading Alcindor/Jabaar? They were good, but no title. Another STUPID move. I don't care if he wanted to go to the West Coast or not. STUPID.

[TheTweeter53]

@all66books I always thought that horrible management prevented the 76ers from winning any more titles. OK, they didn't win in 68, largely because of Billy Cunningham's injury and the Martin Luther King assassination which personally devastated much of the team. However, after the 68 loss to the Celtics the team was broken up little by little, and were the absolute worst team in NBA history by 72-73. With proper management, they would have been right there with the Knicks from 70-73.

[Nickcat5]

@TheTweeter53 Most notably Jack Ramsey deserves the 'credit' for the disastrous draft picks & trades that devastated the team.

[TheTweeter53]

@Nickcat5 I totally agree with you. He turned the team from great to awful in 5 years. They should have been right there with the Knicks to contend for NBA supremacy from 69-73, if it were not for Jack Ramsey and his horribly misguided decisions.

[Nickcat5]

@TheTweeter53 I'll never understand the reverance for him in the Phila area. It sickened me when the Blazers won the title in '77. Proved for sure that life certainly isn't fair.

[thenintendogamer]

@Nickcat5 That's cuz the Blazers dominated the '77 era

[Nickcat5]

@thenintendogamer 'Dominated' one year?.W/O the talent,what did he really do? The years he was with the Sixers after Wilt left were marked buy the some the worst trades & draft picks in Basketball History. When asked about those years on Jim Barniak's show on Prism,He had really nothing to say.He should have used the time to apologize to the Fans of the Sixers for bringing them the most pathetic season in their history,9-73 in 1973. No he wasn;t the coach,but he made the trade,.then left town.

[earle1127]

the sixers with all those great players==best team ever==the player that made them go was WALI JONES==MAN WAS HE FAST====UNSONG HERO==1967.

[Nickcat5]

Wally Wonder!! Used to love his 'Jack-Knife' jumper!!

[bigdaryle]

This was the greatest NBA team ever.

[ExplosiveThinMan]

Why?