1967 Philadelphia 76ers

Led by head coach Alex Hannum, the 76ers had a dream season as they started 46--4,[2] en route to a record of 68--13, the best record in league history at the time.[3] Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, and Hal Greer, along with all-stars Chet Walker, Lucious Jackson and Wali Jones led the team to the Eastern Conference finals. This time, with the Celtics aging and hurt, the 76ers beat the Celtics in five games. In Game Five of that series, as the 76ers went to victory and the NBA Finals, rabid Philadelphia fans chanted "Boston is dead!"—a symbol that the Celts' eight-year reign as NBA champion had ended. The Finals were almost anticlimatic, with the Sixers ousting the Warriors in six games to give them their first NBA Championship. The 1966-67 Sixers were voted the best team in league history during the NBA's 35th anniversary celebration

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[cowboyzsuk81]

best team of all time in all NBA history

[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.

[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]

@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.

[thenintendogamer]

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

[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.

[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.

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

[Nickcat5]

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