The Philadelphia 76ers are a veteran team in the NBA, this team has survived in the NBA for 66 years, and before joining the NBA, it was called the Syracuse Nationals at that time, it had already played in the predecessor of the NBA - NBL and ABB for 13 years, which can be called a living fossil of American basketball history!

Yes, the predecessor of the Philadelphia 76ers was the great Syracuse Nation, in the first 13 NBA seasons of its name change, the team reached the playoffs and won a championship, Syracuse was once the only city in the NBA with a population of less than one million, but with his passion for basketball and team play, he was respected by the majority of fans, although the Syracuse Nation has become a thing of the past, but now it is widely respected in the NBA world, he is considered to beSan Antonio Spurs of "Antiquity".

In 1949, the NBL and BAA merged, the Syracuse Nation was divided into the Eastern Region, this team was not as jerky and uneasy as when it first entered the major leagues, in the first season, the Nationals won 51 games in 64 games, and the home record was an incredible 31-1, the core of the team was Dolph Shayle, who was selected as one of the NBA's top 50 superstars in 1972, when the 208-centimeter-tall Shayl can be called an interior monster, serving as a center, in addition to being good at fighting for rebounds, He also has amazing shooting skills, and most of the statistics of his time are now impossible to examine, but judging from the videos and materials that have remained in the future, Shayle definitely had the ability to average no less than 25+15 per game at his peak, and he has only played for the Syracuse Nation in his fifteen-year career, of which he has been the team's scoring champion for thirteen seasons and has been selected for twelve consecutive All-Star games.

There are three things you have to know about Hall of Fame superstar Dolph Shayle, first, in 1948, the NBL and BAA were not yet combined, and in that year's draft, Shayle was selected by the New York Knicks of the BAA and the Tri-City Black Hawks (the predecessor of the Atlanta Hawks) of the NBL at the same time, and both had high hopes from their respective teams, and in the end, Shayle decided to join the Black Hawks, who offered half the salary higher than the Knicks, but unfortunately the Black Hawks were looking forward to being confident in the future. The Black Hawks declared bankruptcy, and the rookie signing rights fell into the hands of the Syracuse Nationals. The second thing is about the All-Star Game, in 1951, when the NBA followed the example of the baseball league and decided to select 12 players from all teams to hold an All-Star Game at the Boston Garden Arena, Shayl was the best of the bunkers, scoring 17 points and grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds in this game-making game. Third, Shayl is a Jew and the first Jew to achieve such great things in the NBA.

Time to the 1954-1955 season, when the NBA, which had just been established for only six years, began to decline, the long wait after holding the ball, the lengthy offensive rounds, and all kinds of fouls made the game unappreciative, and in this critical period, the owner of the Nationals, Danny Villathorne, proposed the epoch-making "24-second violation rule" to save the NBA from fire and water, a rule that has never been questioned and never advocated for revision. Villathorne's choice of game movement and offensive timing is impressive, and he was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame for his intelligent invention.

It was this season that Lady Luck favored the team, and the Syracuse Nationals made the playoffs with the best regular season record, and defeated the Boston Celtics and Fort Wayne Pistons in the playoffs to be crowned the first championship of the Syracuse era. The following season, due to poor NBA management, there were only eight teams left in the league, and the superior Nationals once again defended the title. But after that, the Celtics dynasty rose, and they won 11 of those championships in the next 13 years, creating the greatest team myth in the professional game, but on the back side, there was an extremely dark moment for other teams.

In the 1958-1959 season, rookie Hal Greer gradually played in the league, last season's scoring champion George Yadri joined the national team halfway, and for a time the national team formed a squad depth comparable to the Celtics, in the Eastern Conference finals that year, the national team and the Celtics fought seven games, the sky thundered and the earth was on fire, the game was earth-shattering, and the devil cried and howled, and finally in the seventh game that decided the outcome, the Celtics took away the victory with a score of 130-125, And then began their great eight consecutive victories!

After this season, the Syracuse Nation and the Philadelphia Warriors formed a mortal rival, this year, "the biggest killer in NBA history" Wilt Chamberlain joined the Warriors, and Chamberlain averaged as many as 37.6 points per game in his rookie season! and won the scoring title, the two teams met in the playoffs, and in the end, the Warriors had the last laugh.

The following season, the average of 38.4 points per game once again dominated the league, but in this year's playoffs, the Syracuse Nation took team basketball to the extreme, and finally defeated the Warriors.

In his third year, Chamberlain averaged a staggering 50.4 points and 24.7 rebounds per game! The star interior of the Nationals team Shayl did not perform well because of a jaw injury, and the Nationals were defeated by the Warriors in the playoffs, but after the end of the season, the Warriors were sold to San Francisco, and there was a gap in the history of professional basketball in Philadelphia, in 1963, two Philadelphia businessmen Ilf ? Kauslov and Ek? Richman from Danny? Buying the Syracuse Nation and changing its name to the Philadelphia 76ers, Villathorne became history and became the leader of the early professional league in the NBA.

After the end of this season, 76ers star Shayle announced his retirement, and welcomed back Philadelphia star Chamberlain, that year's 76ers became the only team in the league to compete with the Celtics, the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers and the Celtics met in a narrow way, both teams used tactics to the extreme, the first six games, the two sides tied 3:3, and in the crucial seventh game, the Celtics once again won 110:109, only by virtue of a one-point difference.

Next season, Chamberlain also understands the importance of team basketball under the influence of the 76ers' historical tradition, this year, he averaged "only" 33.5 points per game, but he was able to grab 24.6 rebounds, and the shooting percentage was a seven-year high of 54.0%, the 76ers lived up to expectations and won the first place in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the 76ers played against the Celtics again, Chamberlain and Russell's key matchup, Chamberlain did not make any cheap, and in the end, The 76ers fell at the feet of the Celtics again.

In the 1966-67 season, former Syracuse Nation coach Alex? Hannam replaces Dolph? Shays, coaching the Philadelphia 76ers. Hannum asks Wilt? Chamberlain passed more and shot less, and as a result, Chamberlain averaged just 24.1 points per game that season, missing out on the scoring title for the first time in eight years. However, his personal efficiency has also greatly improved, ranking first in the league in shooting 68.3% from the field, averaging 24.1 rebounds per game to become the rebounding leader, and also ranking third on the assist list with 7.8 assists per game. In the end, the team broke the NBA record with a record of 68 wins and 13 losses in the regular season, defeated the Cincinnati Royals and the Boston Celtics in the playoffs, broke into the finals of the season, and defeated the San Francisco Warriors 4-2 to win the championship for the second time.

In the 1967-1968 season, Chamberlain once again played the value of team basketball, averaging only 24.3 points per game, but he also had an all-round performance of 23.8 rebounds and 8.6 assists, becoming the rebounding king and assist king that year.

This is Chamberlain's last full season with the 76ers, and the next season, Chamberlain was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, and from the perspective of hindsight, this deal is the biggest failure in the history of the 76ers. In exchange for Billy Cunningham, although he can also average 24.8 and 12.8 rebounds per game, Chamberlain is no one can replace him, and the record of the 76ers who lost Chamberlain still inevitably declined a lot, and then the 76ers stopped in the semifinals for three consecutive years, and after three seasons, they couldn't even enter the playoffs. It is worth mentioning that in the 1972-1973 season, the 76ers broke the NBA all-time winning percentage list with a surprising 9-73 loss and were nailed to the shame pillar forever.

After that, the 76ers began a long rebuild, jumping to the ABA and then returning to Cunningham, Fred Carter, who was nurtured internally, and George, nicknamed "Little Bulls"? McGinnis and the others have all shone with the 76ers and made their own history, but none of them have been able to take the team far.

In May 1976, Fitz? Dixon from Ilf? Kauslov bought the Philadelphia 76ers and spent a lot of money on the team's rebuild. One of the largest investments was the $6 million purchase of "Dr. J" Julius before the start of the 1976-77 season. Irving joins - 3 million paid to the ABA New Jersey Nets as compensation, and 3 million to Dr. J as salary.

In the 1976-1977 season, under the leadership of Irving, the team not only won 50-32 in the East, but also defeated the Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets in the playoffs one after another, and stood on the stage of the finals again after ten years, the opponent was the Trail Blazers led by Bill Wharton, the score of 76** in the first five games was 2-3 behind, and in the crucial sixth game, Irving missed a key mid-range shot under Wharton's close defense, In the end, the victory and championship were given to the Trail Blazers.

Although he did not win the championship, this team is already a championship-level team, but he is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world, and in the following four seasons, the 76ers broke into the playoffs, but lost to the Washington Bullets with Evan Hayes and Wes Unseld, the San Antonio Spurs with George Gervin, the Lakers with Abdul-Jabbar, and the Celtics with Russell, especially the last year against the Celtics, as if going back to that year, The 76ers were frantically chased by the Celtics with a 3-1 lead, winning three games in a row to knock the 76ers out of the game.

In July 1981, Harold? Katz from Fitz? Dixon bought the Philadelphia 76ers, who finished the 1981-82 season with a 58-24 record in the regular season and finished second in the Eastern Conference behind the Celtics with 63 wins. In the playoffs, he eliminated the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks in succession, and met the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals for the third consecutive year. This time, the Philadelphia 76ers were tied 3-3 by the Celtics after leading 3-1, but won the crucial seventh game 120-106 to reach the Finals. But in the finals, he lost to the Lakers with a big score of 4-2 and missed the championship again.

1982-1983 was a year for the 76ers, this year the 76ers signed former Rockets superstar Moses Malone, who achieved 25+15 in the first season of the 76ers, in addition to Irving's 21+7, and Andrew Toney's 20+5, the team's record was a league-high 65-17, Malone won the regular season MVP, and in the playoffs, the 76ers, who were obviously superior, won the third championship in team history with a proud record of 12-1.

In 1984, the 76ers won Charles Barkley, known as the "flying pig", with the 5th pick in the first round, Duke Charles served as a power forward or center, although he was not tall enough, but his offensive ability was extremely powerful, few players in the league could withstand Barkley's big ass, and his biggest killer move was to take the ball and dribble on the left or right rib to arch inward, arch, arch, there are players to strike, pass, get an assist, no player pinch, continue to arch, arch to the basket, pout the opponent with a butt, The easy score, although the process is not pretty, but its lethality is huge, and the league has to formulate a "five seconds offense" violation specifically for Barkley. (Offensive 5 Seconds - When an offensive player is in the front court of his own side and below the free throw line extension line, he may not dribble for more than 5 seconds with his back to or sideways to the basket.) Although Barkley has great bones, very different talents, and is invincible on the basketball court, everyone also knows that Duke Charles has no championship in his life, and after he came to the 76ers, he was still a championship-level team in front of him, and instantly became a fish belly, the main scoring guard Andrew Toney was reimbursed for the season due to injury, and Moses Malone also fell when the playoffs started, without the 40 points contributed by these two per game, the team finally stopped in the second round. The next season, Malone was traded for two embarrassing players, Tony returned from injury, but his form was greatly reduced, and Barkley averaged 23.0 points, 14.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, all three of which were career highs. In the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers were eliminated 2-3 by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Before the start of the 1987-88 season, Julius? Irving announced his retirement, and although Barkley played impressively again, the team still missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 years, and in the three seasons since, the team has brought in ace players in a row. Including Mike Gminski, who averaged 17.2 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, Johnny Dawkins, who averaged 14.3 points and 7.3 assists per game, Jose Hawkins, who averaged 18.2 points per game, and Manute Ball, who averaged 3 blocks per game, the team was unprecedentedly strong, and the team reached the playoffs in all three seasons, but was eliminated by the Knicks led by Patrick Ewing and the Bulls led by Michael Jordan, of which Jordan eliminated the 76ers twice.

In the 1991-1992 season, the 76ers, who had never broken through, decided to push for a rebuild, and they sent Barkley to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for All-Star guard Jeff Hornacek and forward Tim Perry and Andrew Long. This deal completely destroyed the 76ers' championship dream, and it turned out that among the young players who looked quite promising at the time, only Hornacek played, but this young man who looked like Sloan only played for one year with the 76ers, and in 1995, the team won only 18 games in 82 long games, the bottom of the league, and became the first team in NBA history to decline in winning percentage for six consecutive years. The Philadelphia 76ers made a major change: former owner Harold Katz sold the team to Concas for $12.5 million, and Philadelphia fell into a darkness that it has never had since the team was built.

At this time, Philadelphia urgently needs a new leader, a leader who can lead the team out of the darkness and see the clouds, in their hearts, there is actually the best candidate, that person is - Allen Iverson!