History of the Philadelphia 76ers: "The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association. They have been with the league since 1949 (when they were the Syracuse Nationals) and many of basketball’s most well-known legends, such as Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Wilt Chamberlain, played for the Sixers.
The team traces its lineage back to 1946 when Danny Biasone paid $5,000 to the National Basketball League to start a franchise in Syracuse. They were known as the Nationals back then. They were one of seven teams to merge with the NBA in 1949 and they played as the Syracuse Nationals until 1963 when the team was moved to Philadelphia and renamed the 76ers." ... (Click on title link above to read entire article on the history of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association.) ...
