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The Philadelphia 76ers is a pro National Basketball Association team that is located in Philadelphia in Pennsylvania nike heels for sale. It is amongst the seven teams that are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association. They play at the First Union Center wearing red, white and blue colored uniforms nike shox nz. To date the Philadelphia 76ers have bagged three NBA championships, six conference titles and eleven Division titles. The team was originally known as the Syracuse Nationals and made their debut in 1939 nike free run 2. 1946 saw their inclusion in the National Basketball League as its chartered member. In 1949 it was amongst the seven NBL teams that had fused with the Basketball Association of America for forming the NBA nike free 5.0 v3. Later in 1950 they defeated the Minneapolis Lakers in the first championship series held by NBA. They managed to make it to the finals again 1954 and bagged the 1955 NBA championship. In 1963 they were relocated to Philadelphia where they were renamed the Philadelphia 76ers. In the mid of sixties they won 68 games and one NBA title owing to its talented players. Then in the late seventies and the early eighties they made four appearances in the NBA Finals but won only once in 1983. Some of the star players included in the team at that time were Erving, McGinnis, Jones; Cheeks and Malone. Charles Barkley was included in the Philadelphia squad of the 1984-85 season. He was popular amongst the spectators owing to his delightfully witty and disputatious ways. The early nineties are often referred to as the dark ages for the team owing to their struggles. They acquired Allen Iverson in 1996 with their first draft pick. Almost a decade later in 2004-2005 Chris Webber was traded in hope for finding a player who would compliment Iverson and form a strong scoring. Andre Iguodala was acquired in result of the utilization of a first-round pick in the 2004 NBA Draft. He was included in the all-Rookie Team and the team posted a 43-39 record. Coach O'Brien was fired and was supplanted by Maurice Cheeks, who was a former popular player during 1978-89. In December 2006 Allen Iverson together with McFarlin were traded with the Denver Nuggets in return for Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round draft picks in the following year. Later in January made an official announcement regarding Chris Webbers buyout. They announced that they will continue to pay Webber 36 million dollars in the next one and a half seasons which amounted to 7 million dollars less than what he would have been paid had he continued to play. He was given the status of a free agent post his buy out.
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