Philadelphia 76ers

In the offseason, the 76ers fired coach Jim O'Brien and hired Maurice Cheeks, a popular former 76ers star. The Bucks, therefore, will pick first in the 2005 NBA Draft. However, the team did not improve significantly and was defeated in the postseason by the Detroit Pistons. However, in the NBA Draft Lottery, the Bucks landed the first pick, even though they only had a 6 percent chance of landing the first pick. With the addition of Chris Webber from Sacramento Kings in 2005, the 76ers hoped that the duo would make a volatile and powerful combination. In the 2004-2005 season, with injury problems and a poor defense, the Bucks missed the postseason with a dismal 30-52 record. The club in the recent years has revolved around Allen Iverson, a high-scoring guard. In 2003, after considering selling the team, Kohl announced that he had decided against selling the Bucks to Michael Jordan and would "continue to own them, improve them and commit them to remaining in Wisconsin.".

In the 1972-73 season, the 76ers lost 73 games, a record that has been threatened at times, but still stands to this day. Senator) Herb Kohl bought the Bucks after fears that out-of-town investors could buy the team and move it out of Milwaukee. They also hold the record for the most losses in a season. In 1985, Milwaukee businessman (and now U.S. The 76ers lost to the Lakers in the 2000-2001 NBA Finals. In 1972, the Los Angeles Lakers had their record 33-game winning streak snapped by the Bucks during a nationally televised game, and in 1973 the Bucks recorded their third consecutive 60-win season, the first NBA team to do so. The Sixers won two NBA titles in Philadelphia, those being in the 1966-67 season (when they won a then-league record 68 games), and the more noteworthy 1982-83 season, in which they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in four straight games, who had defeated them the season before. The championship was won faster than by any other expansion team in professional sports history (3rd season).

Their name changed to the "76ers." The name 76ers is due to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776. On April 30, 1971, the Bucks won Game 4 of the NBA Finals over the Baltimore Bullets in Milwaukee 118-106, to win the NBA Championship. The Nationals moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1963, the year after the Warriors had left for San Francisco, California. In October, the Bucks played their first NBA regular season game against the Chicago Bulls before a Milwaukee Arena crowd of 8,467. They won an NBA title in the 1955-56 season. (Milwaukee Pro), a group headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman. In 1949, the Nationals bailed out of the doomed NBL to join the BAA, or the NBA as it would be known from then on. The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in January 1968 when the NBA awarded a franchise to Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc.

The Syracuse Nationals started in the NBL in the 1946-47 season. Senator Herb Kohl. The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also known as the Sixers for short. The current franchise owner is U.S. Jack Ramsay (coach). The Milwaukee Bucks are a National Basketball Association team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Alex Hannum (coach). Jones (Former assistant; inducted for his playing career with the Boston Celtics.).

Chuck Daly (coach). C. Daniel Biasone (contributor—founding owner and principal advocate of shot clock). K. 33 Willie Green. He would later go on to be the NBA's first African-American team president with the Cleveland Cavaliers.). 26 Kyle Korver. When he became GM of the Bucks in 1971, he was the first African-American to serve in that position in the NBA.

1 Samuel Dalembert. Wayne Embry (Former general manager; inducted as a contributor. 4 Chris Webber. Terry Porter. 54 Rodney Rogers. George Karl. 8 Aaron McKie. Mike Dunleavy, Sr.

24 Jamal Mashburn. Don Nelson. 3 Allen Iverson. Joe Smith. 9 Andre Iguodala. Daniel Santiago. 21 Matt Barnes. Toni Kukoc.

Microphone - Dave Zinkoff, former team announcer. Dan Gadzuric. 34 Charles Barkley. Desmond Mason. 32 Billy Cunningham. Michael Redd. 24 Bobby Jones. 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

15 Hal Greer. 32 Brian Winters. 13 Wilt Chamberlain. 16 Bob Lanier. 10 Maurice Cheeks. 14 Jon McGlocklin. 6 Julius Erving. 4 Sidney Moncrief.

2 Moses Malone. 2 Junior Bridgeman. Chet Walker. 1 Oscar Robertson. Andrew Toney. Glenn Robinson. Jerry Stackhouse. Gary Payton.

Clint Richardson. Vin Baker. Marc Iavaroni. Ray Allen. Darryl Dawkins. Oscar Robertson. Manute Bol. Bob Lanier.

Dolph Schayes. Alex English. Moses Malone. Wayne Embry (Inducted as a contributor; see Coaches and others section for more details.). Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player). Dave Cowens. Bailey Howell. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Hal Greer. Julius Erving. Billy Cunningham. Wilt Chamberlain.