Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers basketball team plays in the Eastern Conference of the Atlantic Division in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Philadelphia 76ers started professional basketball in 1937 as the Syracuse Nationals. They joined as one of the first seventeen basketball teams to start in the NBA. The Philadelphia 76ers basketball team's home games take place in the Wachovia Complex Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Comcast-Spectacor company owns the Philadelphia 76ers franchise along with the Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Phantoms, two professional hockey teams. They also own the Wachovia Complex Arena.

The Philadelphia 76ers logo displays "76ers" in large bold golden letters. A golden basketball leads a two toned blue trail from a red and blue star under the number "7". Black and red outline the entire logo.

The Philadelphia 76ers basketball jerseys come in colors of black, gold, red, blue and white.

The Philadelphia 76ers cheerleaders, Sixers Dancers, are made up of professional dancers from all over the country. They perform before players and fans during home games. In 2000-2001 the Philadelphia 76ers dancers created the Sixers Junior Dance team. The 2007 forty-three member junior squad perform three times during the basketball season.

Players on the 2001 Philadelphia 76ers roster included Dikembe Mutombo, Tyrone Hill, Eric Snow, Todd MacCulloh, and Allen Iverson. In 2006, Philadelphia 76ers Willie Green signed onto the team after nearly a year off from knee rehabilitation. The 2006-07 Philadelphia 76ers roster lists players such as Louis Amundson, Rodney Carney, Samuel Dalembert, Alan Henderson and Steven Hunter.

In 1983 the Philadelphia 76ers won their second National Basketball Associations Championship. They also won five Conference titles and eight Division titles. Some basketball hall of famers once played on the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team. This includes Charles Barkley, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, and Wilt Chamberlain, who joined the NBA in 1959, was inducted in 1978.

Some sports fan sites host basketball boards like Philadelphia 76ers message boards. Insidehoops and NBAwire both host a Philadelphia 76ers message board for fans to use.

The NBA Philadelphia 76ers official website has a section just for fans. Team enthusiasts can download wallpapers for their computer monitors with photos of players in action. The multimedia section has team photos galleries, pictures and videos of the Sixers Dancers, game highlights, sound bites and artwork created by fans.

Visit the NBA website to learn more about the Philadelphia 76ers basketball players, view the Philadelphia 76ers schedule and where to purchase Philadelphia 76ers tickets.