The Greatness Of The 1967 76ers 

Bill Sharman and Alex Hannum were the two best coaches Wilt ever had.

Definitely one of the greatest teams ever. Anyone that really knows basketball will have this team up there.

The '67 76ers are definitely one of the top ten Greatest team's in NBA history. Great starter's and a Great bench plus the 68-13 regular season record with the Finals victory Validates that.

Your intelligent analysis of early NBA history continues to educate me (I'm 68, but TV coverage was rare in those days outside of major media centers); and, I assume, others interested in the history of the game. It must take substantial effort on your part to find the video footage; thank you for sharing with us.

Greer (player) and Hannum (coach) are easily 2 of the most underrated basketball influences of all time.

Wilt only got a drop in the bucket of what he was truly worth in the game. He got a couple championships and that's all good, but he was involved with a lot of historical moments in NBA BBall too. Competition is a true BBall fan's and player's desire and Wilt was there every year. Love it!!

one of the best team in nba history

Billy Cunningham was a basketball genius. Period. Never underestimate his genius.

I would put the 1966-67 Sixers as one of the top ten teams of all time. However their reign at the top was short lived..

Cunningham was easily the 2nd best player on the team in PER, but only got 26 minutes per game. I know Hondo also came off the bench, but he would still get 35+ minutes. And the following season Hannum still limited his minutes, despite proving himself as a star. I can't help but think that coaching decisions like that is what prevented the Sixers from becoming a dynasty, and why Wilt demanded a trade.

As a Bulls fan I have the 66-67 Sixers as the greatest team of all time they had the greatest center of all time Wilt Chamberlain they had 2 great midrange shooters in Chet Walker and Hal Greer they had an enforcer Luke Jackson who I would say was the Dennis Rodman of his day Walli Jones and they also had a great bench like the Kangaroo Kid Billy Cunningham who I think would have been the 6th man of the year in 66-67 if the award existed then former all star with the then Syracuse Nationals Larry Costello Matt Guokas Dave Gambee and one of the iron men of the 70s Bob Weiss and most importantly this team beat the most dominant team of the 60s the Boston Celtics

125 ppg is insane this team has to be one of the greatest of all time just this line up is scary quick it seems like thanks for this video the truth coming out

You did an EXCELLENT job here! Top 5 of all time.

Funny that when Wilt got the kind of help that Russell was afforded all those years, he turned out to be the superior player with the superior team, isn't it? #GOAT

I love your videos. Great look into the history of the NBA

this team should be along with 72 Laker and 71 Buck, or even 86 Boston and 87 Laker, the balancest play and state of Wilt, the best record in the 60s, beat Oscar, Barry, and the truth and only time defeat healthy Russell in a series in his 13 years rule.

The only flaw in the 1966-67 76ers was the lack of an established third guard. That might be a factor in the regular season but not the postseason, when teams reduce their rotations to eight players. Consider that Wilt routinely played the entire game, and this team required only seven healthy players to win a best-of-seven series. (And four were future HOFers!) That's why I consider the 1966-67 76ers to be the best postseason team ev-er.

WILT 1 OF MY FAVE PLAYERS💯😮‍💨PPL NOWADAYS RELLY DONT UNDERSTAND‼️IF PRIME WILT PLAYED 2DAY IT WOULD BE LIKE GIANNIS ON STEROIDS

Incredible as always

Top Team in the 60,s!& 1 of the Greatest (Top 10) of All Time!🎤💥🏆🏀

I was at game 5 of the Eastern Finals. Wish I had brought a camera.

I've been a huge Celtics fan since around 1970 or so, and I certainly would rank that '67 Sixers team as one of the greatest of all time. Unfortunately, they get lost amid the decade-long dominance of Russell's Celtics teams and Dr. J's 76ers teams of the late '70s and early '80s. And when people think of Wilt's two titles, they quickly think of his '72 Lakers team first.

Forgotten great team in the history of basketball.

Yeah the whole roster was talented.. any team with bob Weiss as your eleventh man is really deep

I remembered Chet "The Jet" Walker most with the Chicago Bulls in the 70's along with Bob Weiss.

Hal Greer doesn't get the respect he deserves as an all time great

Sweet intro

Would love to run a 2K simulation of '67 sixers vs '16 Warriors

this was the Best Team Ever in the NBA . Alex Hannum was the Best Coach in the NBA. Unlike Auerbach w/ the Celtics ( He had talent that was Always Great ) Hannum had to Coach different players, which was way more difficult. Great Job Alex

46-4 is crazyyyyyyyy

Strange what has and hasn't changed in 57 years

Wilt game us the 'Real Beauty' of Basketball. He could be all finesse and could be a hungry bear attitude. At 7' 1' he was a terror. Bill Russell always had the better supporting cast over Wilt. Imagine Wilt on the Celtics.

68 wins

By any measure, the Top 5 greatest basketball teams in NBA history are the 1967 76ers, 1972 Lakers, 1986 Celtics, 1987 Lakers, and 1996 Bulls. Considering that the 72 Lakers won it all with a 35 year old Chamberlain and 33 year old West, the 87 Lakers won with a 38 year old Abdul-Jabbar, and the 96 Bulls won with Luc Longley at center...the obvious all-time title match would be a battle between the 67 76ers and the 86 Celtics. It's no coincidence that this series would be decided by the 2 greatest front courts in NBA history. The 67 76ers had the most physically imposing front court in NBA history whereas the 86 Celtics had the most skilled front court. Tough call, but I would go with the 86 Celtics in 7 games.

Dope video, sir. I think '67 Sixers had the greatest individual season ever.

the six time champion bulls and three time champion sixers will have me COMPLETELY 100% accurately say the best individual statistics go in this EXACT order the #1 rebounding #2 scoring #3 shotblocking from legend wilt chamberlain and #4 scoring from legend michael jordan

Easily among the best of all time. Perhaps none better. 86' Celts are there too.

Is it me but i heat that most of the ex players on this team became future NBA coaches?

They should’ve been called the 67ers

Chet Walker died today (June 8, 2024)

Wilt is thr #1 athlete in the WORLD so yea.......67 Sixers are the greatest

1966-67 Sixers had best single season imho.

I haven’t watched any of the series, but why did it take the Sixers 6 games to beat what seems like, from their win totals and SRS and such, to be a far far worse team?

And the team that beat them 2 out of 3 seasons the 1966 and the 1968 Celtics musta been maybe just as good or better huh