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Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 30

Here is a list of all 19 players who have worn the No. 30 uniform in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers.

It’s summertime in the NBA, so it’s time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.

With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 30, which has been worn by 19 of those players in the history of the franchise.

This running series will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the 15 players who have worn the No. 31.

Here is the list of those 19 players who have worn No. 30 in Sixers history:

They had plenty of help. Dropping Dimes …

They had plenty of help. Dropping Dimes has an advisory board backed by big names in sports, media and basketball. Among them are Bob Costas, Reggie Miller, George McGinnis, Julius Erving, Myles Turner, Peter Vecsey and Bob Netolicky. “They all came together,” Tarter said. “It was kind of a labor of love.”

Ranking the top 5 second-round picks in Philadelphia 76ers history

Here are the top 5 second-round draft picks made in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers.

With the 2022 NBA draft now just a week away, it is now time to dive back into the draft history of the Philadelphia 76ers and see how well the franchise has done in the past in terms of being able to find some gems past Round 1 of the draft.

In this edition, Sixers Wire will rank the top five second-round picks in the draft history of the Sixers. The criteria will be based on the impact made on both the franchise and the league and they have to be picks made by the Sixers.

For example, Kyle Korver will not be on this list because he was selected by the then-New Jersey Nets before being traded to the Sixers.

With that being said, let’s get into the list:

Andre Drummond doing things for Sixers not seen since Charles Barkley

Andre Drummond is doing things for the Philadelphia 76ers not seen since Charles Barkley.

With the Philadelphia 76ers needing others to step up and provide some help with Joel Embiid out due to a planned rest day, the team got some big performances up and down their roster in a 122-119 overtime win over the Memphis Grizzlies at home.

While Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris will get the headlines as they were terrific in the scoring category, the Sixers also got a big game out of Andre Drummond while filling in for Embiid.

The former 2-time All-Star had 16 points, 23 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and three blocks in the win. That is now four games of at least 20 rebounds this season for Drummond and he is the first Sixer to have that many games with 20-plus boards in a season since Charles Barkley in the 1989-90 season.

Also, Drummond’s unique stat line put him in the same conversation as Barkley and Georges McGinnis, two Hall of Famers. Drummond, Barkley, and McGinnis are the only Sixers to post 15-20-5-2-2 in a game in the franchise’s history.

Drummond has proven to be a very good addition to the Sixers as a guy on a veteran’s minimum deal and coach Doc Rivers said he felt lucky to have him on the roster.

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Walt Frazier Enterprises was a …

Walt Frazier Enterprises was a landmark. It had an office on Park Avenue. Frazier was its namesake and its face. He owned a third of it. Billy Cunningham, then a 76ers star, owned a third as well. Irwin Weiner, the actual agent in the midst, owned the other portion. Together, they represented some of the league’s top players, from Julius Erving to George McGinnis and George Gervin, at a time when there were few agents even around. “They set the tone for how things are operating now,” Mychal Thompson, one of its clients, said.

Sixers start, bench, cut: Barkley, George McGinnis, Dolph Schayes

It’s time for another round of start one, bench one, cut one in the style of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The NBA remains in a suspension due to the spread of coronavirus and everybody is looking for their basketball fix. We have started a game of start one, bench one, cut one in the style of the Philadelphia 76ers.

We have done the point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards version of the game and now we are moving on to the power forwards version of the game. The contestants are the three best at the position in Charles Barkley, George McGinnis, and Dolph Schayes. The rules are simple and the era these three need to play in is the current era of today’s basketball.

Start: Charles Barkley

Barkley could play in any era. Despite his size, he was a fairly good athlete, he was strong, he could shoot threes, he could rebound with the best of them, and he was a guy who could take over games. Barkley was just something special and a guy that the Sixers could certainly use right now.

Bench: George McGinnis

This is based more on the fact of a player in today’s era more than anything. Schayes had a bigger impact on Sixers history than McGinnis, but for today’s era, you take McGinnis. He averaged 21.6 points and 11.5 rebounds with 4.1 assists and 2.1 steals and he had some range on his shot. He was an All-Star in 1976 and 1977 and was the leader of some pretty good Sixers teams.

Bench: Dolph Schayes

Schayes has had a much bigger impact in Sixers history than a guy like McGinnis and he has his number retired in the rafters of the Wells Fargo Center, but it’s more all about the athletes and the stretch 4’s of today’s game. I can’t see Schayes being a good defender against a guy like say, Kristaps Porzingis or Nikola Jokic for example, and life would be miserable for him. [lawrence-related id=29365,29350,29357]

Ranking the top five power forwards in Philadelphia 76ers history

We now count down the top five power forwards in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The power forward position has been marked by a mixture of power and grace. An elite power forward uses a mixture of both of those attributes to be able to score in the post and also be able to step out and hit a jumper when needed.

For the Philadelphia 76ers, one of the greatest players in the history of the game played the position for them. They have seen their fair share of elite power forwards come through and don their colors and we’re going to rank the top five at the position in their history.

Don’t forget to check out the rankings for the previous positions:

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With that said, let’s get into this list!

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