Here are all 33 players who have worn the No. 11 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. 11, which has been worn by 33 of those players in the history of the franchise.
Here is a list of every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn the No. 50 uniform.
The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA with their history spanning all the way back to the 1949-50 season. With that much time under their belt in the NBA, they have had a ton of players come through and make their impact on the City of Brotherly Love.
With it now being the offseason, now is a time to go through some of that Sixers history. In this edition, Sixers Wire is going to make a list of the 10 players who have worn the No. 50 jersey in the history of the franchise. This will be a running series to go through all of the uniform numbers worn for Philadelphia.
We take it back to the 1999 NBA Draft as the Philadelphia 76ers selected big man Todd MacCulloch.
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The Philadelphia 76ers were coming off a solid season in 1999 as they made it to the semifinals, but they were swept by Reggie Miller and the Indiana Pacers. However, it was some real progress for the team as they continued to pull themselves back to relevancy.
They did not own a Round 1 pick in the 1999 NBA Draft so they had to wait until the 47th pick in Round 2 to make a selection. They went with a big man by the name of Todd MacCulloch out of Washington.
In his rookie season, he played in 56 games, starting six of them, and he averaged 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds. He was burly and he had a lot of size, which was helpful, but he still had a tough time against one particular big man. In the 2001 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal had his way with MacCulloch as the Lakers went on to beat the Sixers 4-1 in the Finals.
MacCulloch then signed with the New Jersey Nets after the Finals ended and he was back in the 2002 Finals with the Nets. There, he met O’Neal again, and once again The Big Aristotle had his way with him averaging 36.3 points and 12.3 rebounds while Los Angeles swept New Jersey.
MacCulloch was traded back to Philadelphia along with Keith Van Horn in 2002 in exchange for Dikembe Mutombo. He averaged 7.1 points and 4.7 rebounds while playing in 42 games with 35 starts, but his season was cut short due to an inherited neurological disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. It affects the peripheral nerves of the hands and feet and he then announced his retirement in September of 2004. [lawrence-related id=38224,38219,38216]
