Brown makes Sixers a playoff contender

trip upstairs to a general manager position, felt that he would flourish.

It was a position in which he would see himself trade arguably one of the best basketball players this team has ever seen, Charles Barkley, for a forgettable cast of hand-me-downs and draft the all-time tallest stiff in Sixers history, unless you consider Manute Bol's one inch height advantage over Sean Bradley to be a factor.

Paul Moser

In the early 90s, the Philadelphia 76ers changed their uniforms. The new style consisted of a new Sixers logo that hade red, white and blue stars streaming off it.

Quite frankly, it was the ugliest thing I have ever seen. And I think that it was the exact moment the Sixers became the laughing stock of the NBA

Many other things attribute to their fall from grace for such a long period, but I am convinced that the stars on the uniforms and the snickers from opposing players caused the initial spark.

Of course, there were other contributing players in this tragedy, which soon may have a happy ending.

Jim Lynam was the first in a cast of tragic heroes brought on for our entertainment by the Sixers.

The likeable Philly guy, who took a short

Doug Moe, Fred Carter, John Lucas and Johnny Davis followed shortly thereafter. It was the beginning of the end for a once proud franchise that won the last championship this city has seen.

These coaches were dismissed from the court almost as soon as they waltzed on the scene by the Sixers. They epitomized stupidity and ineptness at their positions.

It seemed like the Sixers were unable to get a coach in that could bring them back to respectability.

Season after season and lottery pick after lottery pick became a wash.

Hey, does anyone remember Bradley and Sharon Wright?

Sixers President Pat Croce went out and did what he had to do-he hired Larry Brown. His name constitutes discipline and technique.

Now the main man at control of the Sixers team is doing just that and guiding them to a respectable record of 12-9.