North Carolina freshmen Ian Jackson and James Brown have garnered attention from basketball fans due to their bold takes.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- He was a basketball legend with local roots. Wilt Chamberlain had some of his earliest success as a high school player in Philadelphia. And it was people from here who ...

Ball is also on pace to finish with the third-most field goals attempted per 36 minutes in a single season 26.2), only behind Chamberlain’s averages in the 1961 and 1962 seasons.

Counting last year's two big individual performances, this date has been a day when larger-than-life moments happen in the ...

On this date in 1965, the Boston Celtics’ center Bill Russell missed all 14 shots that he attempted in a 104-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, who were led by ...

Earlier this month, Pete Nance believed his time with the Philadelphia 76ers had come to a close. On January 7, the Sixers waived the two-way center as the team started getting healthier.

Wilt Chamberlain ... 59 points and 36 rebounds in the Philadelphia Warriors' defeat to the Knicks - hauls that both set records for a December 25 game. While Chamberlain’s points tally was ...

1965 — In one of the most notable trades in NBA history, the San Francisco Warriors deal Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and cash. 1967 — The ...