Philadelphia 76ers unveil Iverson-era throwback uniforms

The Philadelphia 76ers person their reply for this upcoming season's classical jersey.

The squad is bringing backmost its iconic achromatic uniforms from the 2000-01 season, celebrating the 25th day of its Eastern Conference championship-winning team. It besides marks the day of Allen Iverson's MVP-winning campaign, erstwhile helium averaged a league-high 31 points per game.

Philadelphia announced the instrumentality of the uniforms connected Wednesday and volition debut the look erstwhile it hosts the Toronto Raptors connected Nov. 8. It volition beryllium worn for 14 different location games and six roadworthy matchups against playoff contenders from the 2000-01 season.

The 76ers wore the all-black uniforms from 1997 to 2009. The 2000-01 team, spearheaded by Iverson and Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo, was 1 of the astir palmy squads successful 76ers history.

"Some of my favourite memories came erstwhile I was wearing this uniform," Eric Snow, a defender connected that 76ers team, said successful a quality release. "I enjoyed each infinitesimal of playing for my puerility team. This azygous represented the transportation of players with the metropolis and 76ers fans. Although we didn't execute our eventual goal, I'm inactive thankful for the clip I played successful the 76ers uniform. Even now, I inactive conscionable radical wherever I spell who talk astir the passionateness they had for our squad and that run."

The Hardwood Classic Edition azygous is made to lucifer the archetypal look from a past era, with "Sixers" spelled retired crossed the thorax and a "76" logo connected the shorts.

Philadelphia's threads see the fashionable "Sixers" watermark with a prima arsenic the dot implicit the "i," and a hoops whisking underneath it. The franchise had the "Sixers" watermark connected its uniforms from 1997 to 2009.

The 76ers volition besides play connected a classic-edition-themed court, which was unveiled Thursday.

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"This azygous is much than conscionable a portion of fabric; it represents an epoch of franchise past that embraced a chiseled individuality and captured the attraction of the full city," 76ers main operating serviceman Lara Price said successful the statement. "To spot these uniforms backmost retired connected that tribunal volition bring backmost a batch of nostalgia, and we are excited to stock that successful galore antithetic ways with our fans this season."

Philadelphia went 56-26 successful 2000-01, reaching the NBA Finals, wherever they mislaid to the Los Angeles Lakers successful 5 games, marking the franchise's past Finals appearance.