Wilt Chamberlain’s drink of choice in the locker room was 7UP. “We had our own water and stuff, and he had big bottles of 7UP,” Philadelphia 76ers teammate Wali Jones said.

Olin Chamberlain Jr. has had basketball in his blood before he was even born, so naturally he’d find a way into the sport, writes Isabella DiAmore for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is the ...

Thursday was declared “Wilt Chamberlain Day” in Philadelphia, honoring the basketball legend for his accomplishments during a Hall of Fame career at the premiere of the Showtime docuseries, “Goliath.” ...

Wilt Chamberlain was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1959. It was his towering height of 7 feet 2 inches which made him a very different and unique player at the time. His $30,000 rookie ...

However, the only NBA player in history to allegedly record a quintuple-double is Wilt Chamberlain. He did it as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers on March 18, 1968.

Applications for the Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Fund are now being accepted until April 22 for high school seniors in the Philadelphia area with financial need who are furthering their studies at a ...

He played for the Philadelphia Warriors (which later became the San Francisco Warriors), the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers. He led the 1966-67 76ers to an NBA championship.

Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors holds a sign in the locker room in Hershey, Pa., after he scored 100 points as the Warriors defeated the New York Knickerbockers 169-147, March 2, 1962.

FILE – Wilt Chamberlain, of the Philadelphia Warriors, holds a sign reading “100” in the dressing room in Hershey, Pa., March 2, 1962, after he scored 100 points, as the Warriors defeated ...

Philadelphia 76ers receive: Wilt Chamberlain; San Francisco Warriors receive: Paul Neumann, Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, $150,000 in cash; Trade aftermath: This was an absolute steal for the 76ers.

Dunbar also was a fourth-round NBA Draft pick of the Philadelphia 76ers in 1975. Advertisement “I wasn’t as tall as Wilt, but growing up, I was the tallest kid around, so (Chamberlain’s game ...