Let's continue the My List special and reveal team #3 of the 29-team countdown, the Philadelphia 76ers. Here are the players from the City of Brotherly Love:

Starters:

PG: Maurice Cheeks: The current head coach of the Sixers wasn't the flashiest player in the league, but he didn't have to be on that version of the club. Indeed, most of his best stats years came in the mid-to-late 80s, when the team was in decline, but he was steady during the early 80s, when Philly went to three NBA Finals and won the 1983 title. Between 1982 and 1989, he averaged about 12 PPG and 7 ASG. He also made 4 All-Star teams.

SG: Allen Iverson: Iverson may have a reputation of being abrasive, at best, but during the early part of this decade, he was unquestionably the driving force (for better or worse) of this team. Depsite frequent problems with Larry Brown, Iverson excelled, winning three scoring titles (1999, 2001-02) and All-Star Game and league MVP in 2001, when he led Philly to its most recent NBA Finals. He also has led the league in steals.

C: Wilt Chamberlain: Wilt may not have had his best scoring seasons as a Sixer, but in his second go-round with a Philly club (the Warriors began in Philly), he realized he needed to become a complete player. Chamberlain won his final two scoring titles as a Sixer in his first two years (1965-66), then in 1966-67, he led the league in rebounds and field goal %, and was third in scoring and assists, as the Sixers went 68-13 and ended Boston's eight year run as champs en route to winning the title over the Warriors. The next year, he became the first center (and the last) to lead the league in assists, but the Sixers lost to the Celts in the Eastern finals, and he was dealt to L.A. after the season.

SF: Julius Erving: Dr. J. may have established his star in the ABA, but after being acquired by Philly for cash from the Nets, he became the star of the NBA. In his first season, he won All-Star MVP honors and took the previously moribund Sixers to the NBA Finals. He would later win NBA league MVP in 1981 (becoming the only player to win both ABA and NBA MVPs), and he led Philly to four NBA Finals, the icing on the cake being the dominant 1983 title winning run. He was an All-Star in the ABA or NBA every one of his 17 seasons.

PF: Charles Barkley: The biggest fan of 'The Gambler', Barkley had the unfortunate timing to join the Sixers as they declined as a team. He still gave it his best effort, despite being undersized (to put it mildly) for the PF position. Barkley became a starter early in his rookie year, and in 1987, he became the shortest player to win the rebounding title (listed at 6 foot 6) with a 14.5 average. From 1987 to 1992, Barkley averaged at least 23 PPG in each season, along with better than 10 RPG. And, of course, he was (and still can be) one of the best interviews in sports.

Reserves:

PG: Hal Greer: I had to put him out of position, but Greer was a durable wonder for the Sixers. He began on the team when it was still in Syracuse in 1958, and 15 years later, he finally hung up his shoes. Greer averaged over 20 PPG in eight of nine seasons from 1962-1970 (the last of those at age 34), and was a key player on the 1967 title team, averaging 22.1 PPG. He made 10 All-Star teams and won game MVP honors in 1968.

SG: Andrew Toney: Toney's career is a case study in "what might have been". Drafted #8 overall in 1980, Toney spent a majority of his first two seasons as a backup, but he moved into the starting lineup in 1982-83, and averaged almost 20 PPG (19.7) as the Sixers stormed to the championship. Toney was one of four Sixers (Erving, Moses Malone and Cheeks were the others) selected to the 1983 Eastern All-Star team. He had another spectacular season in 1984 with another All-Star berth and a career high 20.4 PPG, but after another solid season in 1985, he was never healthy again, playing in only 87 games in his final three seasons (1986-88). What might have been; Barkley even admitted Toney impressed him the most as a rookie.

C: Moses Malone: Malone could have gotten here on the all-time quotes team for his famous "fo,fo,fo" line of 1983, but Malone was the key difference that sparked the 1983 team. After establishing himself as a dominant center in Houston (winning league MVPs in 1979 and 1982) Malone came in as a free agent (the Sixers gave up Caldwell Jones and a 1st round pick as compensation) for 1983. In his first Philly season, he repeated as MVP with averages of 24.5 PPG and 15.3 RPG (leading the league in boards) as Philly cam within one game of realizng his promise. Malone would continue to play solidly for three more years in Philly (he led the league in boards in 1984 and '85, as well, more than 22 PPG each year, and three more All-Star berths) before being traded to Washington.

SF: Billy Cunningham: The "Kangaroo Kid" was pretty much a Philly lifer once he arrived as a player in 1965. Cunningham was the sixth man of the team in his early years (including on the 1967 titlist) before becoming a starter in 1968-69. Over the next four years, he averaged better than 23 PPG each year, making the All-Star team all four year (1969-72) before bolting to the ABA, winning that league's MVP in 1973. He returned to Philly in 1974, but just two seasons later, in 1976, he suffered a career-ending knee injury. He later coached Philly from 1978-85, winning three conference titles and the 1983 NBA title.

PF: Dolph Schayes: Let's pay homage to the past here; before he was known as Danny's father, Dolph was a big-time forward for the Syracuse Nationals, the forerunner of the Sixers. Joining the NBA the same year as the Nats (1949-50) Schayes led the Nats to the NBA Finals his first year (they lost to the Lakers). Schayes was hair-yankingly consistent, averaging at least 17 PPG in ten of eleven seasons from 1951-61, along with at least 12 RPG every on of those seasons. He is best known for being the NBA's first Iron Man, playing in 764 straight games from 1952-61 (a record that stood until Randy Smith and later A.C. Green broke it).

Coaches:

Head Coach: Billy Cunningham: He's so nice, he made it twice! But Cunningham was just as intense a coach as he was a player. Taking over the team six games into the 1977-78 season (with the team fresh off an NBA Finals appearence), Cunningham took the then 2-4 team and went 53-23 and a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. He made the Eastern Finals six times in his eight years on the job, made three NBA Finals, won the 1983 title, and had an outstanding win % of 69.8%.

Assistants: Alex Hannum, Larry Brown: Hannum may not have had an extensive resume as Sixers coach (just five years split into two stints), but he was very good as coach in his second stint, winning 68 and then 62 games from 1966-68, including the only title not won by the Celtics in the 1960s. Brown took the languishing Sixers from dorrmats in 1998 to the playoffs in year two, and evetnually to the NBA Finals in 2001, winning COY honors that year.

Honorable Mentions:

SF: Andre Iguodala: Let's wait until his team becomes a contender.

PF: Bobby Jones: Great sixth man, but Schayes had a greater career, I think, than Jones.

PG: Andre Miller: See Iguodala.

SG: Doug Collins: Too injured to make it.

SF: George McGinnis: Where's Mark Jackson; you've gotta be kidding me!

C: Darryl Dawkins: Is it a coincidence they won the title the year after he left? Didn't think so.

C: Shawn Bradley: O.K., that's enough of the honorable mentions!

Anybody I forget to mention? Say it in the comments. Until then, I've gotta see if my Shawn Bradley milk carton campaign is working!