Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 16
It’s summertime in the NBA, so it’s time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.
With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 16, which has been worn by 10 of those players in the history of the franchise.
This running series will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the 11 players who have worn the No. 17.
Here is the list of the 10 who have worn No. 16 in Sixers history:
Red Rocha, 1951-1956
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Rocha played four seasons for the Syracuse Nationals. He retired for a season and returned in 1954. He averaged 11.3 points and 7 rebounds.
Bob Lavoy, 1953-1954
Lavoy played 60 games for the Nationals, and he averaged 5.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in those games.
Al Bianchi, 1956-1959
Bianchi wore two numbers for the Sixers. In the seasons he donned No. 16, he averaged 8.9 points and 3.1 rebounds.
Johnny Green, 1968
When Green was acquired from the San Diego Rockets, he donned No. 16 for the rest of the 1967-68 season. In those games, he averaged 5.1 points and 3.5 rebounds. He switched to No. 12 the following season.
George Wilson, 1968-1970
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Wilson, playing college basketball for Cincinnati in the above photo, averaged 5.5 points and 5.1 rebounds while donning No. 16 for the Sixers.
Bailey Howell, 1970-1971
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Howell, playing for the Boston Celtics against the Los Angeles Lakers in the above photo, is a Hall of Famer who spent one season with the Sixers. He averaged 10.7 points and 5.4 rebounds in the 1970-71 season for the Sixers, his final NBA season.
Marreese Speights, 2008-2011
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Speights, the 16th pick in the 2008 NBA draft, played three seasons for the Sixers. He averaged 7.2 points and 3.7 rebounds. He won a title with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.
Francisco Elson, 2012
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Elson wore two numbers for the Sixers, 8 and 16. He wore No. 16 in the 2011-12 season when he averaged 0.4 points and 0.2 rebounds in five games for Philadelphia.
Chris Johnson, 2014
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Johnson played nine games for Philadelphia, including two starts, early in the 2014-15 season. He averaged 6 points and 2.9 rebounds.
Charlie Brown Jr., 2022
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Brown Jr., a former Saint Joseph’s player, averaged 1.5 points and 1.6 rebounds in the 2021-22 season. He played 19 games, including two starts, when the team was hit hard by COVID-19, forcing a number of players into the league’s health and safety protocol.
