Philadelphia 76ers 1972 73 season

All rights reserved. Roster Table No. Assistant Coaches and Staff. Team Misc. Per Game. Regular Season. Multiply by 2. More 76ers Pages. Full Site Menu Return to Top. In the News : L. James , K. Durant , J. Embiid , J. Harden , S. Curry , L. All-Time Greats : E. Hayes , J. Stockton , H. Multiple members of that team, including the best player on the worst team in history Fred "Mad Dog" Carter and that team's other head coach, Roy Rubin, are protective of their mark.

In an article from FoxSportsFlorida, from which Loughery's above comments come, Rubin's wife says that the coach is in agreement with Carter's stance that the record not be broken, with both men citing the desire to be remembered for something. While some will scoff, this isn't a position that's all together unfathomable. After all, there were cheers at Citizens Bank Park on that day in when the Phillies became the first team in professional sports to lose 10, games.

Having the worst team in professional basketball history was for a long time just another part of this city's sporting lore. Plus, it's not as if our city is unfamiliar with self-deprecation.

SI Recommends. By AP News. By Joseph Salvador. College Football. By Pat Forde. College Basketball. By Jason Jordan. And one of the players, Freddie Carter, who was a veteran, raised his hand and said, "Coach, I gotta smoke.

I've been in this league for so many years and it's the only way I can calm down. I have to smoke during halftime. This is going to be a long season. BL: Because it is perhaps illustrative of the weirdness of the ''73 season in Philadelphia, I want you to tell the story of the night Coach Rubin tried to substitute John Q.

Trapp out of a game CR: Well John Q. He was a scary guy. One of the writers said he had won a bronze medal in Vietnam, and he was more afraid of Trapp than he was when he was in Vietnam.

So Trapp is from Detroit, and they're playing in Detroit, and all his boys are there sitting behind the bench. During a timeout Rubin says, "OK, have a seat. Dave Sorenson, you go in for Trapp.

What do you mean? And Rubin says, "Oh, OK.