Philadelphia 76ers, commonly known as the Sixers, are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded as the Syracuse Nationals in 1946 and relocated/renamed in 1963, the franchise has won three NBA championships (1955, 1967 and 1983) and competes in the Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division, playing home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers are one of the league’s historically significant clubs—having featured Hall of Famers such as Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, and Allen Iverson—and compete each season in the NBA’s regular campaign and postseason playoffs.