Legendary Sixers center Moses Malone has died at the age of 60, the team confirmed Sunday.
Malone spent four seasons in Philadelphia from 1983-1986, before returning to the team in 1992 for one season.
He led Philadelphia to a championship in 1983 when the team beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals and he was named series MVP.
The center famously predicted the team would sweep through the playoffs that year, declaring "fo' fo' fo," hinting they would win each series only needing four games.
As it turns out, Malone was off by one game as the Sixers needed five contests to get by the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, making it "'fo' fi' fo'."
His long list of accomplishments include three league MVP awards, 12 all-star selections, being named one of the NBA's 50 best players of all time and induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.
Malone came to Philadelphia from the Houston Rockets. In 2013, former teammate Julius Erving recounted a story about a rude awakening the center got when he first came to the city.
He would later return to the Rockets and had his number retired by Houston.
Fans lamented the news and remembered Malone's storied career Sunday.
Former Sixer and current "Inside the NBA" analyst Charles Barkley released the following statement expressing his gratitude for Malone's mentorship:
"The man I called ‘Dad’ passed today. Words can’t explain my sadness. I will never know why a Hall of Famer took a fat lazy kid from Auburn and treated him like a son and got him in shape and made him a player. Every time I saw him I called him ‘Dad’. I hope he knew how much I appreciated and loved him."
The Sixers family has now suffered two heartbreaking losses in the past month. In August, Darryl Dawkins passed away at the age of 58.