 In the following 1964 – 65 NBA season , the Warriors got off to a terrible start and ran into financial trouble . At the 1965 All @-@ Star break Chamberlain was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers , the new name of the relocated Syracuse Nationals . In return the Warriors received Paul Neumann , Connie Dierking , Lee Shaffer ( who opted to retire rather than report to the Warriors ) , and $ 150 @,@ 000 ( equal to about $ 1 @.@ 13 million today ) . When Chamberlain left the Warriors , owner Franklin Mieuli said : " Chamberlain is not an easy man to love [ and ] the fans in San Francisco never learned to love him . Wilt is easy to hate [ ... ] people came to see him lose . " 
