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The Sixers’ 25th anniversary celebration of their 2000-01 Eastern Conference champion team will include a familiar rabbit face.

The team announced Monday night that Hip-Hop — the Sixers’ acrobatic, trampoline-dunking rabbit between 1998 and 2011 — will return during the 2025-26 season.

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The Sixers will “pay tribute to Hip-Hop” at their Nov. 8 game vs. the Raptors and “specific game dates and activations with Hip-Hop will be announced throughout the season,” according to the team’s press release. Hip-Hop will team up with current mascot Franklin the Dog.

As the Sixers’ announcement video highlights, Kyle Lowry said the team should bring back Hip-Hop at media day. Lowry was a Philadelp

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