Julius "Dr. J" Erving urged current NBA players to learn the history of the All-Star Dunk Contest to encourage bigger names to participate, according to TMZ. The NBA All-Star Dunk Contest has shown ...

ABA and NBA legend Julius “Dr. J” Erving has struck a brand deal with footwear company Rockport. Dr. J, who, in 1976, was the first professional basketball player to have a sneaker deal, has signed ...

The ABA and the NBA merged in 1976, and one of the big reasons was Julius Erving. The ABA never really had any national television exposure, but everyone knew who Dr. J was. The afro, the kneepads, ...

As great a player and competitor as Julius Erving was, he, too, couldn't beat Father Time. In Dr. J's case, he already sensed that his career was coming to an end way before his game deteriorated. In ...

Julius Erving sparked a new GOAT debate, with this thoguhts on why LeBron James beats out Kobe Bryant. In GOAT debates, some ...

Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.

If you’re like me, growing up in Philadelphia during the 1970s and ‘80s, Julius Erving was everything. While leading the Sixers to four NBA Finals and winning one, we always stood up to see the type ...

He feels most players don't know the history and if so, they would participate in the contest NBA Hall of Fame player Julius “Dr. J.” Erving has called on current players to “learn the history” of the ...