Over time, the nickname evolved into "Dr. And that's where it came from." Įrving recalled that "later on, in the Rucker Park league in Harlem, when people started calling me 'Black Moses' and 'Houdini', I told them if they wanted to call me anything, call me 'Doctor'". So it was just between us.we were buddies, we had our nicknames and we would roll with the nicknames.
He explains: "I started calling 'the professor', and he started calling me 'the doctor'. J" from a high school friend named Leon Saunders. He received the nickname "Doctor" or "Dr. He attended Roosevelt High School and played for its basketball team. Prior to that, he lived in nearby Hempstead. Early life Įrving was born February 22, 1950, in East Meadow, on Long Island, and raised from the age of 13 in Roosevelt, New York. Although the slam dunk is still widely used as a show of power, a method of intimidation, and a way to fire up a team and spectators, Erving demonstrated that there can be great artistry and grace in slamming the ball into the hoop, particularly after a launch several feet from that target. Before Erving, dunking was a practice most commonly used by the big men, usually standing close to the hoop, to show their brutal strength which was seen as style over substance, even unsportsmanlike, by many purists of the game however, the way Erving utilized the dunk more as a high-percentage shot made at the end of maneuvers generally starting well away from the basket and not necessarily a show of force helped to make the shot an acceptable tactic, especially in trying to avoid a blocked shot. His signature was the slam dunk, since incorporated into the vernacular and basic skill set of the game in the same manner as the crossover dribble and the no look pass. While Connie Hawkins, "Jumping" Johnny Green, Elgin Baylor, Jim Pollard, and Gus Johnson performed spectacular dunks before Erving's time, Erving brought the practice into the mainstream. Many consider him one of the most talented players in the history of the NBA he is widely acknowledged as one of the game's best dunkers. In October 2021, Erving was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In 1996, Erving was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In 1994, Erving was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 40 most important athletes of all time. In 1993, Erving was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The basketball slang of being posterized was first coined to describe his moves. He was well known for slam dunking from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player in both the ABA and the NBA. He is the eighth-highest scorer in ABA/NBA history with 30,026 points (NBA and ABA combined). During his 16 seasons as a player, none of his teams ever missed the postseason. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season.Įrving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player awards, and three scoring titles with the ABA's Virginia Squires and New York Nets (now the NBA's Brooklyn Nets) and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
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J, is an American former professional basketball player. Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI ( 1971).NBA anniversary team ( 35th, 50th, 75th).
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