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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Philadelphia_76ers_(1976–1987)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Philadelphia 76ers (1976–1987)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Philadelphia_76ers_(1976–1987)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Retirement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Legacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Legacy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Legacy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Baseline move</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Baseline_move-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Rock_the_Baby"_dunk_over_Michael_Cooper" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Rock_the_Baby"_dunk_over_Michael_Cooper"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>"Rock the Baby" dunk over Michael Cooper</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Rock_the_Baby"_dunk_over_Michael_Cooper-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-basketball_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-basketball_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Post-basketball career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-basketball_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_statistics" 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Playoffs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Records" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Records"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Records</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Records-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Community_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Community_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Community art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Community_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Джуліус Ірвінг – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джуліус Ірвінг" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%AA%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Джулиус Ървинг – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джулиус Ървинг" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA" title="Τζούλιους Έρβινγκ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζούλιους Έρβινγκ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="جولیوس اروینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جولیوس اروینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A4%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%96%B4%EC%8A%A4_%EC%96%B4%EB%B9%99" title="줄리어스 어빙 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="줄리어스 어빙" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3" title="Ջուլիուս Իրվինգ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջուլիուս Իրվինգ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92" title="ג'וליוס ארווינג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'וליוס ארווינג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%98" title="იულიუს ირვინგი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იულიუს ირვინგი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BE%C5%ABljuss_%C4%AArvings" title="Džūljuss Īrvings – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džūljuss Īrvings" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Julius Erving" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC" title="يوليوس ارفينج – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="يوليوس ارفينج" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Жулиус Ирвинг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Жулиус Ирвинг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American former basketball player (born 1950)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:26em"><caption class="infobox-title fn summary">Julius Erving</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Erving_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Julius_Erving_2016.jpg/220px-Julius_Erving_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Julius_Erving_2016.jpg/330px-Julius_Erving_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Julius_Erving_2016.jpg/440px-Julius_Erving_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="995" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Erving in 2016</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-02-22</span>) </span>February 22, 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/East_Meadow,_New_York" title="East Meadow, New York">East Meadow, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">210 lb (95 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">High school</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_High_School_(Roosevelt,_New_York)" title="Roosevelt High School (Roosevelt, New York)">Roosevelt</a> (Roosevelt, New York)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_basketball" title="UMass Minutemen basketball">UMass</a> (1969–1971)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972</a>: 1st round, 12th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1971–1987</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">Small forward</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">32, 6</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1973</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1973</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976</a>–<a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1987</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA champion">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/ABA_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA champion">ABA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_Playoffs" title="1974 ABA Playoffs">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_Playoffs" title="1976 ABA Playoffs">1976</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/ABA_Playoffs_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA Playoffs MVP">ABA Playoffs MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_Playoffs" title="1974 ABA Playoffs">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_Playoffs" title="1976 ABA Playoffs">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1981</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/ABA_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA Most Valuable Player">ABA Most Valuable Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1974</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li>11× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a>–<a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1987 NBA All-Star Game">1987</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA All-Star">ABA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">NBA All-Star Game MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1977 NBA All-Star Game">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1980</a>–<a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1983</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1984</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/All-ABA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-ABA First Team">All-ABA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1973</a>–<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li>All-ABA Second Team (<a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Defensive_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA All-Defensive First Team">ABA All-Defensive First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Rookie_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA All-Rookie First Team">ABA All-Rookie First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1972</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association_scoring_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="American Basketball Association scoring champions">ABA scoring champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_Slam_Dunk_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="ABA Slam Dunk champion">ABA Slam Dunk champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1976</a>)</li> <li>No. 32 <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Brooklyn Nets retired numbers">retired by Brooklyn Nets</a></li> <li>No. 6 <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia 76ers retired numbers">retired by Philadelphia 76ers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABA_All-Time_Team" title="ABA All-Time Team">ABA All-time MVP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_anniversary_team" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA anniversary team">NBA anniversary team</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">35th</a>, <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a>, <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a>)</li> <li>Third-team <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">All-American</a> – <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Basketball_Coaches" title="National Association of Basketball Coaches">NABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">UPI</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971_NCAA_Men%27s_Basketball_All-Americans" title="1971 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans">1971</a>)</li> <li>No. 32 <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_men%27s_basketball_retired_numbers" class="mw-redirect" title="UMass Minutemen men's basketball retired numbers">retired by UMass Minutemen</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; border: 2.5px solid #DCDCDC !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career ABA and NBA statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">30,026 (24.2 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">10,525 (8.5 rpg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">5,176 (4.2 apg)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/player/76681">Stats</a> at NBA.com</b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209921#P3647" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/ervinju01.html">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Reference" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Reference">Basketball Reference</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/julius-erving">Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="font-weight:bold; background-color: #DCDCDC !important;"><a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame">Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Julius Winfield Erving II</b> (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname <b>Dr. J</b>, is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player. Erving helped legitimize the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was the best-known player in that league when it <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">merged</a> into the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season. </p><p>Erving won three championships, four <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a> awards and three scoring titles with the ABA's <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_York_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Nets">New York Nets</a> (now the NBA's Brooklyn Nets) and the NBA's <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">Philadelphia 76ers</a>. During his 16 seasons as a player, none of his teams ever missed the postseason. He is the eighth-highest scorer in ABA/NBA history with 30,026 points (NBA and ABA combined). He was well known for <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">slam dunking</a> from the free-throw line in <a href="/wiki/Slam_Dunk_Contest" title="Slam Dunk Contest">Slam Dunk Contests</a> and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player in both the ABA and the NBA. The basketball slang of being <a href="/wiki/Posterized" title="Posterized">posterized</a> was first coined to describe his moves. In 1980, Erving was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 35th Anniversary Team">NBA 35th Anniversary Team</a>. In 1993, Erving was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Fame</a>. In 1994, Erving was named by <i><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a></i> as one of the 40 most important athletes of all time. In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In both 1996 and 2021, Erving was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA's <a href="/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History" title="50 Greatest Players in NBA History">50th</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">75th</a> anniversary teams, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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. While <a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Connie Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Green_(basketball)" title="Johnny Green (basketball)">"Jumping" Johnny Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">Gus Johnson</a> performed spectacular dunks before Erving's time, Erving brought the practice into the mainstream.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. 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;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Erving was born February 22, 1950, in <a href="/wiki/East_Meadow,_New_York" title="East Meadow, New York">East Meadow</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-google1939_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google1939-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and raised from the age of 13 in <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt,_New_York" title="Roosevelt, New York">Roosevelt, New York</a>. Prior to that, he lived in nearby <a href="/wiki/Hempstead_(village),_New_York" title="Hempstead (village), New York">Hempstead</a>. He attended <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_High_School_(Roosevelt,_New_York)" title="Roosevelt High School (Roosevelt, New York)">Roosevelt High School</a> and played for its basketball team. He received the nickname "Doctor" or "Dr. J" from a high school friend named Leon Saunders. He explains: "I started calling [Saunders] 'the professor' and he started calling me 'the doctor'. So it was just between us...we were buddies, we had our nicknames and we would roll with the nicknames. ... And that's where it came from."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving recalled that "later on, in the <a href="/wiki/Rucker_Park" title="Rucker Park">Rucker Park</a> 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'".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over time, the nickname evolved into "Dr. Julius" and finally "Dr. J."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving was first called "Dr. J" by his friend and future teammate on the Nets and Squires, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Sojourner" title="Willie Sojourner">Willie Sojourner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career_and_Team_USA">College career and Team USA</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career and Team USA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg/150px-Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg/225px-Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg/300px-Julius_Erving_UMass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="543" data-file-height="911" /></a><figcaption>Erving at <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_basketball" title="UMass Minutemen basketball">UMass</a>, c. 1970–71</figcaption></figure> <p>Erving enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> in 1968. In two varsity <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> seasons, he averaged 26.3 points<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 20.2 rebounds per game, becoming one of only six players<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship">NCAA Men's Basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, the NCAA adopted a rule that prohibited <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">dunking</a>. Thus, Erving's dunking was only seen and known to teammates at practice.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fifteen years later, Erving fulfilled a promise he had made to his mother by earning a bachelor's degree in creative leadership and administration from the school through the <a href="/wiki/University_Without_Walls" class="mw-redirect" title="University Without Walls">University Without Walls</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-viewer.zmags.com_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viewer.zmags.com-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving also holds an honorary doctorate from UMass.<sup id="cite_ref-viewer.zmags.com_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viewer.zmags.com-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2021, Massachusetts honored Erving by unveiling a statue outside the <a href="/wiki/Mullins_Center" title="Mullins Center">Mullins Center</a> on the university's campus.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the year 1970, Erving also played for the United States Olympic Development Team as an aim to qualify for the Olympic team in the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Munich,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Munich, Germany">Munich, Germany</a>. Erving, wearing the jersey number six, played power forward and was recruited to be the team's top rebounder. He ended up being the top vote-getter for Most Valuable Player or <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a>, a top scorer for Team USA, and successfully competed against adult professional players from Russia, Finland, and other European countries alongside teammates Bob Nash and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Paul Westphal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was around this time Erving started hearing talks among his teammates of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association (ABA)</a> and its novel goal to recruit undergraduates as a plan to compete with the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErving2013230_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErving2013230-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a meeting with ABA general manager <a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Red%22_Kerr" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny "Red" Kerr">Johnny "Red" Kerr</a> and future coach <a href="/wiki/Al_Bianchi" title="Al Bianchi">Al Bianchi</a>, he then decided to inform his mother that he will join the ABA in late 1971 while staying in a hotel in Philadelphia talking with a double agent named Steve Arnold. This became a subject of litigation for Erving's NBA rights to play for the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a> in the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErving2013238_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErving2013238-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErving2013248_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErving2013248-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEErving2013309_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEErving2013309-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virginia_Squires_(1971–1973)"><span id="Virginia_Squires_.281971.E2.80.931973.29"></span>Virginia Squires (1971–1973)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Virginia Squires (1971–1973)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although NBA rules at the time did not allow teams to draft players who were fewer than four years removed from high school, the ABA instituted a “hardship” rule that would allow players to leave college early.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving took advantage of the rule change and left <a href="/wiki/UMass_Minutemen_basketball" title="UMass Minutemen basketball">Massachusetts</a> after his junior year to sign a four-year contract worth $500,000 spread over seven years with the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Squires" title="Virginia Squires">Virginia Squires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Switch_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Switch-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving quickly established himself as a force and gained a reputation for hard and ruthless dunking. He scored 27.3 points per game as a rookie, was selected to the All-ABA Second Team, made the ABA All-Rookie Team, led the ABA in offensive rebounds and finished second to <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis Gilmore</a> for the ABA Rookie of the Year Award. He led the Squires into the Eastern Division Finals, where they lost to the <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a>-led <a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_New_York_Nets_season" title="1971–72 New York Nets season">New York Nets</a> in seven games. The Nets would eventually go to the finals, losing to the star-studded Indiana Pacers team.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ABA–NBA_contract_dispute"><span id="ABA.E2.80.93NBA_contract_dispute"></span>ABA–NBA contract dispute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: ABA–NBA contract dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under NBA rules, he became eligible for the <a href="/wiki/1972_NBA_draft" title="1972 NBA draft">1972 NBA draft</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1972–73 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a> picked him in the first round (12th overall), a move that would have brought him together with <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Oscar Robertson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>. Prior to the draft, he signed a contract with the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Atlanta_Hawks_season" title="1972–73 Atlanta Hawks season">Atlanta Hawks</a> worth more than $1 million with a $250,000 bonus.<sup id="cite_ref-NetsDeal_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NetsDeal-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The signing with the Hawks came after a dispute with the Squires where he demanded a renegotiation of the terms.<sup id="cite_ref-Switch_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Switch-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He discovered that his agent at the time, Steve Arnold, was employed by the Squires and convinced him to sign a below-market contract.<sup id="cite_ref-nbabio_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbabio-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This created a dispute between three teams in two leagues. The Bucks asserted their rights to Erving via the draft, while the Squires went to court to force him to honor his contract. He joined <a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Pete Maravich</a> at the Hawks' training camp, as they prepared for the upcoming season. He played two exhibition games with the Hawks until NBA Commissioner <a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">J. Walter Kennedy</a> ruled that the Bucks owned Erving's rights via the draft. Kennedy fined the Hawks $25,000 per game in violation of his ruling. Atlanta appealed Kennedy's decision to the league owners, who also supported the Bucks’ position.<sup id="cite_ref-League_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-League-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While waiting for the owners’ decision, Erving played in one more preseason game, earning the Hawks another fine. Erving enjoyed his brief time with Atlanta and he would later duplicate with <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George Gervin</a> his after-practice playing with Maravich.<sup id="cite_ref-Out_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Out-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 2, Judge <a href="/wiki/Edward_Raymond_Neaher" title="Edward Raymond Neaher">Edward Neaher</a> issued an injunction that prohibited him from playing for any team other than the Squires. The judge then sent the case to arbitration because of an arbitration clause in Erving's contract with Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-Out_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Out-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He agreed to report to the Squires while his appeal of the injunction made its way through the court.<sup id="cite_ref-Report_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Back in the ABA, his game flourished and he achieved a career-best 31.9 points per game in the 1972–1973 season. The following year, the cash-strapped Squires sold his contract to the New York Nets.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_Nets_(1973–1976)"><span id="New_York_Nets_.281973.E2.80.931976.29"></span>New York Nets (1973–1976)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New York Nets (1973–1976)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Erving_Nets_(3).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/220px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/330px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg/440px-Julius_Erving_Nets_%283%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1398" data-file-height="1554" /></a><figcaption>Erving in 1974</figcaption></figure> <p>The Squires, like most ABA teams, were on rather shaky financial ground. The cash-strapped team sent Erving to the Nets in a complex deal that kept him in the ABA. Erving signed an eight-year deal worth a reported $350,000 per year. The Squires received $750,000, <a href="/wiki/George_Carter_(basketball)" title="George Carter (basketball)">George Carter</a> and the rights to <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Washington" title="Kermit Washington">Kermit Washington</a> for Erving and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Sojourner" title="Willie Sojourner">Willie Sojourner</a>. The Nets also sent $425,000 to the Hawks to reimburse the team for its legal fees, fines and the bonus paid to Erving. Finally, Atlanta would receive draft compensation should a merger of the league result in a common draft.<sup id="cite_ref-NetsDeal_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NetsDeal-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving went on to lead the Nets to their first ABA title in 1973–1974, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Stars" title="Utah Stars">Utah Stars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving established himself as the most important player in the ABA. His spectacular play established the Nets as one of the better teams in the ABA and brought fans and credibility to the league.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The end of the <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1975–76 ABA season</a> finally brought the <a href="/wiki/ABA%E2%80%93NBA_merger" title="ABA–NBA merger">ABA–NBA merger</a>. The Nets and Nuggets had applied for admission to the NBA before the season, in anticipation of the eventual merger that had first been proposed by the two leagues in 1970 but which was delayed for various reasons, including the <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson_suit" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar Robertson suit">Oscar Robertson free agency suit</a> (which was not resolved until 1976). The Erving-led Nets defeated the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a> in the ABA's final championship. In the postseason, Erving averaged 34.7 points and was named Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. That season, he finished in the top 10 in the ABA in points per game, rebounds per game, assists per game, steals per game, blocks per game, free throw percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, three-point field goal percentage and three-point field goals made. 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data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1464" /></a><figcaption>Erving in 1976</figcaption></figure> <p>The Nets, <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Denver_Nuggets_season" title="1976–77 Denver Nuggets season">Nuggets</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Indiana_Pacers_season" title="1976–77 Indiana Pacers season">Indiana Pacers</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="1976–77 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a> joined the NBA for the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%931977_NBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1976–1977 NBA season">1976–1977 season</a>. With Erving and <a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Nate Archibald</a> (acquired in a trade with <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Kansas_City_Kings_season" title="1976–77 Kansas City Kings season">Kansas City</a>), the Nets were poised to pick up right where they left off. However, the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1976–77 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> upset the Nets' plans when they demanded that the Nets pay them $4.8 million for "invading" the Knicks' NBA territory. Coming on the heels of the fees the Nets had to pay for joining the NBA, owner <a href="/wiki/Roy_Boe" title="Roy Boe">Roy Boe</a> reneged on a promise to raise Erving's salary. Erving refused to play under these conditions and held out in training camp.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After several teams such as the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1976–77 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia 76ers</a> lobbied to obtain him, the Nets offered Erving's contract to the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_York_Knicks_season" title="1976–77 New York Knicks season">New York Knicks</a> in return for waiving the indemnity, but the Knicks turned it down. This was considered one of the worst decisions in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sixers then decided to offer to buy Erving's contract for $3 million—in addition to paying roughly the Nets same amount as their expansion fee—and Boe had little choice but to accept the $6 million deal.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For all intents and purposes, the Nets traded their franchise player for a berth in the NBA. The Erving deal left the Nets in ruin; they promptly crashed to a 22–60 record, the worst in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years later, Boe regretted having to trade Erving to join the NBA, saying, "The merger agreement killed the Nets as an NBA franchise."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving quickly became the leader of his new club and led them to an exciting 50-win season. However, playing with other stars-such as former ABA standout <a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">George McGinnis</a>, future NBA All-Star <a href="/wiki/World_B._Free" title="World B. Free">Lloyd Free</a> and aggressive <a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a> allowed him to focus on playing more team-oriented ball. Despite a smaller role, Erving stayed unselfish. The Sixers won the Atlantic Division and were the top drawing team in the NBA. They defeated the defending champions, the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1976–77 Boston Celtics season">Boston Celtics</a>, to win the Eastern Conference. Erving took them into the <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a>. After the Sixers took a 2–0 lead, however, the Blazers ran off four straight victories after the famous brawl between <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Lucas" title="Maurice Lucas">Maurice Lucas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a> which ignited the Blazers' team.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg/200px-JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg/300px-JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg/400px-JuliusErvingSlamDunk1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="905" data-file-height="1417" /></a><figcaption>Erving playing against the Atlanta Hawks in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Erving enjoyed success off the court, becoming one of the first basketball players to endorse many products and to have a shoe marketed under his name. He also starred in the 1979 basketball comedy film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fish_That_Saved_Pittsburgh" title="The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh">The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh</a></i>. In the following years, Erving coped with a team that was not yet playing at his level. It took a few years for the Sixers franchise to build around Erving. Eventually, coach <a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Billy Cunningham</a> and top-level players like <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Toney" title="Andrew Toney">Andrew Toney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a> were added to the mix and the franchise was very successful. </p><p>The Sixers were still eliminated twice in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NBA)" title="Eastern Conference (NBA)">Eastern Conference</a> Finals. In 1979, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a> entered the league, reviving the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a> and the storied <a href="/wiki/Celtics%E2%80%9376ers_rivalry" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtics–76ers rivalry">Celtics–76ers rivalry</a>; these two teams faced each other in the Eastern Conference Finals in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1985. The Bird vs. Erving matchup became arguably the top personal rivalry in the sport (along with Bird vs. <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a>), inspiring the early <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/One_on_One:_Dr._J_vs._Larry_Bird" title="One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird">One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird</a></i>. In 1980, the 76ers prevailed over the Celtics to advance to <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">the NBA Finals</a> against the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a>. There, Erving executed the legendary "Baseline Move", a behind-the-board reverse layup. However, the Lakers won the series 4–2 with superb play from, among others, Magic Johnson. Erving also made the only three point shot in that NBA Finals series, which was the first time the three point line was introduced in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving was again among the league's best players in the 1980–1981 and 1981–1982 seasons, although more disappointment came as the Sixers stumbled twice in the playoffs: in 1981, the <a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Boston_Celtics_season" title="1980–81 Boston Celtics season">Celtics</a> eliminated them in seven games in the 1981 Eastern Finals after <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> had a 3–1 series lead, but lost both Game 5 and Game 6 by 2 points and the deciding Game 7 by 1; and in 1982, the Sixers managed to beat the defending champion Celtics in seven games in the 1982 Eastern Finals but lost the NBA Finals to the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1981–82 Los Angeles Lakers season">Los Angeles Lakers</a> in six games. Despite these defeats, Erving was named the NBA <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a> in 1981 and was again voted to the 1982 All-NBA First Team.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%931983_NBA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1982–1983 NBA season">1982–1983 season</a>, the Sixers obtained the missing element to combat their weakness at their center position, <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a>. Armed with one of the most formidable and unstoppable center-forward combinations of all time, the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Sixers</a> dominated the whole season, prompting Malone to make the famous playoff prediction of "fo-fo-fo (four-four-four)" in anticipation of the 76ers sweeping the three rounds of the playoffs en route to an NBA title.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, the Sixers went four-five-four, losing one game to the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Milwaukee_Bucks_season" title="1982–83 Milwaukee Bucks season">Milwaukee Bucks</a> in the conference finals, then sweeping the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season" title="1982–83 Los Angeles Lakers season">Lakers</a> to win the NBA title. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Erving_Lipofsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Erving_Lipofsky.jpg/200px-Erving_Lipofsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Erving_Lipofsky.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Erving during his final season in 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>Erving maintained his all-star caliber of play into his twilight years, averaging 22.4, 20.0, 18.1 and 16.8 points per game in his final seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, he announced that he would retire after the season. 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He is also one of the few players in modern basketball to have his number retired by two franchises: the Brooklyn Nets (formerly the New York Nets and New Jersey Nets) have retired his No. 32 jersey and the Philadelphia 76ers his No. 6 jersey. He was an excellent all around player who was also an underrated defender. In his ABA days, he would guard the best forward, whether small forward or power forward, for over 40 minutes a game and simultaneously be the best passer, ball handler and clutch scorer every night. Many of Erving's acrobatic highlight feats and clutch moments were unknown because of the ABA's scant television coverage. He is considered by many as the greatest dunker of all time. </p><p>In his ABA and NBA careers combined, he scored more than 30,000 points. In 1993, Erving was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a> and in 1996 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/NYC_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="NYC Basketball Hall of Fame">NYC Basketball Hall of Fame</a>. When he retired, Erving ranked in the top five in scoring (third), field goals made (third), field goals attempted (fifth) and steals (first). On the combined NBA/ABA scoring list, Erving ranked third with 30,026 points. As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Erving ranks eighth on the list, behind only <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Dirk Nowitzki</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Philadelphia_Sports_Statues_10.jpg/330px-Philadelphia_Sports_Statues_10.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Philadelphia_Sports_Statues_10.jpg/440px-Philadelphia_Sports_Statues_10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="5184" /></a><figcaption>Erving statue in South Philadelphia</figcaption></figure> <p>In this memorable contest, Erving faced <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">George "The Iceman" Gervin</a>, All-Star and former teammate <a href="/wiki/Larry_Kenon" title="Larry Kenon">Larry "Special K" Kenon</a>, MVP <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Artis "The A-Train" Gilmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David "The Skywalker" Thompson</a>. Erving started by dunking two balls in the hoop. Then, he performed a move that brought the slam dunk contest to the national consciousness. He ran to the opposite end of the court and back and dunked the basketball from the free throw line. Although dunking from the foul line had been done by other players (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Jim Pollard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a> in the 1950s, for example), Erving introduced the dunk from the foul line to a wider audience, when he demonstrated the feat in the <a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_All-Star_Game" title="1976 ABA All-Star Game">1976 ABA All-Star Game</a> Slam Dunk Contest. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dunk_over_Bill_Walton">Dunk over Bill Walton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dunk over Bill Walton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This event transpired during game 6 of the <a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_Finals" title="1977 NBA Finals">1977 NBA Finals</a>. After Portland scored a basket, Erving immediately ran the length of the court with the entire Blazers team defending him. He performed a crossover to blow by multiple defenders, seemingly gliding to the hoop with ease. With UCLA defensive legend <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a> waiting in the post, Erving threw down a vicious slam dunk over Walton's outstretched arms. This dunk is considered by many to be one of the strongest dunks ever attempted,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> considering he ran full court with all five defenders running with him. This move was one of the highlights of his arrival to a more television-exposed NBA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseline_move">Baseline move</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Baseline move"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of his most memorable plays occurred during the <a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_Finals" title="1980 NBA Finals">1980 NBA Finals</a>, when he executed a seemingly impossible finger-roll behind the backboard.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He drove past Lakers forward <a href="/wiki/Mark_Landsberger" title="Mark Landsberger">Mark Landsberger</a> on the right baseline and went in for a <a href="/wiki/Layup" title="Layup">layup</a>. Then 7′2″ center <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a> crossed his way, blocking the route to the basket and forcing him outwards. In mid-air, it was apparent that Erving would land behind the backboard. But somehow he managed to reach over and score on a right-handed layup despite the fact that his whole body, including his left shoulder, was already behind the hoop. This move, along with his free-throw line dunk, has become one of the signature events of his career. It was called by <i>Sports Illustrated</i>, "The, No Way, even for Dr. J, Flying Reverse Lay-up". Dr. J called it "just another move". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Rock_the_Baby"_dunk_over_Michael_Cooper"><span id=".22Rock_the_Baby.22_dunk_over_Michael_Cooper"></span>"Rock the Baby" dunk over Michael Cooper</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: "Rock the Baby" dunk over Michael Cooper"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another of Erving's most memorable plays came in the final moments of a regular-season game against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1983. After Sixers point guard <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Maurice Cheeks</a> deflected a pass by Lakers forward <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">James Worthy</a>, Erving picked up the ball and charged down the court's left side, with one defender to beat—the Lakers' top defender <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">Michael Cooper</a>. As he came inside of the 3-point line, he cupped the ball into his wrist and forearm, rocking the ball back and forth before taking off for what Lakers radio broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Chick Hearn</a> best described as a "Rock the Baby" <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">slam dunk</a>: he slung the ball around behind his head and dunked over a ducking Cooper. This dunk is generally regarded as one of the greatest dunks of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-basketball_career">Post-basketball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Post-basketball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Basketball_Legends.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/210px-Basketball_Legends.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/315px-Basketball_Legends.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Basketball_Legends.jpg/420px-Basketball_Legends.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Erving (top left) with other former NBA players visit the New York <a href="/wiki/NBA_Store" title="NBA Store">NBA Store</a> in January 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>Erving earned his bachelor's degree in 1986 through the <a href="/wiki/University_Without_Walls" class="mw-redirect" title="University Without Walls">University Without Walls</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his basketball career ended, he became a businessman, obtaining ownership of a <a href="/wiki/Coca-Cola" title="Coca-Cola">Coca-Cola</a> bottling plant in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and doing work as a television analyst. In 1997, he joined the front office of the <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Magic" title="Orlando Magic">Orlando Magic</a> as Vice President of RDV Sports and Executive Vice President.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Erving and former NFL running back <a href="/wiki/Joe_Washington" title="Joe Washington">Joe Washington</a> fielded a <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> <a href="/wiki/Busch_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Busch Series">Busch Series</a> team from 1998 to 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the first ever NASCAR racing team at any level owned completely by minorities. The team had secure sponsorship from <a href="/wiki/Dr_Pepper" title="Dr Pepper">Dr Pepper</a> for most of its existence. Erving, a racing fan himself, stated that his foray into NASCAR was an attempt to raise interest in NASCAR among African-Americans.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He has also served on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Directors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Directors">Board of Directors</a> of <a href="/wiki/Converse_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Converse (company)">Converse</a> (prior to their 2001 bankruptcy), <a href="/wiki/Darden_Restaurants" title="Darden Restaurants">Darden Restaurants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saks_Incorporated" class="mw-redirect" title="Saks Incorporated">Saks Incorporated</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sports Authority">The Sports Authority</a>. As of 2009, Erving was the owner of <i>The Celebrity Golf Club International</i> outside of Atlanta, but the club was forced to file for bankruptcy soon after.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ranked by <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century. </p><p>In 1991 he performed the narration in a performance of Copland's <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Orchestra" title="Philadelphia Orchestra">Philadelphia Orchestra</a> under <a href="/wiki/Riccardo_Muti" title="Riccardo Muti">Riccardo Muti</a> in a concert to honor the 62nd birthday of the late <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> The concert was broadcast and is available on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. </p><p>Erving made a cameo appearance in the 1993 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_(film)" title="Philadelphia (film)">Philadelphia</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hanks" title="Tom Hanks">Tom Hanks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denzel_Washington" title="Denzel Washington">Denzel Washington</a> and in the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Hangin%27_with_Mr._Cooper" title="Hangin' with Mr. Cooper">Hangin' with Mr. Cooper</a></i> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared as The Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Steel_Magnolias_(2012_film)" title="Steel Magnolias (2012 film)">2012 remake of <i>Steel Magnolias</i></a> for Lifetime television.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also made a cameo appearance as himself in "<a href="/wiki/Lice_(The_Office)" title="Lice (The Office)">Lice</a>", the tenth episode of the ninth season of the comedy series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series)" title="The Office (American TV series)">The Office</a></i> (2013).<sup id="cite_ref-tvequals_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvequals-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving appeared as himself in the 2022 movie <a href="/wiki/Hustle_(2022_film)" title="Hustle (2022 film)"><i>Hustle</i></a> starring Adam Sandler and <a href="/wiki/Juancho_Hernang%C3%B3mez" title="Juancho Hernangómez">Juancho Hernangómez</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> <b>Bold</b>  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#afe6fa; width:3em;">† </td> <td>Denotes seasons in which Erving's team won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_ABA_champions" title="List of ABA champions">ABA championship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0CEF2; width:3em;">* </td> <td>ABA record </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_ABA_season" title="1971–72 ABA season">1971–72</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Virginia_Squires_season" title="1971–72 Virginia Squires season">Virginia</a> (ABA) </td> <td><b>84</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>41.8</td> <td>.498</td> <td>.188</td> <td>.745</td> <td><b>15.7</b></td> <td>4.0</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>27.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_ABA_season" title="1972–73 ABA season">1972–73</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Virginia_Squires_season" title="1972–73 Virginia Squires season">Virginia</a> (ABA) </td> <td>71</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>42.2</b>*</td> <td>.496</td> <td>.208</td> <td>.776</td> <td>12.2</td> <td>4.2</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td>1.8</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>31.9</b>* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_ABA_season" title="1973–74 ABA season">1973–74</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Nets_season" title="1973–74 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td><b>84</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>40.5</td> <td>.512</td> <td><b>.395</b></td> <td>.766</td> <td>10.7</td> <td>5.2</td> <td>2.3</td> <td><b>2.4</b></td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">27.4* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_ABA_season" title="1974–75 ABA season">1974–75</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_York_Nets_season" title="1974–75 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td style="background:#cfecec;"><b>84</b>*</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>40.5</td> <td>.506</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.799</td> <td>10.9</td> <td><b>5.5</b></td> <td>2.2</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>27.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_ABA_season" title="1975–76 ABA season">1975–76</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_New_York_Nets_season" title="1975–76 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td><b>84</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.6</td> <td>.507</td> <td>.330</td> <td>.801</td> <td>11.0</td> <td>5.0</td> <td><b>2.5</b></td> <td>1.9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">29.3* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_NBA_season" title="1976–77 NBA season">1976–77</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>82</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.9</td> <td>.499</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.777</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>21.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_NBA_season" title="1977–78 NBA season">1977–78</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1977–78 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>74</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>32.8</td> <td>.502</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>.845</b></td> <td>6.5</td> <td>3.8</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>20.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_NBA_season" title="1978–79 NBA season">1978–79</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1978–79 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>78</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.9</td> <td>.491</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.745</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>23.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NBA_season" title="1979–80 NBA season">1979–80</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>78</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.519</td> <td>.200</td> <td>.787</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>4.6</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>26.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_NBA_season" title="1980–81 NBA season">1980–81</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>82</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.0</td> <td>.521</td> <td>.222</td> <td>.787</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_NBA_season" title="1981–82 NBA season">1981–82</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>81</td> <td><b>81</b></td> <td>34.4</td> <td><b>.546</b></td> <td>.273</td> <td>.763</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>3.9</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>24.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_NBA_season" title="1982–83 NBA season">1982–83</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>72</td> <td>72</td> <td>33.6</td> <td>.517</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.759</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>21.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_NBA_season" title="1983–84 NBA season">1983–84</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>34.8</td> <td>.512</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.754</td> <td>6.9</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>22.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_NBA_season" title="1984–85 NBA season">1984–85</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>78</td> <td>78</td> <td>32.5</td> <td>.494</td> <td>.214</td> <td>.765</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>20.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_NBA_season" title="1985–86 NBA season">1985–86</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>74</td> <td>74</td> <td>33.4</td> <td>.480</td> <td>.281</td> <td>.785</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>18.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NBA_season" title="1986–87 NBA season">1986–87</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>60</td> <td>60</td> <td>32.0</td> <td>.471</td> <td>.264</td> <td>.813</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>3.2</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>16.8 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>1,243</td> <td>442</td> <td>36.4</td> <td>.506</td> <td>.298</td> <td>.777</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>24.2 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td>40.9</td> <td>.496</td> <td>.667</td> <td>.793</td> <td>9.6</td> <td>5.3</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>29.1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 ABA playoffs">1972</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Virginia_Squires_season" title="1971–72 Virginia Squires season">Virginia</a> (ABA) </td> <td>11</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><b>45.8</b></td> <td>.518</td> <td>.250</td> <td>.835</td> <td><b>20.4</b></td> <td><b>6.5</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>33.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1973 ABA playoffs">1973</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Virginia_Squires_season" title="1972–73 Virginia Squires season">Virginia</a> (ABA) </td> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>43.8</td> <td>.527</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.750</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>3.2</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>29.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1974_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 ABA playoffs">1974</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_York_Nets_season" title="1973–74 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>14</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>41.4</td> <td>.528</td> <td><b>.455</b></td> <td>.741</td> <td>9.6</td> <td>4.8</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>27.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 ABA playoffs">1975</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_York_Nets_season" title="1974–75 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>42.2</td> <td>.455</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.844</td> <td>9.8</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>27.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"><a href="/wiki/1976_ABA_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 ABA playoffs">1976</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_New_York_Nets_season" title="1975–76 New York Nets season">New York</a> (ABA) </td> <td>13</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>42.4</td> <td><b>.533</b></td> <td>.286</td> <td>.804</td> <td>12.6</td> <td>4.9</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>2.0</td> <td><b>34.7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977_NBA_playoffs" title="1977 NBA playoffs">1977</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>19</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>39.9</td> <td>.523</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.821</td> <td>6.4</td> <td>4.5</td> <td><b>2.2</b></td> <td>1.2</td> <td>27.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978_NBA_playoffs" title="1978 NBA playoffs">1978</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1977–78 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>10</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>35.8</td> <td>.489</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.750</td> <td>9.7</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979_NBA_playoffs" title="1979 NBA playoffs">1979</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1978–79 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>9</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>41.3</td> <td>.517</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>.761</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>25.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980_NBA_playoffs" title="1980 NBA playoffs">1980</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1979–80 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>18</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.6</td> <td>.488</td> <td>.222</td> <td>.794</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>24.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981_NBA_playoffs" title="1981 NBA playoffs">1981</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1980–81 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>16</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>37.0</td> <td>.475</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.757</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td><b>2.6</b></td> <td>22.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1982_NBA_playoffs" title="1982 NBA playoffs">1982</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1981–82 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td><b>21</b></td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>37.1</td> <td>.519</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.752</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>4.7</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>22.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_playoffs" title="1983 NBA playoffs">1983</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>13</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>37.9</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.721</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>18.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984_NBA_playoffs" title="1984 NBA playoffs">1984</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1983–84 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>5</td> <td><span data-sort-value="- !">—</span></td> <td>38.8</td> <td>.474</td> <td>.000</td> <td><b>.864</b></td> <td>6.4</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>18.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985_NBA_playoffs" title="1985 NBA playoffs">1985</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1984–85 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>13</td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>33.4</td> <td>.449</td> <td>.000</td> <td>.857</td> <td>5.6</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>17.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_NBA_playoffs" title="1986 NBA playoffs">1986</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1985–86 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>36.1</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.182</td> <td>.738</td> <td>5.8</td> <td>4.2</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>17.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/1987_NBA_playoffs" title="1987 NBA playoffs">1987</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Philadelphia_76ers_season" title="1986–87 Philadelphia 76ers season">Philadelphia</a> (NBA) </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>36.0</td> <td>.415</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.840</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>18.2 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>189</td> <td>30</td> <td>38.9</td> <td>.496</td> <td>.224</td> <td>.784</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>4.4</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>1.7</td> <td>24.2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Records">Records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One of seven players to record 1,300 steals and 1,300 blocked shots in their ABA/NBA career: <ul><li>Also achieved by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">Bobby Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Robinson_(basketball,_born_1966)" title="Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966)">Clifford Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">David Robinson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Ben Wallace</a></li></ul></li> <li>Only known NBA player to get: <ul><li>42 points, 18 rebounds and 4 blocked shots while shooting 100% from the free-throw line in a game (October 10, 1973)</li> <li>49 points, 6 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocked shots in a game (January 10, 1976)</li> <li>28 points, 10 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocked shots (December 5, 1979 and November 27, 1981)</li> <li>39 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals while shooting 87.5% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line (March 2, 1980)</li> <li>34 points, 7 steals and 3 blocked shots while shooting 72% from the field (November 12, 1980)</li> <li>39 points, 3 steals, 3 blocked shots and 2 or less turnovers while shooting 72% from the field and 92% from the free-throw line (February 25, 1981)</li> <li>30 points, 7 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line in a game (March 14, 1982)</li> <li>44 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 8 blocked shots while shooting 68% from the field in a game (December 11, 1982)</li></ul></li> <li>Only known player in NBA history with multiple games of: <ul><li>4 steals and 4 blocked shots while shooting 75% from the floor and 83% from the free-throw line (March 14, 1982 and February 10, 1983)</li></ul></li> <li>One of two known players in NBA history with multiple games of: <ul><li>7 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots while shooting 100% from the free-throw line (December 5, 1979, March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is Hakeem Olajuwon, January 25, 1994, April 7, 1994</li></ul></li> <li>42 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocked shots (December 11, 1982 and February 8, 1984) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>, who has three (January 26, 1985, February 16, 1987, and March 11, 1987)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>One of two known NBA players to get: <ul><li>49 points, 8 rebounds, 5 steals and 3 blocked shots while shooting 90% from the free-throw line in a game (January 10, 1976) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Anthony Davis</a>, October 26, 2016</li></ul></li> <li>28 points, 10 assists, 8 steals and 2 blocked shots in a game (November 12, 1976) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, February 18, 1985</li></ul></li> <li>40 points, 8 assists and 6 steals while shooting 100% from the free-throw line in a game (April 9, 1977) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Rick Barry</a>, November 3, 1974</li></ul></li> <li>40 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 steals in a game while shooting 100% from the free-throw line (April 9, 1979 – playoffs) <ul><li>Other player is Michael Jordan, Chicago at New York, May 13, 1989 – playoffs</li></ul></li> <li>40 points, 11 rebounds and 6 steals (April 9, 1977) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">James Harden</a>, February 2, 2019</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>10 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocked shots while shooting 100% from the free-throw line in a game (December 5, 1979) <ul><li><ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Tinsley" title="Jamaal Tinsley">Jamaal Tinsley</a>, November 16, 2001</li></ul></li> <li>30 points, 7 assists and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, December 9, 1979</li></ul></li> <li>13 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals while shooting 80% from the floor in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Fat_Lever" title="Fat Lever">Fat Lever</a>, November 24, 1987</li></ul></li> <li>13 rebounds and 5 steals while shooting 80% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grant" title="Brian Grant">Brian Grant</a>, March 29, 2002</li></ul></li> <li>30 points and 5 steals while shooting 80% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a>, November 5, 2008</li></ul></li> <li>44 points, 11 rebounds and 8 blocked shots while shooting 68% from the field in a game (December 11, 1982) <ul><li>Other player is <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Howard" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a>, February 17, 2009</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>One of three known players in NBA history to get: <ul><li>49 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals in a game while shooting 100% from the free-throw line in a game (January 10, 1976) <ul><li>Other players are Rick Barry, March 26, 1974, and <a href="/wiki/Amar%27e_Stoudemire" title="Amar'e Stoudemire">Amar'e Stoudemire</a>, November 5, 2008</li></ul></li> <li>40 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals in a game (April 9, 1977) <ul><li>Other players are Larry Bird, January 10, 1982, and Michael Jordan, January 3, 1989, and May 13, 1989 – playoffs)</li></ul></li> <li>30 points, 7 assists and 5 steals while shooting 80% from the field in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other players are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, March 14, 1976, and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Simmons" title="Ben Simmons">Ben Simmons</a>, January 20, 2020</li></ul></li> <li>13 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field in a game (March 14, 1982)</li> <li>7 assists and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line in a game (March 14, 1982) <ul><li>Other players are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, December 9, 1979, and <a href="/wiki/Jusuf_Nurkic" class="mw-redirect" title="Jusuf Nurkic">Jusuf Nurkic</a>, January 11, 2019</li> <li>Other players are <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Dawkins" title="Darryl Dawkins">Darryl Dawkins</a>, November 3, 1983 and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Williams" title="Buck Williams">Buck Williams</a>, January 16, 1985</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Erving is a <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>. He has spoken about his faith, saying: "After searching for the meaning of life for over ten years, I found the meaning in <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving is a second cousin of economist <a href="/wiki/Walter_E._Williams" title="Walter E. Williams">Walter E. Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving was married to Turquoise Erving from 1972 until 2003. Together they had four children. In 2000, their 19-year-old son Cory went missing for weeks, until he was found drowned after driving his vehicle into a pond.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony,_Sep_10_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Erving standing next to the statue depicting his likeness at the UMass unveiling ceremony in Amherst, Mass., in September 2021." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg/220px-Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg/330px-Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg/440px-Erving_standing_next_to_his_statue_at_UMass_unveiling_ceremony%2C_Sep_10_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1286" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Erving standing next to the statue depicting his likeness at the UMass unveiling ceremony in Amherst, Mass., in September 2021.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1979, Erving began an affair with sportswriter Samantha Stevenson, resulting in the 1980 birth of <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Stevenson" title="Alexandra Stevenson">Alexandra Stevenson</a>, who would become a professional tennis player. Although Erving's fatherhood of Alexandra Stevenson was known privately to the families involved, it did not become public knowledge until Stevenson reached the semifinals at <a href="/wiki/The_Championships,_Wimbledon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Championships, Wimbledon">Wimbledon</a> in 1999, the first year she qualified to play in the tournament. Erving had provided financial support for Stevenson over the years, but had not otherwise been part of her life. The public disclosure of their relationship did not initially lead to contact between father and daughter; however, Stevenson contacted Erving in 2008 and they finally initiated a further relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erving met Stevenson for the first time on October 31, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Erving attended the <a href="/wiki/Family_Circle_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Circle Cup">Family Circle Cup</a> tennis tournament to see Stevenson play, marking the first time he had attended one of her matches.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, Erving received the Golden Plate Award of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement" title="Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Erving fathered a second child outside of his marriage, Justin Kangas, with a woman named Dorýs Madden. Julius and Turquoise Erving were subsequently divorced and Erving continued his relationship with Madden, with whom he had three more children, Jules Erving and two others including Julieta who was born in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-espn_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-espn-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in 2008 and moved from <a href="/wiki/St._George,_Utah" title="St. George, Utah">St. George, Utah</a> to <a href="/wiki/Buckhead" title="Buckhead">Buckhead, Atlanta</a> in Georgia in 2009 while managing their Atlanta golf and country club.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 10, 2021, Erving attended an unveiling ceremony at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for statues honoring himself and fellow UMass alumni and Basketball Hall of Fame members <a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">John Calipari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Camby" title="Marcus Camby">Marcus Camby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Leaman" title="Jack Leaman">Jack Leaman</a>. The ceremony was attended by former teammates, coaches, family and current players of the UMass men's and women's basketball teams.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community_art">Community art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Community art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dr. J mural is located on the corner of Green Street and Ridge Avenue near Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia, PA. </p><p>From Mural Arts Philadelphia:<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> <i>"Feeling restless and desperate to improve the quality and variety of the murals, Jane [Golden] made a decision in 1990 that would forever change Mural Arts Philadelphia. She raised money from private foundation to bring her old friend and mentor Kent Twitchell to Philadelphia. She wanted a “breakthrough mural,” and Twitchell—a nationally acclaimed California artist—was just the man to paint it. “We knew we had to push the boundaries,” she said. "The goal was to try to integrate superior artwork with a subject that touched the community in a special way."</i> </p><p><i>Twitchell was known for his portraits and he lobbied to paint basketball great Julius Erving in a business suit instead of a uniform to portray him more as a man and role model than simply another well-known athlete. The dignified, full-length portrait is so tall that Erving's head just fits under the peak of the three-story building. The image was first painted on large squares of parachute cloth, which were then adhered to the wall surface with acrylic gel. The cloth's smooth surface allowed Twitchell to craft Erving with uncannily realistic detail, from the crease in his tan suit trousers to the gold bracelet on his right hand. Local residents, who maintain a small park in front of the mural, claim that the real Dr. J had tears in his eyes when he saw the completed portrait for the first time. Dr. J is also the only Philadelphia mural so respected that it appears in homage in another mural, the student-painted panorama of urban life on the Spring Garden Street Bridge.</i> </p><p><i>"The mural was universally applauded. It showed that murals have the potential to be great. The level of expectation was raised,” Jane said. The mural helped alter public opinion about the program, too. “The art snobs, people who'd been looking down at our murals, started to change. There was a ripple effect—foundation and grants started to emerge."</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_franchise_career_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA franchise career scoring leaders">List of NBA franchise career scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_blocks_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff blocks leaders">List of NBA career playoff blocks leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff scoring leaders">List of NBA career playoff scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_steals_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff steals leaders">List of NBA career playoff steals leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_playoff_turnovers_leaders" title="List of NBA career playoff turnovers leaders">List of NBA career playoff turnovers leaders</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Julius_Erving&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved November 17, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/2021/09/umass-unveils-statues-of-basketball-icons-john-calipari-marcus-camby-julius-erving-and-jack-leaman.html">"UMass unveils statues John Calipari, Marcus Camby, Julius Erving and Jack Leaman"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 16,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NBA.com%3A+Julius+Erving+Bio&rft.pub=NBA+Media+Ventures%2C+LLC&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Fhistory%2Fplayers%2Ferving_bio.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJulius+Erving" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-League-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-League_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/21/archives/erving-awarded-to-bucks-by-nba-former-aba-star-is-taken-from-hawks.html">"Erving Awarded to Bucks By N.B.A."</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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Fame</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_players_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Players</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">R. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. Vivian Stringer">Stringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Summitt" title="Pat Summitt">Summitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutton" title="Eddie Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Tarkanian" title="Jerry Tarkanian">Tarkanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Taylor_(basketball,_born_1924)" title="Fred Taylor (basketball, born 1924)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Teague" title="Bertha Teague">Teague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)" title="John Thompson (basketball)">J. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Tomjanovich" title="Rudy Tomjanovich">Tomjanovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_VanDerveer" title="Tara VanDerveer">VanDerveer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Wade_(basketball)" title="Margaret Wade (basketball)">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Watts" title="Stan Watts">Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Williams" title="Gary Williams">G. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Williams_(basketball_coach)" title="Roy Williams (basketball coach)">R. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Woolpert" title="Phil Woolpert">Woolpert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_Wootten" title="Morgan Wootten">Wootten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Wright_(basketball)" title="Jay Wright (basketball)">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Yow" title="Kay Yow">Yow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Contributors" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Contributors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senda_Berenson_Abbott" title="Senda Berenson Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Ackerman" title="Val Ackerman">Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Attles" title="Al Attles">Attles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Barksdale" title="Don Barksdale">Barksdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Baumann_(basketball)" title="Patrick Baumann (basketball)">Baumann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Bee" title="Clair Bee">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Biasone" title="Danny Biasone">Biasone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubie_Brown" title="Hubie Brown">H. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon" title="Meadowlark Lemon">Lemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emil_Liston" title="Emil Liston">Liston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Lloyd" title="Earl Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Lobo" title="Rebecca Lobo">Lobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mokray" title="Bill Mokray">Mokray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Morgan_(basketball)" title="Ralph Morgan (basketball)">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Morgenweck" title="Pop Morgenweck">Morgenweck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Naismith" title="James Naismith">Naismith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Newell" title="Pete Newell">Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._M._Newton" title="C. M. Newton">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Brien_(basketball,_born_1888)" title="John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888)">J. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_O%27Brien" title="Larry O'Brien">L. O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Olsen" title="Harold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Podoloff" title="Maurice Podoloff">Podoloff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._V._Porter" title="H. V. Porter">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Raveling" title="George Raveling">Raveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Reid_(basketball)" title="William Reid (basketball)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Reinsdorf" title="Jerry Reinsdorf">Reinsdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Ripley" title="Elmer Ripley">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satch_Sanders" title="Satch Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abe_Saperstein" title="Abe Saperstein">Saperstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schabinger" title="Arthur Schabinger">Schabinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Simon_(businessman)" title="Herb Simon (businessman)">Simon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_St._John" title="Lynn St. John">St. John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Alonzo_Stagg" title="Amos Alonzo Stagg">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borislav_Stankovi%C4%87" title="Borislav Stanković">Stanković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Steitz" title="Ed Steitz">Steitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stern" title="David Stern">Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Taylor_(salesman)" title="Chuck Taylor (salesman)">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Thorn" title="Rod Thorn">Thorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Tower" title="Oswald Tower">Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Trester" title="Arthur Trester">Trester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Valvano" title="Jim Valvano">Valvano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vitale" title="Dick Vitale">Vitale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Wells" title="Clifford Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Welts" title="Rick Welts">Welts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Wilke" title="Louis Wilke">Wilke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Winter" title="Tex Winter">Winter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Zollner" title="Fred Zollner">Zollner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame#Referees" title="List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Referees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Bavetta" title="Dick Bavetta">Bavetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Enright_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Enright (referee)">Enright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Evans_(basketball)" title="Hugh Evans (basketball)">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darell_Garretson" title="Darell Garretson">Garretson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hepbron" title="George Hepbron">Hepbron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hoyt" title="George Hoyt">Hoyt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_P._Kennedy" title="Matthew P. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Leith" title="Lloyd Leith">Leith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Mihalik" title="Red Mihalik">Mihalik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Nichols" title="Hank Nichols">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nucatola" title="John Nucatola">Nucatola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_C._Quigley" title="Ernest C. 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Jabali" title="Warren Jabali">Jabali</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Lewis" title="Freddie Lewis">Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></span></li></ul> 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class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Alcindor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill 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Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. 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Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki">Nowitzki</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Rose" title="Derrick Rose">Rose</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/James_Harden" title="James Harden">Harden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Joel_Embiid" title="Joel Embiid">Embiid</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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<li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Russell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(basketball)" title="Adrian Smith (basketball)">A. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Smith_(basketball)" title="Randy Smith (basketball)">R. Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">Thompson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Erving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chambers_(basketball)" title="Tom Chambers (basketball)">Chambers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Malone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Glen_Rice" title="Glen Rice">Rice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <i><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">No game played</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a> & <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Kyrie_Irving" title="Kyrie Irving">Irving</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Westbrook</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis" title="Anthony Davis">Davis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Tatum" title="Jayson Tatum">Tatum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Damian_Lillard" title="Damian Lillard">Lillard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="J._Walter_Kennedy_Citizenship_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Porter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: O'Toole</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dudley" title="Chris Dudley">Dudley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/P._J._Brown" title="P. J. Brown">Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_(basketball)" title="Steve Smith (basketball)">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Grant" title="Brian Grant">Grant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">Miller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Snow" title="Eric Snow">Snow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dalembert" title="Samuel Dalembert">Dalembert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Metta_Sandiford-Artest" title="Metta Sandiford-Artest">Artest</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Faried" title="Kenneth Faried">Faried</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Luol_Deng" title="Luol Deng">Deng</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Joakim_Noah" title="Joakim Noah">Noah</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Ellington" title="Wayne Ellington">Ellington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Barea" title="J. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lampley" title="Jim Lampley">Jim Lampley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Meyers" title="Joel Meyers">Joel Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Neal_(Atlanta_sportscaster)" title="Bob Neal (Atlanta sportscaster)">Bob Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Sunderland" title="Paul Sunderland">Paul Sunderland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Buckner" title="Quinn Buckner">Quinn Buckner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._J._Carlesimo" title="P. J. Carlesimo">P. J. Carlesimo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Doug Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Chuck Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Dunleavy_Sr." title="Mike Dunleavy Sr.">Mike Dunleavy Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Cotton Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fratello" title="Mike Fratello">Mike Fratello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Guokas" title="Matt Guokas">Matt Guokas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Dan Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_%22Snapper%22_Jones" title="Steve "Snapper" Jones">Steve Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Magic Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Joe Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Ann Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Rothstein" title="Ron Rothstein">Ron Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Isiah Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Bill Walton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sideline reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Beck" title="Bruce Beck">Bruce Beck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gray (sportscaster)">Jim Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Johnson_(commentator)" title="Lewis Johnson (commentator)">Lewis Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Jones" title="Marion Jones">Marion Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Joyce" title="Andrea Joyce">Andrea Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Malosky" title="Lisa Malosky">Lisa Malosky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Rashad" title="Ahmad Rashad">Ahmad Rashad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summer_Sanders" title="Summer Sanders">Summer Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wragge" title="Chris Wragge">Chris Wragge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Croce" title="Pat Croce">Pat Croce</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Julius Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Kevin Johnson (basketball)">Kevin Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Pat Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Tolbert" title="Tom Tolbert">Tom Tolbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vecsey_(sports_columnist)" title="Peter Vecsey (sports columnist)">Peter Vecsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayson_Williams" title="Jayson Williams">Jayson Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Play-by-play <small>(<a href="/wiki/1954%E2%80%9355_NBA_season" title="1954–55 NBA season">1954</a>–<a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_NBA_season" title="1961–62 NBA season">62</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Doggett" title="Jerry Doggett">Jerry Doggett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Glickman" title="Marty Glickman">Marty Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(sportscaster)" title="Jim Gordon (sportscaster)">Jim Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Gowdy" title="Curt Gowdy">Curt Gowdy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Donnell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill O'Donnell (sportscaster)">Bill O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Palmer" title="Bud Palmer">Bud Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Nelson" title="Lindsey Nelson">Lindsey Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wolff" title="Bob Wolff">Bob Wolff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1955_NBA_Finals" title="1955 NBA Finals">1955</a> (Games 2, 6)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_NBA_Finals" title="1956 NBA Finals">1956</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_NBA_Finals" title="1957 NBA Finals">1957</a> (Games 1, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_NBA_Finals" title="1958 NBA Finals">1958</a> (Game 1)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_Finals" title="1959 NBA Finals">1959</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_NBA_Finals" title="1960 NBA Finals">1960</a> (Games 1, 3–4, 7)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_NBA_Finals" title="1961 NBA Finals">1961</a> (Games 1, 3–4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_NBA_Finals" title="1962 NBA Finals">1962</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_Finals" title="1991 NBA Finals">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_Finals" title="1992 NBA Finals">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_Finals" title="1993 NBA Finals">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_Finals" title="1994 NBA Finals">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_Finals" title="1995 NBA Finals">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_Finals" title="1996 NBA Finals">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_Finals" title="1998 NBA Finals">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_NBA_Finals" title="1999 NBA Finals">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Finals" title="2000 NBA Finals">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Finals" title="2001 NBA Finals">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Finals" title="2002 NBA Finals">2002</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="WNBA_Finals" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/WNBA_Finals" title="WNBA Finals">WNBA Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_WNBA_Championship" title="1997 WNBA Championship">1997</a> (single game)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_WNBA_Championship" title="1998 WNBA Championship">1998</a> (Games 1–2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_WNBA_Championship" title="1999 WNBA Championship">1999</a> (Games 2–3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_WNBA_Championship" title="2000 WNBA Championship">2000</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_WNBA_Championship" title="2001 WNBA Championship">2001</a> (Game 2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_WNBA_Finals" title="2002 WNBA Finals">2002</a> (Game 2)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1959 NBA All-Star Game">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1991 NBA All-Star Game">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1992 NBA All-Star Game">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1993 NBA All-Star Game">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1994 NBA All-Star Game">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1995 NBA All-Star Game">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1996 NBA All-Star Game">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1997 NBA All-Star Game">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1998 NBA All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2000 NBA All-Star Game">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2001 NBA All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Roundball_Rock" title="Roundball Rock">Roundball Rock</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Basketball Association Christmas games">Christmas Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder_trial_of_O._J._Simpson" title="Murder trial of O. J. Simpson">O.J. Simpson's low-speed freeway chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clock_Incident_(1994)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Clock Incident (1994)">The Clock Incident (1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clutch_City" title="Clutch City">Clutch City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_6_of_the_1998_NBA_Finals" title="Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals">Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_Miracle" title="Memorial Day Miracle">Memorial Day Miracle</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Rivalries" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Bulls–Knicks rivalry">Bulls–Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulls%E2%80%93Pistons_rivalry" title="Bulls–Pistons rivalry">Bulls–Pistons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heat%E2%80%93Knicks_rivalry" title="Heat–Knicks rivalry">Heat–Knicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz%E2%80%93Rockets_rivalry" title="Jazz–Rockets rivalry">Jazz–Rockets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s_Championship" title="McDonald's Championship">McDonald's<br />Championship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1990 McDonald's Open">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1991 McDonald's Open">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_McDonald%27s_Open" title="1993 McDonald's Open">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_McDonald%27s_Championship" title="1995 McDonald's Championship">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_McDonald%27s_Championship" title="1997 McDonald's 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