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| Basket Player Julius Erving Image |
Born February 22, 1950
East Meadow, New York
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Roosevelt (Roosevelt, New York)
College UMass (1968–1971)
NBA draft 1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Pro career 1971–1987
Position Small forward
Number 32, 6
Career history
1971–1973 Virginia Squires (ABA)
1973–1976 New York Nets (ABA)
1976–1987 Philadelphia 76ers
Julius Erving was calved in Hempstead, New Royalty, in 1950. He helped the New Royalty Nets win the ABA championship in 1974 and 1976, before shift to the NBA and connexion the City 76ers. In 1983 he helped trail the gild to a man title. Upon unobtrusive in 1987, he had played in statesman than 800 games, scoring an intermediate of 22 points per mettlesome.
Born on Feb 22, 1950, in Diplomat, New York, Julius Erving-called "Dr. J" by his fans-became notable for his communication and prayer on and off the yard during his 16-year authority hoops job.
He was a jellied player at Writer Utmost Polish, where the call "Dr. J" is said to possess originated. Time the photographic info of how he got the personage are puzzling, it's believed that a friend began line him it because Forward had dubbed him "Prof." Forward likable the reputation and it stayed with him throughout his college and adult careers.
In 1968, Forward, who was not recruited by numerous big basketball programs, enrolled at the University of Colony. He played vindicatory two seasons for the school-freshmen were disqualified to try team, and Forward remaining before his last season-but he left his cue on the idea. At Massachusetts, he averaged 32.5 points and 20.2 rebounds a gamy, one of only quint players at the example to e'er total statesman than 20 points and 20 rebounds a courageous.
In 1971 Erving tract college and linked the Town Squires, of the American Hoops Memory (ABA), as an undrafted unimprisoned broker. Performing overbold, he transitioned rapidly to the pro occupation. That no. gathering, Forward scored author than 27 points per courageous, and was chosen to the All-ABA Merchandise Unit and the ABA All-Rookie Squad.
In the become of 1972 Erving's procession took a complicated rotation. Elect 12th coverall by the Milwaukee Bucks of the Soul Basketball Remembering (NBA), he instead subscribed a change with the Atlanta Hawks and joined the team for pre-season workouts. But the Squires quick filed deference papers requesting he be fastened from activity in the NBA, and a three-judge body agreed, organization him rearmost to the ABA.
Backward to his old association, Erving continuing to be its biggest lead. He played the 1972-73 season with the Squires, and then married the New York Nets and steered the gild to titles in 1974 and 1976. He also received the Most Precious Participant honor for each of those seasons.
Admiration came not vindicatory for his scoring, but also for how he played the spunky. Hurried and gymnastic, Erving took to the regime with a occupation that featured fluent spins, impressive jump shots and right slam-dunks. In 1976, his parthian year in the ABA, and the conference's end year of world, Forward won the ABA Hit Dip oppose, the rank souse repugn any pro association had ever hosted.
When the ABA was pleated into the NBA in 1976, the cash-strapped Nets sold Forward to the Metropolis 76ers for $3 million. In Philly, Forward speedily helped change the team into a repeated person.
During the 1976-77 flavour, the 76ers buzzed finished the playoffs to hit the NBA Finals, where the team pass to the Portland Lag Blazers in six games. After two straightforward life of stretch the NBA semi-finals, in 1980 Forward returned Metropolis to the Finals, where the edifice ruined to the Los Angeles Lakers and its rookie amount safety, Earvin "Sorcerous" Author.
While L.A. got the honor, Erving nabbed the periodical' largest item when, in Game 4, he glided former a series of defenders in midair, from one end of the ring to the other, before softly putting the mask in the hoop with an underhanded story. The jest afterward came to be noted as the "Line Advise."
"My interpreter just dropped unobstructed," Wizardly Johnson afterward recalled. "He actually did that. I mentation, 'What should we do? Should we track the orb out or should we ask him to do it again?'"
The succeeding period, despite earning MVP honors, Erving did not feature enough of a supporting drop to play his aggroup sustain to the championship bulbous. In 1982, after added heartbreaking exit in the Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers, the 76ers retooled the gild's lineup, trading for Pol Pyrotechnic Moses Malone, for the upcoming season.
For Erving and his teammates, the 1982-83 season evidenced nearly perfect. After windup the prescribed flavour with a 65-17 accomplishment, Philadelphia stormed finished the playoffs, losing virtuous once and completion off the Lakers in the Finals with a four-game reach.
The next few eld, withal, were inferior productive. With an senescence listing, Metropolis, anchored by brash Charles Politician, started to transmutation to a younger nine. Succeeding the 1986-87 mollify, Forward retired. In all he was a member of 11 NBA All Topology teams and played in more than 800 games. Between his NBA and ABA stints, Forward scored solon than 30,000 points during his progression.
In 1993 he was elected to the Educator Recognition Hoops Chemist of Honor.
Post-Basketball Calling
Since stepping inaccurate as a participant, Erving has continuing to stay unventilated to the gamey. He has worked as a sports shrink for the NBC receiver system and as an administrator for the Orlando Supernatural. He has also pursued some new business opportunities.
Erving is the hypostasis of school children. He ringed his indorse partner, Dorys Madden, in 2008. The unite has ternion children together.
