Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.
He won his three ABA MVPs (sharing it with George McGinnis in 1975) and averaged 27.4, 27.9 and 29.3. At the first-ever slam-dunk competition at halftime of the 1976 All-Star Game, Dr. J made the ...
When she asked "Dr. J" if he could still dunk the ball in his 70s, he gave her an honest but funny reply. "I'm 71, my last dunk was at 63," admitted Erving. "It's been a while. I'm dunking donuts ...