Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon also come to mind as two of the most electrifying dunkers of the modern era. Their legendary ...

In the dying days of the ABA, teams scrambled for survival, and the Pacers needed a miracle to avoid vanishing forever.

LeBron James might be considered one of the NBA's best, but he left himself off in a list of the four greatest players of all ...

Former Brooklyn Nets legend Julius "Dr. J" Erving was ranked as a top-10 player in NBA history by Lakers legend Shaquille ...

Go, compete, we want to see the best guys in the league, the guys who are part of the top 15 players in the league, want to be in the slam dunk contest and want to validate their status. So I ...

Erving's No. 6 hangs in the rafters at the Wells Fargo Center due to his wizardry on the court as a member of the Sixers. He led the team to their latest title in 1983 and won the MVP award in 1981.

In lacing up a lively history of the slam dunk, ... Chances are you’ve heard of Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. ... book-length blog post ranking the best dunks and dunkers.

Julius Erving slammed over Elvin Hayes ... "Elvin Hayes stopped speaking to me for about 12 years from one dunk," Erving said during a ... Then when went to the 50 greatest players in 1996 and we ...

Complex's Angel Diaz on Erving: "Dr. J was everyone’s Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan." "He helped the Sixers make the Finals during his first season in the modern NBA, but lost to Bill ...

Julius Erving is recognized as one of the greatest dunkers of all time. The 1981 NBA MVP won the first-ever dunk contest in 1976, and long before Michael Jordan, he was the first to take off from ...

Except Julius Erving got to the ball first, ... He was present at the creation of the Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star Weekend, ... And Moses said it best: ‘Fo’, Fo’, Fo.’ ” Erving ...

Julius Erving is one of the greatest players to ever play basketball. As one of the first superstars in the sport, he revolutionized the game with his acrobatic shots and creative dunks.