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

Dwight Howard Names His Top 5 Dunkers Of All Time originally appeared on Fadeaway World. Former NBA star Dwight Howard ...

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

Mike Sielski is a prolific writer, and not just here at The Inquirer. He has written four books, and his latest, Magic in the Air, which came out in February, explores the slam dunk and the social and ...

NBA legend Julius Erving has ... the star power. The best players in the league, in my era and post my era, you had the best players in the league in the slam dunk contest, because they wanted ...

Chances are you’ve heard of Julius Erving and ... (Ironically, the best player on that Kentucky team, Pat Riley, would go on to preside over the dunk-happy Showtime Lakers teams of the ...

NBA Hall of Famer Julius Erving hurt ... Then when went to the 50 greatest players in 1996 and we sat and we had dinner. I hadn't spoken to him since that dunk and this was at least 10 years ...

"Erving was the most spectacular player to date at the time thanks to his unreal athleticism and ability to fly down the floor in transition to hammer in dunks ... the No. 16 greatest NBA ...

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 ...

Cooper, though, was timing his steps to be able to contest a drive-by Erving. Michael Cooper, being Michael Cooper — the man Larry Bird would later say was the best ... of the Slam Dunk Contest ...

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.

NBA legend Julius Erving was among the ... commonly referred to as Dr J, is perhaps best known for slam dunking from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests. To this day the former NBA MVP ...