Julius Erving, known to most as “Dr. J”, is one of the greatest NBA players of all time and helped usher in a whole new and ...

The Background: The New York Nets acquired Erving from the Virginia Squires in 1973, just after the Long Island native had led the American Basketball Association with a career-high 31.9 points per ...

We look at the early days of Julius Erving’s ABA career in the latest episode of Over and Back’s Basketball Mysteries of the 1970s with basketball-history enthusiast Reinis Lacis (@LamarMatic), host ...

They were young, perhaps too young to know they were too young to win a championship. But there they were at Nassau Coliseum, on May 10, 1974, doing just that, the center of a party attended by 15,934 ...

It's hard to imagine now, but once upon a time, the NBA wasn't the only major basketball league in the States. The ABA was a real thing full of talented players, some of which even became NBA legends ...

Legendary Basketball Hall of Famer Julius Erving — Dr. J as fans affectionately know him — knows a thing or two about what it takes to be great. Erving, an 11-time NBA and five-time ABA All-Star, ...

For three seasons with the Nets, Julius Erving was more than just a franchise player. With his skywalking style and awe-inspiring dunks, the man they called Dr. J carried a league and became a ...

I guess we have to have a conversation about the ABA. A number of Hall of Famers played in the alternate league in the 1970s, but as a whole it was a more watered-down product, even if the ABA’s ...