"Doing that made me confident to go after anyone" - Julius Erving realized he could posterize anybody after his first dunk originally appeared on Basketball Network. The great Julius Erving has dunked ...

Julius Erving spoke in an interview with Rob Lepelstat of Clutch Points recently. They discussed his time in the ABA when he played for the Nets and took part in the 1976 ABA All-Star game, where he ...

Julius Erving, the man who floated across hardwood floors like jazz, was more than a trailblazer with a stylish afro and a flair for aerial drama. But according to the Hall of Famer, fans never quite ...

The first-ever Dunk Contest was held on January 27, 1976, at halftime of that year’s ABA All-Star Game, featuring George “Iceman” Gervin and Julius “Dr. J” Erving in what was the final season before ...

It has been five decades since the night the Slam Dunk Contest was born, but David Thompson remembers it like it happened yesterday. Thompson, one of five players to compete in the first Slam Dunk ...

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.