Julius Erving

Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname "Dr. J", is an American former professional basketball player. He helped legitimize the American Basketball Association, and was the best-known player in the league when it merged into the National Basketball Association after the 1975–1976 season. Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player awards and three scoring titles with the ABA's Virginia Squires and New York Nets and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. During his 16 seasons as a player, none of his teams ever missed the postseason. He is the ninth-highest scorer in ABA/NBA history with 30,026 points. He was well known for slam dunking from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player in both the ABA and the NBA. The basketball slang of being posterized was coined to describe his moves. In 1980, Erving was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 35th Anniversary Team.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  February 22, 1950, East Meadow, New York, U.s.
• Age:  76 Years
• Listed height:  6 Ft 7 In
• Listed weight:  210 Lb
• High school:  Roosevelt (Roosevelt, New York)
• College:  Umass (1969–1971)
• NBA draft:  1972 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12, Milwaukee Bucks
• Born:  22 February 1950
• Wikidata description:  American Basketball Player (Born 1950)
• Wikidata label:  Julius Erving
• Wikidata aliases:  Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving Ii, The Doctor, Dr. J, J. W. Erving, Doctor J

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