Footage of Julius Erving at Harlem's famed Rucker Park from NBA TV's The Doctor.
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When I was 16, my mother wrote me a note to get out of school to see Erving play. She said I had a "doctor's appointment."
@charlesgallagher84503 жыл бұрын
Perfect!
@c.a.g.31302 жыл бұрын
Awesome mom!
@jasonlohrke60242 жыл бұрын
@@jasonlohrke6024 I couldn't believe it myself. She didn't put the name of the doctor in the note, so my class counselor asked the name of the doctor. I said "Dr. Erving;" he wrote "Dr. Irving" on the back of the note. Catholic school so really strict. I had a ball. Lol. Thanks mom!
@charlesgallagher84502 жыл бұрын
So amazing! Thanks for sharing! My dad use to call me Dr. J when I played ball. 🤣 I use to make up all kinds of tricks on the court to try and get a basket. But I knew by the time I hit high school that music was my main passion and I was not gonna make the NBA being only 5’ 10”. But then Spud Web happened!!! 😂
@jasonlohrke60242 жыл бұрын
Woahhhh
@KevinHernandez-hy1qb2 жыл бұрын
Dr J is a straight old school brotha. Classy, cool, confident and a lot of swagger. All walk, no talk.
@supakid31284 жыл бұрын
a la. Viv Richards
@ajkhan80483 жыл бұрын
Long Island breeds 'em like dat.
@c.a.g.31302 жыл бұрын
@Kube Dog Is Back man, shut yo goofy ass up.
@supakid31282 жыл бұрын
@Kube Dog Is Back how am I being racist?
@supakid31282 жыл бұрын
@@ajkhan8048 Spot on. Viv had more swag than any other sportsman other than Ali that I can recall growing up. A class above his batting peers. Still is the man. Unmatched natural ability, self confidence and real humility. Dr J has the same qualities.
@kieronjohnson88342 жыл бұрын
He was the Jimi Hendrix of basketball. Nobody was cooler than Dr. J back then.
@andymullarx63653 жыл бұрын
The problem the NBA and the ABA had in the 1970s was a certain White Powder that was prolific among the players. It was not a clean wholesome game. Now the NBA's problem is that everyone there is a political activist. People dont want to hear players political opinions, they want to see them play, and then talk about the game.
@doronstauber72852 жыл бұрын
Well is their viewership down ? I watched the finals and wound up likeing that Milwaukee team and found myself rooting for them but I understand what you mean about athletes using their platform to perform activism or just virtue signal and I think that's just the new reality in America ever since the schools started all that symbolism and the awareness ribbons were everywhere.
@andymullarx63652 жыл бұрын
@@andymullarx6365 The viewership is way down, over 20% at least from what I saw.
@doronstauber72852 жыл бұрын
@@doronstauber7285 lol only right wing clowns say this.
@VolcardoReviewer2 жыл бұрын
And haven't been since .
@robertpurtle67062 жыл бұрын
The way he spoke and carried himself was just as impressive as his game. Class can't be bought.
@darrenridgeway68363 жыл бұрын
True dat
@kathyjohson12733 жыл бұрын
wat u talkin about class?!? that pussy ass boy took shots at larry as barkley and sum one else hold him, that aint no class
@TuveanYGloir3 жыл бұрын
@@TuveanYGloir Yeah that pussy ass Larry Bird disrespected the ambassador of the game. Julius was gonna whip that ass regardless. Larry lucky Barkley didn't choke him into submission. He learned his lesson.
@raygu18183 жыл бұрын
Oh shut up pussy lol
@worldisfilledb3 жыл бұрын
@@TuveanYGloir ...you obviously don’t know how Larry operates 😂🤦🏽♂️He deserved that azz whooping he got that day! 😂😂😂
@jackieclark82533 жыл бұрын
Before kids wanted to be like Jordan, they wanted to be like Dr. J.
@williamjordan55544 жыл бұрын
Facts
@Aliensarethinking4 жыл бұрын
and Jordan also said he Wanted to be like Dr. J one of his Idols...David Thompson was another one of his Idols...
@msway8364 жыл бұрын
After that.. Kobe.. Then Bron then somebody else... Most likely Zion
@NBA15294 жыл бұрын
@@NBA1529 and curry, dude got every kid/players hitting 3s on a casual,
@user-yr6gz9ct8t4 жыл бұрын
True. I remember buying a pair Converse Pro Leathers in 1977 when I was 16. $35 iirc. Julius is a great man as well as a basketball legend.
@christopherwood22904 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine how dope it would be to say you watched Dr. J live at Rucker Park. That is so dope. What an organic and incredible gathering of human beings. You love to see it. No money involved. Just pure love of a sport. A past time. Truly something special to just draw attention to that level like that.
@austin789933 жыл бұрын
Dope? Did you invent that word?
@janoycresnova91562 жыл бұрын
@@janoycresnova9156 You’ve never heard ‘dope’ used synonymously with good?
@Ginga2 жыл бұрын
How about any of those games that were played there. You talking hanging out in NY during that time and see 5 star ball players getting jiggy!!
@controllerforce_50East2 жыл бұрын
@@janoycresnova9156 I did.
@chikkipop2 жыл бұрын
@@chikkipop you are a real McGuyver!
@steed39022 жыл бұрын
"I don't want to be 'The Claw'." Kawhi: It's free real estate.
@aidanklobuchar17983 жыл бұрын
Doctor J is a more iconic nickname though.
@wrayven3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha this made me laugh out loud Well played
@MrMurder03213 жыл бұрын
You know he didn’t give himself the nickname right. He would’ve have to for yourself comment to be funny
@thomasSchwa3 жыл бұрын
Jim Carrey is 'The Claw' :D
@arthurbishop31733 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@andrecoleman47912 жыл бұрын
Met him and his wife (God rest her soul) when I was working a Janitor job while in high school at the Echelon Mall real early one Saturday morning hours before the mall was to open! They had access to the mall before anyone showed except the Store’s personnel! He took the time to acknowledge my existence in the world. Encouraged me to continue my education! To this day I believe that the words he spoke to me took my life in a completely different direction (for the better)! As great of an athlete he was he is by far an even greater man!
@redaquarian8665 Жыл бұрын
That's what's up Red. How tall was he in person?
@libertyhercules8952 Жыл бұрын
AMEN, NOW THAT'S A GREAT AMERICAN ATHLETE !!!
@johnnybgood-ws5cu11 ай бұрын
Right On Brahh ❤ that's Sick..My Older Brother Just Met Him at Yonkers Cafe and he complimented my Brothers Swagg and Says 'Dammn Young Blood',, I love those Threds. My Brother says it's an Honor Sir. 1 Favs of All time..and..Let's take a Pic. Soo Meeannn Love Dr.J and they did.
@josephsuarez81789 ай бұрын
Rare insight. Dr J was pure class. Thanks for sharing.
@efisgpr7 ай бұрын
They need to make a Dr J movie.
@kingdavid86579 жыл бұрын
+King David they have itz called the fish that saved pittsburg check it out fly az hell
@terrellsr048 жыл бұрын
This footage was taken from a movie on NBA Tv called "The Doctor"
@baskingbal18 жыл бұрын
+King David Denzal in 'he got game' looked like julius.
@royalwithcheese17688 жыл бұрын
+King David who are the 129 morons who DISLIKED this?????!!!
@MrBeyondbelief8 жыл бұрын
+Christopher Socha man i was thinking the exact same thing
@Shaysslugger8 жыл бұрын
Dr. J brought us 90's style basketball in the 70's to be 20 yrs ahead of his time is LEGENDARY!!
@obnoxiouxthatshammer4983 жыл бұрын
He did all that in Chucks?!!!! He'd crack a rib on the rim in some Jordans.
@Skydiggz3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ABULLAOTS3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@kurtadams30213 жыл бұрын
Jordan’s weigh more, false.
@thomasSchwa3 жыл бұрын
the thicker the sole of the shoe the more it will absorb your jump power(assuming similar material). Jumping is easier in chucks - but running for long periods in chucks is a bit painful so thick cushion shoes tend to win out over a long and fast game.
@agnidas58163 жыл бұрын
Y'all would be surprised what a lot of professional athletes did back then in terms of gear.
@emilkoch40982 жыл бұрын
My personal favourite player of all time. Class, dignity, style and amazing talent. Dr. J may not be considered the GOAT however he showed those who followed how to become the GOAT.
@lesliewall7424 Жыл бұрын
Dr J was the first player that made the NBA “ must see tv!”
@kdub96046 жыл бұрын
Absolutely I wash 14 white loved oppressed people underdogs and rebels, allways question authority
@rickrobitaille88094 жыл бұрын
And then came along DR.J.
@rickrobitaille88094 жыл бұрын
My greatest person all Time
@rickrobitaille88094 жыл бұрын
He MADE THE ABA! Before he even walked on an NBA floor.
@samsmith42164 жыл бұрын
I used to watch him in the ABA, I think it was channel 9 here in the New York area that carried Nets games. The ABA at that time had the most fun to watch guys. George Gervin David Thompson etc.
@jefffawcett3 жыл бұрын
I can honestly say ' I was there"! Went to U MASS when he did in the same dorm JFK. I was on the top floor (22nd) he was on either the 12th or 14th with my boy George Mumford (room mates) who came from the same neighborhood in Roxbury (Boston) as I did. Julius, George, brothers from the campus and from the team would go around neighborhoods in the state and kick ass. One time they played a game at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury and while they were trying to stop J, George laid 55 points on them. Al Skinner from the Nets and Pistons was there. He would later be the Basketball coach for Boston College. The basketball coach Pitino played with J at U MASS in the back court. George is the Psychologist for the Miami Heat and has worked with the Bulls with Jordon and Lakers when they had Shaq and Kobe. He allows teams to become winners wherever he goes even when he worked with BC when Skinner was their coach. Everything this video says was true. I still to this day tell people about the game I watched J play at Ruckers. Those days NBA guys could play there and there was no clap back. The bridge they talk about in the video I walked across to get to the park. I was coming from my peoples place in E Harlem (E 97th, 2nd and 3rd Aves. My girlfriend at the time told me he was playing at Ruckers and I still thank her for that. It was a beautiful summer day in NYC. It was a beautiful vista of people to the left, right and center of me and as they stated in the vid, people were on the roofs and bridge. People...I don't know how I did it but somehow I got to the front of that chain link fence. If my memory serves me well Bob Love forward for the Bulls played there that day too. This was the summer of 72' I believe. Regardless, it was a monumental image that will never escape me as long as I pay rent on this planet.
@williamcooke214 жыл бұрын
People around the country didn't see Dr. J in his prime. If they did then he would be talked about like Jordan, Kobe, and LeBron. Whoever has the ABA archives need to release them, because that was when Doc was at his best.
@mysterion51364 жыл бұрын
Thank you for painting that picture with such detail Sir!!
@haterhifk4 жыл бұрын
Yes thanks for sharing, wasnt any Cable or Wifi back then, and no Station would put something on tv about kids from the hood. But, was good to see him in the NBA where he developed an all around game and on good teams with other stars of the day....
@msway8364 жыл бұрын
@@mysterion5136 Agreed.
@williamcooke214 жыл бұрын
@@haterhifk Your're welcome.
@williamcooke214 жыл бұрын
Dr. J! What a legend! Brought us an NBA championship here in Philadelphia in 83.
@ericsierra-franco78022 жыл бұрын
YES, YES, PHILLY WENT CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@sherryengle-xe6fv8 ай бұрын
Doctor J was probably the most influential basketball player of all time. I used to watch him with the Nets. His success in tha ABA set up the merger with the NBA in 76-77. although I was an NBA fan at the time, the merger was the best and most exciting thing to happen to basketball. Nobody brought more excitement to a game than Doctor J. Other players may have gotten more hype later but he was the real deal and brought his own hype.
@donaldouter9845 Жыл бұрын
Dr. J was one of the most Baddest Ballplayers on Earth. I grew up in Harlem and I remember Rucker Holcombe. God Continue to bless him and his Family.
@toddtoure70416 жыл бұрын
Todd Toure you old as shit oldhead
@magacop51806 жыл бұрын
#dj kevgeeez And your point is dummy?
@blaisehanon6 жыл бұрын
I agree. Dr. J is the tenth greatest player of all-time in my opinion. Even better than LeBron.
@flashmelody69206 жыл бұрын
Must have been something to see.
@gerryyaum5 жыл бұрын
b zanon you are a ME GENERATION person. Smh.
@scottdavidson70015 жыл бұрын
That’s insane the amount of people there. So sad there’s not enough footage of guys like him, Kareem and wilt
@gotjesus19124 жыл бұрын
In a way it adds to their legend
@theartistbonez19302 жыл бұрын
Proud to see Dr J. play his during the last season in the NBA in Indianapolis! My favorite player of ALL TIME!
@user-nv2zs7ui7l Жыл бұрын
Dr J is my forever favorite player. I miss those days.
@williamfox1146 Жыл бұрын
Dr J brought swag in the ABA and NBA
@DJaySplitSecond9 жыл бұрын
+DJaySplitSecond He brought style. "swag" is what's ruining the NBA, a la Swaggy P.
@justanothergamer78658 жыл бұрын
Brought it to the NBA.
@tubenachos7 жыл бұрын
+JustAnotherGamer i bet u think swag is secretly we are gay lol
@BIGDRIP27 жыл бұрын
Ai did
@dylanm97846 жыл бұрын
JustAnotherGamer swag is style you weirdo
@NiggasDrinkin40s6 жыл бұрын
That last pic of the crowd hanging off the building is unreal! I miss the pre-smartphone world.....
@morgaffi4 жыл бұрын
Those days are gone bruh. Today, everyone would be watching *Dr. J* thru their smartphones even tho he's playing right in front of them. smh
@Euclides2874 жыл бұрын
It's New York. There's millions of people in Manhattan alone. LeBron or KD could bring a similar turnout today.
@jordanbryant50354 жыл бұрын
Yeah now you know that's throwback good old days any kid to try to attempt that today will get in trouble sitting on the ledge and roof like that cuz it's illegal
@TheBestOne3824 жыл бұрын
Lol, they were really sitting on branches
@cactusjack22643 жыл бұрын
Thats what brought the ppl. U had to see it for urself. Thats how legends were made. I decided to look at Dr. J's career stats ABA/NBA individually and combined. He was hooping on both ends of the court.
@waynejshynzhinds44343 жыл бұрын
Dr. J changed pro basketball and: 1. He played D 2. He did not travel 3. He played against great D, unlike the open spaces NBA players run through now. 4. He wore the Converse All Stars
@raicebannon19362 жыл бұрын
This was way before my time. And thats why im here. To learn and appreciate the greats that came before us all.
@Necronkiller2 жыл бұрын
pee wee is like a mix of richard pryor and denzel washington
@Theraiman6168 жыл бұрын
haha! dead on!
@JelaniB288 жыл бұрын
And that dude with the big afro who be at the warriors home games
@Thechucktownboi8 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's the first thing I thought, he looks like Denzel in He Got Game.
@ssimon647 жыл бұрын
you got it pat,pal
@shanjami18317 жыл бұрын
never knew he was a baller! I only know of him, cause he was the first millionaire heroine dealer in Harlem? Before Barnes & Lucas
@jrsmith33447 жыл бұрын
Dr.J was and will always be the man who changed basketball forever! His moves and his style are still what makes the sport so great today. We all knew we were witnessing greatness when we watched him play even in the ABA. As kids growing up in NJ he was all we talked about and the one we all mimicked when we played. Truly a revolutionary in the basketball world. We all wanted to be "The Dr."!!!
@bearclaw74418 жыл бұрын
+bear claw Why we all wanted red-white-and-blue balls for Christmas, too...
@emncaity8 жыл бұрын
stephen f Hoping you mean basketballs!!!
@bearclaw74418 жыл бұрын
+bear claw Mr Bear Claws statement sums it up best(comes closest to the truth). The Doctor was prime time so much so that people in my hood stopped watching the NBA and was watching the ABA instead. He revolutionized the game. The New York Nets playing out of Nassau Coliseum was the game to watch on tv. Now that is the history of it from a Harlem NYC perspective from someone growing up at that time period and thats why the NBA took over the ABA.
@santana91548 жыл бұрын
Harlem
@darenngadima50646 жыл бұрын
HA! ha!
@garyt45515 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with basketball just watching Doctor J playing. And I envy so much all those people who could just walk to Rucker Park in NY and watch him playing heavenly baskeball !
@RDeckardN610 ай бұрын
I grew up on Long Island, NY and used to play at a park that Dr J used to play at before he went away to college. I can't tell you how honored I felt to have played there and I used to try and imagine what it was like when he was there. Everyone around town back then knew about it. He was a legend on Long Island back in the 70s-early 80s.
@anthonyriche5523 жыл бұрын
The impact of Dr.J on the game was phenomenal. For me, one of the all time greatest. 👍🏻🙏🏻
@paulofreire75204 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see people sitting on the edges of the roof and in trees to see Dr. J! He's one of my all-time favorites and I had the pleasure to interview him a couple of times.
@EricJChambers3 жыл бұрын
A wonderful and amazing tribute to one.of the most talented/remarkable athletes to ever grace a basketball court.
@seldomescene3 жыл бұрын
When a player the caliber of Tiny Archibald talks in reverence about your game, you know you were something special
@orangejuicejones60753 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! All undersized point guard types love their role model, Tiny Archibald.
@ChengManChing Жыл бұрын
Those are some awesome pics of Dr. J with all the fans in the background. How lucky they all were to witness greatness.
@deuce4off8 жыл бұрын
He was a gentlemen first and foremost..one of my favourites in my book to play ball
@titosss19478 жыл бұрын
+Titos SS Highly underrated, and I'd say he's dead even with Larry Bird as the greatest all around forward ever. Lebron so far being 2nd..
@usnate18 жыл бұрын
***** Nope, not in my opinion, and what you just said is just that; opinion and not fact.
@usnate18 жыл бұрын
***** Oh you like stats; good then Karl Malone is a greater scorer than MJ, and Stockton is a better overall PG than Magic Johnson b/c he has more assists...oh yeah steve nash has 2 mvps which means he's better than at least 33 hall of famers...
@usnate18 жыл бұрын
***** No shit...that's my point. Sarcasm dude. You said *the numbers say otherwise*
@usnate18 жыл бұрын
A gentleman except when it had to do with wives. Two children outside of his marriages, including tennis pro Alexandra Stevenson whom he refused to have anything to do with until she was 28.
@posysdogovych20654 жыл бұрын
The Father Of NBA Swag. Everybody from Jordan to A.I. to Michigan Fab 5 owes this man.
@moehammondmedia3 жыл бұрын
Dr J was something else !!!! He was on another level. I remember when he won an NBA Championship with Malone & the 76ers in 1983
@frankwood78782 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not @ 2:55 that's my dad he showed me this video to show me he was in it
@christianbrown38816 жыл бұрын
MC Gusto at first I thought that was a young Kenny Anderson!! Lol
@mikearmz185 жыл бұрын
I wish him great health and positive emotions only.
@lokumftw26215 жыл бұрын
MC - I'm just curious, what impact did this have on him? You know what I mean? We all have moments, experiences, that stay with us and influence us throughout our lives, this HAD to be one of those for your fathers.
@toddwood45625 жыл бұрын
i looked at that kid and was thinking... wonder what happened to him... then i looked in the comments and saw this
@gunyvw5 жыл бұрын
MC Gusto Your dad must be around 53 years old now, because I was close to your dad's age at the time.
@alanmorris76695 жыл бұрын
I live in Virginia, and was lucky enough to see Dr. J play live at the Hampton Coliseum when he played in the ABA for the Virginia Squires team. I still have the ticket stubs somewhere.
@urbanlegendsandtrivia20233 жыл бұрын
I saw him as a NY Net. When you saw him he was great too,
@notphilivey3 жыл бұрын
The mothership
@Stonecrow253 жыл бұрын
@@Stonecrow25 Yes, it's such a cool building.
@urbanlegendsandtrivia20233 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t even imagine seeing him play in person!
@grahamodonnell49802 жыл бұрын
@@grahamodonnell4980 The dunks were unbelievable!
@urbanlegendsandtrivia20238 ай бұрын
I lived out my boyhood fantasies on the hardtop court of P.S. 132 in Queens, N.Y. imitating this legend and his signature "finger roll". "I got next" was the code word for declaring next man up in the epic one-on-one marathon battles where hard contact and expletives were the order of the day. Made me tough and gave me an edge for life!!!
@cleanbowled17678 ай бұрын
Hempstead NY,DR J was so good is high school coach became the mayor of the town!!!! I lived accross the street from the doctor waaay back!
@kingsittystudios24002 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, I feel really blessed to have been able to watch Doctor J and many others. What a fantastic time to be alive in those days! Praise God for giving us people like him with such wonderful Talent and great memories also :-)
@70stunes714 жыл бұрын
To have lived in NY and be blessed to have witnessed Broadway Joe, the '69 Mets, Willis Reed and the champion Knicks, Secretariat, Muhammad Ali and Julius Erving was to be born in a time of overflowing blessing!
@c.a.g.31302 жыл бұрын
I lived across the bridge from Rucker and spent a lot of time watching pros and future pros playing there. I played Junior Rucker with my brother one summer. I too grew up in the '60s. I left in '72 when I joined the USAF.
@Darknamja2 жыл бұрын
@@c.a.g.3130 I grew up within walking distance of Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds. I watched the Yankees from the Bleachers on numerous occasions. We used to watch the Mets from the hills outside the Polo Grounds. We had transistor radios to hear the play-by-play announcers.
@Darknamja2 жыл бұрын
@@Darknamja You were indeed blessed!
@c.a.g.31302 жыл бұрын
Doc is the nice guy you can ever meet , gentle, down to earth person, he the greatest basketball player I ever met, with the Nets in the ABA and the SIXERS in the NBA
@robertpaulin87789 жыл бұрын
It was tough not seeing Dr. J/ABA in NBA cities like Milwaukee, back during the 1970’s. We used to get ABA player cards mixed in w/NBA players. I had an Erving “Virginia Squires” card, an Artis Gilmore “Kentucky Colonels” card, Darnell Hillman & George McGinnis “Pacers” cards. I could just kick myself for not taking care of those rare things.
@rokrok602 жыл бұрын
The Godfather of Dunks and Moves!!! Also he had Style with the Infamous Afro!!!
@deeweatherz129 жыл бұрын
Dee Weatherz well said my friend 👍🏿👍🏿
@bancroftgroves20215 жыл бұрын
Well not really "infamous" more like iconic (:
@josephcontreras53904 жыл бұрын
Whatever you do in life, do what you love, and make an impact
@leonscott54310 жыл бұрын
Very difficult to do. Someone has to pick up the garbage and take my order.
@UDubFootballFan10 жыл бұрын
UDubFootballFan Have you ever heard of high school students, college students, and robots?
@leonscott54310 жыл бұрын
leon scott Yes and we don't have enough to fill the labor workforce. The crumby jobs nobody wants. Janitors, Tellers, etc. While I agree with your notion, it's just not possible for everyone to do what they love.
@UDubFootballFan10 жыл бұрын
UDubFootballFan It is very possible... just some choose not to work hard for it. But anyone has the potential to do what they love
@leonscott54310 жыл бұрын
Gamja Tang People that make these types of excuses arnt the ones at the top
@leonscott54310 жыл бұрын
And some people have the nerve to say Dr J isn't/wasn't a top 15 player of all time! He definitely still should be on every top 15 of all time list! His influence on the game and on its popularity was and is immense! If I could only have one retro basketball jersey it definitely would be Dr J's!
@Zamppa862 жыл бұрын
top 10 tbh
@AnHebrewChild8 ай бұрын
Not even top 25
@Sacre6187 ай бұрын
No words other than phenomenal period
@Kwambo193 жыл бұрын
My favorite Dr. J highlight was him cradling the ball and slammin' down over Michael Cooper!
@UrbanSipfly8 жыл бұрын
+UrbanSipfly That was just filthy. I was a huge Laker fan at the time, and even _I_ got out of the chair for that one.
@emncaity8 жыл бұрын
+UrbanSipfly Also: right baseline, up and under with his body behind the backboard, reverse. I think it was against the Lakers too. We all went out and practiced it about five thousand times after that. Not even kidding, used it in games. Total grand larceny. At 6'3" I wasn't going to bust my teeth on the rim like he did, but I could do _that_ move. You'd even see guys trying to get the right wing and fake their guy middle, so they could get a chance to go baseline and do it, for like three years after he did it on TV.
@emncaity8 жыл бұрын
That is by far the greatest quintessential Dunk ever!!!!!
@doctorgarbonzo25258 жыл бұрын
DJ was cooler than Cool... He was Funkadelic
@doctorgarbonzo25257 жыл бұрын
UrbanSipfly my favorite is against Bill Walton
@19907586 жыл бұрын
I loved watching Dr.J perform as a kid then came Micheal Jordan man I was blessed to grow up in the 70's and through the 90's..........
@Fultonfalcons864 жыл бұрын
Me too fultonfalcon When doc finally won a nba championship I was in my glory.there were a couple of great teams in his era if you remember
@rickrobitaille88094 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!! DR. J was they only name we used growing up when it came to ANYTHING basketball!!!
@tgdtown2 жыл бұрын
In '77 or '78 I had business with Billy Cunningham. I went to the Sixers practice at Weidner College. I brought my 8 yr old kid along. Practice was just ending. My kid was eagerly hoping to get up close with some players. Instead, they all walked away from him and down to their loccer room. But Dr J walked all the way across the gym, patted my boy on the head and talked to him a bit. My son still remembers it as one of the highlights of his life.
@oldcougar653 жыл бұрын
Dr. J a true legend. Cant understand why he is not considered top 10 greatest NBA all time players.
@tbd16134 жыл бұрын
I can't understand why he's considered a doctor
@killensalves3 жыл бұрын
He is in that conversation. I put MJ, Wilt, Kobe, Bird, Lebron, Kareem, Magic , Oscar and West safely ahead of him. Then you can slot him anywhere after that.
@notphilivey3 жыл бұрын
Lebron put him in his top 3, with jordan and bird
@Anthonydu016303 жыл бұрын
Top 10 most influential players for sure.
@cactusdragon35533 жыл бұрын
Because his best prime years were in the ABA. That's why they need to include those stats in all time stats and people would have a much different perception
@growmyportfolio45452 жыл бұрын
My favorite player of all time, to this day.
@InsertName12510 жыл бұрын
InsertName125 Goodness. Goodness
@stevenhosea48493 жыл бұрын
I saw Dr . J when he was 20 playing in the old ABA in Indpls. Truly a special gifted athlete made it look so easy ! Met him after the games . A real gentleman , class act ! 😃🙋♂️🏀
@GaryFox110003 жыл бұрын
Was a middle school basketball player in Chicago during Jordan's rookie season and watched his entire career there. But my first impression of the game was Dr. J as a toddler in the mid 70's, my first basketball idol. Him and Magic are my favorite players.
@bos38352 жыл бұрын
Great player and a greater man. Julius Erving.
@christopherjames98437 жыл бұрын
the Doc won my city a nba championship. the only MF ring the sixers will probably ever get while I'm still alive! thanks for the memories doc .. and thanks for that tomahawk dunk you did on michael cooper from the lakers back in the day. 1 of the top 5 best dunks of all time. that dunk has stood it's test of time!
@711marvel7 жыл бұрын
nigga moses won that shit ,he was the best player on the team . but dr j still my nigga tho
@kennyjackson35187 жыл бұрын
I mean you guys got some mean ass rookies, meanwhile here at the wizards we only got beal and he's gonna be good but not hall of fame level. So enjoy the build up since you guys always get good rookies and in the last 10 years our only good drafted player was Wall. I cri.
@raph2k017 жыл бұрын
711marvel he won the new york nets one to in the aba.
@jusfadez59207 жыл бұрын
plus unless you plan on dying in the next 10 years you'll definitely see us AT LEAST in a conference finals with the young core we have all we really need is a guard and well get that in the draft next year which they say might be the best draft since 96 , okafor led us in scoring and is impossible to guard with his back to the basket, noel was 3rd in defensive mvp voting last year , embiid is looking like a beast , and we get the lakers pick , the chance to switch picks with the kings (thanks hinkie) and our own first rounder and if ben simmons stays healthy on top of all that and can better his shot no one in the league would be able to compete with us period this is the most excited ive ever been about the sixers since they traded the goat in 06
@kennyjackson35187 жыл бұрын
Kenny Jackson You guys are legit so lucky doe that you don't have a dumbass mentality. Out of the last 10 years wizards have 1 player that has played in the all star game. 1. 1!!!!!! WTF.
@raph2k017 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Oregon in the 70s and 80s, the image of Julius that sticks with me always is when The Blazers Maurice Lucas and Sixers Darrell Dawkins squared off in a fight in the 76-77 NBA Finals. Chaos on the court, and the camera pans to Dr, J, sitting down at the opposite free throw line, just waiting patiently to play ball again. Always so smooth, so cool and calm and an athletic wonder. He had his moments as any human does, (I remember one in particular with Larry Bird) but always loved his overall game and demeanor. Lots of class.
@valueinyou99312 жыл бұрын
Larry Bird started that trying to punk Dr J... The Doctor just didn't take no s***
@aljackson12282 жыл бұрын
@@aljackson1228 Haha you're right my man...just because he was classy and quiet doesn't mean he wasn't tough.
@valueinyou99312 жыл бұрын
Magic may have his shoes, but he has this man to thank. And yes, the Doctor would school him.
@notintohandles8 ай бұрын
I saw that documentary, and thought it was AWESOME!! For those that are saying that Doc was/is overrated, u are forgetting one thing. Yeah, he had some holes in his game...he might not have been the best defender....or the best dribbler!! But was he was and IS, is an inspirational player!! He brought a lot of people TOGETHER! Doc became the "face" of the NBA!! He inspired people like Jordan and so on!! So to criticize his game or say he was overrated isn't fair because AT THAT TIME he was almost the perfect man....not player! Julius Erving was a HERO to alot of young black kids growing up....including myself!
@nonameisthename13810 жыл бұрын
The Doctor was the ABA and he kept the NBA afloat through the late seventies. I always loved his game and always loved how classy he was and has been off the court I got a chance to meet him back in 98 and he was so cool and down to earth.
@cflo138610 жыл бұрын
cflo1386 Man how I envy you!! When I was in college at Memphis State University, which is now the University of Memphis. He came to the school to speak. I found out about it late, the day OF and raced to the auditorium. ...and just missed him!! I was sick and hurt. That was back in 86....
@nonameisthename1389 жыл бұрын
I don't know that he was a bad defender but he liked to gamble on defense and sometimes that backfired on him. Dr. J was just fun to watch.. he had a certain grace, style and intelligence that came with all that athleticism. We haven't seen it since.
@justletmeuseit9 жыл бұрын
@Tony....I can;t believe anyone would call the Doctor overrated!!! Doc had no holes in his game!!!! A class act and soooo much fun to watch!!!
@MrBeyondbelief9 жыл бұрын
Christopher Socha @ Christopher, hey I agree 300%! I only said he MEY have had some holes in his game because he wasn't perfect. I knew he wasn't THE greatest jump shooter. And also he wasn't THE greatest dribbler. Nobody was a more devoted fan than I!! But I'm a realist too. But to call him OVER RATED is insane!!!
@nonameisthename1389 жыл бұрын
Dr. J is the player that every great player watched and tried to imitate. Jordan and James in particular
@jamrob217 жыл бұрын
I still have a Dr. J Converse poster in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. Room looks the same as it did in the 80’s. Doc was in a NJ Nets #32 jersey. The poster was about five feet by two feet wide. I also had Converse posters of George “The Iceman” Gervin, and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. I am still a Converse Chuck Taylor wearer. 👍. Sixers will always be my team, because of Doc, Toney, Cheeks, Moses and Bobby Jones.
@djrom663 жыл бұрын
Dr. J introduced me to the game of basketball; Michael Jordan made me fall in love with it!
@pvj22342 жыл бұрын
In my opinion Dr J was the best. He was also a gentleman.
@truthseeker73269 жыл бұрын
n he abandoned his daughter yh lol gentleman
@polorican50239 жыл бұрын
Thats why Joe The Destroyer Hammond scored 52 points on Dr J while only playing in the second half.
@ajoj09099 жыл бұрын
Kenyon Martin Do you mean his pro tennis player daughter whom he conceived with a sports writer?
@adfggffffffddffd9 жыл бұрын
adfggffffffddffd yea
@polorican50239 жыл бұрын
Kenyon Martin I don't think he abandoned her he just didn't help raise her. He did provide financial support though and they do have a relationship now. He knocked some chick up when he was married and already had a family of his own and she wanted to keep the baby. The only real moral outrage here is that he cheated on his wife. Don't even know if the sports writer wanted him helping her raise the child.
@adfggffffffddffd9 жыл бұрын
I gotta come back to this, every once in a while...
@gseric47215 жыл бұрын
I come back specifically for the "wait till Julius get here" line
@mwembamunsaka52 жыл бұрын
He was my first sports hero. Actually got to see him when I was in high school! He was nearing the end of his career but drained a halfcourt shot at halftime!
@ETXB Жыл бұрын
Dr. J was THE MAN!! The first one to hang in the air and do thangs! They call Michael J "His Airness", but Dr. J was the ORIGINAL! Love you Dr. J.
@michellemeighan1604 Жыл бұрын
I can remember when Erving was at UMASS. People were talking about the kid at Amherst. Not once, but all over the place constantly. He was that good.
@tomjones70897 жыл бұрын
As a native SoCal guy and a man that to this day has continuous love for my man Earvin Magic Johnson, there was one love I had before him......that player was Dr. J....
@LakerChava639 жыл бұрын
Someone here recently called Dr. J, the "Jimi Hendrix of basketball." So apropos. Erving left an acquaintance, Coach Al McGuire, dumbfounded at the N.I.T. (then a big deal). Pat Summerall praised him at UMass as the "next Connie Hawkins." So I followed Dr. J with the Virginia Squires. Of course he was spectacular, as well as obscure. This enhanced the ABA mystery about him. There will never be another Dr. J.
@ARIZJOE3 жыл бұрын
I so enjoy watching the great Dr. J, do his thing!!! I still get goosebumps seeing him in all his heavenly greatness!!! Thank you Julius (Dr. J) Irving, you are the best!!!👍👍👍
@kathyjohson12733 жыл бұрын
man i wish shit like this still went on... Street ball isn't basketball anymore... they are two seperate games now, sadly...
@mikechrisman130610 жыл бұрын
Apparently you haven't really watched a "Streetball" game, and watch that "And 1" stuff that they show you. Go to The Rucker in NYC, or 10th and Louden Ave in Philly and watch a game.
@FreePlayMode10 жыл бұрын
I'd love to man, but i dont live in the city lol... thats why i'm sayin i wish it happened where i live... small town in VA... we had our own type of Rucker... haha... where we had to almost get in fights to play, winner stayed on for hours and people came to watch... but that was 10 years ago up here... too much And 1 and Streetball is nothing but dancing with a ball and calling someone out... where i'm from man we win at all cost... yeah that means playing a zone too lol....
@mikechrisman130610 жыл бұрын
It's still like this here in NYC.
@boomboominroom10 жыл бұрын
man it must be nice... nobody in our community even plays ball outdoor anymore... or plays with this kind of passion
@mikechrisman130610 жыл бұрын
You gotta know where to go. In major cities, street ball is alive and well. Gotta go to places like the Rucker in NYC, or 10th St. Run in Philly
@FreePlayMode10 жыл бұрын
Dr J is Top 10 all-time in raw talent and #1 is pure style and class. Every player who came up after 1970 wanted to be Dr J, and had to settle for whatever they got!
@EvanderSmart9 жыл бұрын
Bitcoin Video University Profound truth my brother
@bancroftgroves20216 жыл бұрын
He brought the “fun” to the skilled positions!
@danielallyway3 жыл бұрын
So we met again Daniel...
@DeVanHelmoski3 жыл бұрын
Skilled positions?
@mf21433 жыл бұрын
You look like kid from kid n play
@pigmentrich2243 жыл бұрын
I'm 53, this cat introduced me to the NBA! Yeah, yeah, 'George Gervin COULD finger roll' but Doc could glide through the air for 15, sometimes minutes....
@dougweaver1843 жыл бұрын
@@DeVanHelmoski really getting tired of this asshole
@AlexM-uq3cm3 жыл бұрын
Parents nowadays would lose their minds if kids sat like that on the roof hanging from 2 story building.
@Emk3153 жыл бұрын
Yeah because it's unsafe.
@talaverajr3913 жыл бұрын
lol you act like it's crazy to not want your kids dangling their legs off a 2 story building with no railing. I think you're taking the whole "EVERYONES A SNOWFLAKE NOW" thing to an unbalanced level.
@KICoasterGuy3 жыл бұрын
@@KICoasterGuy Facts ifs annoying
@getsugaallen66123 жыл бұрын
They made children tougher back then, they could survive the drop if they fell.
@theregokd51493 жыл бұрын
@@theregokd5149 they weren’t pussies back then, they knew what would happen if they fell. Lil suckas today scared of walking with they shoes untied
@ssppaarrkkyy3 жыл бұрын
That behind the backboard layup move he did so many years ago is still the greatest ever.
@markjackson54594 жыл бұрын
Thats to amazing to even understand. Being from harlem and seeing all those old pictures, and the crowd this guy drew out is just amazing.
@crack24k9 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to have been born and raised in Philadelphia in the 60's 70's and 80's and growing up watching the 76ers The Doctor Jules Irving " Dr J " was my all time favorite basketball player 🏀
@billdefazio10682 жыл бұрын
Everyone wanted to be Dr. J, he was fantastic and a CLASS ACT!!!
@robertparenti40623 жыл бұрын
What a great player! I first saw him live in the ABA playoffs with the then-New York Nets playing against my beloved Kentucky Colonels. Everyone in the arena in Louisville was afraid of what he could do with the ball. I remember the dagger falling with a last second 3 from Dr J, and the crowd just groaned miserably.
@jamescrenshaw50975 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the day when Doc autographed my poster when he was playing for the 76ers real stand up dude ill never forget that.
@leepreston91818 жыл бұрын
My favourite player. What a player. He's the greatest in my eyes. 20 years ahead of his time. Freak!
@LiverpoolRules4Ever Жыл бұрын
No one had more swagger than Dr. J in the 70's
@warwick8023 жыл бұрын
See how the crowd was able to gather and enjoy on the roof top in the trees thats a picture of the good old days they say i wasn't born then but looked like fun in the community .
@rmarley21005 жыл бұрын
Tom Hoover gotta be tellin stories, dude said he picked up his teeth and put em back in his mouth 😂😂😂
@iNostraD7 жыл бұрын
Chivo maybe he has false teeth?
@spitshinetommy37216 жыл бұрын
Spitshine Tommy ...maybe at his age now, but I doubt at this time.
@thepoeticbutcher33706 жыл бұрын
He probably had a partial. Not that uncommon back then.
@GenXstacker6 жыл бұрын
Chivo | A lot of pro athletes have missing teeth some even came out of poverty (poor dental hygiene).
@TheOnIyGod6 жыл бұрын
Chivo he played for the knicks.
@prestontamaica16 жыл бұрын
This is what is missing today in life, authenticity ! Growing up in the 70s in Toronto we used to play soccer before school, recess, lunchtime,recess again and after school and weekends, being Croatian background it is cultural just like these guys in Harlem !
@riobabic89603 жыл бұрын
Dr. J was my all - time favorite player, but also a huge fan of "Tiny" Archibald when he played for KC Kings. Hard to even imagine his career scoring stats if they had the three point shot in his day !
@robertpurtle67062 жыл бұрын
Nate "Tiny" Archibald lead the league in SCORING AND ASSISTS '71 - '72 for KC - OMAHA. He was speedy & slick as hell - always one of my favorite players
@markhabersham4153 Жыл бұрын
Greatest ever in my mind.
@johnflanagan26846 жыл бұрын
DAAAAAAAAAYUM!!!! LOOK @ THE CROWD @ THE END!!!
@orlanduce9 жыл бұрын
I even saw white kids in the crowd.
@stpaulimdog9 жыл бұрын
I
@rodneywarren49009 жыл бұрын
+stpaulimdog i would have been there to watch him if I could ,remeber him well he was ''our generations'' M.Jordan
@fullstrutn8 жыл бұрын
+TITAN-UP FX (TUFX) CRAZY! ppl on roof up on d trees jus imagine d atmosphere
@DU0ZA8 жыл бұрын
Magnificent story. That crowd for Dr J was crazy!
@BOSSSHAWN7 жыл бұрын
My Uncle's( RIP) & My Favorite Pro NBA Superstar Player! Dr. J Is A Really Nice Person When He Signing & Meeting His Fans💯💯💯
@lavellemurphy4619 Жыл бұрын
Still my absolute favorite basketball player of all time. I moved to Philly early 80s and saw him play for the Sixers many times. He was amazing. As a side anecdote, I was once on a flight from Philly to Denver with the entire Sixers squad (they flew commercial back in those days) and the film shown on the inflight entertainment was Woman in Red. When Gene Wilder checked into the hotel under the name Julius Erving the passengers went crazy with cheers and laughter. He’s a legend.
@woodywood33882 ай бұрын
Dr J, my favorite player of all time. So much fun watching him play.
@johnnymossville5 жыл бұрын
Drj my hero ❤ too
@lloydkline15182 жыл бұрын
Dr. J... the greatest who ever touched a basketball ever.. He changed the entire game....
@harveymartin76487 жыл бұрын
He's the greatest in his era. Lots of players have become better since then. Tony Hawk was the first to do a 900 now there's kids doing 1080s.
@becarefulwhatyoufish47647 жыл бұрын
Harvey Martin a lot of people don't know Dr J is the prototype for the modern basketball player including MJ he is the mold their built from!
@melvinbarnett19107 жыл бұрын
J could elevate, go around a defender, and emerge gracefully on the other side of the rim after momentarily being behind the backboard. It was like he floated in mid-air.
@rokyericksonroks6 жыл бұрын
Bird.
@squinteastwood46375 жыл бұрын
Dr. J was a more of a Finese player. MJ was not.
@Johnkoth5 жыл бұрын
I remember his legendary lay-up in the air, out of bounds ("suspended animation") against the Lakers. Have never seen anything like it before or since. Even when you see it, it's hard to believe!!! Amazing Talent (when the Doctor Operates).
@paulcgretired6245Ай бұрын
Wow. That was an absolute highlight reel. Thank you.
@bucknut66312 жыл бұрын
Dr. J was my favorite nba player growing up. Probably my favorite player of all time.
@michaelwalker97346 жыл бұрын
❤️ love this! Would’ve love to experience it in person. The history of Rucker park... special.
@jasoncarreiro864 жыл бұрын
Whew...stuff I never knew about thee most exciting player I've ever seen...loved watching him defy gravity back in the 70s playing for the 76ers...
@ricpowers14752 жыл бұрын
Edijis: I would like 2 take the moment 2 say " thanku " 4 this video. I'm 65 and u taught me things regarding the " Great Dr. J " that I never knew! This video is so significant 4 the young ones 2 see and 2 watch " greatness personified" in Dr.J and 4 them 2 see themselves in him! There'll never b e another like him! Thanku Godbless.
@emilsabatini40382 жыл бұрын
The original and TRUE " YOUR AIRNESS ".
@michaelali71518 жыл бұрын
Hands down my all time favorite player. If it wasn't for the DOCTOR there would not have been a Michael Jordan
When I was 16, my mother wrote me a note to get out of school to see Erving play. She said I had a "doctor's appointment."
Perfect!
Awesome mom!
@@jasonlohrke6024 I couldn't believe it myself. She didn't put the name of the doctor in the note, so my class counselor asked the name of the doctor. I said "Dr. Erving;" he wrote "Dr. Irving" on the back of the note. Catholic school so really strict. I had a ball. Lol. Thanks mom!
So amazing! Thanks for sharing! My dad use to call me Dr. J when I played ball. 🤣 I use to make up all kinds of tricks on the court to try and get a basket. But I knew by the time I hit high school that music was my main passion and I was not gonna make the NBA being only 5’ 10”. But then Spud Web happened!!! 😂
Woahhhh
Dr J is a straight old school brotha. Classy, cool, confident and a lot of swagger. All walk, no talk.
a la. Viv Richards
Long Island breeds 'em like dat.
@Kube Dog Is Back man, shut yo goofy ass up.
@Kube Dog Is Back how am I being racist?
@@ajkhan8048 Spot on. Viv had more swag than any other sportsman other than Ali that I can recall growing up. A class above his batting peers. Still is the man. Unmatched natural ability, self confidence and real humility. Dr J has the same qualities.
He was the Jimi Hendrix of basketball. Nobody was cooler than Dr. J back then.
The problem the NBA and the ABA had in the 1970s was a certain White Powder that was prolific among the players. It was not a clean wholesome game. Now the NBA's problem is that everyone there is a political activist. People dont want to hear players political opinions, they want to see them play, and then talk about the game.
Well is their viewership down ? I watched the finals and wound up likeing that Milwaukee team and found myself rooting for them but I understand what you mean about athletes using their platform to perform activism or just virtue signal and I think that's just the new reality in America ever since the schools started all that symbolism and the awareness ribbons were everywhere.
@@andymullarx6365 The viewership is way down, over 20% at least from what I saw.
@@doronstauber7285 lol only right wing clowns say this.
And haven't been since .
The way he spoke and carried himself was just as impressive as his game. Class can't be bought.
True dat
wat u talkin about class?!? that pussy ass boy took shots at larry as barkley and sum one else hold him, that aint no class
@@TuveanYGloir Yeah that pussy ass Larry Bird disrespected the ambassador of the game. Julius was gonna whip that ass regardless. Larry lucky Barkley didn't choke him into submission. He learned his lesson.
Oh shut up pussy lol
@@TuveanYGloir ...you obviously don’t know how Larry operates 😂🤦🏽♂️He deserved that azz whooping he got that day! 😂😂😂
Before kids wanted to be like Jordan, they wanted to be like Dr. J.
Facts
and Jordan also said he Wanted to be like Dr. J one of his Idols...David Thompson was another one of his Idols...
After that.. Kobe.. Then Bron then somebody else... Most likely Zion
@@NBA1529 and curry, dude got every kid/players hitting 3s on a casual,
True. I remember buying a pair Converse Pro Leathers in 1977 when I was 16. $35 iirc. Julius is a great man as well as a basketball legend.
Can't imagine how dope it would be to say you watched Dr. J live at Rucker Park. That is so dope. What an organic and incredible gathering of human beings. You love to see it. No money involved. Just pure love of a sport. A past time. Truly something special to just draw attention to that level like that.
Dope? Did you invent that word?
@@janoycresnova9156 You’ve never heard ‘dope’ used synonymously with good?
How about any of those games that were played there. You talking hanging out in NY during that time and see 5 star ball players getting jiggy!!
@@janoycresnova9156 I did.
@@chikkipop you are a real McGuyver!
"I don't want to be 'The Claw'." Kawhi: It's free real estate.
Doctor J is a more iconic nickname though.
Hahahahahaha this made me laugh out loud Well played
You know he didn’t give himself the nickname right. He would’ve have to for yourself comment to be funny
Jim Carrey is 'The Claw' :D
🤣🤣
Met him and his wife (God rest her soul) when I was working a Janitor job while in high school at the Echelon Mall real early one Saturday morning hours before the mall was to open! They had access to the mall before anyone showed except the Store’s personnel! He took the time to acknowledge my existence in the world. Encouraged me to continue my education! To this day I believe that the words he spoke to me took my life in a completely different direction (for the better)! As great of an athlete he was he is by far an even greater man!
That's what's up Red. How tall was he in person?
AMEN, NOW THAT'S A GREAT AMERICAN ATHLETE !!!
Right On Brahh ❤ that's Sick..My Older Brother Just Met Him at Yonkers Cafe and he complimented my Brothers Swagg and Says 'Dammn Young Blood',, I love those Threds. My Brother says it's an Honor Sir. 1 Favs of All time..and..Let's take a Pic. Soo Meeannn Love Dr.J and they did.
Rare insight. Dr J was pure class. Thanks for sharing.
They need to make a Dr J movie.
+King David they have itz called the fish that saved pittsburg check it out fly az hell
This footage was taken from a movie on NBA Tv called "The Doctor"
+King David Denzal in 'he got game' looked like julius.
+King David who are the 129 morons who DISLIKED this?????!!!
+Christopher Socha man i was thinking the exact same thing
Dr. J brought us 90's style basketball in the 70's to be 20 yrs ahead of his time is LEGENDARY!!
He did all that in Chucks?!!!! He'd crack a rib on the rim in some Jordans.
Lol
🤣🤣🤣
Jordan’s weigh more, false.
the thicker the sole of the shoe the more it will absorb your jump power(assuming similar material). Jumping is easier in chucks - but running for long periods in chucks is a bit painful so thick cushion shoes tend to win out over a long and fast game.
Y'all would be surprised what a lot of professional athletes did back then in terms of gear.
My personal favourite player of all time. Class, dignity, style and amazing talent. Dr. J may not be considered the GOAT however he showed those who followed how to become the GOAT.
Dr J was the first player that made the NBA “ must see tv!”
Absolutely I wash 14 white loved oppressed people underdogs and rebels, allways question authority
And then came along DR.J.
My greatest person all Time
He MADE THE ABA! Before he even walked on an NBA floor.
I used to watch him in the ABA, I think it was channel 9 here in the New York area that carried Nets games. The ABA at that time had the most fun to watch guys. George Gervin David Thompson etc.
I can honestly say ' I was there"! Went to U MASS when he did in the same dorm JFK. I was on the top floor (22nd) he was on either the 12th or 14th with my boy George Mumford (room mates) who came from the same neighborhood in Roxbury (Boston) as I did. Julius, George, brothers from the campus and from the team would go around neighborhoods in the state and kick ass. One time they played a game at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury and while they were trying to stop J, George laid 55 points on them. Al Skinner from the Nets and Pistons was there. He would later be the Basketball coach for Boston College. The basketball coach Pitino played with J at U MASS in the back court. George is the Psychologist for the Miami Heat and has worked with the Bulls with Jordon and Lakers when they had Shaq and Kobe. He allows teams to become winners wherever he goes even when he worked with BC when Skinner was their coach. Everything this video says was true. I still to this day tell people about the game I watched J play at Ruckers. Those days NBA guys could play there and there was no clap back. The bridge they talk about in the video I walked across to get to the park. I was coming from my peoples place in E Harlem (E 97th, 2nd and 3rd Aves. My girlfriend at the time told me he was playing at Ruckers and I still thank her for that. It was a beautiful summer day in NYC. It was a beautiful vista of people to the left, right and center of me and as they stated in the vid, people were on the roofs and bridge. People...I don't know how I did it but somehow I got to the front of that chain link fence. If my memory serves me well Bob Love forward for the Bulls played there that day too. This was the summer of 72' I believe. Regardless, it was a monumental image that will never escape me as long as I pay rent on this planet.
People around the country didn't see Dr. J in his prime. If they did then he would be talked about like Jordan, Kobe, and LeBron. Whoever has the ABA archives need to release them, because that was when Doc was at his best.
Thank you for painting that picture with such detail Sir!!
Yes thanks for sharing, wasnt any Cable or Wifi back then, and no Station would put something on tv about kids from the hood. But, was good to see him in the NBA where he developed an all around game and on good teams with other stars of the day....
@@mysterion5136 Agreed.
@@haterhifk Your're welcome.
Dr. J! What a legend! Brought us an NBA championship here in Philadelphia in 83.
YES, YES, PHILLY WENT CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Doctor J was probably the most influential basketball player of all time. I used to watch him with the Nets. His success in tha ABA set up the merger with the NBA in 76-77. although I was an NBA fan at the time, the merger was the best and most exciting thing to happen to basketball. Nobody brought more excitement to a game than Doctor J. Other players may have gotten more hype later but he was the real deal and brought his own hype.
Dr. J was one of the most Baddest Ballplayers on Earth. I grew up in Harlem and I remember Rucker Holcombe. God Continue to bless him and his Family.
Todd Toure you old as shit oldhead
#dj kevgeeez And your point is dummy?
I agree. Dr. J is the tenth greatest player of all-time in my opinion. Even better than LeBron.
Must have been something to see.
b zanon you are a ME GENERATION person. Smh.
That’s insane the amount of people there. So sad there’s not enough footage of guys like him, Kareem and wilt
In a way it adds to their legend
Proud to see Dr J. play his during the last season in the NBA in Indianapolis! My favorite player of ALL TIME!
Dr J is my forever favorite player. I miss those days.
Dr J brought swag in the ABA and NBA
+DJaySplitSecond He brought style. "swag" is what's ruining the NBA, a la Swaggy P.
Brought it to the NBA.
+JustAnotherGamer i bet u think swag is secretly we are gay lol
Ai did
JustAnotherGamer swag is style you weirdo
That last pic of the crowd hanging off the building is unreal! I miss the pre-smartphone world.....
Those days are gone bruh. Today, everyone would be watching *Dr. J* thru their smartphones even tho he's playing right in front of them. smh
It's New York. There's millions of people in Manhattan alone. LeBron or KD could bring a similar turnout today.
Yeah now you know that's throwback good old days any kid to try to attempt that today will get in trouble sitting on the ledge and roof like that cuz it's illegal
Lol, they were really sitting on branches
Thats what brought the ppl. U had to see it for urself. Thats how legends were made. I decided to look at Dr. J's career stats ABA/NBA individually and combined. He was hooping on both ends of the court.
Dr. J changed pro basketball and: 1. He played D 2. He did not travel 3. He played against great D, unlike the open spaces NBA players run through now. 4. He wore the Converse All Stars
This was way before my time. And thats why im here. To learn and appreciate the greats that came before us all.
pee wee is like a mix of richard pryor and denzel washington
haha! dead on!
And that dude with the big afro who be at the warriors home games
Haha, that's the first thing I thought, he looks like Denzel in He Got Game.
you got it pat,pal
never knew he was a baller! I only know of him, cause he was the first millionaire heroine dealer in Harlem? Before Barnes & Lucas
Dr.J was and will always be the man who changed basketball forever! His moves and his style are still what makes the sport so great today. We all knew we were witnessing greatness when we watched him play even in the ABA. As kids growing up in NJ he was all we talked about and the one we all mimicked when we played. Truly a revolutionary in the basketball world. We all wanted to be "The Dr."!!!
+bear claw Why we all wanted red-white-and-blue balls for Christmas, too...
stephen f Hoping you mean basketballs!!!
+bear claw Mr Bear Claws statement sums it up best(comes closest to the truth). The Doctor was prime time so much so that people in my hood stopped watching the NBA and was watching the ABA instead. He revolutionized the game. The New York Nets playing out of Nassau Coliseum was the game to watch on tv. Now that is the history of it from a Harlem NYC perspective from someone growing up at that time period and thats why the NBA took over the ABA.
Harlem
HA! ha!
I fell in love with basketball just watching Doctor J playing. And I envy so much all those people who could just walk to Rucker Park in NY and watch him playing heavenly baskeball !
I grew up on Long Island, NY and used to play at a park that Dr J used to play at before he went away to college. I can't tell you how honored I felt to have played there and I used to try and imagine what it was like when he was there. Everyone around town back then knew about it. He was a legend on Long Island back in the 70s-early 80s.
The impact of Dr.J on the game was phenomenal. For me, one of the all time greatest. 👍🏻🙏🏻
Amazing to see people sitting on the edges of the roof and in trees to see Dr. J! He's one of my all-time favorites and I had the pleasure to interview him a couple of times.
A wonderful and amazing tribute to one.of the most talented/remarkable athletes to ever grace a basketball court.
When a player the caliber of Tiny Archibald talks in reverence about your game, you know you were something special
Absolutely! All undersized point guard types love their role model, Tiny Archibald.
Those are some awesome pics of Dr. J with all the fans in the background. How lucky they all were to witness greatness.
He was a gentlemen first and foremost..one of my favourites in my book to play ball
+Titos SS Highly underrated, and I'd say he's dead even with Larry Bird as the greatest all around forward ever. Lebron so far being 2nd..
***** Nope, not in my opinion, and what you just said is just that; opinion and not fact.
***** Oh you like stats; good then Karl Malone is a greater scorer than MJ, and Stockton is a better overall PG than Magic Johnson b/c he has more assists...oh yeah steve nash has 2 mvps which means he's better than at least 33 hall of famers...
***** No shit...that's my point. Sarcasm dude. You said *the numbers say otherwise*
A gentleman except when it had to do with wives. Two children outside of his marriages, including tennis pro Alexandra Stevenson whom he refused to have anything to do with until she was 28.
The Father Of NBA Swag. Everybody from Jordan to A.I. to Michigan Fab 5 owes this man.
Dr J was something else !!!! He was on another level. I remember when he won an NBA Championship with Malone & the 76ers in 1983
Believe it or not @ 2:55 that's my dad he showed me this video to show me he was in it
MC Gusto at first I thought that was a young Kenny Anderson!! Lol
I wish him great health and positive emotions only.
MC - I'm just curious, what impact did this have on him? You know what I mean? We all have moments, experiences, that stay with us and influence us throughout our lives, this HAD to be one of those for your fathers.
i looked at that kid and was thinking... wonder what happened to him... then i looked in the comments and saw this
MC Gusto Your dad must be around 53 years old now, because I was close to your dad's age at the time.
I live in Virginia, and was lucky enough to see Dr. J play live at the Hampton Coliseum when he played in the ABA for the Virginia Squires team. I still have the ticket stubs somewhere.
I saw him as a NY Net. When you saw him he was great too,
The mothership
@@Stonecrow25 Yes, it's such a cool building.
I couldn’t even imagine seeing him play in person!
@@grahamodonnell4980 The dunks were unbelievable!
I lived out my boyhood fantasies on the hardtop court of P.S. 132 in Queens, N.Y. imitating this legend and his signature "finger roll". "I got next" was the code word for declaring next man up in the epic one-on-one marathon battles where hard contact and expletives were the order of the day. Made me tough and gave me an edge for life!!!
Hempstead NY,DR J was so good is high school coach became the mayor of the town!!!! I lived accross the street from the doctor waaay back!
Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, I feel really blessed to have been able to watch Doctor J and many others. What a fantastic time to be alive in those days! Praise God for giving us people like him with such wonderful Talent and great memories also :-)
To have lived in NY and be blessed to have witnessed Broadway Joe, the '69 Mets, Willis Reed and the champion Knicks, Secretariat, Muhammad Ali and Julius Erving was to be born in a time of overflowing blessing!
I lived across the bridge from Rucker and spent a lot of time watching pros and future pros playing there. I played Junior Rucker with my brother one summer. I too grew up in the '60s. I left in '72 when I joined the USAF.
@@c.a.g.3130 I grew up within walking distance of Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds. I watched the Yankees from the Bleachers on numerous occasions. We used to watch the Mets from the hills outside the Polo Grounds. We had transistor radios to hear the play-by-play announcers.
@@Darknamja You were indeed blessed!
Doc is the nice guy you can ever meet , gentle, down to earth person, he the greatest basketball player I ever met, with the Nets in the ABA and the SIXERS in the NBA
It was tough not seeing Dr. J/ABA in NBA cities like Milwaukee, back during the 1970’s. We used to get ABA player cards mixed in w/NBA players. I had an Erving “Virginia Squires” card, an Artis Gilmore “Kentucky Colonels” card, Darnell Hillman & George McGinnis “Pacers” cards. I could just kick myself for not taking care of those rare things.
The Godfather of Dunks and Moves!!! Also he had Style with the Infamous Afro!!!
Dee Weatherz well said my friend 👍🏿👍🏿
Well not really "infamous" more like iconic (:
Whatever you do in life, do what you love, and make an impact
Very difficult to do. Someone has to pick up the garbage and take my order.
UDubFootballFan Have you ever heard of high school students, college students, and robots?
leon scott Yes and we don't have enough to fill the labor workforce. The crumby jobs nobody wants. Janitors, Tellers, etc. While I agree with your notion, it's just not possible for everyone to do what they love.
UDubFootballFan It is very possible... just some choose not to work hard for it. But anyone has the potential to do what they love
Gamja Tang People that make these types of excuses arnt the ones at the top
And some people have the nerve to say Dr J isn't/wasn't a top 15 player of all time! He definitely still should be on every top 15 of all time list! His influence on the game and on its popularity was and is immense! If I could only have one retro basketball jersey it definitely would be Dr J's!
top 10 tbh
Not even top 25
No words other than phenomenal period
My favorite Dr. J highlight was him cradling the ball and slammin' down over Michael Cooper!
+UrbanSipfly That was just filthy. I was a huge Laker fan at the time, and even _I_ got out of the chair for that one.
+UrbanSipfly Also: right baseline, up and under with his body behind the backboard, reverse. I think it was against the Lakers too. We all went out and practiced it about five thousand times after that. Not even kidding, used it in games. Total grand larceny. At 6'3" I wasn't going to bust my teeth on the rim like he did, but I could do _that_ move. You'd even see guys trying to get the right wing and fake their guy middle, so they could get a chance to go baseline and do it, for like three years after he did it on TV.
That is by far the greatest quintessential Dunk ever!!!!!
DJ was cooler than Cool... He was Funkadelic
UrbanSipfly my favorite is against Bill Walton
I loved watching Dr.J perform as a kid then came Micheal Jordan man I was blessed to grow up in the 70's and through the 90's..........
Me too fultonfalcon When doc finally won a nba championship I was in my glory.there were a couple of great teams in his era if you remember
Awesome!!! DR. J was they only name we used growing up when it came to ANYTHING basketball!!!
In '77 or '78 I had business with Billy Cunningham. I went to the Sixers practice at Weidner College. I brought my 8 yr old kid along. Practice was just ending. My kid was eagerly hoping to get up close with some players. Instead, they all walked away from him and down to their loccer room. But Dr J walked all the way across the gym, patted my boy on the head and talked to him a bit. My son still remembers it as one of the highlights of his life.
Dr. J a true legend. Cant understand why he is not considered top 10 greatest NBA all time players.
I can't understand why he's considered a doctor
He is in that conversation. I put MJ, Wilt, Kobe, Bird, Lebron, Kareem, Magic , Oscar and West safely ahead of him. Then you can slot him anywhere after that.
Lebron put him in his top 3, with jordan and bird
Top 10 most influential players for sure.
Because his best prime years were in the ABA. That's why they need to include those stats in all time stats and people would have a much different perception
My favorite player of all time, to this day.
InsertName125 Goodness. Goodness
I saw Dr . J when he was 20 playing in the old ABA in Indpls. Truly a special gifted athlete made it look so easy ! Met him after the games . A real gentleman , class act ! 😃🙋♂️🏀
Was a middle school basketball player in Chicago during Jordan's rookie season and watched his entire career there. But my first impression of the game was Dr. J as a toddler in the mid 70's, my first basketball idol. Him and Magic are my favorite players.
Great player and a greater man. Julius Erving.
the Doc won my city a nba championship. the only MF ring the sixers will probably ever get while I'm still alive! thanks for the memories doc .. and thanks for that tomahawk dunk you did on michael cooper from the lakers back in the day. 1 of the top 5 best dunks of all time. that dunk has stood it's test of time!
nigga moses won that shit ,he was the best player on the team . but dr j still my nigga tho
I mean you guys got some mean ass rookies, meanwhile here at the wizards we only got beal and he's gonna be good but not hall of fame level. So enjoy the build up since you guys always get good rookies and in the last 10 years our only good drafted player was Wall. I cri.
711marvel he won the new york nets one to in the aba.
plus unless you plan on dying in the next 10 years you'll definitely see us AT LEAST in a conference finals with the young core we have all we really need is a guard and well get that in the draft next year which they say might be the best draft since 96 , okafor led us in scoring and is impossible to guard with his back to the basket, noel was 3rd in defensive mvp voting last year , embiid is looking like a beast , and we get the lakers pick , the chance to switch picks with the kings (thanks hinkie) and our own first rounder and if ben simmons stays healthy on top of all that and can better his shot no one in the league would be able to compete with us period this is the most excited ive ever been about the sixers since they traded the goat in 06
Kenny Jackson You guys are legit so lucky doe that you don't have a dumbass mentality. Out of the last 10 years wizards have 1 player that has played in the all star game. 1. 1!!!!!! WTF.
Growing up in Oregon in the 70s and 80s, the image of Julius that sticks with me always is when The Blazers Maurice Lucas and Sixers Darrell Dawkins squared off in a fight in the 76-77 NBA Finals. Chaos on the court, and the camera pans to Dr, J, sitting down at the opposite free throw line, just waiting patiently to play ball again. Always so smooth, so cool and calm and an athletic wonder. He had his moments as any human does, (I remember one in particular with Larry Bird) but always loved his overall game and demeanor. Lots of class.
Larry Bird started that trying to punk Dr J... The Doctor just didn't take no s***
@@aljackson1228 Haha you're right my man...just because he was classy and quiet doesn't mean he wasn't tough.
Magic may have his shoes, but he has this man to thank. And yes, the Doctor would school him.
I saw that documentary, and thought it was AWESOME!! For those that are saying that Doc was/is overrated, u are forgetting one thing. Yeah, he had some holes in his game...he might not have been the best defender....or the best dribbler!! But was he was and IS, is an inspirational player!! He brought a lot of people TOGETHER! Doc became the "face" of the NBA!! He inspired people like Jordan and so on!! So to criticize his game or say he was overrated isn't fair because AT THAT TIME he was almost the perfect man....not player! Julius Erving was a HERO to alot of young black kids growing up....including myself!
The Doctor was the ABA and he kept the NBA afloat through the late seventies. I always loved his game and always loved how classy he was and has been off the court I got a chance to meet him back in 98 and he was so cool and down to earth.
cflo1386 Man how I envy you!! When I was in college at Memphis State University, which is now the University of Memphis. He came to the school to speak. I found out about it late, the day OF and raced to the auditorium. ...and just missed him!! I was sick and hurt. That was back in 86....
I don't know that he was a bad defender but he liked to gamble on defense and sometimes that backfired on him. Dr. J was just fun to watch.. he had a certain grace, style and intelligence that came with all that athleticism. We haven't seen it since.
@Tony....I can;t believe anyone would call the Doctor overrated!!! Doc had no holes in his game!!!! A class act and soooo much fun to watch!!!
Christopher Socha @ Christopher, hey I agree 300%! I only said he MEY have had some holes in his game because he wasn't perfect. I knew he wasn't THE greatest jump shooter. And also he wasn't THE greatest dribbler. Nobody was a more devoted fan than I!! But I'm a realist too. But to call him OVER RATED is insane!!!
Dr. J is the player that every great player watched and tried to imitate. Jordan and James in particular
I still have a Dr. J Converse poster in my old bedroom at my parent’s house. Room looks the same as it did in the 80’s. Doc was in a NJ Nets #32 jersey. The poster was about five feet by two feet wide. I also had Converse posters of George “The Iceman” Gervin, and Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. I am still a Converse Chuck Taylor wearer. 👍. Sixers will always be my team, because of Doc, Toney, Cheeks, Moses and Bobby Jones.
Dr. J introduced me to the game of basketball; Michael Jordan made me fall in love with it!
In my opinion Dr J was the best. He was also a gentleman.
n he abandoned his daughter yh lol gentleman
Thats why Joe The Destroyer Hammond scored 52 points on Dr J while only playing in the second half.
Kenyon Martin Do you mean his pro tennis player daughter whom he conceived with a sports writer?
adfggffffffddffd yea
Kenyon Martin I don't think he abandoned her he just didn't help raise her. He did provide financial support though and they do have a relationship now. He knocked some chick up when he was married and already had a family of his own and she wanted to keep the baby. The only real moral outrage here is that he cheated on his wife. Don't even know if the sports writer wanted him helping her raise the child.
I gotta come back to this, every once in a while...
I come back specifically for the "wait till Julius get here" line
He was my first sports hero. Actually got to see him when I was in high school! He was nearing the end of his career but drained a halfcourt shot at halftime!
Dr. J was THE MAN!! The first one to hang in the air and do thangs! They call Michael J "His Airness", but Dr. J was the ORIGINAL! Love you Dr. J.
I can remember when Erving was at UMASS. People were talking about the kid at Amherst. Not once, but all over the place constantly. He was that good.
As a native SoCal guy and a man that to this day has continuous love for my man Earvin Magic Johnson, there was one love I had before him......that player was Dr. J....
Someone here recently called Dr. J, the "Jimi Hendrix of basketball." So apropos. Erving left an acquaintance, Coach Al McGuire, dumbfounded at the N.I.T. (then a big deal). Pat Summerall praised him at UMass as the "next Connie Hawkins." So I followed Dr. J with the Virginia Squires. Of course he was spectacular, as well as obscure. This enhanced the ABA mystery about him. There will never be another Dr. J.
I so enjoy watching the great Dr. J, do his thing!!! I still get goosebumps seeing him in all his heavenly greatness!!! Thank you Julius (Dr. J) Irving, you are the best!!!👍👍👍
man i wish shit like this still went on... Street ball isn't basketball anymore... they are two seperate games now, sadly...
Apparently you haven't really watched a "Streetball" game, and watch that "And 1" stuff that they show you. Go to The Rucker in NYC, or 10th and Louden Ave in Philly and watch a game.
I'd love to man, but i dont live in the city lol... thats why i'm sayin i wish it happened where i live... small town in VA... we had our own type of Rucker... haha... where we had to almost get in fights to play, winner stayed on for hours and people came to watch... but that was 10 years ago up here... too much And 1 and Streetball is nothing but dancing with a ball and calling someone out... where i'm from man we win at all cost... yeah that means playing a zone too lol....
It's still like this here in NYC.
man it must be nice... nobody in our community even plays ball outdoor anymore... or plays with this kind of passion
You gotta know where to go. In major cities, street ball is alive and well. Gotta go to places like the Rucker in NYC, or 10th St. Run in Philly
Dr J is Top 10 all-time in raw talent and #1 is pure style and class. Every player who came up after 1970 wanted to be Dr J, and had to settle for whatever they got!
Bitcoin Video University Profound truth my brother
He brought the “fun” to the skilled positions!
So we met again Daniel...
Skilled positions?
You look like kid from kid n play
I'm 53, this cat introduced me to the NBA! Yeah, yeah, 'George Gervin COULD finger roll' but Doc could glide through the air for 15, sometimes minutes....
@@DeVanHelmoski really getting tired of this asshole
Parents nowadays would lose their minds if kids sat like that on the roof hanging from 2 story building.
Yeah because it's unsafe.
lol you act like it's crazy to not want your kids dangling their legs off a 2 story building with no railing. I think you're taking the whole "EVERYONES A SNOWFLAKE NOW" thing to an unbalanced level.
@@KICoasterGuy Facts ifs annoying
They made children tougher back then, they could survive the drop if they fell.
@@theregokd5149 they weren’t pussies back then, they knew what would happen if they fell. Lil suckas today scared of walking with they shoes untied
That behind the backboard layup move he did so many years ago is still the greatest ever.
Thats to amazing to even understand. Being from harlem and seeing all those old pictures, and the crowd this guy drew out is just amazing.
I was fortunate enough to have been born and raised in Philadelphia in the 60's 70's and 80's and growing up watching the 76ers The Doctor Jules Irving " Dr J " was my all time favorite basketball player 🏀
Everyone wanted to be Dr. J, he was fantastic and a CLASS ACT!!!
What a great player! I first saw him live in the ABA playoffs with the then-New York Nets playing against my beloved Kentucky Colonels. Everyone in the arena in Louisville was afraid of what he could do with the ball. I remember the dagger falling with a last second 3 from Dr J, and the crowd just groaned miserably.
I remember back in the day when Doc autographed my poster when he was playing for the 76ers real stand up dude ill never forget that.
My favourite player. What a player. He's the greatest in my eyes. 20 years ahead of his time. Freak!
No one had more swagger than Dr. J in the 70's
See how the crowd was able to gather and enjoy on the roof top in the trees thats a picture of the good old days they say i wasn't born then but looked like fun in the community .
Tom Hoover gotta be tellin stories, dude said he picked up his teeth and put em back in his mouth 😂😂😂
Chivo maybe he has false teeth?
Spitshine Tommy ...maybe at his age now, but I doubt at this time.
He probably had a partial. Not that uncommon back then.
Chivo | A lot of pro athletes have missing teeth some even came out of poverty (poor dental hygiene).
Chivo he played for the knicks.
This is what is missing today in life, authenticity ! Growing up in the 70s in Toronto we used to play soccer before school, recess, lunchtime,recess again and after school and weekends, being Croatian background it is cultural just like these guys in Harlem !
Dr. J was my all - time favorite player, but also a huge fan of "Tiny" Archibald when he played for KC Kings. Hard to even imagine his career scoring stats if they had the three point shot in his day !
Nate "Tiny" Archibald lead the league in SCORING AND ASSISTS '71 - '72 for KC - OMAHA. He was speedy & slick as hell - always one of my favorite players
Greatest ever in my mind.
DAAAAAAAAAYUM!!!! LOOK @ THE CROWD @ THE END!!!
I even saw white kids in the crowd.
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+stpaulimdog i would have been there to watch him if I could ,remeber him well he was ''our generations'' M.Jordan
+TITAN-UP FX (TUFX) CRAZY! ppl on roof up on d trees jus imagine d atmosphere
Magnificent story. That crowd for Dr J was crazy!
My Uncle's( RIP) & My Favorite Pro NBA Superstar Player! Dr. J Is A Really Nice Person When He Signing & Meeting His Fans💯💯💯
Still my absolute favorite basketball player of all time. I moved to Philly early 80s and saw him play for the Sixers many times. He was amazing. As a side anecdote, I was once on a flight from Philly to Denver with the entire Sixers squad (they flew commercial back in those days) and the film shown on the inflight entertainment was Woman in Red. When Gene Wilder checked into the hotel under the name Julius Erving the passengers went crazy with cheers and laughter. He’s a legend.
Dr J, my favorite player of all time. So much fun watching him play.
Drj my hero ❤ too
Dr. J... the greatest who ever touched a basketball ever.. He changed the entire game....
He's the greatest in his era. Lots of players have become better since then. Tony Hawk was the first to do a 900 now there's kids doing 1080s.
Harvey Martin a lot of people don't know Dr J is the prototype for the modern basketball player including MJ he is the mold their built from!
J could elevate, go around a defender, and emerge gracefully on the other side of the rim after momentarily being behind the backboard. It was like he floated in mid-air.
Bird.
Dr. J was a more of a Finese player. MJ was not.
I remember his legendary lay-up in the air, out of bounds ("suspended animation") against the Lakers. Have never seen anything like it before or since. Even when you see it, it's hard to believe!!! Amazing Talent (when the Doctor Operates).
Wow. That was an absolute highlight reel. Thank you.
Dr. J was my favorite nba player growing up. Probably my favorite player of all time.
❤️ love this! Would’ve love to experience it in person. The history of Rucker park... special.
Whew...stuff I never knew about thee most exciting player I've ever seen...loved watching him defy gravity back in the 70s playing for the 76ers...
Edijis: I would like 2 take the moment 2 say " thanku " 4 this video. I'm 65 and u taught me things regarding the " Great Dr. J " that I never knew! This video is so significant 4 the young ones 2 see and 2 watch " greatness personified" in Dr.J and 4 them 2 see themselves in him! There'll never b e another like him! Thanku Godbless.
The original and TRUE " YOUR AIRNESS ".
Hands down my all time favorite player. If it wasn't for the DOCTOR there would not have been a Michael Jordan