I'm 53 and he is still my favorite player...... period.

The ‘Rock the Baby’ dunk , the speed, the distance he covered with his two steps, the height he reaches and then the finish. Best in game dunk I’ve ever viewed.

He's my favourite basketball player, ever! The man revolutionized the game & it also one of the classiest guys.

To this day, I consider Doc's behind the backboard layup the greatest move of all time. It defies gravity. Not to mention he did it against Kareem in the Finals.

Dr. J was my first NBA hero. Back in the early 80's. He was simply cool, great afro, and had the best dunks and moves. Still my #1 pick.

My favorite Dr. J moment ever: that behind the backboard reverse lay-in against the Lakers. One of the greatest shots ever made, in my opinion.

Doc J ,is my all time favorite, but I think he's still underrated

I had a poster of the thumbnail pic. Dr J is always my basketball idol. He had class, dignity, and great sportsmanship. Truly one of a kind.

My first basketball hero, the one and only Dr. J!

The dunk over Cooper is absolutely a classic! Dr. J and years later Jordan changed the basketball 🏀

That move behind the backboard, ON Kareem, was the GREATEST individual move EVER!

For me, Dr J is the GOAT. He changed the way basketball is played by inventing the high flying type of show basketball that is still being played today. Michael, Kobe and the like took it to another level, but he was the inventor. He's not getting enough credit for that. Thank you for uploading.

He changed the game of this sport hands down.....Jordan came yeeeaarrss later.

Played with Julius at UMASS preseason and postseason with the varsity and others in Boyden Gymnasium from 1969 to 1971. Obviously fantastic experience without truly realizing just how lucky we all were while certainly expecting great things going forward. Best experiences of most of our Basketball "careers" which really didn't exist. Small white guy who couldn't jump but quick, defense and could shoot so was privileged to play. Julius treated all the same and all with respect. All while pulling rebounds off the top of backboards and setting countless fast breaks in motion. Unbelievable experiences and agree, after watching his career, most amazing all around player and contributor to innovation in the history of the NBA.

Thank you, Doc is a Hallmark hero from my childhood 👍✌️

The Doctor was simply the Greatest...I would take him with the first pick at anytime past present of future players... no compares to him...NO ONE! All that followed had their time and moments but the Doctor is forever!

There’s legends but Theeee Legend is Dr. Julius Erving. GOAT who was majestic and was “AIR” long before Air Jordan 🏀

Dr. J put the Show in Showtime. He was spectacular. Showtime in the Spectrum. Off the charts.

I wish commenters wouldn't try to compare him to MJ. They were both unique. The Doctor was the most spectacular player ever for sure. He also was intelligent, well-spoken, sportsmanlike and never boastful. Today's players should learn from how he conducted himself. He has grace and dignity and was awesome

I was 11 years old in 1979 and had converse all stars and Dr. Julius Erving was the man! !!!! To watch him dunk and tear up the court was awesome! !!!! Me and my brothers who at the time lived in Philadelphia used to sing " Dr. J is here to stay! !!!! " lol! !!!! I must say it irritated my mom lol !!!!!

I can write a book about the times I saw Dr. J. in San Antonio live, especially his days with New York Nets, when he was at his high flying youthful best; however, I wanted to pass on my first experience seeing the Doc. I was stationed at Yorktown Coast Guard Station and one night, my buddy Mitch and I went to see the hometown Virginia Squires. It wasn't on April 1, 1972. We were part of about 4000 fans or so. I would kill to have my ticket stub from the game at Hampton Roads Colosseum. This was a playoff game against the Miami Floridians In the pregame, Julius was dunking 2 balls at once, 180° dunks, etc., all to the delight of the crowd. This was a playoff game!! That's why I loved the old ABA! We also noticed when walked in banners reading "Who Needs Charlie, We Got the Doc", referring to Charlie Scott's jumping to the NBA's Boston Celtics. I believe Julius had 38 pts and 15 boards that night. He made a play I have still never seen any other player make. He grabbed a one handed rebound (with his right hand) off the board and in one motion, connected with Fatty Taylor at the other end. I KNEW I was watching one of the greatest players to ever play.

My favorite moment was from before a game. It was 1976 mid-season, The 76er's were in town to play the Denver Nuggets. In warm ups both Dr. J and David (DT, Skywalker) Thompson were doing different dunks. DT would do one and then Dr. J. would follow up, and it continued that way for a few minutes. Some of the best dunks being showcased pre-game. The crowd cheered on both players.

Dr. J will always be my favorite basketball player of all time. Like the video you just watched he did invent a lot of the dunks and moves you see today. And I will always be a Philadelphia 76ers fan. Thank you Doc.

Great video Mr. Johnny. The Dr was everything to everyone. My hero and mentor. When The Doc was paying we stopped what we were doing to watch him play. I was blessed to live near the Nassau coliseum and see this live. Dr. will always be the greatest.

I remember reading in Sports Illustrated a letter to the editor. The 76'ers were playing an afternoon game on a weekday. A father sent his son to school that day with a note that said, "Please excuse my son at noon today. He's going to see the Dr.". I was fortunate enough to see Dr. J. play live for the NY Nets of the ABA at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island. To me, he will always be the greatest! I know others will disagree and that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion.............

Without a doubt, the greatest dunk of all time was performed by Dr. J against Michael Cooper of the Lakers! I have not seen that dunk performed by anyone since. As a matter of fact, never saw that dunk performed by anyone before that game. The man was amazing!

Definitely the dunk of the century...against Michael Cooper..1983 NBA finals...I believe I saw that live..when I was studying at the University of Minnesota..

He was just such a very very cool and smooth dude too. So classy! So glad I got to see him play (just on tv) when I was young. The whole ABA thing was so cool---red, white, blue basketball, the Afro, etc. He is my favorite basketball player ever! It was just awesome!

My favorite Dr. J moment is -- all of them! He is the greatest. As an ABA Kentucky Colonel fan, I was not really disappointed that his super-human play eliminated our team in the 1974 and '76 playoffs on the way to bringing the Nets titles, because Julius brought the ABA so much greatness and pride!

My favorite moment is that he had class off and on the court. Just a great human being that was also a superstar

His stylish fro, the behind the backboard layup, the rock-the-baby slam dunk, and the free-throw line dunk were stellar! My hero. I got my all white hi-cut converse, made in the USA, and wore different colored shoelaces doin' a windmill under the backboard layup thinking I was Dr. J, back in '79-80!

Man ❗ Absolutely Awesome ‼️ What Style & Artistry . 💙

All i can say is Wow Doc was the man.

Dr. J...The Ambassador Of The NBA...." Pure Class ". Magic And Bird Took The NBA To The Next Level.....Dr. J Brought The ABA And NBA Together.

Dr J is one of those GOAT contenders that no one knows about except us old guys who actually saw him play and can put him into historical perspective.

Most exciting player to watch...His moves were remarkable!

I saw him play quite a bit, both live and on television, and he was amazing. Thanks for doing this, some great memories.

I will take him over Bird any day of the week. The Great Julius Erving!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm Born and Raised in Philly, I lived these times!!! And Yet constantly Amazed at the FACT that NO video coverage SPOTLIGHTING Dr.J's 3!!! Consequetive TOMAHAWK DUNKS on the ENTIRE LAKER TEAM!!! Karim, Magic, Worthy, Cooper, etc!!! Those 3 DUNK'S set the Tempo, at the beginning of the Game (in LA, I believe?!?) And SECURD the SWEEP!!! In the NBA Finals that year!!! Any Documentation without this History is Simply Incomplete!!!

Julius Erving was my all time fav player!!!🙌🤙😎🤟🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀👏👏👏

I remember an aba vs NBA all star game. Dr. J makes a steal and breaks to the other end. The only defender was Oscar Robertson who is in the lane in front of the basket. Doc takes off from the free throw line and dunks over him. What I remember most is the look on O's face. He is in a guarding position and his eyes were looking up at the flying object going overhead.

The most exciting high flyer ever!, bar none!!!

I’ve always loved him as a player.. he’s very classy. You’re the best doc.

My favorite...coming around the backboard with a sweet bank shot while Kareem looked stunned.

How was he a "polarizing figure"? That statement was way off! He was, and still is, pure class. 💯%

I grew up in the 80'S...loved to watch the Celtic and Sixers go at it...many great players on both teams...but I must say I loved when Dr.J would come down and make a house call on the opponents home court...Dr.J class act to this day and one of the best to ever play...paved the way for many to play the the way he did..#6 the inventer of the Dunk..

Julius was smooth as silk, One of the best to ever play the game!

My Dad took me to see the Dr. at Madison Square Garden back in the day , phenomenal to say the least and the classiest dude to ever play the game. Salute to the Doctor forever my hero👊🏾

Thanks for posting this. I was blessed to grow up in Philly so I saw many dunks that are not part of Doc's highlights. It was a special time from a special person who also was a great all-around player

The most elegant player in the story of NBA. Man of other times:loyal,faithful,true.

I was happy to see him win a championship to add to his accomplishments!

The magic for DR.J.was his enormous hands and those poetic finger rolls..😆🇨🇦

Just so glad I got to see him play ! .........Master Jedi of the Dunk DR. J !!!!!!!!!

No doubt in my mind. Dr J was THE most spectacular, one of the most unstoppable ever to play basketball!. Even more impressive when u consider he played in the era of 'towers of power' Chamberlain, Jabbar and Walton. I was in awe of him when I was in HS and he in the old ABA

Nba was elavated by erving like no other ever.

So great and so Underrated....To me he was the ''GOAT''.

The 83' Sixers were one of the best all time NBA teams. The Sixers were as dominate as it gets.

This was, is and always will be my favorite athlete, the big fro, come on man!!! Swag before swag!!!!

Grew up in the philly burbs and he was my sports idol. Got to meet him once too. I was definitely star struck! Nice job with this video.

The Doc. Was the best... and the creator of freestyle moves... a true legend

One important note about his MVP award in the 1980-81 season is that it was won during a time that the NBA was still a league dominated by centers. Erving's award was the first time a non-center won MVP since guard Oscar Robertson in the early 1960's. Also, in the 1983 Finals, it was Erving who made the clutch plays in the championship-clinching Game 4, scoring 7 points in the last 2 minutes, including stealing the ball and dunking it to tie the game, then converting a three-point play on a fastbreak with less than a minute play to give the Sixers the lead for the first time since the first quarter. Then when Jabbar made a free throw to cut the Sixers' lead to 1, Erving sealed it with a jumper over Magic Johnson.

Dr. J the reason I fell in Love with Basketball, there were a lot of great moments I witnessed in Doc's career and one of them was the 1982 Eastern conf. Finals game 7 were Doc came on a fast break and dunked on Bird and the ball bounced off Birds head, the Sixers would go on to win that game and reach the finals. At the time of his retirement after the 86 season Dr. J was the only non center to have over 30,000 points in The ABA & NBA Combined.

The excitement of being a young kid home watching the game and actually witnessing the rock the baby dunk. I went crazy in my house!

Man!!! So glad you included my fav dunk in this video.... first all star game after the merger... up and over Kareem!! Dunk contests are ok... but the innovation and to do it in a live game... THATS why he’s always going to be the Doctor!!

I remember when he used to come over to the house. My dad play with him and won the ABA Championship in 1976. None of those highlights that they showed their are my favorite. My favorite moment was when Mr. Irving as I had to call him, would come over for dinner at the house. Then we would talk , about any everything. That's my favorite moment. Julius Erving is just an all-time all around awesome person. I salute him and take my hat off to him. His career speaks for itself, If you know basketball you know Dr. J is one of the all-time greats no question. His game was way ahead of his time.

True goat right here no word about it!!!!

Part basketball player Part acrobat Part ballet dancer. Dr J is still my all time favorite. No one past, present or future will equal him.

Iconic and the best dunker of all time

The NBA fans never saw the real Dr. J......he flew higher in the ABA when he was younger.

Dr J was something special. Dunking is routine now, but he made it into an art form. With his huge hands and his flair for athletic moves that were unique to him, he would swoop to the basket with the ball palmed and his arm fully extended high above his head, then slam it through from various side angles and straight flushes. The man's game was breathtaking.

Happy that the doc got his ring. I’m a lakers fan and even though the lakers got swept in that series it was one of the great memories of the game. Dr. J you change basketball and thank you for playing it.

Julius Erving,, damn near saved the NBA all by himself, he was the show and the first to get a shoe contract. 💯 Class act and one of the greatest showman to ever play

Much respect to the legend DR.J.

Before Jordan before Lebron before Kobe there was 'THE DOCTOR'!!!.. He made house calls in every arena of the ABA & the NBA.... Grace, style, power, & finesse. One of if not the greatest to ever lace 'em up.

Born in 1968, and in a time with almost no social media....certain people were viewed and reputations developed. Dr.J was and always will be one of the true LEGENDS of the game. He displayed class,dignity and sportsmanship despite having a style with incredible flair and he did things that had never been done by anyone.To this day there are things he did that are absolutely unique that no one has ever done.He could run and fast break like a GLOBETROTTER, YET HE WAS RESPECTFUL AND HE HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HUMILITY. BEFORE MAGIC AND BIRD CAME ALONG, DR.J. WAS IT. TO ME ITS THOSE 3 before M.J Came along. The battles in the 80s between Doc.Magic and Bird every season for the championship were awesome. Also, I kinda think the A.B.A was the all time best alternative major sport league, considering all the H.O.F amers that started there and were ALL STARS In the NBA. LIKE DOCTOR J. wasThe man could do it all, and he took over games at times. He was that great. Kinds like MJ, Although different as a player, and he doesn’t have the 6-0 finals record as MVP every time. There is NO WAY that anyone who has watched basketball long enough to see the doctor play can leave him off of any all time team

Air what ? This is AIR .... and GRACE .... absolutely WONDERFUL .... the pioneer of all moves ....

Thanks for doing this for my favorite player ever

Just getting to play Dr.J vs Larry Bird on my computer was awesome! One of the first stars of basketball to have their own video game. Dr.J is a Legend!

The smoothest brother to ever play this game!!÷ LEGEND!÷÷

The real goat “ the most devastating dunk I have ever seen is his rock the baby over cooper that was fantastic! HOLLA 🤙🏿!

DR. J Fans and those who claim to be NBA fans Remember this. Doc saved the NBA not Bird and Magic! Doc sold out everywhere he went for three straight years! The word was, you must go and see Dr. J, he will do something you have never seen before and may never see again! That is True Greatness!

The greatest shot that I saw from Dr.J was one that he missed.My friend Kenny and I went to the Garden to see him play against the Knicks.He grabbed the rebound from the missed basket drove the length of the floor was all alone and could have easily dunked the ball and that would have been the highlight itself. Not Dr.J,he took ever opportunity to give fans their money's worth when you come to see him play.As I was saying he comes past the top of the key and it appears he is going to lay the ball up for a high flying layup but as he gets close to the basket he takes the ball away from the rim as he is approaching it and brings it back to the right side of his hip and on his flight down he brings it back up past the rim to kiss the glass inside the box.The ball spins around the rim a few times and spills out! He didn't make the shot, but everybody in the Garden including Knicks Fans were in awe and we applauded because he entertained you on the court by bringing a different basketball move that you have never seen before! Jordan is one of the greatest players however,if given the choice to see one or the other I would chose Dr.J. I think this way because I heard a broadcaster, I think it was Brent Musenburger pay him the highest complement during one game that Dr.J was making highlight moves throughout the game when he said something to the effect: I should pay to watch his performance today! He went on to say he was the most exciting player to watch because you didn't know what Dr.J would do once he got the ball but you knew it was going to be something incredible!

He asked us to call him Julius. Me, just a guy lucky enough to play golf in a tournament for retired NBA players with one of the finest, nicest gentleman I have ever had the good fortune to meet. I had a million questions but basically couldn't speak. And when Bill Russell asked me if he could join us for lunch, I almost passed out. I would have started by asking them about playing in the 60's, race relations, then and now. Then tell them my favorite player back then was Hal Greer because he shot free throws with a jump shot. :) I tell this story to as many kids that will listen. Moments in life never forgotten for a fortunate kid.

The basketball archetype of poetry in motion! My hero when I was a kid playing b-ball!

One thing I wish they had done was kept the ABA ball for play in the NBA. Something about the colors make the moves look that much better.

Dr J ..😎 Goat

A basketball legend! No one compares! :)

Got to talk to him at the NBA finals. So very nice and always had that smile.

One of the all time greatest in the game and a true gentleman. The man who brought the game above the rim. Hats off Mr. Erving and thank you. 🙏🏻

as great as he was in the NBA in the ABA. He was simply amazing, a basketball legend and great class

The smile on Doc's face when Mo Cheeks dunks at the end of Game 4 vs. LA in 1983.

The dunk over Bill Walton in a Championship game was pretty amazing.

My favorite is when Doc dunked over Michael Cooper!

The best!

Late 70s as a 10 or 12 yr old I got to see 76ers in Atlanta. The Hawks put Dr J on the program cover. That’s respect. He missed a baseline jumper in final seconds and Hawks won by 2. I stood outside visitors locker room for 30 min with 100 others and Dr J signed EVERY autograph request. After a gut wrenching loss. On the road. Already idolized him as a player. That made me appreciate him as even more.

Oh Man,..I grew up in the Bay Area,..in the East Bay ,.in Warriors country (still loved the DUbs) but growin up in the 70's and 80's,.The Sixers were my team and Dr. j was a 6 poster in my room. I lived and breathed those Sixer teams and I will forever be a Sixers AND Dr. J fan,..he was AMAZING,..

It's simply amazing how people can trick their minds to believe that the NBA represented the "finest" basketball talent of that era. The ABA was pure entertainment. Watching the NBA at that time and before the huge influx of African American players was akin to watching paint dry. Julius Erving - The Best to ever do it. #Amerikkka

Well done young man. Fantastic piece you put together. Much kudos.💪👊👍

I still can't believe just how down to Earth this #NBALEGEND is was when I meet him last week in Las Vegas. What a HONOR it was for him to just be in his presence. #ROCKTHEBABY IS MY FAVORITE!!!!🏀

All of em are my favorite! I was blessed to grow up watching him! So cool! And still the man in my book. The others cant compare. Class and humility... thats the difference