While this year's 3-Point Contest sports five All-Stars — Milwaukee Bucks point guard Damian Lillard, New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland, Miami ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest was once Julius Erving’s domain before the torch was passed to Michael Jordan. The ensuing years boasted their share of memorable moments, but there’s nothing that ...

Since the NBA didn't have an All-Star Weekend in ... mandatory and three they could do freestyle. For his standing dunk, Julius Erving took two basketballs and dunked them backward and immediately ...

Part 2 of a look back at LI's best basketball players, a series that goes through seven decades for the boys and five decades ...

"Then, I saw the man who started it all, Julius Erving. He indicated to me I should go the length of the floor and take off from the free-throw line." Wilkins' previous dunk -- a two-handed ...

Julius Erving is one of the best 50 players in NBA history. Many Hall of Famers looked ... drives to the basket to dunk the ball in front of Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird (33) at the Boston ...

The NBA All-Star AT&T Slam Dunk Contest is a competition in which ... by the ABA at its 1976 All-Star Game in Denver, with Julius Erving being the winner. That same year, dunks were allowed ...

HoopsHype came out with the 78 greatest players of all time and Philadelphia 76ers legend Julius Erving popped up at No. 20 on the list: He was 26 by the time he made his NBA debut after years in ...

High-flying, unstoppable future World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductee Julius Erving scores ... defenses throughout the NBA. Erving was famed for his dunks, especially the “Rock The ...