Dr. J doesn't get a lot of credit for keeping the ABA and NBA afloat during the seventies and early eighties and certainly doesn't get a lot credit for being one the old time greats, but those who grew up watching him know how great he was.
You are so true, most refer to Magic and Bird era, but it was Dr.j that kept things together during the late 70's and early 80's ! Give the man his flowers!
Jordan did it his way But Julius flew through the air with such smoothness The Doctor was Mr smoothness And total class act a superior gentleman Doc you're the class of the NBA in you're day and these days .Jordan was a cocky sob Had class but no were the class Julius Erving had and still to this day has .And thanks Doc for watching the 76ers on TBS in those cold winter nights in the 80s I love you doc
MAN...Dr.J w/ big fro..red white n blue ball goin to the hoop with the palm floater finger roll..just poetry in motion right there...and the epitome of old school...that ..will ALWAYS be fresh...
There have been a few truly spectacular players going to the hoop in the history of basketball but none were smoother and more dominant than Dr J. His ability to soar, improvise, power dunk, and simply lay the ball in at impossible angles was second to none. I first saw Dr J when he was in the ABA on a UHF channel in the ABA playoffs and I was mesmerized by how he could finish at the rim above players much taller, it was incredible. The world finally saw Dr J on full display against the Blazers and Bill Walton in the NBA finals and his power aerial act was amazing. MJ and Dominique were awesome but they were not better than a prime Doc finishing in the paint.
Your comment has my unadulterated unmitigated full and complete support. Sadly, I didn't get to see Dr. J until the NBA swallowed the ABA whole. I drew the low card and grew up on the west ocean. For 5 years Dr. J was only a rumor. But I did see his last 11 seasons with the 76ers.
Dr. J was truly way ahead of his time. An incridle player with acrobatic finishes at the rim and a touch of flash as well. Seems like Magic adopted some of Julius Erving's tricks but Magic wasnt as athletic as Dr. J.
Lol because he's no where near close to the best. Don't get me wrong he's one of my favorites but doesn't hold a candle to Jordan, Lebron, Magic, Durant, Harden, Bird etc etc
I saw him play in Nassau Coliseum as a kid. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. He just floated in the air. In one dunk he didn’t come up or down but was suspended in the air for what seemed like several seconds. Dr. J will always be the greatest basketball player in my book. If he took 30 shots a game who would have the same stats as Jordan but he shared the ball. An amazingly humble man and a living icon. Also a believer in Christ Jesus. To God be the Glory.
best ever, i got Dr j on my all time nba first team shaq, bird, dr j, mike jordan, magic lebron six man and kareem. show me a better highlight real. hes the best. led nets in rebounding and scoring and assists before nba.
that dunk over cooper at 5:00 min and that slow motion one at 5:16 are two of the best I have ever seen, yes he challenged center like no 1 before or since
the smoothest, coolest , hippist, ever, with a flair seldom seen . highlight reel before Jordan, or D Wilkins.. underrated just in sense jordan got so much more props and endorsements. but the Dr really helped to popularize. the NBA , and was an embassador to the game ..top five forward alltime imho
I was at that game against the Lakers when he "flew" along the baseline then flipped it in off the backboard. My brother asks me, "WHO made that shot?" I answered, "Who's the ONLY player on the court that could even ATTEMPT that shot?" He then says, " Dr.J" I then said, "Yep!" LOL
Joey McKinney Sports Illustrated once described that move as being a U-turn in mid-air the size of Guatemala. In a sea of jaw-dropping career highlights, it was his signature move.
Yes I remember it always telling everyone the one only greatest Dr J n against the Lakers real dream team 80s THANK YOU DR J 4 THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF REAL BASKETBALL GAME S
NOBODY can do today the things Dr J did. He dunked over 7 footers ( the good ones of the past, not the nobody's of today) MORE times than any other player! It is obvious that most of the people in these threads have never even seen a 7'2" guy, more so to do a lay up in front of him! Westbrook or Lebron are superb but Dr J did all his staff against a packed defense were everyone was waiting to stop him! He was smooth and could really fly in the air having complete control of his body and aware of the defense. Most of his moves were his own and now every body can copy them. He made dunking an offensive weapon and mastered it like no one else. Todays NBA is very weak. I am European and former bball player and we lough when we see clowns from Europe playing in the NBA. Some of them don't even make minor teams in Europe! Dr J , Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Russell and others would have a field day playing against them! Derrick Rose played 3 years ago with team USA in the Fiba World Championship in Turkey. See the videos of his performance! He was blocked and made more turnovers than my grandmother. If he is the leagues top guard then something is wrong in the magic world of the NBA!
Dr. J coming into the NBA with 76er's gave up a lot of his one-on-one game to blend in the team. I sometime wish the Net's hadn't had to trade him to come into the league. We would have seen even more than what we saw.
Like the 'Zink' Dave Zinkoff would announce: From! The University Of Mazzachushetts, Number six, Captain of the Philadelphia 76ahs - Julius ... The Doctah ... Errrrrrvvvviiiing!!! Innovator. Revolutionary. Class act. The finest of his time. Period. Respect - Jah Bless. ~ D. (the 4th Letter)
I loved dr. J. My favorite player as a kid. That last dunk that ends this video is one of the sickest things I've ever seen. I had forgotten about that one.
My idol growing up! Doc could just glide to the hoop so effortlessly and finger roll....or he could throw it down with authority. I still miss watching him on the court!
Doc is my all time favorite B-Ball player. The way he could play behind the backboard is incredible! I have been a bulls fan my whole life being from the Windy City but the Doctor is my fav bar none!
The DR., had the biggest hands of any man at 6'6", that I've ever seen. You don't see guys taking the ball off the dribble now days. The Sixers actually paid 6 million dollars to get him.....worth every dollar............
Thanks for posting. I went to almost every Sixers home game from 1980 through 1983 including playoffs. Dr J is the all-time greatest at the Finger roll.
Darth Tom double G!! ICEMAN!! George Gervin! Docs' roll was nice. Didn't use it much. BIG DIPPER! had uh good roll also. But Gerv! Man... ICE is the IMPERIAL WIZARD! of the FINGER ROLL!
In 1976 when the NBA & ABA merged I was in 8th or 9th grade and getting the opportunity to finally to see the Dr. J was something of legend. He almost by himself saved the image and brought new life into the NBA. I don't care who is supposed to be better than who, because Doc was the standard bearer for the modern high flying era players that followed. He truly revoutionized the game in so many ways and that's his greatest contribution. I've still not seen some of things he did duplicated.
Sure, he's good; but Dr. Chapstick was probably better, or at least equally as good. Their styles are extremely similar, and J stole a lot of Chapstick's innovations.
Julius Erving started out his ABA career as a tidal wave: brute force imposing its sheer will on anything in front of it, especially during his years with the Nets. Like a wave, he wasn't particularly refined, just fast and powerful and no obstacle could slow his onslaught. By the late '70s (and a year or two after being traded to the '76ers) however, he morphed into a magician. Sure, there were still elements of power in his game, but his new refined style was so visually appealing, so smooth, so unique in basketball history, that you almost didn't notice the strength. While he and Michael Jordan are often times compared to one another, it's often for the wrong reasons. The similarity between the two comes from Jordan's two acts, just as Dr. J had two. Jordan started out looking like Erving's magic act, with acrobatics and highlight reel moves. Since he played during the tail end of Dr. J's career, the basketball universe naturally established a link between the two, a passing of the torch between the two players. As he grew and aged, Jordan also morphed his game. Interestingly, his metamorphosis was almost the exact opposite of Erving's: he went from an on the court magician to an unstoppable force. Sure, there were still cool moves to his game, but it wasn't about acrobatics anymore, it was about imposing his will to win.
Dr. J never got credit for his great defense. Most people don't realize that the majority of his great dunks came from him playing great defense by blocking a shot or getting a steal. He will always be my favorite player of all time.
@Bonswally I'M Dr.Js' biggest fan and while MJ may have surrpassed him in numbers,championships and accolades he will never come close to him on originality, class and gracefullness both as a player and as a human being!!!
Great video and perfect blend of music for a Dr. J highlight video. I wish someone would do a 30 for 30 on Dr. J because he's almost a forgotten legend of the NBA. He helped the NBA get through the turbulent 70's and was the biggest star before Magic and Bird arrived in 1979. Thanks for the flashback Bonswally.
Without the Dr..There would of never been an MJ...Dr. J's hands where incredibly large...Check out the Cover of S.I. and put your hand up against it...Amazing
Two words, "Finger Roll". When was the last time any of us saw graceful finger roll layups like these? Nowadays, it's all about power dunks, fadeaway jumpers, and three pointers. No one attacks the basket as aggressively anymore while maintaining grace and elegance. Dr. J, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic, and MJ. I think it all ended when MJ retired.
Who do you think Jordan was watching when he was growing up and trying to emulate. What an ignorant comment. What? were you born in 1990. More than likely.
@@blahblahblackshee879 ...I totally agree with you one-thousand percent. That ridiculous comment, "He was Jordan before there was a Jordan" is undoubtedly annoying.
He came into the restaurant I manage with Ozzie Smith and Ken Sizemore Sunday night after a charity golf game. Super nice. My inner 5 year old was doing back flips
you do realize that this man was the Michael Jordan of his time. The man scored over 30,000 points and led his team to a championship and was a perinial all star. That my friend is not being overrated. In fact, all of Michael jordans moves came from dr j. you my friend don't know shit about basketball. you probably think that a free throw is something you win in a ticket drawing
A 30,000+ career point scorer and 3x champion is less skilled than an 8 pt/gm player for 6 teams as a 10-day contract/waiver-wire nomad . . . halfway through restating your argument I've already given ample proof of its silliness. If perceptive, you would see non-fast-breaking examples here and use common sense to figure 30,000 probably involved a couple moves to the basket. Sorry you can't tell the difference between TH-cam clips & reality. Hey, your waste of time prediction was right, though.
Dr. J embodied grace and style on and off the court. He invented the 'posterization'! I am an NBA fan because of him, I still have news clippings and magazines from the 70s and 80s. I think the reason I am such a Kobe fan is because he has that refined game that makes the most routine jumpshot or layup a thing of beauty. Jordan with all his athleticism had more of 'nasty' game. The players I always liked the most were smooth: Kareem, Gervin, Olajuwon, English, Magic, The Doc and KB.
I see TOTALLY where Jordan got his moves from. Funny how it becomes a full circle and evolution of the style they played. DR. J, then Jordan, Then Kobe, and now LeBron. Jordan of course.....mastered it.
In my life time the first "leaping" NBA player was the great Bill Russell. But Dr. J was the first player I recall to achieve serious hang time. I was in college watching with friends the famous jump across the lane shot from behind the board. It was mind blowing at the time. We truly had never seen anything like that. Still my favorite basketball memory.
Sad thing is the NBA never got to see "THE REAL DR. J". Doc admitted that his best days were behind him when he entered the NBA as far as grabbing a rebound and going the length of the court for a dunk..His knees weren't what they once were...Scary thought.
@187murder1000 i agree. i was blessed to be able to watch the dr as a teenager back in the late 70s early 80s. he did things players today can't do, not blake griffin, lebron or d wade. nobody was smoother or cooler on the court than the good dr.
bill russel's the best defender/champion of all time. dr j is the most talented player of all time. he made the sport artful. jordan was like half and half in basketball's coffee.
Never seen anyone seem to so enjoy being in the air . . even Michael, he looked like he had to work to get up there, Dr J just glides into flight and I love it :))))))
Once he cut the fro it seemed like his game was not the same.It almost seems like he lost some of his strength.He is still arguably my favorite basketball player of all time.
Dr. J doesn't get a lot of credit for keeping the ABA and NBA afloat during the seventies and early eighties and certainly doesn't get a lot credit for being one the old time greats, but those who grew up watching him know how great he was.
You are so true, most refer to Magic and Bird era, but it was Dr.j that kept things together during the late 70's and early 80's ! Give the man his flowers!
Well said
Jordan did it his way But Julius flew through the air with such smoothness The Doctor was Mr smoothness And total class act a superior gentleman Doc you're the class of the NBA in you're day and these days .Jordan was a cocky sob Had class but no were the class Julius Erving had and still to this day has .And thanks Doc for watching the 76ers on TBS in those cold winter nights in the 80s I love you doc
The dunk over Gross is just phenomenal
MAN...Dr.J w/ big fro..red white n blue ball goin to the hoop with the palm floater finger roll..just poetry in motion right there...and the epitome of old school...that ..will ALWAYS be fresh...
All his moves were smooth like silk!!
6:28 personal favorite
There have been a few truly spectacular players going to the hoop in the history of basketball but none were smoother and more dominant than Dr J. His ability to soar, improvise, power dunk, and simply lay the ball in at impossible angles was second to none. I first saw Dr J when he was in the ABA on a UHF channel in the ABA playoffs and I was mesmerized by how he could finish at the rim above players much taller, it was incredible. The world finally saw Dr J on full display against the Blazers and Bill Walton in the NBA finals and his power aerial act was amazing. MJ and Dominique were awesome but they were not better than a prime Doc finishing in the paint.
Your comment has my unadulterated unmitigated full and complete support.
Sadly, I didn't get to see Dr. J until the NBA swallowed the ABA whole.
I drew the low card and grew up on the west ocean. For 5 years Dr. J was only a rumor.
But I did see his last 11 seasons with the 76ers.
@@characterunderconstruction5891 Well, if you saw Dr J in the late '70s then you saw a GREAT player.
The man is jimmy Hendrix of basketball
holla vince love dr j fancy moves to the basket, the a it airwalker
I been saying that for years bro---Dr.j =Hendrix=Bruce Lee
Best to ever do it. Before MJ there was a Dr. J. He started the modern day style of play so he has to be crowned the best
The One and Only DR J; The Baddest Basketball Player Ever!!
BILAL ALEEM MUHAMMAD i love dr j too could put on a aiir show fancy moves toward the basket
His jumping ability...hands size...body & weight...and body control = AMAZING!!! THE ORIGIN OF FLIGHT TIME!!!
Greatest dunker of all time imo
The smoothest cat ever!
The dunk over Michael Cooper is the greatest dunk ever! Oh Doctor!
So smooth, elegant, graceful, stylish, and cool. The perfect player aesthetically.
Dr. J was truly way ahead of his time. An incridle player with acrobatic finishes at the rim and a touch of flash as well. Seems like Magic adopted some of Julius Erving's tricks but Magic wasnt as athletic as Dr. J.
i also thought of the smoothness of magic, but with more emphasis on attacking
Honestly don't know why he gets left out of the best ever conversation. Dude was "air" before Jordan just saying.
When you add showmanship to the equation, and why wouldn't you, Dr J is certainly among the very best of all time.
Taylor Charles love dr j fancy moves toward the basket he to like to palm the basketball and bank jump shots
Lol because he's no where near close to the best. Don't get me wrong he's one of my favorites but doesn't hold a candle to Jordan, Lebron, Magic, Durant, Harden, Bird etc etc
@@thegoon3088 of you think he isnt better than Harden or LBJ...idk what to tell ya
@@ElectricCool Dude The Doc was my absolute fave, but he doesn't hold a candle to Bron
It is so obvious as to how much Jordan learned from this man. And while MJ is intense, Doc J is just a lot smoother. lol
And he appears to use very little effort! 😏
Elegance meets grace, you will never see another baller like the doctor
The background song is pimp as shit.
I said the same thing!!!!
I been head-noddin' all the way through it
I grew up watching watching Doc...seen all his highlight reels and still in total awe??? The Original Above The Rim Wizard...hands down!!!
I saw him play in Nassau Coliseum as a kid. It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. He just floated in the air. In one dunk he didn’t come up or down but was suspended in the air for what seemed like several seconds. Dr. J will always be the greatest basketball player in my book. If he took 30 shots a game who would have the same stats as Jordan but he shared the ball. An amazingly humble man and a living icon. Also a believer in Christ Jesus. To God be the Glory.
The origin of hang time Jordan couldn't float through the air like the doctor
Original Skywalker
my favorite player of all time
best ever, i got Dr j on my all time nba first team shaq, bird, dr j, mike jordan, magic lebron six man and kareem. show me a better highlight real. hes the best. led nets in rebounding and scoring and assists before nba.
Like Shaq said. Dr. J was the original, Jordan was the remix.
that dunk over cooper at 5:00 min and that slow motion one at 5:16 are two of the best I have ever seen, yes he challenged center like no 1 before or since
had style way before it was cool
the smoothest, coolest , hippist, ever, with a flair seldom seen . highlight reel before Jordan, or D Wilkins.. underrated just in sense jordan got so much more props and endorsements. but the Dr really helped to popularize. the NBA , and was an embassador to the game ..top five forward alltime imho
@5:20 LOL. you know it's badass when the dude trying to block Dr. j has his elbow above the rim.....and he STILL got posterized! Haha
I was at that game against the Lakers when he "flew" along the baseline then flipped it in off the backboard. My brother asks me, "WHO made that shot?" I answered, "Who's the ONLY player on the court that could even ATTEMPT that shot?" He then says, " Dr.J" I then said, "Yep!" LOL
Joey McKinney Sports Illustrated once described that move as being a U-turn in mid-air the size of Guatemala.
In a sea of jaw-dropping career highlights, it was his signature move.
Yes I remember it always telling everyone the one only greatest Dr J n against the Lakers real dream team 80s THANK YOU DR J 4 THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF REAL BASKETBALL GAME S
I’ll never ever forget that shot! I was trying to duplicate it on the playground the next day.
most stylish, smoothest , coolest , can go on and on..and true ambassador to the game ..a master with the ball..
I used to try to do everything the Doc did, I wished on stars to be 6"6 .. LOL
Dr. J - THE GOAT!!!
In a class of his own! I grew up watching him and he is still amazing to this day!
the believe young aba doctor j was just about as great as anyone who's ever played the game.
You are right. He is a freakish athlete and fundamentally sound.
Absolutely he bought that "high-flying" element to the game...and those Philly LA wars were unforgettable...
No doubt.
Dr.j the airwalk, love dr.j bank shot
As a kid, I would get goose bumps everytime they announced his name at the Spectrum. Julius "The Doccctahh" Errrrrrrrrrrvvvving!!!
We couldn’t wait for Sunday afternoon basketball on tv, especially when Doc was the main attraction!
Yes sir
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Dr. J is smoother than the song playing in the video!
Nice music!!! The whole time I'm watching this, I'm just nodding my head in approval.
He defies gravity!!
The musical score is the perfect complement. For the record, it's "Moai Message (In Dub)" by Jestofunk.
thanks....gonna put a porno in my VCR now.
Now this man was the all time greatest he's like a old time Michael Jordan.
Miss watching basketball like that. So
different.
Extremely athletic player!
The smoothest and coolest player of all time.
"Rock the Cradle" dunk on Michael Cooper best in game dunk ever!!
NOBODY can do today the things Dr J did. He dunked over 7 footers ( the good ones of the past, not the nobody's of today) MORE times than any other player! It is obvious that most of the people in these threads have never even seen a 7'2" guy, more so to do a lay up in front of him! Westbrook or Lebron are superb but Dr J did all his staff against a packed defense were everyone was waiting to stop him! He was smooth and could really fly in the air having complete control of his body and aware of the defense. Most of his moves were his own and now every body can copy them. He made dunking an offensive weapon and mastered it like no one else. Todays NBA is very weak. I am European and former bball player and we lough when we see clowns from Europe playing in the NBA. Some of them don't even make minor teams in Europe! Dr J , Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Russell and others would have a field day playing against them! Derrick Rose played 3 years ago with team USA in the Fiba World Championship in Turkey. See the videos of his performance! He was blocked and made more turnovers than my grandmother. If he is the leagues top guard then something is wrong in the magic world of the NBA!
your words are so tru pete
Ok but Lebron is better lol
Dr. J coming into the NBA with 76er's gave up a lot of his one-on-one game to blend in the team. I sometime wish the Net's hadn't had to trade him to come into the league. We would have seen even more than what we saw.
Greatest finger roll known to man
when the DOC was ON.....he was as GOOD as ANYONE in basketball history !!!!
Like the 'Zink' Dave Zinkoff would announce:
From!
The University Of Mazzachushetts,
Number six,
Captain of the Philadelphia 76ahs -
Julius ... The Doctah ... Errrrrrvvvviiiing!!!
Innovator. Revolutionary. Class act. The finest of his time. Period.
Respect - Jah Bless. ~ D. (the 4th Letter)
Yes indeed. 215
I loved dr. J. My favorite player as a kid. That last dunk that ends this video is one of the sickest things I've ever seen. I had forgotten about that one.
The Man, who defies Gravity...
My idol growing up! Doc could just glide to the hoop so effortlessly and finger roll....or he could throw it down with authority. I still miss watching him on the court!
All I can do I shake my head...I'm speechless.
Now we know where Jordan stole all his moves from
Doc is my all time favorite B-Ball player. The way he could play behind the backboard is incredible! I have been a bulls fan my whole life being from the Windy City but the Doctor is my fav bar none!
The Doctor had the best moves back in the day,and a great fro too.
Smoothest Cat to ever play the game!
The DR., had the biggest hands of any man at 6'6", that I've ever seen. You don't see guys taking the ball off the dribble now days. The Sixers actually paid 6 million dollars to get him.....worth every dollar............
He's truly a doctor!
He had moves that today's players still can't imitate. Sorry MJ, Lebron, and whoever. This guy was the greatest. He changed the game as we know it.
Anyone got the name of the song? Dr J plus quality old school funk instrumentals equals awesome in disgusting quantities
Thanks for posting. I went to almost every Sixers home game from 1980 through 1983 including playoffs. Dr J is the all-time greatest at the Finger roll.
Darth Tom double G!! ICEMAN!! George Gervin! Docs' roll was nice. Didn't use it much. BIG DIPPER! had uh good roll also. But Gerv! Man... ICE is the IMPERIAL WIZARD! of the FINGER ROLL!
In 1976 when the NBA & ABA merged I was in 8th or 9th grade and getting the opportunity to finally to see the Dr. J was something of legend. He almost by himself saved the image and brought new life into the NBA. I don't care who is supposed to be better than who, because Doc was the standard bearer for the modern high flying era players that followed. He truly revoutionized the game in so many ways and that's his greatest contribution. I've still not seen some of things he did duplicated.
Sure, he's good; but Dr. Chapstick was probably better, or at least equally as good. Their styles are extremely similar, and J stole a lot of Chapstick's innovations.
Julius Erving started out his ABA career as a tidal wave: brute force imposing its sheer will on anything in front of it, especially during his years with the Nets. Like a wave, he wasn't particularly refined, just fast and powerful and no obstacle could slow his onslaught.
By the late '70s (and a year or two after being traded to the '76ers) however, he morphed into a magician. Sure, there were still elements of power in his game, but his new refined style was so visually appealing, so smooth, so unique in basketball history, that you almost didn't notice the strength.
While he and Michael Jordan are often times compared to one another, it's often for the wrong reasons. The similarity between the two comes from Jordan's two acts, just as Dr. J had two. Jordan started out looking like Erving's magic act, with acrobatics and highlight reel moves. Since he played during the tail end of Dr. J's career, the basketball universe naturally established a link between the two, a passing of the torch between the two players. As he grew and aged, Jordan also morphed his game. Interestingly, his metamorphosis was almost the exact opposite of Erving's: he went from an on the court magician to an unstoppable force. Sure, there were still cool moves to his game, but it wasn't about acrobatics anymore, it was about imposing his will to win.
Lovely!!! The days when a finger roll could be smooth and sexy. LoL.
Dr. J never got credit for his great defense. Most people don't realize that the majority of his great dunks came from him playing great defense by blocking a shot or getting a steal. He will always be my favorite player of all time.
@Bonswally
I'M Dr.Js' biggest fan and while MJ may have surrpassed him in numbers,championships and accolades he will never come close to him on originality, class and gracefullness both as a player and as a human being!!!
Great video and perfect blend of music for a Dr. J highlight video. I wish someone would do a 30 for 30 on Dr. J because he's almost a forgotten legend of the NBA. He helped the NBA get through the turbulent 70's and was the biggest star before Magic and Bird arrived in 1979. Thanks for the flashback Bonswally.
What's amazing (well, not the only thing) is how Dr. J would have to maneuver to avoid hitting his head on the backboard on so many of his dunks!
most stylish, smoothest , coolest , can go on and on..and true ambassador's to the game ..a master with the ball..
truly ahead of his time. doctor j was a true franchise player.
Without the Dr..There would of never been an MJ...Dr. J's hands where incredibly large...Check out the Cover of S.I. and put your hand up against it...Amazing
The one and only.... The Doc.... Who brought street ball to the NBA!!
Two words, "Finger Roll". When was the last time any of us saw graceful finger roll layups like these? Nowadays, it's all about power dunks, fadeaway jumpers, and three pointers. No one attacks the basket as aggressively anymore while maintaining grace and elegance. Dr. J, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic, and MJ. I think it all ended when MJ retired.
Finger rolls indeed! A beautiful shot, and with his hands, I would think perfectly natural.
The michael jordan before michael jordan
No just no. Dr.J is his own man . Jordan is Jordan and leave it at that.
Who do you think Jordan was watching when he was growing up and trying to emulate. What an ignorant comment. What? were you born in 1990. More than likely.
@@blahblahblackshee879 ...I totally agree with you one-thousand percent. That ridiculous comment, "He was Jordan before there was a Jordan" is undoubtedly annoying.
Smooth as silk.
What a great compilation! Great music as well!
He came into the restaurant I manage with Ozzie Smith and Ken Sizemore Sunday night after a charity golf game. Super nice. My inner 5 year old was doing back flips
0:41-0:45..... Smooth.
#1: Dr J
#2: Jordan
#3: Magic Johnson
#4: Kareem abdul jabbar
#5: Kobe
Pizza god I absolutely agree with you...
When he was on the Nets in the ABA he was devastating. Only person similar before him was Connie Hawkins.
you do realize that this man was the Michael Jordan of his time. The man scored over 30,000 points and led his team to a championship and was a perinial all star. That my friend is not being overrated. In fact, all of Michael jordans moves came from dr j. you my friend don't know shit about basketball. you probably think that a free throw is something you win in a ticket drawing
A 30,000+ career point scorer and 3x champion is less skilled than an 8 pt/gm player for 6 teams as a 10-day contract/waiver-wire nomad . . . halfway through restating your argument I've already given ample proof of its silliness. If perceptive, you would see non-fast-breaking examples here and use common sense to figure 30,000 probably involved a couple moves to the basket. Sorry you can't tell the difference between TH-cam clips & reality. Hey, your waste of time prediction was right, though.
Dr. J embodied grace and style on and off the court. He invented the 'posterization'! I am an NBA fan because of him, I still have news clippings and magazines from the 70s and 80s. I think the reason I am such a Kobe fan is because he has that refined game that makes the most routine jumpshot or layup a thing of beauty. Jordan with all his athleticism had more of 'nasty' game. The players I always liked the most were smooth: Kareem, Gervin, Olajuwon, English, Magic, The Doc and KB.
I see TOTALLY where Jordan got his moves from. Funny how it becomes a full circle and evolution of the style they played. DR. J, then Jordan, Then Kobe, and now LeBron. Jordan of course.....mastered it.
im 50 everybody tried to be like Dr J, you asked all the players who grew up in the 70s and they will tell you that
Moves? Offense? Hakeem Ojuwon? Best? Yes?
Take Kobe out of your "top 5" sentence.
gologabob he and kevin McHale, who had some of the best post up moves the nba has ever seen
In my life time the first "leaping" NBA player was the great Bill Russell. But Dr. J was the first player I recall to achieve serious hang time. I was in college watching with friends the famous jump across the lane shot from behind the board. It was mind blowing at the time. We truly had never seen anything like that. Still my favorite basketball memory.
Sad thing is the NBA never got to see "THE REAL DR. J". Doc admitted that his best days were behind him when he entered the NBA as far as grabbing a rebound and going the length of the court for a dunk..His knees weren't what they once were...Scary thought.
@187murder1000 i agree. i was blessed to be able to watch the dr as a teenager back in the late 70s early 80s. he did things players today can't do, not blake griffin, lebron or d wade. nobody was smoother or cooler on the court than the good dr.
The original Michael Jordan was Dr. J. The man changed the basketball.
Man man man @5:13 look where he took off from.. They said he was the Michael Jordan b4 there was a Michael Jordan
bill russel's the best defender/champion of all time.
dr j is the most talented player of all time. he made the sport artful.
jordan was like half and half in basketball's coffee.
Never seen anyone seem to so enjoy being in the air . . even Michael, he looked like he had to work to get up there, Dr J just glides into flight and I love it :))))))
In my opinion dr j was the GOAT in basketball, everybody that has gone to the nba finals has had at least one other amazing player, not dr j
I would put Dr. J in the top 10 because what we see today is built on his creations. Much of his court magic was never documented in film.
Nobody, i mean nobody, past present future could jump like the Doc, hes the real jumpman, mj couldnt jump half as high
Lord of Lords
King of Kings..of B-ball
and Jesus had a Afro too...
Once he cut the fro it seemed like his game was not the same.It almost seems like he lost some of his strength.He is still arguably my favorite basketball player of all time.
nobody could touch the doc!!!, get amnesia if you want!
Nobody was more fluid or had better in air ball control then Doc, Nobody!
Remember, kids, before there was M.J...there was Doctor J.
Kobe Bryant stole the moves of Michael Jordan that stole Dr. J's moves which had been stolen from Elgin Baylor,