HD Highlights of Julius 'Dr. J' Erving
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Arguably one of the best dunkers in NBA/ABA history, Dr. J epitomized dunking into an art of creativity coupled with power. This video is a tribute to some of his best career highlights.
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You can definitely tell Michael Jordan got a lot of his moves from Dr Jay
His best moves were on the playground
Mj modeled his game after David Thompson... I’m sure the dr was an inspiration as well tho as were all the greats
@@TerryTempleton2990 I would say Dr. J
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Not saying this vid is the absolute proof... I’ve just always heard Thompson being talked about as the guy Mj wanted to be like... mj def played more like Thompson... and they were more compatible players at the same position... He can’t play like doc cuz he ain’t a forward lol
@@TerryTempleton2990 I remember watching Thompson play he was pretty good but didn't have the handles or the moves like Dr. J, he had better handles than all other players at his position and better than most point guards at the time
Everyone talks about Dr. J’s dunks but his layups are my personal favorites. I think the Doctor has the sweetest layup of all time. Soft as a feather.
Totally agree.
Wilt Chamberlain and George Gervin had the best finger roll of all time
I agree, along with Gervin.
His finger roll was a thing of beauty! Ala George Gervin (Iceman).
His layups were amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the air, no one was more elegant and graceful than the Doctor.
This proud Philadelphian agrees 🤗
So true!
Facts nobody.
Nobody
How bout AIR JORDAN
the clip where dr j dunked and magic Johnson hugged his legs and held him in order that dr j would not possibly fall afterwards.... that is class and respect.
Yes indeed. Two of my favorite players
Ultimate Class!!!! Those are Real Players!!!!
When I saw Magic holding Dr. J to prevent him from getting injured ... I thought to myself "Man ya gotta love Magic. He is so cool!!!!!!"
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾The NBA had class back then!
@@ralphwiggins6844 love 1970s and 1980s nba basketball, my hero
What younger folks gotta remember, players today have a lot of reference points to develope their game around. Dr J, was doing this, and most of it, hadn't been done. This was just him reacting. Don't sleep on Julius Ervin. His legend moniker is earned.
And he dominated 2 different leagues
If Dr. J was born in 2001... The advances we have today around athletic training would make him the bounciest hooper to ever live.
Julius Erving
This is the reason why even though i consider today's players "better" as far as skill goes, they learned that from the past greats. Kyrie may have better handles than Pistol Pete but none of these handlers would exist if Pete and other handlers didn't push the bar to what today's players watched, practiced, and bettered.
@@JoeyLegendd if the "carrying", "palming" and "double dribbling" being called back in Pete's day, were called today, Kyrie wouldn't have handles like he does either. 🤷
If Doc wanted to dunk on you, he would and there wasn't anything you could do about it.
awesome thing to say and probably true, i certainly don't know of any footage or off camera where ANYBODY blocked a dr j dunk, i'm sure somewhere he was called 'THE FLUSHER' cause man, i've not seen people follow through on dunks, 'flush them' the way dr j did
@@heyfromdave1297 Those who did block him got posterized later .
Yes indeed. The Doctor made a lot of house calls
McArthur Clutch nothing!!
Nothing At All
The way the Dr could palm that ball.. amazing. you could not help but be amazed how how great he was.
I've said it before and after reading what you said I'll say it again, watching him, the way he did what he did, which was far beyond the word 'play', it's so inspirational, it's like a form of worshipping God, like putting your God-given talents on display-not showing off, but to watch the beauty of what a human being can do.............there's not words, it like transcends into the supernatural, and for all you idiots who didn't get what I just said, no, im not 'worshipping' julius erving................
Dr. J incorporated palming the basketball into his repertoire. The highlights where he jumps with the ball in one hand, then moves the ball to avoid the defender are amazing to watch.
True definition of a slasher
Very, very few can palm a ball off the dribble one-handed.
4 sure
Doc was the most artistic professional bb player who ever played...some may have score more points in their careers ..but Julius Erving was the most creative of all times...
I would vote George Gervin (most artistic), but certainly Doc is way up there with Mike and IceMan.
I still have 2 go with doc...
indeed, so true, man, what you just said, along with what so many people here have said should be up on plaques................there's no sportsmanship today like in dr j's day either.............i think in the dr's day way more players respected the game and each other, and got excited about playing an honest, good game against each other, it wasn't about money and crap like today, basically, in dr j's day, people were cool, today, they're assholes
me too = all the way, dr j! dr j was a mature gentleman, today's 'players' are immature punks, not all of them, but alot
PreaChhhhhhhhH
Dr. J will always be my favorite basketball player, thanks for taking the time out of your day to talk to a immature twenty two year old kid, a memory that this forty year old immature man will cherish forever.
I love this comment man - immature twenty year old man
I've met him a couple times when we had the All Star Game in New Orleans. I work by the French Quarter. Great guy. Ask him about his golf game.
Why would he be your fav player?
He's my favorite basketball player too. (Has been for the last 47 and a half years)
The father of the modern basket NBA player.
It was like Doc just walked on air when he dunked...and it was effortless
The Doctor is my favorite player of all time ,watch Jordan,Labron , Drexler they all copied Dr.J in some shape form or fashion.
Notice how Doc never made it about himself,scored and got back on D.Class act forever!
a true team player, yes, indeed, not like all these idiots today who celebrate over one stupid basket and act like they're the shit when they're nothing, there is no letter 'i' in the word 'team' - showboaters only sicken me, there's nothing more enjoyable then watching basketball or any team sport for that matter where no one person stands out, and everybody plays as a T E AM
heyfrom Dave ever heard of Kawhi Leonard?
@@heyfromdave1297 yup there is no I in a TEAM unless your name is LeBron.
@@heyfromdave1297 - Dude, don't roll out that cliche. There's an "M" and an "E" in team, you know.
heyfrom Dave
Sometimes they are the shit, though
How he controlled the ball while he was dancing in the air?... Dr. J, simply the best.
J M Bauzo i love dr.j fancy airwalk moves towards the basket
the guy's way of playing, - an art form, thanks julius, for sharing your art with us to behold and enjoy! to say certain people are 'athletically inclined' is an understatement :)
i think julius had little wings on him, we just couldn't see em :)
is it accurate to say dr j was the michael jackson of the basketball court? if michael played basketball, he'd have such moves NOBODY could touch him lol, it's like barry sanders, the guy was so speedy and small it was easy for him to make the defense miss lol
Basketball ballet.
I was blessed to be alive during his peak. And he is still my favorite player of all time....on and off the court. Pure class.
Illigitamate daughter
Yes I saw him to in his prime. I agree.
An absolute legend in Philly.
Unpopular opinion: Dr.J is the best NBA player. He can dunk like a center on other players but throw some intense shoots. He kept NBA alive at the '80s.
He may not be the best, but he was damn sure the most entertaining to watch. "Rock the baby"!
If it wasn't Dr J, There wouldn't be any High lights, dunk context, the multi million dollar contracts the players are getting today.He revolutionized the N.B.A. Your Welcome Michael Jordan.
Magic Johnson was a good gentle man guy. And he waited Dr. J dropped in front of him he hold and catches him. Instead of bad fall respect. 🌹🙏
I met Dr J, Game 7 of the 1981 eastern conf finals with Boston. The Man is, and was amazing. Watching him in my youth gave me the ability to try harder at life. Resect Dr J
Doctor J was the man. He was the greatest
That shot from under the rim against the Lakers is one of the greatest of all time.
Magic said it was the greatest move he ever saw.
@@5critters yes he did. And I'm happy to say I was watching that game when he did it too. I was like 12 or 13 years old.
The fastbreak windmill cradle dunk on Coopers medula oblongota!
Coming from a kid watching that famous layup by MJ against the Lakers, this was, a 10.9 out of 10 vs MJ's 10.0........ fantastic.
For me one of coldest NBA moves of all time near the top if not # 1 .
I wish he played w/ Bird, Magic, Mj in exactly the same era and all in their prime. Stadiums will explode. What a great guy!
Dr. J is probably the most graceful player of all time. Could there be a more awkward position to shoot from than at 1:52? Yet he somehow makes even that look elegant. Such a pleasure to watch.
Awe-inspiring, majestic, creative and transcendent of the sport itself. Dr J remains for me the most exciting player the sport has seen--a pioneer, a powerful presence and a classy ambassador for the game.
Poetry in motion. Never showing off
Just doing what had to be done to
WIN THE GAME
Poetry in motion...Julius was the BEST! What a pleasure to watch the DOCTOR operate. We can only dream of being anywhere NEAR his playing ability. Julius, thank you, SIR, for giving us such a SPECTACLE of true basketball greatness. Just AWESOME!
my favorite player ever!!! absolutely glorious! how I miss those days...
70s n 80s best basketball era
In 1976 the New Jersey Nets defeated the Denver Nuggets in six games in the ABA finals. The Doctor was guarded by Bobby Jones man-to-man in every game and averaged 40 points a game. Incredible. Bobby Jones was then and for many years later the best defensive forward in basketball.
When, he, Jones, Cheeks and Moses Malone were on that 83 team, that was unreal. All four were at least, above average defenders. That team had players who were finishers; not ones that threw the ball around the horn looking for a three point shot. Some people also do not notice that Erving made his plays on that 1.5 step rule rather than traveling to the basket.
@@generatorx excellent point, traveling rules were enforced much more back in the day, which even more underscores the greatness of Dr. J.
As A Celtics fan I cam tell you how good those sixers teams were. That was the Beastern Conference of the NBA
Fact.
nba fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkking joke
Doc was the smoothest ball player that every played the game!
Great video of one of the greats from the greatest era in NBA history--the '80s. Watching him go against Bird in the early '80s was intense. They battled in '81 in epic playoff matchup. They competed fiercely and the battles for rebounds in that '81 Celtic 1-3 comeback series were legendary. That was one of the best series of all time. I used to say unequivocally that Jordan was the best finisher at the rim. Dr. J is definitely in the discussion. He couldn't hang in the air quite like Jordan, but his control, creativity, and spontaneity are right there with Mike. Dr. J is one of the small few in the east that was able to beat a healthy Larry Bird in a playoff series, albeit Bird's rookie year. I remember when the computer basketball game "One-on-One" featuring Dr.J and Larry Bird came out and my cousin had it on the Apple II-e--cool times.. What a treat it was for the NBA fan to have the rivalries of Magic and Bird in the west and Dr. J and Bird in the east--today's fans that look back to those matchups on youtube are great fans and I am glad they get to see those old battles. The physicality, the fights, the hurt feelings and pride, the comebacks, the legends..
My favorite player I never got to see play. That behind-the-backboard layup against LA in '83.... magic.
He is like a Ballet Dancer with a Basketball. His moves are so fluid and graceful. Its nice to watch.
That rock the cradle dunk on Micheal Cooper was nasty!!
I was fortunate enough to watch Dr J play firsthand live both with the Sixers and the Nets. He was a breathtaking athlete. His dunks the greatest ever. Has to be included as one of the top 10 players of all time. He could take over games and shined on the biggest stage.
2:17...still the greatest dunk ever in an NBA playoffs - finals...
Doc was remarkable. Smooth, fast an could elevate. Glad I was able to see him play from beginning to end.
Met Doc a few times outside the Spectrum in Philly when we waited for the players in the parking lot (I was a teen). He was always pleasant and easy going...great guy....Same for Bobby Jones and Darryl Dawkins....all fun to talk with after a game....got a laugh out of Maurice Cheeks when we asked him for ride home :-)
So true !
I was one of those teens. Doc gave me his sneakers after a game, I was ecstatic.
What a memorable experience.
@@timothyrichards8706 that’s awesome
It's a thing of beauty, and the music goes with everything perfectly. Faded footage of a bygone era, yes, but timeless.
Before Magic, Jordan, Shaq ,Kobe, Lebron there was Doctor J The greatest of all time
Hell yeah. I agree.
i TOTALLY AGREE! THE DOCTOR WAS THE TRUTH.
What about wilt?
Yes
These are in.slow motion and at that time technology was not so much advance to have more angles
He was a legend of his time
Its basket ball which has produced several jewels from time to time
That reverse lay vs lakers in the finals, and that rock a bye baby dunk was his iconic moments of all time.
There will never be another Julius "Dr. J. Erving". He was an INCREDIBLE basketball player and one of the greatest to ever play the game.
Worth every penny I paid to get over to the Spectrum coming from Tasker Homes in South Philly. My all-time all-time.
Taboo 1
awesome for you, awesome :)
now the Greater Grays Ferry Estates
the move on 1:51 i would say one of the most beautifull move ever. amazing
I love the video set to Mozart- gives it the artistic finesse that it deserves!!
My favorite. Not one even close. Poetry in
Motion. Thanks for the memories.
My all-time favourite player on the ABA & NBA was Dr J; in my humble opinion, he was the first player to bring finesse and balance to the game, and those dunks were out of this world.
The basketball world had never seen anything like Dr J before. He was the first great player that played above the rim. A true original. He and Maravich were the new face of the NBA
His majesty , the Doctor !!!
The World don't know just how good Dr J is. All the Media talk about, are Championship Rings but Dr J is the NBA Today. Every player is trying to Emulate him but they think they are trying to be like Mike. No Dr J, no Spectacular NBA today. Ask Mike, where did he Get that Hang Time from; that Dunking from the 3 Points Line, that Cradling the Basketball and Dunking it, that Reverse Layup while Gliding in the Air Outta Bounds, and on and on he Emulated The Doc. Yeah and he fooled me too, I thought those were all MJ's Originals Moves, til I watched Retro Dr J.
Still waiting for them to dunk from the 3 point line.
Ain’t nobody trying to emulate dr.J😂 they are just playing ball dude
Who cares? Mj is the reason why NBA popularity exploded nationally and internationally.
The most beautiful basketball player I’ve ever seen. When he was in the game, I couldn’t take my eyes off of him, because I was afraid I would miss something!
The vertical, the hangtime, simply unreal. And the way he clutches the ball with one hand as if it was a tennis ball. What an icon.
What a time to be a Sixers fan.
I remember seeing a lot of these highlights, before they were highlights.
I know. I'm old.
Thanks for uploading.
Seemsayin How I feel when I watch LeBron highlights...I watched all of those plays happen in game before they became highlights. Got to watch countless game's in person over the year's I worked at the Q and it has been an experience
Steven Marzullo I'm happy for you. Hopefully he comes to Washington
Seemsayin ...I've been watching this game for fifty-six years and still counting!!! Be proud that you're old. I'm sixty-five years old and I'm proud of it. You've seen the greatest players of the twentieth century. The NBA today is watered down to almost nothing.
these punks today have NO IDEA what life and everything was back then, for one, they didn't exist
amen to that, most of 'life' is watered down to almost nothing, Jesus is on his way!
Julius Erving had the complete package. In the '70s he had fierce power. In the '80s he had ridiculous moves both on the floor and in the air. He could score at will, rebound with the best of them, play good defense, and intimidate anyone on the court, up to and including first ballot hall-of-famers.
Dr. J was an American original.
WobblinGoblin1
He & Ralph Sampson are my favorite players, followed by Charles Barkley & the speedster, Allen Iverson. In his prime, Dr. J's stat line resemnled a center's with all the points, rebounds, blocks, steals & assists.
everyone wanted to be like Dr. J, he was like Superman with a basketball, combined with his artistry, soaring and swooping...truly one of a kind.
Certainly Julius Erving was one of the best basketball players world round. ! Wonderful.
My all-time favorite, Dr. J, the man of mid-air magic and grace and power. He had an aerial game without peer. In my opinion, only, Dr. J > MJ > LBJ.
Chris Gabler I never knew President Lyndon Johnson could dunk! ;)
LBJ: LeBron James! LOL! Not to be confused with Lyndon Baines Johnson. "Amurrica's 36th POTUS"
you have to admit though, although not in style as dr j, pistol pete maravich, incredible-larry turd had NOTHIN on maravich
Chris Gabler hows dr j better than Mj 😂
@@abc456f lol, that was funny..
Respect. Favorite player of all time 🐐
Feb.22: Happy birthday NBA (Ret.) Julius Winfield Erving II / Dr. J: NBA Hall of Fame, NBA Champion, NBA MVP, 3 x ABA MVP. Thank you and God bless. Thanks for the upload, 4 the Win. Blessings
My favorite player of all time
Kurt Adams my hero too, he sold tickets ,popcorn ,refreshments and souvenirs
@@lloydkline7245 yes indeed my brother. He is the reason I watch basketball.
@@lloydkline7245 growing up in Philly I had the pleasure of watching the Dr. Make many house calls
I see so much of MJ in there, he was his hero
My Favorite Player
I love this dude. He definitely is the greatest dunker of all time. Bill Walton said. That Doc is the most electric fying player that he ever seen.
great music choice for this kind of player
What was the name of that music*?
@@Gallant972310 Thanks a lot man!
Class Act! Definitely brings back my childhood memories growing up In Philly, watching the Dr.!
In the late 80's and 90's, Jordan was The Man
Before Jordan, Dr. J was The Man
Dr. J was the first of his kind.
The O.G. of The Sky
A graceful artist...walking on air
The GOOD DOCTOR.
The Mozart is perfect for Doc.
this man is my lifetime idol
Marco Indians dr.j almost carried the nba selling tickets ,popcorn and sovereigns
Marco - Mine as well!
There is only one word for The Doctor. Magnificent!
He was the most elegant player both on and off the court. Grew up watching and loving him in Philadelphia.
I am a Celtic fan. I love Dr. J! One of my very favorites of all time! Pure class, and I think he was underrated even as a superstar!
Growing up in the 70-80’s, Dr. J was my favorite player.
Growing up in the 70's we had the Doc, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor, and Muhammad Ali. An amazing time.
Born 1960 and agree. Watching Dr. J in the ABA was too much ... I was a man when MJ came along so I didn't worship him like Dr. J.
@@hjfj90 Yep. I was born in 1961 in NYC.
MJ GOT ALOT OF MOVES FROM DJ HE WAS AWESOME BACK IN THE DAY GOD GIVEN GIFT!
This music actually goes well with the way he played real classical and smooth
Julius "Dr.J" Erving. My All-Time Favorite Player.😁 I used to Loove to watch you play. And I used to be so "Hurt" when you would make it alk the way to the Finals and lose to "Magic Johnson. And his Lakers. And I was Soo Ecstatic when yiu Finally Beat them and got your Championship Ring! I have Never seen a man who was So Deserving.😁😁😁😁😁
I remember a Sports Illustrated cover with MJ on the cover, probably his rookie season, with the caption "The Next Dr. J?" Not to take anything away from MJ, but I've seen Dr. J. . . and you sir are no Dr. J : ) One of a kind. "The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh" anyone?
Brian Green Preach my brother
amen kurt way to encourage him! go brian go!
You my friend are so telling your age ha haha but you're right still the good Dr clearly made you want to emulate his game with these graceful moves. Do u remember the commercial hey hey Dr j where u get those moves .ha ha ha look it up Google it
When I was young like 8 -10 years old my favorite player was Dr J. His game was the precursor to MJ. He rocked the rim and yet spoke like a professor which got him his nickname. The man was silky smooth, cool, badass and smart. I was pleased to see my son uses him in 3 on 3 playground mode in NBA2k. It got me wanting to watch his highlights and it was so enjoyable cause most I'd never even seen before. He started when I was just born but thought I'd share it cause it's interesting. The ones that are new for me are from a forgotten era of basketball but man was he slick. Thank you for posting that!
Magic catching The Doctor in mid-air shows what a nice guy that Mr. Ervin Johnson is.
I always loved the Lakers...But Dr. J was just such a masterful artist on the court !
1:35 in case you think MJ invented this move.
One of the most electrifying players in his era. Loved seeing him play eventhough I was a 76er fan
OUTSTANDING! The soundtrack is perfect accompaniment for The Doctor's Soaring Style! BRAVO! Thank you for posting!
Incredible
This guy was a freak of nature, he has the best dunk of all time and the best move of all time.
What a joy it was to have seen you sir...electrifying audiences in the mid seventies...I'm not a basketball fan, but you and Magic could draw me to the television to watch basketball.
Mozart and Dr J. This is culture right here! ❤️💯
that dunk over Maxwell is just SICK. THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST FACIAL\POSTER DUNKS IN HISTORY. HE IS LIKE 18 INCHES HIGHER THAN CORNBREAD. THAT'S INSANE.
It seems like you don’t even watch basketball, there are crazier posters in high school games these days man
2:17 1:18 The most beautiful in game dunk and the most beautiful in game layup of all time. The Dr has them both...
It's up there but i disagree, most lists have Clyde "the glide" Drexler Blazers vs Lakers with the best and most beautiful slam of all time. The cameraman captured it perfectly. It was a thing of beauty for the ages.
Dr. J was so graceful and smooth on his plays. He must have one heck of a wingspan and large hands to do what he did. Truly poetry in motion.
Simply the BEST .
He had the best finger rolls I ever seen
The 2nd Best Finger Roll, The George( The IceMan) Gervin Belongs To The #1 Finger Roll 😉👍
@@mauricegrant9229 Don't think so. Doc floated in the air longer with the finger roll than Gervin.It looked more smoother than Gervin. Gervin just did more finger rolls because he didn't have the hops that DJ had
@@lt6245 - That's Called " Compensating " It Wasn't Called A RACE Until More Than One Person Decided To RUN! 😉👍
J doesn't get talked about enough these days - he was the original Magic. And I have to say that there's a lot fewer travels in this highlight reel than in most. Julius took such long strides that he didn't need to take the third step like most NBA players do now.
Because a lot of young people don't want to believe he was that Because they weren't around to see him perform all they know is Michael Jordan Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
Elegant with power - appropriate description. Huge hands, athletic leaper....my favorite player as a kid in the 70's - early 80's. Smooooth....
The sweetest fingeroll of all-time and whose moves were poetry and Grace in motion making him the most graceful athele to play in the NBA period
In my 45 years of NBA/ABA observance, I believe a few Vince Carter dunks may have superseded the athleticism of those of Julius, but Erving's finesse and dunk versus underhand layup decision-making skill put him at the pinnacle of athletic entertainers of all time!
Chris Collins ...Air Canada also mentioned Dr. J as one of his influences and inspirations.
Doctor j had giant hands and bigger reach and taller so dr j was always going to be better.
He reminds me of a great basketball player mixed with ballet. He is and will always be one of my favorite players and he had what some NBA players don't have and that is Class!
Frank Garcia ...Doc was equipped with vast power and grace. Extremely balletic!!!
The true beauty Ervin I never seen him taunt a player on some of all times classic dunks like
some of players today and in the pass.
The Doc, is my favorite you couldn't stop him, especially when he's on the run making a house call!!
THE GREATEST!!
It's not even close!
Anyone who says different is just dreaming
The truthhhhh
DR J HAD GREAT HANG TIME!!! 🏀😁👍
That’s absolutely an art.
Super job on the vid!!!🙌👊 Yes....the Dr. was absolutely “poetry in motion!!”