POLL QUESTION: Should my next video be (1) Doc’s most exciting/stylish dunks, or (2) Doc shooting jumpers and playing defense? Some commenters said Doc’s dunks all look the same, while others said Doc couldn’t shoot, rebound or play defense. Basically, they say Doc’s a one-trick-pony. Let’s test those assertions.
@@mongoslade277 They didn’t start recording blocks as a statistic until the 73-74 season…..so…..Erving was at the very beginning of that statistic starting. Which means that by default Erving had to be top 10 as nobody before him had that stat recorded. Right now, Erving isn’t even top 50 all time.
You will find more video from Erving playing playground games in NYC than of him playing defense, hitting a 3 pointer, or hitting a jumper outside the lane.
No hanging on the rim, no yelling in opponents faces, no striking a pose. Emphatically dunking over you was enough for Doc to say"sit your ass down". Forever a class act, always my G.O.A.T.
The Dr.’s Position Will Never Change.. Never He Brought Style To This Game We Call Basketball… MJ metamorphosis into All That Came Before Him.. The Dr. passed the Torch To MJ..
@@SwishDunkHoop my pops played against him at Rucker park. He showed me the pic about 2 years ago, from someone else Facebook... but anyways.. in the NBA, dr.j had no j 🤷🧱🙈
The NBA is trying to write Dr. J out of history, just like so many other past all-stars. Check this fact out; if you add Dr. J's ABA stats to his NBA stats, he's Top Five in every category EVERY!!!!!
The Doctor is top five in my book regardless of what anybody says he would dominate anybody who crossed his path including lebron I love Kobe but he can’t handle Doc only Jordan would be able to compete
People today don’t realize how inspirational he was to kids growing up in that time. White , Black it didn’t matter…he was a living God. Us kids would play all day long everyday just trying to emulate him. I wish I could go back in time and experience it all over again. Not only that but he was a true gentleman in every sense of the word.
One thing folks ought to notice -- every one of these dunks was contested, and that made them more spectacular, imo. In-game dunks in today's NBA aren't really earned because most defenders just turn and walk away if they get beat initially. Back when games were more competition than exhibition, defenders weren't worried about being "posterized." They made you earn every dunk and layup.
Back then he was, not now. Love the Doc, but he was NOT more entertaining than the Prime MJ [GOAT]. Doc probably is the best in-game dunker on quality 7 footers in a half-court or full-court setting.
The ultimate gift: He made people happy. :)) Watching Dr. J. was like watching for a magic being in a seance. You knew it was coming but you weren't sure when.
He double dunk on the Denver Nuggets in one ABA championship game, they called Goal Tending on the Doctor and wave off the points; Dr. J, drove the ball down to the basket and dunked it, but he held onto the basketball, pulled it out of the hoop and dunked it again.
Dr.J's hands gives him absolute control of the ball. That combined with his leaping and athleticism well the rest is history. Although others have similar ability still no one seem to do it better or with his tenacity or excitement.
When I did a pitching windup, I was Nolan Ryan, when threw a football, I was Roger Staubach, and when I dunked on my short hoop in the backyard, I was the Good Doctor. There is no greater tribute possible. He was my generation in hoops.
He held the ball at full arm's length over his head with those massive hands of his, then slammed it down so quickly and forcefully that the defender had no chance.
Poetry in motion. Dr. J had both power and finesse at the same time. I was highly fortunate to see him play from 1977 to when he retired in 1986. Dr. J's number 6 was draped from the balcony in the Boston Garden as a huge sign of respect by the Celtics fans. He was special. Just look at how many times he posterized Kareem Abdul Jabbar!
To me its sad that people today dont realize the impact the Dr. had on the game. At that moment in time he shook up the world and is responsible for the surge in the NBA's popularity. GOAT as far as I am concerned.
The sad thing about people that discuss basketball now, this is what they see of Dr. J and how great he was, but this is Dr. J past his prime. Most of his youth and best years was in the ABA. And then when he got to the 6ers they weren’t very good originally.
I agree. Plus they didn't have ESPN or NBA TV to show off his highlights 24/7 back in the day. The dunk over Michael Cooper in 1983 is one of the best dunks besides Jordan's dunk on Ewing in 1991.
Those were great. However his best dunking years were in the ABA. I watched his games that were on local tv in the New York area. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many tapes of those games and his truly magnificent dunks.
This is NOTHING compared to what he did in the ABA! I lived in St.Louis when we had the Spirits and Dr. J would come to town and have the home town fans rooting for him. Early in his NBA career he would occasionally show off the high wire act, but he was at his most spectacular in the ABA.
For sure! He held a basketball in one hand like it was a grapefruit. He was one of the greatest fast break dunkers ever. He dunked over everybody...Bill Walton said that half of Dr J's highlight reel was videos of Julius dunking over him!
A lot of these young cats have no clue ,they think that style of play started with Michael Jordan, even to this day to me Dr.J was the most exciting player to do it
Yes, they are also trying to get rid of Wilt Chamberlain. I think it's because of Wilt's politics (he was a Republican), but he holds so many records that he still gets mentioned occasionally. @@Bluephi22
Still one of the greatest dunkers ever. Insane athleticism, jumping ability, arm length, agility, finesse, style, grace, and power all while palming the ball.
Just think what the Dr could have done if the Euro step was allowed back then. Also, I don't recall seeing the best dunk ever. The rock the baby against Micheal Cooper.
Dr. J was the undisputed greatest ABA player. He's the only player to be MVP of the ABA and NBA. And he averaged 26 points and 20 rebounds in college. You can easily make the case for Julius Erving being a top-5 overall basketball player. And why do so many people impugn Dr. J's defense while giving Larry Bird a pass? The Doctor averaged a combined ABA/NBA 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks; Bird's NBA averages were 1.7 and 0.8.
He will always be my favorite basketball player of all time and he will always be the greatest basketball player to play the game. There is no one that will ever be better than him. Not then and not now. I actually enjoyed watching basketball then. Now I can't stand the game.
My two favorite players were Wilt Chamberlain and Julius Dr. J Irving. Docs dunks were legendary. I remember the ABA vs. NBA all star game. Doc took off from the foul line and dunked. I think Doc took off twice from the foul line and dunked. He was the greatest dunker of all time with style and grace. There are some other players that were good too. Of course Michael Jordan. Darnell Hillman and Connie Hawkins. I remember Connie picking up a loose ball with one hand and dribbling done court, hid the ball behind his back and brought the ball from behind his back and dunk the ball. Doc says he used to watch Connie Hawkins. Both had huge hands.
As awesome as Dr. J's dunks were to watch, I'm more in awe of seeing defenders actually play defense. Watching today's game you'd never think defense exists.
Was hoping this might show the only time "young" Dr. J faced "old" Wilt on an NBA court. ABA-NBA allstar game, major bragging rights on the line. Late in the 4th, ABA rallying behind otherworldly drives by Doc. Nobody had ever seen anything like it. "Grandpa" Wilt comes in off the bench, Doc comes in high and fast two consecutive times, and both times is soundly rejected by Wilt. NBA squeaks out a win. No doubt the two knew each other well from Rucker Park, but no video of those matchups survives.
Whoah!!! I hadn’t heard this before. And I don’t doubt it. Would’ve had to be 1973. Doc’s second year, and Wilt’s last at 36. Wilt was skying at 36 and blocking everybody!! Wilt did it a decade after at UCLA pickup games against Magic Johnson, Bernard King, AC Green, and other pros. Thanks for sharing!
@@SwishDunkHoop Just before that, Doc had jumped OVER defenders twice in a row [one of them was Connie Hawkins] for world-changing dunks. I truly had never seen anything like it. However, I am betting that Wilt knew exactly what was coming!
I've seen just about every dunker in the game with the exception of Elgin Baylor. The NBA, the ABA, and even thr NCAA David Thompson and Darnell Griffith. There were some good ones. I started watching the Doctor when he was with the ABA NY Nets. The Doctor was the greatest.
My favorite player, with Larry Bird a close second. Of course, I know Jordan is considered by many the GOAT, and I don't dispute that - but as a 63 three year-old guy, the era that includes Dr. J, Larry Bird, Kareem, Magic Johnson, etc. remains my favorite. Jordan is part of that era - after it got started. I'm just commenting on how entertaining Dr. J was - and I think he was doing things that Jordan emulated - adding his own style.
The Doc would just dunk and keep it moving. Very classy. Nothing personal. It's just a game. No pointing or nothing. I remember when Bobby Jones(Doc's teammate) performed a crazy dunk on Larry Bird, knocking him down to the floor and he just kept it moving. No staredown, pointing or nothing. As my one suspervisor used to say, "Get in, get out, move on!"
Thay were already shell shocked and demoralized, no need for the clown show antics these privileged punks are allowed today. His game stared them down!
His game did the talking; not once did he ever dance around like an immature idiot, or even stare down a dude or start flexing like Lebron does. Such class.
Julius Erving was a natural. He stayed out of trouble, did his thing on the court (without any of today’s attitude nonsense) and was a respected gentleman off the court. He created fans’ love affair with the slam dunk. One of a kind. 🏀
Great point. There is more traveling in the game now than ever. Not only is the step back a travel but the double step back (Harden, Dame and many others) is a freaking marathon! Lebron routinely get away with 3, 4, 5 steps, usually on fast breaks, breakaways. There's a video of Big Perk waltzing all over the court from like 8 years ago... something like 9 steps while the officials just stair at him. You have to check that one out. Players hopping, more like broad jumping to create space from the defender. Blatant traveling is allowed all the time and moving your pivot foot all over the place is completely ignored by the refs. The NBA does nothing about it, which is pathetic. Don't even get me started with palming the ball, which is traveling and give the offensive p[layer a huge advantage over the defender. You can run around like it's football, for Christs sake!
I watched Dr. J as a teenager and was always amazed how it seemed like he could actually change directions while in the air. It made him almost impossible to guard, no matter the defender's size.
Same here! To this day I love Dr. J's one handed tomahawk dunks. I never really got into two handed dunks. Thankfully my hands were just big enough to palm the ball effectively. Not like Julius though...
In the same way Bird was unstoppable with the pull up jumper Dr. J was when he was going for that dunk!!! He was unstoppable once that high flying ignition switch was engaged because he just would climb to whatever heights needed over the tallest defender and that dunk was going to happen!! I could watch the Doctor dunk all day and not get tired or bored of watching!! The GREATEST DUNKER OF ALL TIME AND NOT TO BE REPLACED EVER IS DR. JULIUS IRVING!
Dunking is the worst stat in basketball. Try to find a video with Erving making a jumper, rebounding, or playing defense but that would be a very short video
@@williamgullett5911 you don't know basketball ball he hit game winning jumpers ,he used to average double figures in rebounds also he was one of the best in steals and blocks , you do your research on the Dr.
POLL QUESTION: Should my next video be (1) Doc’s most exciting/stylish dunks, or (2) Doc shooting jumpers and playing defense?
Some commenters said Doc’s dunks all look the same, while others said Doc couldn’t shoot, rebound or play defense. Basically, they say Doc’s a one-trick-pony.
Let’s test those assertions.
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Not so. Someone definitely has a basketball IQ deficiency if they think that Doc was a one-trick pony. Absurdity never fails.
Dr J at 6'6" was top 10 all time in blocks when he retired. That says it all about his defense
@@mongoslade277 They didn’t start recording blocks as a statistic until the 73-74 season…..so…..Erving was at the very beginning of that statistic starting. Which means that by default Erving had to be top 10 as nobody before him had that stat recorded. Right now, Erving isn’t even top 50 all time.
You will find more video from Erving playing playground games in NYC than of him playing defense, hitting a 3 pointer, or hitting a jumper outside the lane.
No hanging on the rim, no yelling in opponents faces, no striking a pose. Emphatically dunking over you was enough for Doc to say"sit your ass down". Forever a class act, always my G.O.A.T.
The guy had class. Still does.
Oh... I dunked? No sh**? Hmm.. Imagine that.. Time for Defense... --Dr..J
Same My Favorite Player Ever Never Gonna Change
Those days are long gone.🤷🤦
@@jamesgraham3116 And so are my NBA watching days.
When they speak of the GOAT his name is never mentioned yet his impact is greater than theirs.
Thank you 🙏🏾
The greatest NBA dunker of all time. Incredible player, classy man. Just unbelievable.
Amen!!!!!!!!!!
The greatest ABA dunker!
At one time during the 70s Dr. J was the greatest player on earth. He certainly was the most fun to watch.
The Dr.’s Position Will Never Change.. Never He Brought Style To This Game We Call Basketball… MJ metamorphosis into All That Came Before Him.. The Dr. passed the Torch To MJ..
A 70s , basket hanger 🥱🧱👎🏿
@@hair-rah..rabbi-rabbitAll 30K points / Four MVP’s / Three Championships / and 16 All-Star Games worth of basket hanging, I suppose.
@@SwishDunkHoop my pops played against him at Rucker park. He showed me the pic about 2 years ago, from someone else Facebook... but anyways.. in the NBA, dr.j had no j 🤷🧱🙈
2nd best
Don’t mess with Kareem
Walton and Jabbar must have had countless nightmares about Dr. J after all those dunks he gave them? Doc was incredible 👌 🙏
Walton and Alcindor should be glad he brought more fans to the NBA and helped to make them rich.
Reason Dr.J become very famous.
The NBA is trying to write Dr. J out of history, just like so many other past all-stars. Check this fact out; if you add Dr. J's ABA stats to his NBA stats, he's Top Five in every category EVERY!!!!!
The Doctor is top five in my book regardless of what anybody says he would dominate anybody who crossed his path including lebron I love Kobe but he can’t handle Doc only Jordan would be able to compete
Yessir 👍
I got Dr. J top 10 all time.
I’m glad I hit this site because I thought I was only person who felt this way plus the Doc is coolest dude that ever lived ! Love him
The NBA should include Dr. J's ABA stats because he would be top 5 in all time scoring. Some people don't realize how talented & special the Doc was.
Best in game dunker in the history of the game
I loved Dr. J and the battles between him and Larry Bird were legendary
People forget what a powerful, smooth and poetic force the Dr. was. Truly the most graceful athlete in all of sports.
Doc during his afro days was like a damn real life super hero...GOD, how I miss those days, lol
Number 1 Dunker of all time.
Even to this day the greatest player ever in a fast break was not MJ or Lebron; it is still Dr. J. This video proves he was truly unstoppable.
Loved the dunk over Kareem in the '77 ASG.
J is my all time favorite.
People today don’t realize how inspirational he was to kids growing up in that time. White , Black it didn’t matter…he was a living God. Us kids would play all day long everyday just trying to emulate him. I wish I could go back in time and experience it all over again. Not only that but he was a true gentleman in every sense of the word.
He Jordan before Jordan in that way.
@@aboutthat1440 We used to watch every Sixers game on tv through the winter back then, now I can’t even watch a game from the NBA finals.
That's real, Doctor Dunkingstein.
One thing folks ought to notice -- every one of these dunks was contested, and that made them more spectacular, imo. In-game dunks in today's NBA aren't really earned because most defenders just turn and walk away if they get beat initially. Back when games were more competition than exhibition, defenders weren't worried about being "posterized." They made you earn every dunk and layup.
He was THE most entertaining player in basketball history.
Back then he was, not now. Love the Doc, but he was NOT more entertaining than the Prime MJ [GOAT]. Doc probably is the best in-game dunker on quality 7 footers in a half-court or full-court setting.
The ultimate gift: He made people happy. :)) Watching Dr. J. was like watching for a magic being in a seance. You knew it was coming but you weren't sure when.
What I love about The Doctor's dunks is the way he reaches back with the ball before he brings down the hammer! The ABA Doctor was especially brutal!
He double dunk on the Denver Nuggets in one ABA championship game, they called Goal Tending on the Doctor and wave off the points; Dr. J, drove the ball down to the basket and dunked it, but he held onto the basketball, pulled it out of the hoop and dunked it again.
"Hey, Dr. J., where'd you get those moves? You must be wearing bionic shoes." Only a select few will remember that.
"You move with such grace. Are you a member of the human race?" 🤣
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That was a great commercial back in the 70's.
I met him personally in the early 80's after a game he totally dominated....He is the greatest in game dunker of all time.
It’s crazy how some athletes are just aesthetically better to watch. Watching Dr J dunk is like watching Kyrie dribble or Dirks fadeaway.
Yes! It was so artistic. Great point.
DR. J was the ULTIMATE GENTLEMAN , PROFESSIONAL , & AMBASSADOR showing all professionals how to carry themselves no matter in sports or in any field!!
Dr.J's hands gives him absolute control of the ball. That combined with his leaping and athleticism well the rest is history. Although others have similar ability still no one seem to do it better or with his tenacity or excitement.
Wow, Dr stayed in beast mode, especially on Kareem.
When I did a pitching windup, I was Nolan Ryan, when threw a football, I was Roger Staubach, and when I dunked on my short hoop in the backyard, I was the Good Doctor. There is no greater tribute possible. He was my generation in hoops.
He held the ball at full arm's length over his head with those massive hands of his, then slammed it down so quickly and forcefully that the defender had no chance.
He dunked on Kareem like 6 times. Lol. I miss this dude.
Me too!!
Not a basketball fan anymore. Haven't been for quite some time.
That said, REALLY GLAD he was playing when I was a fan. He was AMAZING
Poetry in motion. Dr. J had both power and finesse at the same time. I was highly fortunate to see him play from 1977 to when he retired in 1986. Dr. J's number 6 was draped from the balcony in the Boston Garden as a huge sign of respect by the Celtics fans.
He was special. Just look at how many times he posterized Kareem Abdul Jabbar!
The one where he touches the backboard w the ball and dunks it is one of a kind in a game
Before there was MJ, there was the Doc..Dr J !
To me its sad that people today dont realize the impact the Dr. had on the game. At that moment in time he shook up the world and is responsible for the surge in the NBA's popularity. GOAT as far as I am concerned.
All they know is MJ
The sad thing about people that discuss basketball now, this is what they see of Dr. J and how great he was, but this is Dr. J past his prime. Most of his youth and best years was in the ABA. And then when he got to the 6ers they weren’t very good originally.
I agree. Plus they didn't have ESPN or NBA TV to show off his highlights 24/7 back in the day. The dunk over Michael Cooper in 1983 is one of the best dunks besides Jordan's dunk on Ewing in 1991.
Are you insane ?
He was with the 77 sixes who made the finals and he was in his mid 20s
@@seventhcompactor1505 His ABA REEL is much better boss, LOST TAPES for real.
I was lucky to move to Philly and catch the last few years of DR J.
Dominique Wilkins was a Bad Mf too... But Dr.J will always be my favorite...
Docter J Dunked with Finesse same with Kareem an Wilt while Darryl Dawkins , Len Bias, Dominique Wilkins an Shaq ... Dunked with Power
Dr. J had a fine NBA career..... but perhaps his best years were in the ABA.
Those were great. However his best dunking years were in the ABA. I watched his games that were on local tv in the New York area. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be many tapes of those games and his truly magnificent dunks.
Yessir. I said above I saw him in Nassau. He was amazing.
This is NOTHING compared to what he did in the ABA! I lived in St.Louis when we had the Spirits and Dr. J would come to town and have the home town fans rooting for him. Early in his NBA career he would occasionally show off the high wire act, but he was at his most spectacular in the ABA.
You are right, when he was in the ABA he did one with one hand did a helicopter over his head, from the foul line , oh my never seen anything like it
Right 💯💯💯💯
For sure! He held a basketball in one hand like it was a grapefruit. He was one of the greatest fast break dunkers ever. He dunked over everybody...Bill Walton said that half of Dr J's highlight reel was videos of Julius dunking over him!
Before Jordan, the Dr. was that guy. The man, the myth, the legend.
There's never been anyone like The Doctor.
That second dunk over Mark Eaton, wow!
And Doc was 33 there. Same season he rocked the cradle and dunked over Michael Cooper.
And Mark Eaton was No little guy. I agree with you 💯💯💯💯
@@carlthomas38957'4"!👍✌️
A lot of these young cats have no clue ,they think that style of play started with Michael Jordan, even to this day to me Dr.J was the most exciting player to do it
Facts
and they never had to change the rules for Doc
The NBA is trying to write him and other legends out of history.
Yes, they are also trying to get rid of Wilt Chamberlain. I think it's because of Wilt's politics (he was a Republican), but he holds so many records that he still gets mentioned occasionally. @@Bluephi22
DR J dunking on a shot blocker in the all star game. That's right kids. A long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away, the all star game was competitive.
Still one of the greatest dunkers ever. Insane athleticism, jumping ability, arm length, agility, finesse, style, grace, and power all while palming the ball.
my favorite player of ALL time. Back in 1982 I had a 6ft poster of him on my bedroom door!! He WAS marvelous
He was one of the truly great forwards of all time !" During his reign ,it was Kareem and his alone !""
The announcer should be in the HOF. His introduction, the way he drags out “Eeeeerrrrrvving”, is the greatest of all time.
Yeah, man - that’s Dave Zincoff!! Legend in Philly.
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Doc's the game's greatest skywalker!
You Better Ask Somebody he made Jodan and all the players after him, Dr J the man who changed the game.
Truth and nothing but the Truth … Jordan was born in New York ..
Truth💯💯🎯
Bill Walton is so right...Doc's greatest gift was to make people happy.
It's hard to capture just how cool he was. Incredible person. Pure class. Just let his game do the talking.
Mr. Dr. J, Erving. deserves more credit for progressing America is several different areas.
DR.J walked on air before MJ made AIR into a thing. 😊
Word ❤
Yes he did he sold out every arena in the league
Simply the best!! Onced considered the Babe Ruth of basketball! Enough said
Amen! Brother!!💯✌️
Julius Erving turns the corner had to be the most scary thing for defenders.
BASKET HANGER 😮😂🧱
Yes!! Jamaal Wilkes told me that he did all he could to keep Doc from going to his right. Then Doc went to his left and dunked on him anyway. LOL
Before the Doc, no one had ever taken it to the hoop with such a high mixture of Power and Grace. Dr J finishing a fast break was breath taking.
And Doc's ABA highlights are legendary and lifelong memories but only remain in the minds of those who were fortunate enough to be there.
He was unstoppable! And just think; he came into the league on the beginnings of the downside of his prime. Greatest in game dunker, in my opinion!
Legendary sorry MJ the Doc will always be my favorite 😊🙏💪💯😎🍻❤️
Just think what the Dr could have done if the Euro step was allowed back then. Also, I don't recall seeing the best dunk ever. The rock the baby against Micheal Cooper.
NO DOUBT!!!!! It's missing from this video... A legendary DUNK!!!
@@RobboverIt's normal they only show the dunks over the giant, Cooper was't a center
@@Kytax8 Your right...
I kept this video focused on Doc dunking over centers and power forwards. And I tried to include lesser-seen dunks.
@@SwishDunkHoop No worries... You did a wonderful Job! Good stuff... Much love
No chest beating. No staring your opponent down. The dunk stands for itself. Just class. Time period unfortunately gone by.
Bill Russell in his broadcasting prime was entertaining. The clip showing Dr. J dunking over Kareem, Russell says 'take that....large person.'
Russell is glad that he didn't ever play against Dr. J.
Classic Russell.
Dr. J was the undisputed greatest ABA player. He's the only player to be MVP of the ABA and NBA. And he averaged 26 points and 20 rebounds in college. You can easily make the case for Julius Erving being a top-5 overall basketball player. And why do so many people impugn Dr. J's defense while giving Larry Bird a pass? The Doctor averaged a combined ABA/NBA 2.0 steals and 1.7 blocks; Bird's NBA averages were 1.7 and 0.8.
FACTS!!
That’s right
Most spectacular player ever.
Power speed and grace this guy was unique
The First Man To Fly The Great Julious"Dr.J"Erving...One Love Fam.
He will always be my favorite basketball player of all time and he will always be the greatest basketball player to play the game. There is no one that will ever be better than him. Not then and not now. I actually enjoyed watching basketball then. Now I can't stand the game.
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My two favorite players were Wilt Chamberlain and Julius Dr. J Irving. Docs dunks were legendary. I remember the ABA vs. NBA all star game. Doc took off from the foul line and dunked. I think Doc took off twice from the foul line and dunked. He was the greatest dunker of all time with style and grace. There are some other players that were good too. Of course Michael Jordan. Darnell Hillman and Connie Hawkins. I remember Connie picking up a loose ball with one hand and dribbling done court, hid the ball behind his back and brought the ball from behind his back and dunk the ball. Doc says he used to watch Connie Hawkins. Both had huge hands.
So glad I grew up watching him play! Ridiculous!
THE BEAST. No carrying or 3 and 4 steps necessary. Just TRUE talent and ability.
One of my favorite Player he Wasn't afraid of Know body I always believed in people like him As a Kid in the hood and it carryed on in my life 💪
Real talk
Before there was MJ, there was Dr. J ✌🏾
Doc was my hero.
To this day baby💯💯
As awesome as Dr. J's dunks were to watch, I'm more in awe of seeing defenders actually play defense. Watching today's game you'd never think defense exists.
The original innovator. No one was like him then, no one is like him now.
Agreed. Smoothe
They still can't touch him , today
Was hoping this might show the only time "young" Dr. J faced "old" Wilt on an NBA court. ABA-NBA allstar game, major bragging rights on the line. Late in the 4th, ABA rallying behind otherworldly drives by Doc. Nobody had ever seen anything like it. "Grandpa" Wilt comes in off the bench, Doc comes in high and fast two consecutive times, and both times is soundly rejected by Wilt. NBA squeaks out a win. No doubt the two knew each other well from Rucker Park, but no video of those matchups survives.
Whoah!!! I hadn’t heard this before. And I don’t doubt it. Would’ve had to be 1973. Doc’s second year, and Wilt’s last at 36. Wilt was skying at 36 and blocking everybody!! Wilt did it a decade after at UCLA pickup games against Magic Johnson, Bernard King, AC Green, and other pros. Thanks for sharing!
@@SwishDunkHoop Just before that, Doc had jumped OVER defenders twice in a row [one of them was Connie Hawkins] for world-changing dunks. I truly had never seen anything like it. However, I am betting that Wilt knew exactly what was coming!
I've seen just about every dunker in the game with the exception of Elgin Baylor. The NBA, the ABA, and even thr NCAA David Thompson and Darnell Griffith. There were some good ones. I started watching the Doctor when he was with the ABA NY Nets. The Doctor was the greatest.
Julius Erving is the father of the modern baseball style of play
No matter how much you tried to imitate DJ, they way he dunked was totally different from any player past or present.
He did it with class.
My favorite player, with Larry Bird a close second. Of course, I know Jordan is considered by many the GOAT, and I don't dispute that - but as a 63 three year-old guy, the era that includes Dr. J, Larry Bird, Kareem, Magic Johnson, etc. remains my favorite. Jordan is part of that era - after it got started. I'm just commenting on how entertaining Dr. J was - and I think he was doing things that Jordan emulated - adding his own style.
You notice that when Dr.J slammed on anyone he never stared at or stood over them.
The Doc would just dunk and keep it moving. Very classy. Nothing personal. It's just a game. No pointing or nothing. I remember when Bobby Jones(Doc's teammate) performed a crazy dunk on Larry Bird, knocking him down to the floor and he just kept it moving. No staredown, pointing or nothing. As my one suspervisor used to say, "Get in, get out, move on!"
Thay were already shell shocked and demoralized, no need for the clown show antics these privileged punks are allowed today. His game stared them down!
Dr. J was literally Michael Jordan before MJ ever stepped on the scene.. As time goes on more and more people seem to forget that.
Not us, you see a lot of Mike in the Doc.
Mike’s Idol is DR J. So MJ learned from the Doctor on how to dissect the game.
who is mj? 😂. There's only one Dr but a lot of wannabes
@@manuelrodriguez9972ELGION BAYLOR WZ B4 DR. J
DJ was looked at as the next Connie Hawkins
I like how he hustled back on defense. He wasn't celebrating like it was his first time. Doc went back to work.
His game did the talking; not once did he ever dance around like an immature idiot, or even stare down a dude or start flexing like Lebron does. Such class.
@@steveo8015 Word!
Bill Walton with the line: "He had the greatest gift of all. He made people happy."
No other player has ever dunked a basketball as effortlessly game in and game out as the "Doctor".😎
MICHAEL JORDAN did he was the best.
@@QcWilliams Michael learned from watching the Dr. He has said that
Best game dunkers:
Dr J
Dominique
Shawn Kemp
Vince Carter
Not sure which order to put them in
Julius Erving was a natural. He stayed out of trouble, did his thing on the court (without any of today’s attitude nonsense) and was a respected gentleman off the court. He created fans’ love affair with the slam dunk. One of a kind. 🏀
The dunks were great. 7 minutes of no traveling was even better.
The absence of traveling was something I couldn't process.
Great point. There is more traveling in the game now than ever. Not only is the step back a travel but the double step back (Harden, Dame and many others) is a freaking marathon! Lebron routinely get away with 3, 4, 5 steps, usually on fast breaks, breakaways. There's a video of Big Perk waltzing all over the court from like 8 years ago... something like 9 steps while the officials just stair at him. You have to check that one out. Players hopping, more like broad jumping to create space from the defender. Blatant traveling is allowed all the time and moving your pivot foot all over the place is completely ignored by the refs. The NBA does nothing about it, which is pathetic. Don't even get me started with palming the ball, which is traveling and give the offensive p[layer a huge advantage over the defender. You can run around like it's football, for Christs sake!
I clint d. doc. J. Is my favorite b. b . Player of all time .
I watched Dr. J as a teenager and was always amazed how it seemed like he could actually change directions while in the air. It made him almost impossible to guard, no matter the defender's size.
The reason I strived to dunk as a kid. At 6'1", got pretty good at his tomahawk slam. He was my guy!
Same here! To this day I love Dr. J's one handed tomahawk dunks. I never really got into two handed dunks. Thankfully my hands were just big enough to palm the ball effectively. Not like Julius though...
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I'm 5'7 and this guy here Dr.J... Made me want to dunk... I learned how to fly.... I'm 53 now and my damn knees hurt... 😂😂😂
You can tell Jordan watched Dr.J. growing up :D
The Doc and David "Skywalker" Thompson were his heroes.
In the same way Bird was unstoppable with the pull up jumper Dr. J was when he was going for that dunk!!! He was unstoppable once that high flying ignition switch was engaged because he just would climb to whatever heights needed over the tallest defender and that dunk was going to happen!! I could watch the Doctor dunk all day and not get tired or bored of watching!! The GREATEST DUNKER OF ALL TIME AND NOT TO BE REPLACED EVER IS DR. JULIUS IRVING!
Vince Carter 🏀🗑️
@@Autonomia_para_Puerto_Rico ...Doc's dunks were also performed at Rucker Park, Harlem, USA. Before Carter was born.
@@brucescott4261 According to your logic Joe Fortenberry is the best dunker ever.
Dunking is the worst stat in basketball. Try to find a video with Erving making a jumper, rebounding, or playing defense but that would be a very short video
@@williamgullett5911 you don't know basketball ball he hit game winning jumpers ,he used to average double figures in rebounds also he was one of the best in steals and blocks , you do your research on the Dr.
Here he is ladies, an gentleman, the greatest high flyer, of all time!!!, The Doctor!
I vote DR J is the greatest dunker of any time❗
Dr. J is the best in game dunker I've ever watched.
Damn how many times he dunk on Kareem 👀👀👀👀
I came to the comments to find the first person to say this😭😭.
@@reecedog2952 Coupla NY players going at it.