Julius Erving - I feel like he might be too high. Nobody took a faster fall than Dr. J
At some point in the late 1970s – he was pro basketball.
Once Magic, Bird, Jordan came on the scene, he became forgotten.
He starred in a Movie the Fish that save Pittsburgh.
Erving was not a better shooter than Rick Barry or passer but he was a little better rebounder. After leaving the ABA in 1976, he scored a surprisingly modest 21.6 points per game in his first year in the NBA.
Within 3 years of coming back from the ABA, Rick Barry won a championship with a team where he was on the only star on it. Dr. J won his only NBA championship in his 7th NBA season where he obviously played 2nd fiddle to Moses Malone
He probably was an average shooter, and slightly above average passer and rebounder for his size.
He was a showman though.
2 ABA finals MVP
| Finals Record | Conference Finals Record | League MVP | Finals MVP | 1st team All-NBA |
Juluis Erving* | 3-3 | 6-3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Rick Barry* | 2-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Dirk Nowitzki | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Kevin Garnett | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Elgin Baylor | 0-7 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Charles Barkley | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Cousy | 6-1 | 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Moses Malone | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
James Harden | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Giannis | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Nikola Jokic | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
John Stockton | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Allen Iverson | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Isiah Thomas | 2-1 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Steve Nash | 0-0 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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