The NBA Slam Dunk Contest used to mean something. It featured the league’s best players going head-to-head in front of ...

The Dunk Contest once sold itself to fans across the globe. Now, it is fighting to stay alive, and Julius Erving knows why.

A dunk worth $1200 rewrote basketball history on January 27, 1976, when Julius Erving became the first Slam Dunk Contest ...

Julius Erving drops mic with NBA Slam Dunk Contest suggestion that could save it appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The great Julius Erving always knew what to do whenever he went up in mid-air, but in 2011, Dr. J seemed to have run out of moves ...

NBA legend Julius Erving has rejected calls to make Slam Dunk Contest participation mandatory, instead urging current stars to learn its history and step up voluntarily. Erving, the 1976 inaugural ...

The NBA Dunk Contest is on relevancy life support ... but Julius Erving, the first-ever winner in the event, has a way to save it -- telling TMZ Sports it's ...

NBA legend Julius Erving was one of those people who shared a great competitive rivalry with Abdul-Jabbar. The two went head-to-head in the iconic 1980 NBA Finals. Unfortunately, for Erving, the ...

On Sunday, the Chicago Triplets and Miami 305 are scheduled to face off for the BIG3 championship. Philadelphia 76ers legend Julius Erving is head coach of Chicago’s BIG3 team. Erving had a prolific ...

Long before Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan became NBA icons and later estranged friends, Julius Erving saw something special in both of them. In his autobiography, Dr. J: The Autobiography, Erving ...

FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback sophomore Karter Knox has been named 1 of 20 players on the 2026 watch list for the Julius Erving Award, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today. The annual ...

The NBA Dunk Contest is on relevancy life support ... but Julius Erving, the first-ever winner in the event, has a way to ...