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After watching The Doctor documentary I realized Julius Erving saved basketball. He should be in the GOAT conversation through impact value alone. Had a style all his own that can't be duplicated. Dude was the perfect ambassador of the league. Plus his stats were filthy.

6 Finals averages: 27.6ppg, 9.4rpg, 5.7apg, 2.1spg, 1.8bpg, 53.0% FG

Got a new respect for The Doctor. He'd be on my Rushmore:salute:
 
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I AM WARHOL said:
After watching The Doctor documentary I realized Julius Erving saved basketball. He should be in the GOAT conversation through impact value alone. Had a style all his own that can't be duplicated. Dude was the perfect ambassador of the league. Plus his stats were filthy.

6 Finals averages: 27.6ppg, 9.4rpg, 5.7apg, 2.1spg, 1.8bpg, 53.0% FG

Got a new respect for The Doctor. He'd be on my Rushmore:salute:
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He should get love for being a HUGE influence on the GOAT MJ.

Dr.J is basically like Rakim influencing Nas
Or G.Rap influencing Jay Z.
 
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He is underrated because:

1. He played his best basketball in relative obscurity and was washed up by the time the NBA started getting lots of coverage

2. The 76ers thought it would be better to have several scorers rather than one guy dominating the scoring load, so Doc didn't score as much in the NBA (especially in his first few years) as he could have. So people look back at his stats and think "what was the big deal?"

3. Nobody credits the ABA as being more or less equal to the NBA (which it was by the mid-70s). Check how well the prominent ABA players did after the merger, and how the Nuggets and Spurs were always among the winningest teams in the NBA in the late 70s.
 
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Co-sign this powerful thread.... not to mention he basically CARRIED the ABA on his back for years before even getting to the NBA.

The PROBLEM is that these young stupids don't KNOW - let alone appreciate - history, so they'll likely be on some ig'nant "get this old head outta here" bullshyt. :stopitslime:
 
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:blessed:The Docterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! He was the first non Laker that I knew as kid. 2nd favorite non Laker of all time.
 
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Jerz-2-Phila said:
Co-sign this powerful thread.... not to mention he basically CARRIED the ABA on his back for years before even getting to the NBA.

The PROBLEM is that these young stupids don't KNOW - let alone appreciate - history, so they'll likely be on some ig'nant "get this old head outta here" bullshyt. :stopitslime:
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The problem was there isn't much prime footage of him since the ABA footage doesn't exist for the most part. Same reason Oscar Robertson, Wilt, Baylor, West don't get near as many props either.
 
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