NBA Hall of Fame player Julius “Dr. J.” Erving has called on current players to “learn the history” of the All-Star Dunk Contest to encourage some of the bigger stars to participate in the annual ...
On January 5, 1983 Dr. J throws down a statement slam dunk, with the “rock the baby” move!
Dr J and MJ were finesse dunkers, Dominique was a power dunker.
Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.