Julius Erving
Autore di Dr. J: The Autobiography
Opere di Julius Erving
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Erving, Julius Winfield
- Altri nomi
- Dr. J
- Data di nascita
- 1950-02-22
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Nassau County, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Roosevelt, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Attività lavorative
- basketball player
businessperson - Organizzazioni
- Virginia Squires
New York Nets
Philadelphia 76ers - Premi e riconoscimenti
- NBA MVP (1981)
ABA MVP (1974)
ABA MVP (1975)
ABA MVP (1976)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (F/G)
Retired Jersey (Philadelphia 76ers) (mostra tutto 10)
Retired Jersey (University of Massachusetts Amherst basketball team)
Retired Jersey (New York Nets)
Basketball Hall of Fame (Player|1993)
Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame (2004)
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- Opere
- 3
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 61
- Popolarità
- #274,234
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 6
Erving gives an acknowledgement to Bob Costas, I don't know why. He also talks an awful lot about his friend Bill Cosby which means Erving has to clear his name by now writing another autobiography excising out Cosby's name. Erving was very professionally accomplished although he always felt that he had to work around preferential treatment afforded to other more highly regarded stars. Erving won championships in the ABA and NBA. He was inducted in the NBA Hall of Fame. He was MVP in both leagues in different years. He won the first Slam Dunk Contest which took place during halftime of the game he was playing in. He was chosen one of the NBA's 50 greatest players. He talks about Pete Maravich being the most skilled player he ever saw. Overall, a well produced life and lessons learned with more transparency over personal failures than found in most memoirs. He talks about how he saw his life unfolding by following the rules as given and not needing to become a militant Afro American to register his dissatisfaction about society's inequality. Erving talks about how the game of basketball was evolving from Elgin Baylor (acrobatic moves taken from the playground and imported into the professional game once the 'Wooden' coaches left the ball control system) to himself and then to Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.… (altro)