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Erving again was among the league's best players in the 1980 – 1981 and 1981 – 1982 seasons, although more disappointment came as the Sixers stumbled twice in the playoffs: in 1981, the Celtics eliminated them in 7 games in the 1981 Eastern Finals after Philadelphia had a 3 – 1 series lead, but lost both Game 5 and Game 6 by 2 points and the deciding Game 7 by 1 ) and in 1982, the Sixers managed to beat the defending champion Celtics in 7 games in the 1982 Eastern Finals but lost the NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games.
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Despite these defeats, Erving was named the NBA MVP in 1981 and was again voted to the 1982 All-NBA first Team.
He slips off camera for a few seconds and then is seen again patting them on the back and shaking hands with the actors and coach, before he extends across the crowd to shake Julius Erving hand ( one of the " actors " on the team ) and is met warmly by a surprised Dr. J.
Erving and was
His father, Erving LeMay, was at times an ironworker and general handyman, but he never held a job longer than a few months.
The 1976 – 77 season would be memorable for the 76ers ; as a result of the terms of the ABA-NBA merger they acquired Julius Erving from the New York Nets, soon after the team was purchased by local philanthropist Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., grandson of George Dunton Widener and heir to the Widener fortune.
Through the 1970s, the slam dunk was thoroughfare as David Thompson, Julius Erving, Darryl Dawkins, and others consistently wowed crowds and brought fans to their feet.
This dunk was been popularized in the ABA Dunk Contest by Julius Erving, as well as the NBA Dunk Contest by different players including Michael Jordan, Vince Carter, and Serge Ibaka.
Toney was an integral part of the 1982 – 83 76ers ' " Fo ' fi ' fo '" championship team, considered by many to be one of the greatest teams ever, and will long be remembered as a fan favorite along with such players as Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Bobby Jones and Maurice Cheeks.
The American Association for the Abolition of Involuntary Mental Hospitalization ( AAAIMH ) was an organization founded in 1970 by Dr. Thomas Szasz, George Alexander, and Erving Goffman for the purpose of abolishing involuntary psychiatric intervention, particularly involuntary commitment, against individuals.
He was dubbed " Dr. K ," ( by analogy with basketball's " Dr. J ", Julius Erving, and also in reference to the letter " K " being the standard abbreviation for strikeout ), which soon became shortened to " Doc ".
Melchionni was a key player in the 1974 ABA Championship, led by Erving, Larry Kenon, John Williamson, and Billy Paultz.
Inspired by Harold Garfinkel's ethnomethodology and Erving Goffman's conception of the interaction order, CA was developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s principally by the sociologist Harvey Sacks and his close associates Emanuel Schegloff and Gail Jefferson.
** The Brooklyn Nets, for Hall of Famer Julius Erving, who played with the team when it was on Long Island as the New York Nets.
Pitino was a freshman at the same time future NBA legend Julius Erving spent his junior ( and final ) year at UMass, although the two never played on the same team because freshmen were ineligible to play varsity basketball at the time.
Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association ( ABA ), and was the best-known player in that league when it merged with the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) after the 1975 – 76 season.
Erving was inducted in 1993 into the Basketball Hall of Fame and was also named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team.
In 1994, Erving was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 40 most important athletes of all time.
In the commercial, Erving was in the Sixers locker room and he said to fans, " We owe you one " while he held up his index finger.
Erving and among
When John Carradine married Doris ( Erving Rich ) Grimshaw in 1957, she already had a son from a previous marriage, Dale, and a son from a later relationship, Michael, both of whom, along with Sonia Sorel's son, Michael Bowen, are sometimes counted among John Carradine's eight sons.
As attorneys tried to reach an agreement among three teams in two leagues, Erving joined Pete Maravich and the Hawks's training camp, as they prepared for the upcoming season.
Erving, a racing fan himself, stated that his foray into NASCAR was an attempt to raise interest in NASCAR among African-Americans.
He is also popular among musicians ; Erving was idolized by American rapper Dr. Dre, who even rapped using the alias " Dr. J " for a short time.
" Kobe Bryant, who was invited along with Vince Carter, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, and Julius Erving as judges for the 2007 slam dunk contest, said that among the judges in their prime, Carter would win in a dunk contest.
Erving and players
The 76ers have had a rich history, with many of the greatest players in NBA history having played for the organization, including Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson.
Although dunking from the foul line had been done by other players ( Jim Pollard and Wilt Chamberlain in the 1950s, for example ), Erving introduced the dunk jumping off the foul line to a wide audience, when he demonstrated the feat in the 1976 ABA All-Star Game Dunking Contest.
An eight-time NBA All-Star, Carter joined NBA players Julius Erving and Michael Jordan as the only players to lead the NBA All-Star Game fan voting three or more times.
Carter was also given the impression that Peddie would consider Julius Erving as a serious candidate for G. M., thinking he could attract star players to Toronto.
The young players who made up Phi Slama Jama had been influenced by the freewheeling style of play pioneered during the 1970s by the defunct ABA and its most famous player, Julius Erving of the Virginia Squires.
Their personalities and appearances were loosely inspired by real players, such as Stretch, the " cover athlete " who resembled Julius Erving in looks and abilities.
George McGinnis was one of the marquee players of the ABA, and later teamed with fellow ABA alumni Julius Erving and Caldwell Jones on the Philadelphia 76ers that made the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) Finals in 1977.
It was escorted by many former players, including Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell.
Notable NBA players in history include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Shaquille O ' Neal, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Bill Walton, George Mikan, Bob Pettit, Bob Cousy, Pete Maravich, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, whose particular silhouette is featured on the NBA's logo.
Erving and 1980
In 1979, Erving began an adulterous affair with sportswriter Samantha Stevenson, resulting in the 1980 birth of American tennis player Alexandra Stevenson.
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In contrast to this view, some I – O psychologists believe that employees engage in OCBs as a form of " impression management ," a term coined by Erving Goffman in his 1959 book The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life.
Julius Erving played 11 seasons with the 76ers ( 1976 – 87 ), and played in four NBA Finals, ultimately winning in 1983.
Instead, the, Erving signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks before the 1972 – 73 season when he discovered his former agent Steve Arnold happened to work for the Squires, deluding him to sign for a low paying contract.
The Erving deal left the Nets in ruin ; they promptly crashed to a 24 – 58 record, the worst in the league.
* Erving Goffman's seminal study Behavior in Public Places gives some classic examples of behavioral norms, such as " it is inconsiderate to litter – put your garbage in the trash can ".
* Julius Erving is remembered for playing for the Philadelphia 76ers, the New York Nets and even the Virginia Squires, but his first NBA game was actually for the Atlanta Hawks, for whom he played in an exhibition against the ABA's Kentucky Colonels, in a 112 – 99 win in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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