Julius Erving is one of the greatest players to ever play basketball. As one of the first superstars in the sport, he revolutionized the game with his acrobatic shots and creative dunks.

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.

While others played the game of basketball on the ground, Julius Erving performed ... and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man," Erving said. "In other words, I may be ...

Julius Erving is going through his last season and ... about penetrations through the final line ending in dunks, about counterattacks ended with sunks that left the board moving ...

Unknown date; Boston, MA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Philadelphia 76ers forward Julius Erving (6) drives to the basket to dunk the ball in front of Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird (33) at the Boston Garden.

To this day, Erving remains the only player to have been voted MVP in both leagues - picking up the ABA MVP award three years running (1974-1976) and the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 1981.

says Julius Erving on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series ... change directions and decide whether to dunk the ball or pass it to an open man," Erving said. "In other words, I may be committed ...