Dr. J

Julius Erving, a Hall of Fame basketball player. Dr. J played college basketball at UMass and then went to the American Basketball Association where he played for the Virginia Squires and New York Nets. When the ABA and NBA merged, onerous financial conditions placed on the Nets forced them to sell the rights to Dr. J to the Philadelphia 76ers, with whom he had a fantastic career until his retirement in 1987. Among other feats, in the 1976 ABA All Star Game during the first slam dunk contest Dr. J dunked the ball after leaping from the free throw line.