AKRON, Ohio — Julius Erving doesn’t need the NBA Finals to remind him how the game is played today. He sees it every time a player pulls up from deep, pushes the pace in transition or glides through ...

On most nights, basketball follows a simple script. It can feel routine, even dull at times, but there are players who can break that rhythm so completely that the ordinary starts to feel like an ...

What fans are watching now, Julius Erving says, is the legacy of a league that no longer exists. "When you watch basketball now, you are watching the old ABA game," Erving said during a recent press ...

The debate about the evolution of basketball is as eternal as the game itself. Legends from every era hold strong opinions, comparing today's NBA to what it used to be decades ago. However, the ...

They were young, perhaps too young to know they were too young to win a championship. But there they were at Nassau Coliseum, on May 10, 1974, doing just that, the center of a party attended by 15,934 ...

Without question, the NBA wouldn’t be what it is had it not been for the American Basketball Association (ABA). A rebellion league that featured some of the most influential ballers, most notably ...

Spencer Haywood is a Hall of Famer from the 1970s who became famous for a number of reasons. Firstly, he won the ABA MVP in his rookie season, a feat that has only been accomplished by two other NBA ...

Walden would win a total of seven Preaknesses, a record for a trainer. 1961 — Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner’s Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg). 1964 — European ...

Julius Erving participated in the Williams Challenge Golf Tournament on June 5 at Good Park and Dr. J talked Akron basketball ...

NBA legend Julius Erving explained why he would take LeBron James over the late great Kobe Bryant.