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  <image label="Julius 'Dr.J' Erving was a flightplan of soaring slams and feathery touch." imageURL="/media/history/erving_overnets_370.jpg" credit="(Ken Regan/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="An ABA icon, Erving's combined points in that league and the NBA ranks fourth in pro basketball history." imageURL="/media/history/erving_utahstars_370.jpg" credit="(Walter Iooss Jr.,NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="Dr. J and Magic battled each other in three NBA Finals." imageURL="/media/history/erving_magic_370.jpg" credit="(Jerry Wachter/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="Erving was an all-star every season he played in the NBA." imageURL="/media/history/erving_marquesj_370.jpg" credit="(Robert Lewis, NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="Erving was a leader and more than willing to be a team spokesperson with the media." imageURL="/media/history/erving_lockerroom_370.jpg" credit="(Walter Iooss, Jr./NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label=" Erving and the 76ers won the 1983 NBA Finals over Jabbar and the Lakers." imageURL="/media/history/erving_jabbar_370.jpg" credit="(Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="Erving and Larry Bird were intense divisional rivals." imageURL="/media/history/erving_birdjumper_370.jpg" credit="(Jerry Wachter/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label="Erving handed the torch as the league's high-flying ambassador to Michael Jordan in the late 1980s." imageURL="/media/history/erving_jordan_370.jpg" credit="(Jerry Wachter/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

  <image label=" Erving and George Gervin, once teammates and legends in the ABA were equally successful in the NBA." imageURL="/media/history/erving_gervin_370.jpg" credit="(Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images)" />

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