From Caroline Blanchet’s ‘Franchise Legend’ collection it’s Julius Erving. Maybe Magic Johnson said it best. “When greatness meets class, that’s what God created in Dr. J.”. Even before Erving played a single game in the NBA, he was considered a basketball legend. At Rucker Park in high school they sometimes called him ‘Black Moses’ and ‘Houdini’. In college he becoming one of only five players to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game. In the ABA he was the coolest guy in the coolest league while dominating and when he moved to the NBA to play for the Philadelphia 76ers the legend only grew and still does to this day.
