Julius+Erving

Julius Erving :Basketball Great by Josh Wilker New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995



**__Summary/Description__:** Author Josh Wilker does an amazing job of summarizing Julius Erving's life from a young boy just learning basketball to Dr. J being inducted into the Basketball Hall Of Fame. Born on February 22, 1950 to Callie Mae Erving, he was born on the same day as George Washington. He had a brother, Marvin, and a sister, Alexis. At age four Julius' father moved out from the house leaving his mom solely in charge. After he was in the NBA he went on to date and then marry his wife Turquoise. He learned how to play basketball all by himself. Even though he learned by himself he is one of the greatest basketball players ever. He has the worldwide nickname of Doctor.J. During a game before he was in the NBA the announcer couldn't think of a nickname for him so during a break in the action he went over to the scorers table and said his famous quote, "Just call me doctor." This name stuck to him through his whole career. Doctor J is one of the best players in the history of basketball. As explained in the book he won many championships, many MVP's and is one of 5 players to score 30,000 points.

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources:
 * [|Basketball Reference.com]-- This Sports reference website is great if you want to know the details of Julius Erving's career. This website shows everything from his height to his last MVP award. From before his NBA life it includes His weight, birth date, high school, and college. In his NBA life it shows his yearly stats, his career totals, his MVP awards, his All-NBA team selections, his playoff totals, and his all-star game totals. IF you want to know the very deepest detail of Erving's career go to this website.
 * [|NBA.com] -- This NBA official website is amazingly detailed on Dr.J's career. Instead of showing you the stats like the last page, it thouroughly describes them. Not only does it describe stats but also how he got to those stats. It also describes what he did after he retired. These accolades include being inducted into the hall of fame and becoming Vice President of RDV Sports, Executive Vice President of the Orlando Magic, and becoming owner of the Coca-Cola bottling company in Philadelphia.
 * [|Achievement.org] -- This achievement website tells all about the details of Doctor J's career. From the hardwood at Roosevelt High to playing under the lights and cameras for the Philadelphia 76ers. This is a great site to learn about the great player. It goes into extreme detail about him and his careers.I would suggest this website for anyone wishing to know about the Doctor J.
 * [|Umasshoops.com]-- This university of Massachusetts website offers everything from Julius' college career, and a little from his NBA. Julius went to UMass so we can know that this info is correct.It shows his career stats on a table by yearly accolades. It also shows some awards that he won. It even includes all the records he holds at UMass. It is a truly amazing page if you like UMass or want to know more about his career there.
 * [|ultimatenba.com]--This is a simply wonderful website on Julius. It includes personal life, draft order, and prizes. It also includes his NBA career, ABA career, and his Hall of Fame induction. Lastly it includes all the times he was in the NBA finals and every time he was in the all-star game.
 * [|ESPN.com]-- This is a great ESPN sponsered website that at the beginning describes his greatest accolades. Next it goes into his early basketball years. Next it goes into his college career. Then into his profesional career starting with the ABA Virginia Squires. The his ABA New York Nets.Then into his NBA Philadelphia 76ers. Finally it goes into his post-pro career and his personal life.