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Doctor J and The Boys Club
The Boys Club: A group of great friends who graduated from high school over 20 years ago and played on the same high school basketball team. (Niles High School Class of 87) from Niles, Michigan. Obviously, that was a defining moment in their lives because they have remained best friends over the years. Las Vegas 2008 was a reunion vacation for them. To these boys (now grown men with wives and children) one of their biggest basketball hero's was Doctor J. so you can imagine how awesome it was to meet him pool side at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Needless to say, this photo is platinum to The Boys Club!! Thank you, Mr. Erving for posing with us!!
Doyle, Brian, Alex, Dr. J, Bill, Corey and Paul
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 and raised in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim.
Erving helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA). Much as some players are considered "the team," Dr. J was considered "the league." He was the main asset of the ABA when it merged with the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1976 season.
Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player Awards, and three scoring titles while playing with the ABA's Virginia Squires and New York Nets and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. He is the fifth-highest scorer in professional basketball history, with 30,026 points (NBA and ABA combined).
Erving was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team and in 1993 was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Many consider him among the most spectacular basketballers ever, and one of the best dunkers. His signature dunk was "the Tomahawk."
Doctor J and The Boys Club
The Boys Club: A group of great friends who graduated from high school over 20 years ago and played on the same high school basketball team. (Niles High School Class of 87) from Niles, Michigan. Obviously, that was a defining moment in their lives because they have remained best friends over the years. Las Vegas 2008 was a reunion vacation for them. To these boys (now grown men with wives and children) one of their biggest basketball hero's was Doctor J. so you can imagine how awesome it was to meet him pool side at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Needless to say, this photo is platinum to The Boys Club!! Thank you, Mr. Erving for posing with us!!
Doyle, Brian, Alex, Dr. J, Bill, Corey and Paul
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950 and raised in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim.
Erving helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA). Much as some players are considered "the team," Dr. J was considered "the league." He was the main asset of the ABA when it merged with the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1976 season.
Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player Awards, and three scoring titles while playing with the ABA's Virginia Squires and New York Nets and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. He is the fifth-highest scorer in professional basketball history, with 30,026 points (NBA and ABA combined).
Erving was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team and in 1993 was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. Many consider him among the most spectacular basketballers ever, and one of the best dunkers. His signature dunk was "the Tomahawk."