Julius Erving

The Allen Iverson 76ers FAQ

by

It’s hard to believe but the 76ers’ last Finals appearance is going on its 25th anniversary.  I thought this would be a good time to go back and do a moderate dive on the 2000-01 76ers, a gritty group built around Allen Iverson and a bunch of role players.  If you don’t recall, the 76ers won 56 games and gutted through two seven-game series before getting stomped by the Shaq-Kobe Lakers in the Finals.  Credit was given primarily to Iverson, monster scorer, and coach Larry Brown, who harnessed … [Read more...] about The Allen Iverson 76ers FAQ

A Quick Look at Peak SF Advanced Stats

by

A few days ago, we did a tweet thread on the career advanced stats for the SFs who made the top 75 and those that likely narrowly missed.  I had a couple of requests for how these players rated at peak. So,  I took the 3 best consecutive years for each of the players.  I also added Bird, Durant + Dr J for comparison/context (did not use ABA Erving).  Anyway, here they are:  -Bird 1984-87: 26.2 PER, .242 WS48, 9.0 BPM, 25.7 VORP -KD 2011-14: 28.2 PER, .275 WS48, 9.0 … [Read more...] about A Quick Look at Peak SF Advanced Stats

Re-Visiting The Nets Sale of Dr. J and Their Tiny Replacement

by

A few weeks ago, we did a review of the best small forwards of the last 40 years.  In this review, we concluded that Julius Erving, by NBA stats alone, was even better than I remembered (most of my direct memories of Dr. J related to his later career, when he was still very good not quite the same player).  That and some stuff I was reading about Tiny Archibald got me thinking about Erving and how he got to Philly in the first place. I thought we could revisit how the Nets ever sold … [Read more...] about Re-Visiting The Nets Sale of Dr. J and Their Tiny Replacement

©2025 Hoops Analyst // Website by Webstuff