![]() ![]() J to be a hating old head.smh he seems like such a cool, smooth dude. His 83 team had himself, Moses, Mo Cheeks, Bobby Jones &Andrew Toney Thats a HOF squad His 1977 76ers can very well be considered the first SUPERTEAM, its just they underachieved and was upset by the Blazers and Bill Walton. Some of them old heads can’t even hide it no more! SMH J really had to survive the superteamiest era of all time, even played on one himself only for him to say LeBron (the only current legend that even has DR J top 5) led the charge of super teams. NBA fans sounded off on Erving on social media after the video was released:ĭr. Erving even benefitted from his own superteam with the Sixers in 1983, which featured three future Hall of Famers and four All-Stars in the starting lineup, only two of whom were drafted by Philadelphia.Īccording to Erving, it seems it’s fine if players personally benefit from their own front offices maneuvering to create legendary teams, but players using their own agency to join teams of equal or lesser star power somehow invalidates their body of work. J’s all-time first team played together on the same Lakers squad and won a title together in 1972. When Chris Haynes points out that LeBron would counter that superteams have always existed in the NBA, Erving excuses historical superteams from his own era by stating that “players weren’t picking their own teams.” Shares old fight stories, players he looked up to, the afro, importance of dunks, how 3s were used, his all-time top players & more. Next on Posted Up w/ Haynes Pod is legendary Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving, known as Dr. So why did Erving leave James off his all-time teams? “He’s a guy who has led the charge in terms of superteams being put together,” Dr. He selected zero players to appear in the NBA in the last 15 years, and even relegated Michael Jordan to the second team.īut the biggest question fans and analysts had for Erving was “where is LeBron James?” James is generally regarded as the only true competitor to Michael Jordan for GOAT status, is clearly qualified to make any top-two list by any statistical metric and still has a chance to retire as the game’s all-time leading scorer. J’s all-time second team: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-JabbarĮrving clearly favors players from his own era of basketball, which is understandable. J’s all-time first team: Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlainĭr. In an interview with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, Erving picked 10 NBA greats to form a first and second team - but notably left off LeBron James and every other modern NBA star since Michael Jordan and Karl Malone.ĭr. NBA legend and champion Julius Erving went viral on Tuesday after he revealed his personal choices for NBA all-time teams. ![]()
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