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Julius erving believes kareem deserved more respect, says. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. When he dunked over a helpless opponent, it seemed that his afro was in on the action with some serious intimidation. J is saying that his 1983 76ers team could beat these. The first half of the book, covering up until erving joins the american basketball association aba in 1971, is particularly moving. J is saying that his 1983 76ers team could beat these warriors julius erving, left, and moses malone hold the trophy after winning the nba championship in 1983.
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