Thanks for commenting on the article. I'm following Dr. J and the Nets day-by-day through the 1976 season. I just learned that on the foul link dunk Erving injured his wrist, and the Nets had to play 3 games in 3 nights right after the All-Star break. Even though Erving played in those games, and appeared to have good stats, he was suffering.
I also saw some interesting quotes in the papers in the days after the dunk where Erving described how mentally difficult the foul link dunk was because your brain has to overcome not knowing quite how you're going to land while you're focusing on trying to stuff the ball.
Oh, "THE DUNK!"
As you say, it was a mythological event, we had heard of it, we talked about it in hushed whispers, no way it could be done ....
My buddy Greg Skrtic (shoutout to Greg, what a great teammate and friend) drew me this pic for my wall in my junior year in HS (1978):
https://a.espncdn.com/photo/2015/0206/nba_best_slamdunks_01.jpg
Had it for years, wish I still had it.
It was a great time to be a basketball fan.
Richard,
Thanks for commenting on the article. I'm following Dr. J and the Nets day-by-day through the 1976 season. I just learned that on the foul link dunk Erving injured his wrist, and the Nets had to play 3 games in 3 nights right after the All-Star break. Even though Erving played in those games, and appeared to have good stats, he was suffering.
I also saw some interesting quotes in the papers in the days after the dunk where Erving described how mentally difficult the foul link dunk was because your brain has to overcome not knowing quite how you're going to land while you're focusing on trying to stuff the ball.
Thanks again,
Len Ferman - The Sports Time Traveler