On Saturday evening, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Miami Heat at Barclays Center in New York. However, all of the attention was on former New Jersey Nets star Vince Carter, who had his jersey ...

Carter played with the Nets when they were located in New Jersey ... that his retired number would be hanging next to Julius Erving’s because the brilliant and legendary forward was Carter ...

Seven Nets players have had their jerseys retired: Bill Melchionni, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, John Williamson, Drazen Petrovic, Buck Williams, Kidd and now Carter. Melchionni, Williams and Erving ...

NBA.com's Shaun Powell on Erving: "Who was Dr. J? This was a question that mushroomed and soon demanded answers because a basketball world had become suspicious and curious about an ABA player ...

On Saturday, and for good reason, the Nets were stuck in the first decade of the 2000s. Vince Carter shakes hands with Julius Erving, who he has called his idol, during his jersey retirement ceremony.

High-flying, unstoppable future World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame inductee Julius Erving scores a personal-high 63 points, but the New York Nets lose to the San Diego Conquistadors ...

That's the narrative, boiled down: Bird and Magic saved the NBA. It's difficult to dispute it. "I think," Julius Erving told me one day over the phone, "that's [bull]." There are only so many ...