Dr. J Doesn’t Like GOAT Debates. Here’s Why… 

Dr J was no joke back in the ABA days. He was already old when he arrived to the Sixers.

@@rem1762 He was 26 when the merger happened lol "old"

Dr J

He looks good. But he looks a lot different from NBA on NBC days.

its the hair

And he did it while wearing some Converse shoes at the time...

And he wasn't allowed to take 3 or 4 steps without dribbling before the dunk.

Dr J always been in my top 10

These are all Facts.

No, the godfather of hangtime is Elgin Baylor, who is Dr J's favorite player growing up

Jordan isnt goat anyway.

Jordan is the greatest, stop crying

@@illmatic826 Incorrect. There are 2 far more accomplished than him. But u are ignorant so u dnt now who those 2 are.

@@dudsulugulugan7639 the fact you didn’t name em is proof you’re just talking just to talk lol

he didn't, all clear

Where’s the lie though?

That is 100% true with everyone lol

Under rated Did not have enough help While larry and Magic had 4 all stars players with them When Dr J had Mosses Malone they beat Boston and Lakers

💯💯💯

​@@lovenlightman ; also part of being underrated was because Dr. J came before the hype from Nike and their big shoe contracts. On the court Dr. J did every move MJ did later. Dr. J was also a champion in the 80s when MJ hadn’t gone to the finals. But in 1990 MJ, who had not yet won a title, was much more famous than Dr. J because of shoe commercials.

​@@bb1111116 So much nonsense, if no MJ you probably would have never known Nike.

@@rankarat ; Maybe Dr. J could have signed with Nike instead.

He’s really one of the forgotten goats unfortunately

He was the GOAT of his time!

True legend 😮😂

he does sometimes but the most note worthy time was probably during Shaq's HOF speech he said Dr. J was the greatest to him

Shaq brings up Dr. J frequently. He's big on name dropping influential figures from his career, with your occasional cameo mention such as one of his prime era opponents, Brad Miller. lol

he does on many occasions

GOAT ABA player

On TnT they tell them what to say or not say

He is in my opinion the most exciting most exciting basketball player ever. That goes all the way back to 1946.

Definitely one of the first NBA stars who was made for public consumption. Super classy, especially considering it was the 70s/80s and the NBA players liked their powdery substances.

most of the old guys speak like that because there is no gangsta rap back then

​@otepdotnet The 1970's and 1980's were about being Cool.

Mine too 👍🏾

Wilt is far ahead... then the argument can start at who is #2

goat Jordan

Been watching basketball since the late 1960s. I like to say the 10 greatest not in order. Wilt, Kareem, Oscar Robertson, Larry bird, Jordan, LeBron, Russell, Elgin Baylor, magic, last one either Jerry west or the big E Elvin Hayes or Stephen Curry or DR J.

He's up there but I wouldn't have him over Bill Russell or Wilt. Better than Jordan though.

Say dat times 10X.

Dr J. Had asked and got $1 million dollar contract 1st. Doc Got his own tennis shoe . Doc was in a movie Doc was #1 reason for ABA/NBA merger Doc was the Headliner of the Dunk contest. Doc successful Business outside of Basketball. He was absolutely the prototype of what the athlete Dreams of doing to Day. Image/success/star power.

Honestly I miss my era and I’m 32 turning 33 next month

@@bryanttisdale2446Doc was my pops favorite player growing up

@@dreamcage1801 I’m 31 turning 32 this month

Problem is he didn't won enough, he won his sole ring with Kareem at the bucks as an aging star.

Nah the media was racist as fuk too many guys were in shape you had about 15 guys who effed up

Here's the real facts 1977 NBA Finals 12.7 tv rating - Dr. J'S first NBA Finals 1978 - no DrJ- Finals ratings 9.9 1979 - no DrJ- Finals ratings 7. 1980 Dr.j vs Magic and Kareem-8 0 1981 - Bird vs Moses -6.7 1982 - DrJ vs Magic and Kareem-13.0 1982 - DrJ vs Lakers - 12.1 1983 Dr J vs Lakers - 12.3 1984 - Bird vs Lakers 12.1 Clearly Dr. J saved the NBA. He introduced star power to the league. As he got older, the league started pushing Magic and Bird 1975, Dr J became the first basketball player to get his own shoe deal and he wasn't even in the NBA yet. Add to that the fact that DrJ made dunking popular in the NBA, clearly DrJ is the trailblazer. DrJ was the first global basketball superstar. Everybody wanted to rock the fro and jump out of the building. Even Jordan wanted to emulate him Clearly DrJ was a cultural revolution while Jordan was still in high school. DrJ was not allowed to dominate the NBA. He entered the league in his prime and Sixers brass immediately cut his minutes from 40 mpg to 35.9 mpg. In the 77 playoffs, Erving was allowed to play 40 minutes a game. He averaged 37 ppg in the playoffs. No one else was close. DrJ eclipses Jordan in career blocks per game, rebounds per game and it's not even close. He also shot a better fg percentage, over 50 percent to Jordan who shot 48 percent 1998 season Jordan averaged 28.7 points, 5.8 rebs, 3.5 Assists and 1.7 steals, and was first team all defense 1979, DrJ averaged 26.9ppg, 7.4 rebounds, 4.6 Assists, 2.2 steals and 1.8 blocks. Defensive player awards are not only relative to the Era, they are also subjective.

I think it was no more than 10 guys trouble but let's face it the sports newspapers folk wrote a lot of racist crap about the NBA exaggerating stuff in the late 70s

Pre and Post Merger is Goat territory lmfaoo😂😂

Well he is not top 10 maybe for you and thats just fine

@@krces1 lebron is not in my top 10

​@@user-vq2xy5bt1g Having Dr j above LeBron is childish smh

Michael Jordan The Greatest The Goat 🐐 but Dr J is the Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan

I couldn't of said it better 👏🏾 👏🏾

Sad but true

same 😂😂

😂😂😂 shaq is a high level story teller lol! Putting extra on everything!

Man lies every time he gets behind a camera

Best RU-vid comment in 5 years

Yeah. He is lying a lot. No question. How many wifes He had? Ask them.....

This is the guy who you’re guy emulates 🤷🏿‍♂️ ask Michael about him. Changed and carried 2 leagues

@@train199 For sure mate. I was not saying otherwise. Doc is Mach 2, Jordan is Mach 3.

@@train199 No, Jordan emulated David Thompson

@@catcountry0099 Both actually but DT was his jumping hero.

@@catcountry0099 And Walter Davis