{"id":809888,"date":"2026-07-18T10:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809888\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:25:19","slug":"julius-doctor-j-erving-reflects-on-the-art-of-the-slam-dunk-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809888\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius &#8216;Doctor J&#8217; Erving reflects on the art of the slam dunk | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByTim Mader  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, July 18, 2026 4:32AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Dr. J reflects on the art of the slam dunk | Exclusive\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Before Michael Jordan, the NBA&#8217;s original highflyer called the Spectrum in South Philly home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">In the first of two exclusive conversations that you will only see on Action News, Philadelphia 76ers legend Julius &#8216;Doctor J&#8217; Erving explains his role in the art of the slam dunk.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByTim Mader Saturday, July 18, 2026 4:32AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Before Michael Jordan, the NBA&#8217;s original highflyer called&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[284250,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-809888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-284250","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}