{"id":824686,"date":"2026-07-25T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824686\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:12:13","slug":"julius-erving-reflects-on-legacy-beyond-basketball-in-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824686\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Erving reflects on legacy beyond basketball in exclusive interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByTim Mader \"WPVI<\/p>\n

Saturday, July 25, 2026 4:07AM<\/p>\n

Exclusive: Dr. J opens up about legacy beyond the basketball court<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — In part 2 of an Action News exclusive, we go one-on-one with the legendary “Dr. J,” one of the most creative and influential dunkers in basketball history.<\/p>\n

But his impact goes well beyond the court, becoming an inspiration to so many.<\/p>\n

Photojournalist Tim Mader sat down with the beloved 76er, who helped win the city’s last NBA championship in 1983.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO | Dr. J reflects on the art of the slam dunk | Exclusive<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByTim Mader Saturday, July 25, 2026 4:07AM Exclusive: Dr. J opens up about legacy beyond the basketball court…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[288296,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-824686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-288296","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824686","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=824686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}