#MADDEN 15 TINY PLAYER PROFESSIONAL#

Early life Įrving was born February 22, 1950, in East Meadow, on Long Island, and raised from the age of 13 in Roosevelt, New York. Although the slam dunk is still widely used as a show of power, a method of intimidation, and a way to fire up a team and spectators, Erving demonstrated that there can be great artistry and grace in slamming the ball into the hoop, particularly after a launch several feet from that target. Before Erving, dunking was a practice most commonly used by the big men, usually standing close to the hoop, to show their brutal strength which was seen as style over substance, even unsportsmanlike, by many purists of the game however, the way Erving utilized the dunk more as a high-percentage shot made at the end of maneuvers generally starting well away from the basket and not necessarily a show of force helped to make the shot an acceptable tactic, especially in trying to avoid a blocked shot. His signature was the slam dunk, since incorporated into the vernacular and basic skill set of the game in the same manner as the crossover dribble and the no look pass. While Connie Hawkins, 'Jumping' Johnny Green, Elgin Baylor, Jim Pollard, and Gus Johnson performed spectacular dunks before Erving's time, Erving brought the practice into the mainstream. Many consider him one of the most talented players in the history of the NBA he is widely acknowledged as one of the game's best dunkers. In October 2021, Erving was again honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. In 1996, Erving was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team. In 1994, Erving was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the 40 most important athletes of all time. In 1993, Erving was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The basketball slang of being posterized was first coined to describe his moves. He was well known for slam dunking from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests and was the only player voted Most Valuable Player in both the ABA and the NBA. He is the eighth-highest scorer in ABA/NBA history with 30,026 points (NBA and ABA combined). During his 16 seasons as a player, none of his teams ever missed the postseason. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975–1976 season.Įrving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player awards, and three scoring titles with the ABA's Virginia Squires and New York Nets (now the NBA's Brooklyn Nets) and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.

#MADDEN 15 TINY PLAYER PROFESSIONAL#

J, is an American former professional basketball player. Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI ( 1971).NBA anniversary team ( 35th, 50th, 75th).UPDATE: Our very own hawk6894 went back through the archives and found this photo from last year's game against Northern Iowa. Last week, it was discovered that Brandon Scherff is an unlockable bonus character when playing with the St. This is the second Iowa-related glitch found in Madden 15. But not since Dominic Alvis has Iowa had a player who, like Kirksey, was simply tiny, though Alvis was being tiny solely to pay homage to a Saturday Night Live skit from the 1990s. Both defensive tackle Karl Klug and offensive lineman Riley Reiff were knocked by NFL scouts for their tiny little arms, and if you ever looked at them, you could see why. Iowa football has a history of players who have short appendages. Here's some footage of Lil' Christian defending a pass, taunting the other team, and jumping approximately seven feet into the air to high five a teammate ( original footage via Shake4ndBake on Youtube): One-foot, two-inches is a big for a Smurf, but it's incredibly small for an NFL defensive player. In Madden 15 though, Kirksey is listed at 1'2', 235-pounds - and he plays for the Titans. In real life, the Browns rookie linebacker is listed at 6'2', 235-pounds. But while we always knew that Kirksey was somewhat undersized, the newest version of Madden proves that we were giving him way, way too much credit: Christian Kirksey, who was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of this year's NFL Draft, was supposed to be one of a new breed of Iowa linebackers: Smaller, faster, better equipped to handle the spread offenses of modern football.

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