Though he did acknowledge Giannis' greatness, Russo found it blatantly disrespectful that LBJ would mock the stars of the '70s era, like Maurice Lucas, Bill Walton, and Julius Erving, in such a ...

And for Russo, LeBron’s comments were flat-out disrespectful to legends like Julius Erving, Bill Walton, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "Well, I'll say this to LeBron. Has he heard of Julius Erving?

Erving noticed that they overlook the contributions of other past icons. Julius pointed out that like the brightest NBA stars of today, legends such as Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Oscar ...

From a four-year deal with CBS for $74 million when Bird and Magic debuted, the NBA by 2002 had contracts with ABC, ESPN, and ...