Julius Erving played all 11 years of his legendary NBA career for the Philadelphia 76ers. During his second appearance in the NBA Finals (1980), Erving and the 76ers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. On ...

As the story goes, Spencer Haywood discovered cocaine while playing for the New York Knicks in the late 70s. He became addicted to it by the time he arrived in L.A. to play for the Los Angeles Lakers ...

In what came to be the defining game of his decorated career, 20-year old rookie Magic Johnson starts at center in place of an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and delivers 42 points as the Lakers win the ...

Ronnie Lester, a 6-foot-2 guard, was a benchwarmer for the Lakers during the mid-1980s. The Portland Trail Blazers took him with the No. 10 pick in the 1980 NBA Draft out of the University of Iowa, ...