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What's Elie Worth at the Trade Deadline?

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. This is a big week for the NBA, as the trading deadline is here. And some big names like Jermaine O'Neal, Shawn Marion and Brad Miller have already been dealt. But what's it like to be traded? And, more importantly, what would a...

PJ Brown and Dr. J Talk Basketball

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In this exclusive video we talk to NBA Champion PJ Brown about his 15-year career in the NBA. Among other things PJ tells us the player he most admires is Hall of Famer Julius Erving....

NBA Essentials: Dr. J. Will Not Tolerate Being Called Bill Russell

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. Sports By Brooks: Dr. J. will not take a photo with you if you think he's Bill Russell. 2. Sactown Royalty: Ron Artest may opt out after all. 3. Hardwood Paroxysm: Fight Ubuntu: the screenplay. 4. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Gary Payton and Xavier McDaniel...

Parity in the NBA? Not Really

In the wake of last year's playoffs, there were thoughts that the league office's mechanisms for parity had finally started to kick in. From the salary cap and the luxury tax threshold, to changing the rules to benefit teams without a traditional center, to creating the draft lottery, the NBA has been making an effort to...

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Dr. J Facing Foreclosure

TMZ is reporting that NBA legend Julius Erving, better known as Dr. J when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers, may lose his St. George, Utah home to foreclosure.

Background on dr. j

Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim.

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