Julius Erving: The Greatest Show on Earth, 1973

[Several years ago, I got into a conversation with a guy at a holiday party. I’ll call him Ron. We’d never met, but Ron had a real gift of gab and, well, I’m an easy listener. A few wild-and-crazy stories later, Ron said that something or other reminded him of the time he worked construction in Philly. He then proceeded to tell me an amazing story about…