Moses Malone: The Indestructible Sixer, 1984

[No need for an intro on this one, except to say, the article ran in The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball, 1984. The byline belongs to Stan Hochman, then an award-winning columnist with the Philadelphia Daily News.]

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For seven years, Julius Erving, the legendary Dr. J, had been carrying an ugly monkey on his back. Actually, it had been more like a …