NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows

NBA: 30 NBA players you forgot acted in movies or TV shows – Julius Erving

Julius “Dr. J” Erving was one of the most graceful athletes the league has ever seen, and when he approached an open rim it was like watching art be made before your eyes as he performed a beautiful dunk – beautiful, and often rim-shaking with its power.

Erving rose to stardom in the 1970s, alongside the rise of another phenomenon: disco music. The two came together in the cult-classic film, “The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh”. Julius Erving not only appears but is the lead star in the sports/fantasy film, featuring a groovy disco soundtrack throughout. Check out this trailer!

Erving stars as Moses Guthrie, the best player on the Pittsburgh Pythons, a struggling basketball team. Future television First Lady Stockard Channing is an astrologer who tells the team to swap out all of Moses’ teammates for players born under the astrological sign of Pisces, and the newly remade “Pittsburgh Pisces” go on to become nearly undefeated.

Erving popped up a few other times in cameo roles, including a fun appearance on The Office, but “Fish” was his only prominent role, and it was a bopping one.