Historical clue formulations

• Basketball great Erving, to fans — 2023-10-25
• Nickname for N.B.A. great Erving — 2023-10-10
• Nickname for basketball star Julius Erving — 2020-09-20
• Julius Erving, to fans — 2020-02-23
• He wore #6 for the Sixers — 2018-12-02
• Nickname for Erving in the old N.B.A. — 2018-09-24
• 6'7" Sixers #6 — 2016-12-21
• Hoops legend with a statue in Philadelphia — 2015-08-26
• N.B.A. star who started in the A.B.A. — 2015-03-03
• N.B.A.'s Erving, to fans — 2014-07-09
• One on One: ___ vs. Larry Bird (old video game) — 2013-12-26
• Longtime Sixers nickname — 2013-12-08
• Philly court legend — 2013-01-05
• 1970s-'80s N.B.A. nickname — 2012-04-14
• Hoopster Erving, to fans — 2011-09-28
• Onetime Sixers great — 2011-01-19
• Nickname of a 6'7" former basketball great — 2010-09-20
• Nickname for #6 on the Sixers — 2008-09-18
• N.B.A. Hall-of-Fame nickname — 2008-09-09
• Basketball's Erving, familiarly — 2008-07-08
• B-ball legend with a career 30,026 points — 2006-06-29
• Hoopster Erving's nickname — 2004-11-16
• Basketball Hall of Fame nickname — 2003-01-15
• Player whose number 6 jersey is now retired — 2002-12-06
• Erving, in headlines — 2002-05-26
• 70's-80's court figure — 2002-05-03
• Hoops legend — 2002-03-31
• Julius Erving's nickname — 2001-02-19
• N.B.A.'s Erving, informally — 2001-01-23
• Hoops legend, familiarly — 1998-10-18
• Court legend — 1998-08-14
• Nickname in the N.B.A. — 1994-03-19