Julius Erving

Julius Winfield Erving III (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American basketball player who helped launch the modern style of play that emphasizes leaping ability and play above the rim.

Erving was instrumental in bringing legitimacy to the now-defunct American Basketball Association. While some players are considered to be "the team", Dr. J. was considered "the league". He was the main asset of the ABA when it merged with the National Basketball Association after the 1976 season.

In his professional career with the Virginia Squires and the New York Nets in the ABA, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA, Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player Awards, and three scoring titles. He is the fifth-highing scorer in professional basketball history, with 30,026 points.

Erving was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. With Michael Jordan, he is considered as one of the most spectacular basketballers ever.

Career

High School and College

Erving first played basketball at Roosevelt High School. It was in that time that he got his nickname "Doctor" for his precision and the way he "operated" on the court.

Then he enrolled at the University of Massachusetts in 1968. In the two varsity seasons of his college basketball career, he averaged 26.3 points and 20.2 rebounds per game, becoming one of only six players in NCAA Men's Basketball history to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game. Nevertheless, he failed to attract much public attention.

At that time, professional basketball was in flux. Pro basketball was split into two leagues, the ABA and the NBA, with players rapidly switching clubs and leagues. Erving decided to join the ABA in 1971 and signed as an undergraduate free agent with the ABA's Virginia Squires.

Virginia Squires

Erving quickly established himself as a force, and gaining a reputation for hard and ruthless dunking. He scored 27.3 points per game as a rookie, was selected to the All-ABA Second Team, made the ABA All-Rookie Team and finished second to Artis Gilmore for the ABA Rookie of the Year Award. He led the Squires into the Eastern Division Finals, where they lost to the Rick Barry-led New York Nets.

When he became eligible for the NBA draft in 1972, the Milwaukee Bucks picked him in the first round (12th pick overall). This move would have brought him together with two other NBA legends, Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, he was unhappy there and tried to move to the Atlanta Hawks, until due to legal injunction, he was obliged to return to the Squires in the ABA. There, his game flourished, and he achieved a career-best 31.9 points per game. The graceful forward with the trademark Afro was dazzling people with his flashy, exciting style of play, which fit well in the ABA's up-tempo image.

New York Nets

Erving was traded to the New York Nets in 1973. Erving led the Nets to the ABA Finals against the Utah Stars and vanquished them. Erving had won his first ABA title. More important than that, Erving established himself not only as the most important Nets player, but as the most important ABA player. His unusual and highly spectacular play single-handedly gave the league fans and credibility.

By 1976, the ABA was failing under financial pressure. The Erving-led Nets defeated the Denver Nuggets in the swansong finals of the ABA. In the postseason, Erving averaged 34.7 points and was named Most Valuable Player of the playoffs.

In his five ABA seasons Erving had won two championships, three MVP trophies, and three scoring titles.

Philadelphia 76ers

After the merger of the Nets and three other surviving teams into the NBA, Erving had a salary dispute with the Nets and eventually was sold to the Philadelphia 76ers (a move that cost the Nets franchise, soon to relocate to New Jersey, dearly in terms of lost credibility). Erving quickly became the leading man of his new club and led them into the NBA Finals against the Portland Trailblazers of Bill Walton. After taking a 2-0 lead, the Blazers defeated the Sixers with four straight victories. However, Erving enjoyed success off the court, becoming one of the first ballers to endorse products and became one of the games' first players to have a shoe marketed under his name.

In the following years, Erving had to cope with the fact that he himself was a stellar player, but his team simply needed time to grow; they were eliminated twice in the Eastern Conference Finals. In 1979-1980 Larry Bird had entered the league, reviving the Boston Celtics and the storied Celtics-76ers rivalry; these two teams would face each other in the Eastern Conference Finals for the next four years, and the Bird vs. Dr J matchup became the top personal rivalry in the sport, even inspiring the early video game Julius Erving-Larry Bird One-on-One.

In 1980 the 76ers prevailed over the Celtics, and went to the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. There, Erving executed the legendary Baseline Move, an incredible behind-the-board reverse layup and one of the most spectacular basketball moves ever. However, the Lakers won 4-2 with a superb Magic Johnson.

1981 and 1982 were also sour grapes for Erving, as the Sixers stranded twice, once against the Celtics and once again against the Lakers. Nevertheless, Erving was named the NBA MVP in 1981. But then, the Sixers obtained the missing link to combat their weakness at their center position, Moses Malone. Armed with one of the most lethal center-forward combinations of all time, the Sixers easily won the NBA crown in 1983.

Erving continued his all-star caliber play into his twilight years, averaging 22.4, 20.0, 18.1, and 16.8 points per game in his final seasons. In 1986, he announced that he would retire after the season, causing every basketball game he played to be sold out and packed with adoring fans.

Career summary

Erving retired at age 37. He is one of the few players in modern basketball to have his number retired by two franchises: the New Jersey Nets (formerly New York Nets) have retired his No. 32 jersey, and the Philadelphia 76ers his No. 6 jersey.

In his ABA and NBA careers combined, he scored more than 30000 points. In 1993, Erving was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When he retired, Erving ranked in the top 10 in scoring (third), most field goals made (third), most field goals attempted (fifth) and most steals (first). On the combined NBA/ABA scoring list, Erving ranked third with 30,026 points. As of 2005, Erving ranks fifth on the list; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Karl Malone, and Michael Jordan have scored more points in the history of professional basketball.

Post-basketball career

After his basketball career, Erving was equally successful. he became a businessman, obtaining ownership of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia and doing work for TV as an analyst. In 1997, he joined the front office of the Orlando Magic.

Erving was ranked #10 on SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of All time in 2003.

Lifetime NBA Statistics

  • Games: 836
  • Points: 18364
  • PPG: 22.0
  • RPG: 6.7
  • APG: 3.9
  • FT%: .777

Memorable feats

Erving introduced the dunk jumping off the foul line, which he demonstrated in the 1976 All-Star Dunking Contest. He is revered for his legacy of amazing acrobatic and powerful offensive moves.

The Baseline Move

One of his most memorable plays occured during the 1980 NBA Finals, when he executed a seemingly impossible finger-roll behind the backboard [1]. He drove past a defender on the right baseline and went up for a layup. Then 7'2" center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar crossed his way, blocking the route to the basket and forcing him outwards. In mid-air, it was apparent that Erving would land behind the backboard. But somehow he managed to reach over and score on a right-handed layup despite the fact that his whole body, including his left shoulder, was already behind the hoop. This move, along with his free-throw line dunk, has become one of Julius Erving's signature events of his career.

Quotes

"As a basketball player, Julius was the first to truly take the torch and become the spokesman for the NBA. He understood what his role was and how important it was for him to conduct himself as a representative of the league. Julius was the first player I ever remember who transcended sports and was known by one name -- Doctor." -- his coach Billy Cunningham.

"Here I was, trying to win a championship, and my mouth just dropped open. He actually did that! I thought, 'What should we do? Should we take the ball out, or should we ask him to do it again?' It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in a basketball game, the all-time greatest." -- Magic Johnson on the Baseline Move.


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He actually did that! I thought, 'What should we do? Should we take the ball out, or should we ask him to do it again?' It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in a basketball game, the all-time greatest." -- Magic Johnson on the Baseline Move. House and Electronica Sounds from the Show's Soundtrack. "Here I was, trying to win a championship, and my mouth just dropped open. Irma at Sex and the City - Part 2 - Nightlife Session
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2 Disc Set - Part of a 2 Part Collection. Julius was the first player I ever remember who transcended sports and was known by one name -- Doctor." -- his coach Billy Cunningham. Ambient and Chilled Sounds from the Show's Soundtrack. He understood what his role was and how important it was for him to conduct himself as a representative of the league. Irma at Sex and the City - Part 1 - Daylight Session
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"As a basketball player, Julius was the first to truly take the torch and become the spokesman for the NBA. Sex and the City - Official Soundtrack
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2 Disc Set - 36 Hits. This move, along with his free-throw line dunk, has become one of Julius Erving's signature events of his career. Sex and the City - Soundtrack [Import]
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Then 7'2" center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar crossed his way, blocking the route to the basket and forcing him outwards. The other two releases have little or no tracks that appear on the programme's actual soundtrack. He drove past a defender on the right baseline and went up for a layup. The two albums from Irma Records are seen to be the best because they contain tracks used in the show's actual soundtrack that are difficult to find elsewhere. One of his most memorable plays occured during the 1980 NBA Finals, when he executed a seemingly impossible finger-roll behind the backboard [1]. These releases span various record labels and some are even unofficial. He is revered for his legacy of amazing acrobatic and powerful offensive moves. There have been several CD Albums released to accompany the series Sex and the City.

Erving introduced the dunk jumping off the foul line, which he demonstrated in the 1976 All-Star Dunking Contest. American and Canadian DVD's were released through the programme's original broadcasters, HBO. Erving was ranked #10 on SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of All time in 2003. In Europe, "Sex and the City" boxsets were released through Paramount Pictures - who own certain rights to the programme's broadcast as well. In 1997, he joined the front office of the Orlando Magic. Thankfully, the Season 1 boxset is the only one to suffer from this problem, and all subsequent Region 2 DVD releases of the programme were appropriately transferred to PAL Video. he became a businessman, obtaining ownership of a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Philadelphia and doing work for TV as an analyst. This caused some compatibility problems with some European television sets and DVD Players.

After his basketball career, Erving was equally successful. Unfortunately, the show was not converted into a PAL video signal, and remained in its original American NTSC format. As of 2005, Erving ranks fifth on the list; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Karl Malone, and Michael Jordan have scored more points in the history of professional basketball. As well as missing out on some Special Features, many fans in Europe had trouble with the Region 2 edition of the Season 1 DVD. On the combined NBA/ABA scoring list, Erving ranked third with 30,026 points. Oceania's edition came packaged in a Beauty Case. When he retired, Erving ranked in the top 10 in scoring (third), most field goals made (third), most field goals attempted (fifth) and most steals (first). While Europe got a complete set that came with special "Shoebox" packaging (A reference to Sarah Jessica Parker's character's love for shoes in the show), the USA and Canada version came packaged in a more traditional fold-out suede case and with an additional Bonus DVD including many Special Features.

In 1993, Erving was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Even these vary between Region 1 2 and 4. In his ABA and NBA careers combined, he scored more than 30000 points. In addition to standard single season DVD Boxsets of the show, Limited Edition Collectors Editions have also been released that include all 6 seasons in one complete set. 6 jersey. Region 2 DVD's of "Sex and the City" have been criticised by some fans for having little or no special features, but Region 1 editions have included Director Commentary, Cast Interviews and more. 32 jersey, and the Philadelphia 76ers his No. In addition to their region encoding, releases vary depending on which region they were released in.

He is one of the few players in modern basketball to have his number retired by two franchises: the New Jersey Nets (formerly New York Nets) have retired his No. They have been released officially on Region 1 (Americas), Region 2 (Europe) and Region 4 (Oceania) formats, but illegal bootleg editions have also surfaced for Region 3 (Korea, Thailand) as well as Region 0 (Universal) and can even be found on eBay. Erving retired at age 37. All six seasons of "Sex and the City" have been released commercially on DVD. In 1986, he announced that he would retire after the season, causing every basketball game he played to be sold out and packed with adoring fans. Others have charged that the ridiculing of men with small penises is wrong, contributing to body issues for men similar to that of young women over their weight or breast size. Erving continued his all-star caliber play into his twilight years, averaging 22.4, 20.0, 18.1, and 16.8 points per game in his final seasons. The frequent obsession with penis size by one character is taken to be atypical of women and more typical of a phallocentric male focus.

Armed with one of the most lethal center-forward combinations of all time, the Sixers easily won the NBA crown in 1983. Some commentators criticized Sex and the City's distorted presentation of female sexuality, claiming the sexuality is more akin to that of the allegedly gay, male writers of the show. But then, the Sixers obtained the missing link to combat their weakness at their center position, Moses Malone. When Sex and the City was run in syndication on TBS, some viewers organized boycotts of the station, arguing that this would put the program within access of young children. Nevertheless, Erving was named the NBA MVP in 1981. Still others take issue with the show's depiction of New York City, pointing out that though New York is one of the most culturally diverse cities on the planet, the show rarely features any minority characters.[1]. 1981 and 1982 were also sour grapes for Erving, as the Sixers stranded twice, once against the Celtics and once again against the Lakers. Others have noted that the show tends to portray its main characters as shallow and superficial.

However, the Lakers won 4-2 with a superb Magic Johnson. Others claim in response that Sex and the City is an attempt to realistically – yet artistically – portray sexual behavior in the urban United States. There, Erving executed the legendary Baseline Move, an incredible behind-the-board reverse layup and one of the most spectacular basketball moves ever. The characters are also wealthy and unabashedly elitist, which raises further questions about the morality of the show. In 1980 the 76ers prevailed over the Celtics, and went to the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Additionally, they argued that it is at times mere pornography with a superficial plot. Dr J matchup became the top personal rivalry in the sport, even inspiring the early video game Julius Erving-Larry Bird One-on-One. Some commentators have criticized the television show as promoting immorality by encouraging a hedonistic lifestyle and treating women as sexual objects.

In 1979-1980 Larry Bird had entered the league, reviving the Boston Celtics and the storied Celtics-76ers rivalry; these two teams would face each other in the Eastern Conference Finals for the next four years, and the Bird vs. HBO Romania also aired all seasons. In the following years, Erving had to cope with the fact that he himself was a stellar player, but his team simply needed time to grow; they were eliminated twice in the Eastern Conference Finals. In Romania the show was aired by ProTv and later by the sister channels Acasa TV and Pro Cinema. However, Erving enjoyed success off the court, becoming one of the first ballers to endorse products and became one of the games' first players to have a shoe marketed under his name. In Turkey it is broadcast by ComedyMax channel. After taking a 2-0 lead, the Blazers defeated the Sixers with four straight victories. In the Philippines, its reruns are being aired by RPN 9.

Erving quickly became the leading man of his new club and led them into the NBA Finals against the Portland Trailblazers of Bill Walton. In Denmark it is currently shown on TV3 as well. After the merger of the Nets and three other surviving teams into the NBA, Erving had a salary dispute with the Nets and eventually was sold to the Philadelphia 76ers (a move that cost the Nets franchise, soon to relocate to New Jersey, dearly in terms of lost credibility). In Latvia this serial can be seen on TV3. In his five ABA seasons Erving had won two championships, three MVP trophies, and three scoring titles. Sex and the City was banned in Singapore until July 2004, when the government allowed the television series to be aired on cable after being censored. In the postseason, Erving averaged 34.7 points and was named Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. Hong Kong's TVB Pearl also aired the show at midnight before.

The Erving-led Nets defeated the Denver Nuggets in the swansong finals of the ABA. In Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, and Pakistan the show airs on HBO Asia (season 1-6). By 1976, the ABA was failing under financial pressure. In Japan, the show is aired by Lala.tv. His unusual and highly spectacular play single-handedly gave the league fans and credibility. Australian Cable and Digital channel W airs 2 episodes each weeknight. More important than that, Erving established himself not only as the most important Nets player, but as the most important ABA player. It has now returned to Network Ten on Friday nights.

Erving had won his first ABA title. Rerun rights were sold to Network Ten, where it was briefly shown on Monday nights before low ratings forced it off the air. Erving led the Nets to the ABA Finals against the Utah Stars and vanquished them. In Australia it was broadcast on the Nine Network. Erving was traded to the New York Nets in 1973. In Italy the show airs on La7. The graceful forward with the trademark Afro was dazzling people with his flashy, exciting style of play, which fit well in the ABA's up-tempo image. In the Netherlands, the show is aired by NET 5, and in Sweden it is aired by TV3 and ZTV.

There, his game flourished, and he achieved a career-best 31.9 points per game. In Canada, the show airs on Bravo! Canada and Citytv Toronto, and in Germany it is shown on Pro7. However, he was unhappy there and tried to move to the Atlanta Hawks, until due to legal injunction, he was obliged to return to the Squires in the ABA. In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 and its digital sister channel E4 broadcast episodes of "Sex and the City", while older episodes are rerun on Paramount Comedy 1. This move would have brought him together with two other NBA legends, Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. and who you want to spend it with.". When he became eligible for the NBA draft in 1972, the Milwaukee Bucks picked him in the first round (12th pick overall). Kim Cattrall: "Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you, now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be ..

He led the Squires into the Eastern Division Finals, where they lost to the Rick Barry-led New York Nets. David Eigenberg: "They were honest about sex, they were honest about the humor of sex.". He scored 27.3 points per game as a rookie, was selected to the All-ABA Second Team, made the ABA All-Rookie Team and finished second to Artis Gilmore for the ABA Rookie of the Year Award. Kim Cattrall: "The show is a valentine to being single.". Erving quickly established himself as a force, and gaining a reputation for hard and ruthless dunking. Sarah Jessica Parker: "What the show has to have, and has had to have in order to survive six years, is a soul.". Erving decided to join the ABA in 1971 and signed as an undergraduate free agent with the ABA's Virginia Squires. and basically the battlefield of trying to be in love – whether it be with another person or with yourself.".

Pro basketball was split into two leagues, the ABA and the NBA, with players rapidly switching clubs and leagues. and sex .. At that time, professional basketball was in flux. and relationships .. Nevertheless, he failed to attract much public attention. And then slowly over the years people start to see it's really about love .. In the two varsity seasons of his college basketball career, he averaged 26.3 points and 20.2 rebounds per game, becoming one of only six players in NCAA Men's Basketball history to average more than 20 points and 20 rebounds per game. Michael Patrick King, Executive Producer: "People thought, oh it's just about sex or it's just about fashion.

Then he enrolled at the University of Massachusetts in 1968. The following are quotations from the TV special, Sex And The City: A Farewell, that aired introducing the final episode:. It was in that time that he got his nickname "Doctor" for his precision and the way he "operated" on the court. These include the following:. Erving first played basketball at Roosevelt High School. As Sex and the City gained popularity, a number of celebrities had cameos on the show, some playing themselves and some playing characters. . In most cases, these characters have played large roles in as many as two story arcs.

With Michael Jordan, he is considered as one of the most spectacular basketballers ever. The main characters all went on dates or had sex with characters who appeared in only one episode, or small story arcs spanning two or three episodes, but the characters listed below are the focus of multiple episodes that form story arcs significant to the show's continuity. Erving was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The twenty episodes of the final season, season six, aired in two parts: from June until September 2003 and during January and February 2004. He is the fifth-highing scorer in professional basketball history, with 30,026 points. Season five, truncated due to Parker's pregnancy, aired on HBO during the summer of 2002. In his professional career with the Virginia Squires and the New York Nets in the ABA, and the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA, Erving won three championships, four Most Valuable Player Awards, and three scoring titles. Season four was broadcast in two parts: from June until August 2001 and then in January and February 2002.

He was the main asset of the ABA when it merged with the National Basketball Association after the 1976 season. Season three aired from June until October 2000. was considered "the league". Season two was broadcast from June until October 1999. J. Season one of Sex and the City aired on HBO from June to August 1998. While some players are considered to be "the team", Dr. These continued through season two; then they were phased out.

Erving was instrumental in bringing legitimacy to the now-defunct American Basketball Association. Each episode in season one featured a short montage of interviews that Carrie supposedly conducted while researching for her column. J, is an American basketball player who helped launch the modern style of play that emphasizes leaping ability and play above the rim. The first season of the show is a free adaptation of its source material, but from the second season on, it took on a life of its own and went further than the book ever could. Julius Winfield Erving III (born February 22, 1950 in Roosevelt, New York), commonly known by the nickname Dr. Receiving consistent critical and popular acclaim, it was based on the book that was compiled from the New York Observer column "Sex and the City" by Candace Bushnell. FT%: .777. The show became famous for shooting scenes on the streets and in the bars, in restaurants and clubs of New York City while pushing the envelope of fashion and shattering sexual taboos.

APG: 3.9. Carrie Bradshaw and her three best girlfriends navigate the rocky terrain of being single, sexually active women in the new millennium. RPG: 6.7. . PPG: 22.0. Sex and the City premiered on June 6, 1998, and the last original episode aired on February 22, 2004. Points: 18364. A sitcom with soap opera elements, the show often tackled socially relevant issues, such as the status of women in society.

Games: 836. Set in New York City, the show focuses on the sex lives of four female best friends, three of whom are in their mid-to-late thirties, and one of whom, Samantha, is in her forties. It was originally broadcast on the HBO network from 1998 until 2004. Sex and the City was an American cable television program based on the book of the same name. Will Arnett as Jack, "La Douleur Exquise!".

Tony Hale as Tiger, "The Real Me". Valerie Harper as Wallis, "Shortcomings". Carole Bouquet as Juliette, "American Girl In Paris; Part Deux". Geri Halliwell as Phoebe, "Boy, Interrupted".

David Duchovny as Jeremy, "Boy, Interrupted". Tatum O'Neal as Kyra, "A Woman's Right to Shoes". Jennifer Coolidge as Victoria, "The Perfect Present". Heather Graham as herself, "Critical Condition".

Candice Bergen as Enid Mead, "A 'Vogue' Idea". Lucy Liu as herself, "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda". Molly Shannon as Lily Martin, "Cover Girl" etc. Ed Koch as himself, "The Real Me".

Heidi Klum as herself, "The Real Me". Alan Cumming as O, "The Real Me". Margaret Cho as Lynn Cameron, "The Real Me". Sarah Clarke as Melinda, "Politically Erect" (as Sarah Lively).

Hugh Hefner as himself, "Sex and Another City". Carrie Fisher as herself, "Sex and Another City". Sarah Michelle Gellar as Debbie, "Escape from New York". Vince Vaughn as Keith Travers, "Sex and Another City".

Matthew McConaughey as himself, "Escape from New York". Alanis Morissette as Dawn, "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...". Jon Bon Jovi as Seth, "Games People Play". Donald Trump as himself, "The Man, The Myth, The Viagra".

Amy Sedaris as Courteney Masterson, "Cover Girl" etc. Nathan Lane as Bobby Fine, "I Love A Charade". In the final episode, Jerry tells her that he loves her, which she counters with "You mean more to me than any man I've ever known", which, for Samantha is a far greater statement. Just when she thinks Jerry's age and experiences aren't enough for her, he gives her unconditional support during her fight with breast cancer.

He is a wannabe actor whose career Samantha jump starts using her PR connections, getting him a modelling job that turns into a film role. She tries to maintain her usual sex-only relationship with him, but he slowly pushes for something more. Jerry Jerrod (Jason Lewis) is a young waiter Samantha seduces in a trendy restaurant. Towards the end of the series, Richard re-surfaces, admitting that Samantha was the best thing that ever happened to him.

In the end, Samantha still has her doubts about Richard, and breaks up with him. When she does catch him cheating, she breaks up with him, but eventually takes him back after he begs for her forgiveness. Eventually, they give in and attempt exclusivity, but, being a stranger to monogamy, Samantha is plagued by suspicion at every turn. He seduces her, and when their no-strings-attached sexual relationship begins to escalate, both parties struggle to keep their emotional distance.

Richard Wright (James Remar) is a successful hotel magnate who doesn't believe in monogamy until he meets Samantha. The two separate, after they have sex with a strap-on. Unfortunately, Samantha begins to grow uncomfortable when the relationship talk starts to replace the sexual activity and Maria is equally uncomfortable with Samantha's sexual history. At first, Samantha has a great time "getting an education" as Maria teaches her about lesbian sex and how to make an emotional connection while making love.

Maria is immediately attracted to her, but since Samantha doesn't believe in relationships they try to maintain a friendship, the chemistry proves to be too strong and it isn't too long before Samantha is introducing her lesbian lover to her stunned friends. Maria Diego Raez (Sonia Braga) is a sensual lesbian artist that Samantha meets at a solo exhibit while admiring her work. She begins pulling away physically and cannot bring herself to tell him--until she is faced with the prospect of couples counseling. When they finally do have sex, she discovers that he is under-endowed to the point that she cannot enjoy herself.

James (James Goodwin) is a man Samantha meets while out by herself at a jazz club, she makes a conscious effort to not sleep with him until she gets to know him first. Robert and Miranda have lots of fun and great chemistry, but when the time comes, she is unable to declare her love for him. He is the seemingly perfect man: successful, sexy, and utterly devoted to her. Robert Leeds (Blair Underwood) is a sports medicine doctor who moves into her building during season six.

They decide to raise the child (Brady Hobbes) together, separately, but are back together towards the end of Season Six, they have a small intimate wedding ceremony and he convinces her to move to a house in Brooklyn. In season four, he opens his own bar, called Scout (alongside Aidan) and gets Miranda pregnant (despite losing a testicle to cancer and Miranda having only one functioning ovary). Over the course of the show, Miranda puts Steve through the wringer quite a bit, but he looks beneath her cynical exterior and finds her softer side, while at the same time, choosing his battles carefully. Their differences in income, aspirations and status, as well as their attitudes about living together and having kids are the catalysts for their break ups.

Having been stood up by Carrie, she meets him unexpectedly at the bar at which he works, what she thinks is a one night stand but turns into dating. Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) is a bartender who has an unconventional on-again, off-again relationship with Miranda. They date for a short time, before Miranda breaks up with him due to "being in different places". From the moment they meet, Skipper is enamored with her, but Miranda is unimpressed and irritated by him.

Skipper Johnson (Ben Weber) is a geeky, sensitive twenty-something web designer whom Carrie introduces to Miranda. In the end, they are approved for a Chinese adoption. After her conversion to Judaism and one big argument that sends them in separate directions for a few weeks, the two marry and begin trying to have/adopt a child. She is not attracted to him, but tries to pursue a sex-only relationship with him, which leads to one of exclusivity and love.

Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler) is Charlotte's divorce lawyer who is incredibly attracted to her from the beginning. Eventually, their disagreements on whether or not to pursue in vitro fertilization leads to divorce. After a brief separation, they reunite with a healthy sex life only to discover that Charlotte will have difficulty getting pregnant. Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan) fits Charlotte's knight in shining armor archetype to a tee; a Scottish American heart surgeon from family money, their whirlwind engagement and a fairy tale wedding stop cold with a sexless honeymoon, brought on by Trey's impotence.

After spending some time there, she realizes that he will never reciprocate the level of emotional involvement that she offers because his life and career will always come first. When he's preparing to return to Paris for a solo exhibit he invites Carrie to come live with him, which she does, after several deliberations (and one fight) with her friends. Her relationship with him brings up all sorts of questions in Carrie's mind about finding love past "a certain age" and whether or not she wants children. He sweeps her off her feet with huge romantic gestures and shows her the foreign pockets of New York that she has never seen before.

Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov) is a famous Russian artist who becomes Carrie's lover in season six. Carrie learns, when it comes to relationships, Berger's talk is just that; after they agree to try and make things work, he breaks up with her through a post-it note. Theirs was a relationship of witty banter and common thoughts, but everything falls apart when his defeated attitude clashes with her contented state. Jack Berger (Ron Livingston) was Carrie's intellectual counterpart, a sardonic humorist writer whose career is cooling down just as Carrie's is heating up.

It is revealed that Aidan married another furniture designer named Cathy. Carrie and Aidan unexpectedly see each other on the street; Aidan holding his baby son Tate. In season three, Aidan ends "it" when she comes clean about the affair, they get back together a year later, eventually move in together and she accepts his marriage proposal before the break up for the second and final time. At first, Carrie is put-off by their seemingly perfect relationship and over time works through her issues of emotional unavailability, but ultimately, she cannot meet his needs and they break up for good.

Big's emotional opposite. He is a sweet, good natured furniture designer and Mr. Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) is Carrie's other long-term boyfriend. At the conclusion, we discover that Big's name is actually John.

In the end, the two prepare for an open, honest relationship in New York. He doesn't give up, and, after the blessing of Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda, tries to re-claim her love one last time in Paris. In the end of the series, he returns to tell Carrie he is ready to commit to her, but is brutally rebuffed. He eventually moves to the Napa Valley in California, but is visited once by Carrie, while on her book tour and he returns to New York a year after that for an angioplasty.

After divorcing Natasha, Big and Carrie become friends, with their sexual history always lying just beneath the surface. Within seven months of his marriage he begins to pine after Carrie and starts to have an affair with her, until Carrie breaks it off. Big marries a twenty-something socialite Ralph Lauren executive named Natasha (Bridget Moynahan). After two years of commitment issues and emotional unavailibility, Mr.

Carrie and Big's on again, off again relationship begins and ends in season one and then a second time in season two. A wealthy financier (Samantha calls him "the next Donald Trump" in the pilot), who is based on New York publisher, Ron Galotti. Big (Chris Noth), referred to by Carrie and her friends simply as "Big", both excites and eludes Carrie throughout the run of the show, as she always believes he is the man for her, but many times, he's not able to fulfill her emotional needs. Mr.

It's good for a woman to make pies.") and intrusive (replacing her vibrator with a statuette of The Virgin Mary). Her attempts to push traditional marriage/motherhood attitudes on Miranda are both subtle (buying her a rolling pin "To make pies. Magda (Lynn Cohen), the Ukrainian housekeeper-cum-nanny who was introduced in the third season becomes an ersatz mother figure and a thorn in Miranda's side. (Upon hearing that she hadn't had sex since her divorce, he exclaims; "if you don't put something 'in there' soon it'll grow over!").

He is not self-effacing like Stanford and freely presents no-nonsense (often bawdy) advice to Charlotte. Anthony Marentino (Mario Cantone) is an event planner who becomes close to Charlotte after styling her first wedding - he goes on to style Charlotte's H&G photo shoot, her second wedding and Carrie's book release party. In the last two seasons of the show, he is partnered with Broadway dancer, Marcus Adente. The only supporting character to receive his own storylines (occasionally), he represents the show's most constant gay point of view to sex on the show; generally based around the physical insecurities and inadequacies of someone who doesn't "have that gay look".

A gay talent agent with a sense of style parallel only to Carrie's, you get the impression that they have a long standing relationship built within their younger, wilder days on the New York City club and bar scene. Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson), often referred to as the show's "Fifth Lady", is Carrie's best friend outside of the three women. Fuck me badly twice, shame on me.". Defining statement: "Fuck me badly once, shame on you.

Over the course of the show, she does have a handful of real relationships, including one with a woman. In Season 3, she moves from her full-service Upper East Side apartment to an expensive loft in the then-burgeoning Meatpacking District. She believes that she has had "hundreds" of soulmates and insists that her sexual partners leave "an hour after I climax". A seductress who avoids emotional involvement at all costs while satisfying every possible carnal desire imagineable.

Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), the oldest and most promiscuous of the group, she is an independent publicist whose relationship pattern could be considered stereotypically masculine. I could barely find time to schedule this abortion.". Defining statement: "I can't have a baby. In the final season, Miranda and Steve marry and relocate to Brooklyn in order to make room for their growing family.

Of the four women, she is the first to purchase an apartment (an indicator of her success). In the early seasons, she is portrayed as masculine and borderline misandric, but this image softens over the years, particularly after becoming pregnant by her on again-off again boyfriend, Steve Brady. A Harvard University graduate from Philadelphia, she is Carrie's best friend, confidante, and voice of reason. Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) is a career-minded lawyer with extremely cynical views on relationships and men.

Where is he!?". Defining statement: "I've been dating since I was fifteen, I'm exhausted. She is a graduate of Smith College. She eventually remarries to her less than perfect, but good hearted, divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt (after converting to Judaism).

She gives up her career shortly after her first marriage, divorces upon irreconcilable differences around in vitro fertilization and receives a Park Avenue apartment in the divorce settlement. Despite her conservative outlook, she has been known to make concessions (while married) that even surprise her sexually freer girlfriends (such as her level of dirty talk, oral sex in public and "tookus-lingus"). Often scoffing at the lewder, more libertine antics that the show presents (primarily in Samantha), in her own way, she presents a more straight forward attitude about relationships, usually based around "the rules" of love and dating. She is the most conservative and traditional of the group, the one who places the most emphasis on emotional love as opposed to lust, and is always searching for her "knight in shining armor".

Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) is an art dealer with a Connecticut blue-blooded upbringing. Defining statement: "I like my money right where I can see it - hanging in my closet.". Big during her relationship with Aidan. Her blemishes include having had an abortion after a one-night stand (ten years prior to the show's continuity) and an affair with a married Mr.

Another source of her New York pride is her apartment, a one-bedroom place in an Upper East Side brownstone, it is her home for the entire run of the series, which she purchases in the fourth season. (Though she has been known to wear Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo as well.) Often meeting "her credit card limit" in one shopping trip, it is unclear how the modest income of a newspaper columnist could support such an addiction, but in later seasons, her essays are collected as a book and she begins taking assignments from Vogue and New York Magazine. A self proclaimed shoe fetishist, she focuses most of her attention, and bank account, on designer footwear, primarily Manolo Blahniks. A member of the New York glitterati, she is a club/bar/restaurant staple who is known for her unique fashion sense; violently yoking together various styles into one outfit (it is not uncommon for her to pair inexpensive vintage pieces with high-end couture).

Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is the literal voice of the show as each episode is structured around her train of thought while writing her weekly column, "Sex and the City" for the fictitious newspaper, The New York Star.