RIP Chocolate Thunder

[BillBrosky]

Too Young!

Darryl Dawkins, former basketball player, dead at 58

 

[BillBrosky]

The younger crowd probably never saw him. First to go to the NBA straight out of HS. Also, I think he was the first to shatter a back board during a game, but might be wrong.

 

[Hannibal Lecter MD]

All-Nickname team

 

[Big Balls]

The younger crowd probably never saw him. First to go to the NBA straight out of HS. Also, I think he was the first to shatter a back board during a game, but might be wrong.

For a second I thought you might be wrong...because I thought Moses Malone was the first. However, Malone was drafted into the ABA out of high school.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Very sad.

 

[QuackQuackBang]

Weird, I thought of Thing 2 initially...

 

[PhillyGirl]

RIP Dr. Dunk

 

[alabama mike]

I have a couple of posters of DD. sorry to hear this news. I loved the Sixers back in the mid to late 70's.

 

[rick4bama]

RIP he did the backboard shatter not once but twice within a couple of days.

 

[Tear Away]

Thought this thread was going to be about cheeseandjuice's wife.